Martin Truex Jr. will lead the way when the NASCAR Cup Series take on Dover International Speedway on Sunday, May 16.
Truex earned the pole after dominating at Darlington Raceway last week.
Fellow Joe Gibbs Racing driver Denny Hamlin starts alongside Truex on the front row. Hendrick Motorsports teammates William Byron and Kyle Larson make up the second row, while Kevin Harvick rounds out the top five.
Kansas Speedway victor Kyle Busch begins sixth, Team Penske’s Ryan Blaney starts seventh and Chase Elliott is eighth. Joey Logano and Chris Buescher complete the top 10 starters.
A performance metrics formula combining driver’s and car owner’s finishing position (weighted 25% each), fastest lap from previous race (15%) and team owner’s points ranking (35%) was used to set the lineup.
Cup Dover Lineup
The Drydene 400 airs on May 16 at 2 p.m. ET on FS1 and MRN radio.
Joy joined Frontstretch in 2019 as a NASCAR DraftKings writer, expanding to news and iRacing coverage in 2020. She's currently an assistant editor and involved with photos, social media and news editing. A California native, Joy was raised watching motorsports and started watching NASCAR extensively in 2001. She earned her B.A. degree in Liberal Studies at California State University Bakersfield in 2010.