DOVER, Del. – Chase Elliott secured the pole position for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover Motor Speedway, thanks to heavy rains that hit the circuit.
Both Elliott and the rest of the competitors were unable to complete any practice or qualifying laps on Saturday due to the heavy rainfall that fell on the concrete one-mile track. Dover is preparing to host its first race in July since 1969.
Elliott has two wins and ten top-five finishes in the fourteen races he has run at Dover.
Chase Briscoe will start from the second position, followed by Christopher Bell, Tyler Reddick, and William Byron. Shane van Gisbergen, who took the victory last week at Sonoma Raceway, Michael McDowell, Joey Logano, Ty Gibbs, and Kyle Busch complete the top 10.
Logano is about to become the youngest driver in NASCAR history to reach 600 races.
Logano will be 35 years, 1 month, and 26 days old when he reaches his 600th career race on Sunday at Dover Motor Speedway. He will surpass Richard Petty, seven-time NASCAR champion and Hall of Famer, by six months.
The mid-season tournament, which awards a one million dollar prize to the winner, pits Ty Dillon against John Hunter Nemechek and Reddick against Gibbs in the head-to-head challenge at Dover.
The winners will face each other next week in Indianapolis. Reddick is the favorite to win the tournament, according to the bets.
The four drivers have not yet achieved victories this season.
