Qualifying at Dover canceled; Matt Kenseth on the pole
Friday is a washout at Dover.
Persistent rain and the threat of more of it meant NASCAR canceled all track activity for the day at the one-mile concrete oval. The cancellation included qualifying, so that means Matt Kenseth will start first in Sunday’s scheduled race.
When qualifying is canceled without any practice before it, the field is set according to points. After three wins in the regular season and finishes of fifth and first in the first two races of the year, Kenseth is the points leader. Denny Hamlin, who won the first race of the Chase at Chicagoland, starts second. It also means that the 14 other drivers in the Chase start in spots 3-16.
Here’s how the rest of the starting grid looks. Only 43 cars attempted the race so no one will not qualify.
1. Matt Kenseth
2. Denny Hamlin
3. Carl Edwards
4. Joey Logano
5. Jimmie Johnson
6. Ryan Newman
7. Kurt Busch
8. Brad Keselowski
9. Martin Truex Jr.
10. Jeff Gordon
11. Jamie McMurray
12. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
13. Kyle Busch
14. Paul Menard
15. Kevin Harvick
16. Clint Bowyer
17. Kasey Kahne
18. Aric Almirola
19. Kyle Larson
20. Greg Biffle
21. Austin Dillon
22. Casey Mears
23. AJ Allmendinger
24. Danica Patrick
25. Tony Stewart
26. Sam Hornish Jr.
27. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
28. David Ragan
29. Trevor Bayne
30. Justin Allgaier
31. Cole Whitt
32. David Gilliland
33. Landon Cassill
34. Brett Moffitt
35. Alex Bowman
36. Alex Kennedy
37. Matt DiBenedetto
38. Michael Annett
39. Jeb Burton
40. Reed Sorenson
41. Josh Wise
42. J.J. Yeley
43. Timmy Hill
The forecast for Sunday’s race looks better. According to Weather Underground, the chances of rain are less than 40 percent throughout the entire day.
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