DOVER, Del. – Chase Elliott benefited from the heavy rain at Dover Motor Speedway to secure the pole position for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race.
Due to the rain that lashed the one-mile concrete track, Elliott and the rest of the competitors were unable to complete any practice or qualifying laps scheduled for Saturday. Dover prepares to host its first July race since 1969, when the first one was held.
Elliott has two wins and ten top-five finishes in his fourteen races at Dover.
Chase Briscoe will start in second place, followed by Christopher Bell, Tyler Reddick, and William Byron. Shane van Gisbergen, last week’s winner 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 $1 million prize to the winner, will pit 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, according to the bets.
The four drivers have not yet achieved victories this season.
