DOVER, Del. — Chase Elliott will start on the pole for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400 at Dover Motor Speedway.
With practice and qualifying rained out, NASCAR’s qualifying metric set the field. The qualifying metric is combined by the previous race finish (70percent) and owner points (30 percent).
“It’s definitely a different pole than normal,” Elliott said. “Saturday has definitely not been a strong suit, so we had to blaze a little different trail to get a pole. At the end of the day, it’s a testament of hard work throughout the year and a good stretch of races, right? It earns you the metric that puts you in a position if it were to rain.
“It’s a little different vibe, but we’ll take it. We’ll try to take advantage of that first pit stall tomorrow. It’s always a big deal. It’s not something we have a whole bunch, so we’d like to get in the habit of getting that more often. Hopefully, we’ll have a good day.”
Chase Briscoe will start his Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota alongside Elliott’s Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet on the front row.
Christopher Bell, Tyler Reddick and William Byron round out the top five.
