Rain gives Kevin Harvick the pole at Dover

A rained-out qualifying session means Kevin Harvick will start first at Dover.

Harvick, who won the 2015 fall Dover race, posted the fastest speed during Friday’s practice. Dale Earnhardt Jr. will start second and Kyle Busch starts third. Coincidentally, Harvick won the pole for the race at Richmond, the most recent race where qualifying was rained out.

Harvick said Friday that his team knew there was a good chance of qualifying being rained out so they decided to approach practice with the point of putting up a fast lap.

“That was what the forecast looked like all week and we just decided to come in qualifying trim,” Harvick said. “[Crew chief Rodney Childers] and those guys made that decision pretty early, I would say about mid-week to practice that way.”

1. Kevin Harvick
2. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
3. Kyle Busch
4. Carl Edwards
5. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
6. Denny Hamlin
7. Martin Truex Jr.
8. Ryan Newman
9. Kurt Busch
10. Matt Kenneth
11. Kasey Kahne
12. Austin Dillon
13. Chase Elliott
14. Brad Keselowski
15. Aric Almirola
16. Greg Biffle
17. Brian Scott
18. Ryan Blaney
19. Paul Menard
20. AJ Allmendinger
21. Jimmie Johnson
22. Joey Logano
23. Kyle Larson
24. Jamie McMurray
25. Trevor Bayne
26. Casey Mears
27. David Ragan
28. Michael McDowell
29. Matt DiBenedetto
30. Chris Buescher
31. Danica Patrick
32. Clint Bowyer
33. Regan Smith
34. Tony Stewart
35. Landon Cassia
36. Cole Whitt
37. Michael Annett
38. Reed Sorenson
39. Jeffrey Earnhardt
40. Josh Wise