Qualifying report
NASCAR Cup Dover
Chase Elliott wins Dover pole with track record lap
Chase Elliott isn’t leaving the front row anytime soon.
Jim Utter
Edited: May 3, 2019, 8:33 PM
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One week after earning his first win in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series this season, Elliott won the pole for Sunday’s Gander RV 400 at Dover (Del.) International Speedway with a new track qualifying record.
Elliott’s lap at 165.960 mph topped his Hendrick Motorsports teammate William Byron (165.555 mph). Kyle Larson was third (165.464 mph) as Chevrolet swept the top three positions.
The pole is Elliott’s second of the season and sixth of his career.
“Team Hendrick is 1-2, which is awesome. Thanks to Chevrolet power and everybody that contributes to our car, they’ve been working hard,” Elliott said. “Hopefully, we can back it up on Sunday.
“It’s going to be a really tough race so you better eat your Wheaties these next couple days and hydrate because I think Sunday is going to be tough, especially if the sun’s out like it is right now.
“Thanks to all my guys. The No. 9 team has been working really hard and all of our group. We have a good group, we just have to keep after it and hopefully we stay where we start on Sunday.”
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Earlier Friday, 23 cars eclipsed the track record in practice. But with temperatures at least 12 degrees warmer during qualifying, only the top five ended up topped the old mark of 164.444 mph set by Brad Keselowski in 2014.
“Little tight in (Turns) 1 and 2 ... wasn’t perfect,” Elliott said on his team radio after his qualifying attempt.
Joey Logano was fourth and Alex Bowman completed the top-five.
Rounding out the top 10 starters are Kevin Harvick, Aric Almirola, Denny Hamlin, Keselowski and Clint Bowyer.
Kurt Busch, who was fastest in Friday’s practice, will line up 19th.
Prior to qualifying, the car chief of Aric Almirola’s No. 10 Ford was ejected for the weekend after his car twice failed pre-qualifying inspection.
Cla # Driver Manufacturer Time Gap Mph 1 9 
Chase Elliott Chevrolet 21.692 165.960 2 24 William Byron Chevrolet 21.745 0.053 165.555 3 42 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 21.757 0.065 165.464 4 22 Joey Logano Ford 21.855 0.163 164.722 5 88 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 21.857 0.165 164.707 6 4 Kevin Harvick Ford 21.907 0.215 164.331 7 10 Aric Almirola Ford 21.918 0.226 164.249 8 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 21.931 0.239 164.151 9 2 Brad Keselowski Ford 21.936 0.244 164.114 10 14 Clint Bowyer Ford 21.949 0.257 164.017 11 12 Ryan Blaney Ford 22.008 0.316 163.577 12 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 22.039 0.347 163.347 13 19 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 22.055 0.363 163.228 14 41 
Daniel Suarez Ford 22.073 0.381 163.095 15 20 Erik Jones Toyota 22.086 0.394 162.999 16 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 22.090 0.398 162.970 17 95 Matt DiBenedetto Toyota 22.108 0.416 162.837 18 21 Paul Menard Ford 22.136 0.444 162.631 19 1 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 22.140 0.448 162.602 20 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford 22.152 0.460 162.514 21 6 Ryan Newman Ford 22.176 0.484 162.338 22 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 22.233 0.541 161.921 23 8 Daniel Hemric Chevrolet 22.267 0.575 161.674 24 38 David Ragan Ford 22.317 0.625 161.312 25 13 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 22.325 0.633 161.254 26 34 Michael McDowell Ford 22.326 0.634 161.247 27 43 Darrell Wallace Jr. Chevrolet 22.419 0.727 160.578 28 32 Corey Lajoie Ford 22.572 0.880 159.490 29 47 Ryan Preece Chevrolet 22.698 1.006 158.604 30 37 Chris Buescher Chevrolet 22.829 1.137 157.694 31 00 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 22.948 1.256 156.876 32 36 Matt Tifft Ford 23.132 1.440 155.629 33 51 Cody Ware Ford 23.369 1.677 154.050 34 52 B.J. McLeod Chevrolet 23.384 1.692 153.951 35 77 Quin Houff Chevrolet 23.465 1.773 153.420 36 15 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 37 27 Reed Sorenson Chevrolet
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