NASCAR Cup Dover qualifying results: Buescher on pole
Chris Buescher secured a surprise pole position in Saturday's NASCAR Cup Series qualifying session at Dover Motor Speedway.
This will be Buescher's first pole, coming in his 233rd NCS start. RFK Racing hasn't started a race from P1 since Talladega in May, 2017.
Denny Hamlin start from the outside of the front row, leading Toyota. Kyle Larson was the top Chevrolet driver in third.
Unlike the practice that preceded it, there were no incidents during either round of qualifying.
Round 2 - Top 10 Starters
| Cla | # | Driver | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Gap | Interval | Mph | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 |  Chris Buescher |
Ford | 2 | 22.479 | 160.149 | |||
| 2 | 11 | Denny Hamlin |
Toyota | 2 | 22.536 | 0.057 | 0.057 | 159.744 | |
| 3 | 5 | Kyle Larson |
Chevrolet | 2 | 22.552 | 0.073 | 0.016 | 159.631 | |
| 4 | 9 | Chase Elliott |
Chevrolet | 2 | 22.609 | 0.130 | 0.057 | 159.229 | |
| 5 | 12 | Ryan Blaney |
Ford | 2 | 22.617 | 0.138 | 0.008 | 159.172 | |
| 6 | 48 | Alex Bowman |
Chevrolet | 2 | 22.626 | 0.147 | 0.009 | 159.109 | |
| 7 | 1 | Ross Chastain |
Chevrolet | 2 | 22.643 | 0.164 | 0.017 | 158.990 | |
| 8 | 99 |  Daniel Suarez |
Chevrolet | 2 | 22.708 | 0.229 | 0.065 | 158.534 | |
| 9 | 23 | Bubba Wallace |
Toyota | 2 | 22.810 | 0.331 | 0.102 | 157.826 | |
| 10 | 18 | Kyle Busch |
Toyota | 2 | 22.859 | 0.380 | 0.049 | 157.487 |
Round 1 Group A
| Cla | # | Driver | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Gap | Interval | Mph | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Ross Chastain |
Chevrolet | 1 | 22.423 | 160.549 | |||
| 2 | 12 | Ryan Blaney |
Ford | 1 | 22.453 | 0.030 | 0.030 | 160.335 | |
| 3 | 11 | Denny Hamlin |
Toyota | 2 | 22.495 | 0.072 | 0.042 | 160.036 | |
| 4 | 17 | Chris Buescher |
Ford | 2 | 22.515 | 0.092 | 0.020 | 159.893 | |
| 5 | 23 | Bubba Wallace |
Toyota | 2 | 22.544 | 0.121 | 0.029 | 159.688 | |
| 6 | 4 | Kevin Harvick |
Ford | 2 | 22.547 | 0.124 | 0.003 | 159.666 | |
| 7 | 2 | Austin Cindric |
Ford | 2 | 22.592 | 0.169 | 0.045 | 159.348 | |
| 8 | 31 | Justin Haley |
Chevrolet | 2 | 22.631 | 0.208 | 0.039 | 159.074 | |
| 9 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr. |
Toyota | 2 | 22.682 | 0.259 | 0.051 | 158.716 | |
| 10 | 16 | A.J. Allmendinger |
Chevrolet | 2 | 22.684 | 0.261 | 0.002 | 158.702 | |
| 11 | 22 | Joey Logano |
Ford | 2 | 22.734 | 0.311 | 0.050 | 158.353 | |
| 12 | 3 | Austin Dillon |
Chevrolet | 2 | 22.773 | 0.350 | 0.039 | 158.082 | |
| 13 | 10 | Aric Almirola |
Ford | 2 | 22.858 | 0.435 | 0.085 | 157.494 | |
| 14 | 51 | Cody Ware |
Ford | 2 | 22.895 | 0.472 | 0.037 | 157.240 | |
| 15 | 41 | Cole Custer |
Ford | 2 | 23.018 | 0.595 | 0.123 | 156.399 | |
| 16 | 78 | B.J. McLeod |
Ford | 2 | 23.803 | 1.380 | 0.785 | 151.241 | |
| 17 | 77 | Josh Bilicki |
Chevrolet | ||||||
| 18 | 38 | Todd Gilliland |
Ford |
Round 1 Group B
| Cla | # | Driver | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Gap | Interval | Mph | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | Chase Elliott |
Chevrolet | 1 | 22.467 | 160.235 | |||
| 2 | 5 | Kyle Larson |
Chevrolet | 1 | 22.495 | 0.028 | 0.028 | 160.036 | |
| 3 | 48 | Alex Bowman |
Chevrolet | 1 | 22.504 | 0.037 | 0.009 | 159.972 | |
| 4 | 18 | Kyle Busch |
Toyota | 1 | 22.585 | 0.118 | 0.081 | 159.398 | |
| 5 | 99 | Daniel Suarez |
Chevrolet | 1 | 22.608 | 0.141 | 0.023 | 159.236 | |
| 6 | 15 | Ryan Preece |
Ford | 2 | 22.620 | 0.153 | 0.012 | 159.151 | |
| 7 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. |
Chevrolet | 2 | 22.640 | 0.173 | 0.020 | 159.011 | |
| 8 | 45 | Kurt Busch |
Toyota | 2 | 22.645 | 0.178 | 0.005 | 158.975 | |
| 9 | 20 | Christopher Bell |
Toyota | 2 | 22.647 | 0.180 | 0.002 | 158.961 | |
| 10 | 6 | Brad Keselowski |
Ford | 2 | 22.695 | 0.228 | 0.048 | 158.625 | |
| 11 | 7 | Corey Lajoie |
Chevrolet | 2 | 22.705 | 0.238 | 0.010 | 158.555 | |
| 12 | 14 | Chase Briscoe |
Ford | 2 | 22.741 | 0.274 | 0.036 | 158.304 | |
| 13 | 43 | Erik Jones |
Chevrolet | 2 | 22.791 | 0.324 | 0.050 | 157.957 | |
| 14 | 8 | Tyler Reddick |
Chevrolet | 2 | 22.833 | 0.366 | 0.042 | 157.667 | |
| 15 | 34 | Michael McDowell |
Ford | 1 | 22.905 | 0.438 | 0.072 | 157.171 | |
| 16 | 42 | Ty Dillon |
Chevrolet | 2 | 23.190 | 0.723 | 0.285 | 155.239 | |
| 17 | 21 | Harrison Burton |
Ford | ||||||
| 18 | 24 | William Byron |
Chevrolet |
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