NASCAR: Apache Warrior 400 presented by Lucas Oil qualifying results – Martin Truex Jr. on pole
By Asher Fair
In the third playoff race of the 2017 NASCAR Cup Series season, Martin Truex Jr. will start from the pole position in Dover.
For just the second time in 29 races so far this 2017 NASCAR Cup Series season, Martin Truex Jr., who has dominated in pretty much every race category in 2017 from wins to standings, stage points and playoff points, will start from the pole position.
He will do so for the Apache Warrior 400 presented by Lucas Oil at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware on Sunday afternoon. That race is the third playoff race of the season. Truex Jr. has already secured himself a spot in the Round of 12 with his win in the first playoff race of the season at Chicagoland.
Truex Jr.’s other pole position start this season came in the regular season race at New Hampshire. He finished in 3rd place in that race. None of his five wins so far this season have come after he started from the pole position.
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Truex Jr. enters the third and final race of the first round as one of two drivers who are locked into the Round of 12 thanks to winning one of the two playoff races already contested this season. He is one of four drivers locked into the Round of 12 overall, as two of them are locked in based on their current point totals.
Here are the full qualifying results for Sunday’s Apache Warrior 400 presented by Lucas Oil at Dover International Speedway.
NOTE: Italics denote playoff drivers in the Round of 16.
- Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, Furniture Row Racing
- Kyle Busch, Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing
- Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, Chip Ganassi Racing
- Matt Kenseth, Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing
- Daniel Suarez, Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing
- Denny Hamlin, Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing
- Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports
- Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, Richard Childress Racing
- Kevin Harvick, Ford, Stewart-Haas Racing
- Erik Jones, Toyota, Furniture Row Racing
- Ryan Blaney, Ford, Wood Brothers Racing
- Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports
- Kurt Busch, Ford, Stewart-Haas Racing
- Aric Almirola, Ford, Richard Petty Motorsports
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, Roush-Fenway Racing
- Brad Keselowski, Ford, Team Penske
- Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports
- Joey Logano, Ford, Team Penske
- Clint Bowyer, Ford, Stewart-Haas Racing
- Trevor Bayne, Ford, Roush-Fenway Racing
- Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports
- Chris Buescher, Chevrolet, JTG-Daugherty Racing
- Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, Richard Childress Racing
- Danica Patrick, Ford, Stewart-Haas Racing
- Paul Menard, Chevrolet, Richard Childress Racing
- Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, Chip Ganassi Racing
- A.J. Allmendinger, Chevrolet, JTG-Daugherty Racing
- David Ragan, Ford, Front Row Motorsports
- Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, Germain Racing
- Michael McDowell, Chevrolet, Leavine Family Racing
- Landon Cassill, Ford, Front Row Motorsports
- Ross Chastain, Toyota, Premium Motorsports
- Cole Whitt, Chevrolet, TriStar Motorsports
- Brett Moffitt, Toyota, BK Racing
- Timmy Hill, Chevrolet, MBM Motorsports
- BJ McLeod, Chevrolet, Rick Ware Racing
- Corey LaJoie, Toyota, BK Racing
- Jeffrey Earnhardt, Chevrolet, TMG-Circle Sport Racing
- Reed Sorenson, Toyota, Premium Motorsports
- Matt DiBenedetto, Ford, Go Fas Racing
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Martin Truex Jr. will be the favorite to win at Dover on Sunday, but there will be plenty of other hungry drivers who will want to spoil his day. The race will be broadcast live on NBC Sports Network at 2:00 PM ET.