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NASCAR Cup Series: 2019 Drydene 400 – Live qualifying updates

By Asher Fair

DOVER, DE - OCTOBER 07: Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 Interstate Batteries Toyota, and Kevin Harvick, driver of the #4 Busch Outdoors Ford, lead a pack of cars during the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Gander Outdoors 400 at Dover International Speedway on October 7, 2018 in Dover, Delaware. (Photo by Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images)
DOVER, DE - OCTOBER 07: Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 Interstate Batteries Toyota, and Kevin Harvick, driver of the #4 Busch Outdoors Ford, lead a pack of cars during the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Gander Outdoors 400 at Dover International Speedway on October 7, 2018 in Dover, Delaware. (Photo by Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images) /
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Follow along with our live qualifying updates for the Drydene 400 at Dover International Speedway, the first race of the round of 12 of the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.

The second round, the round of 12, of the four-round, 10-race 2019 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs is scheduled to get underway this Sunday, October 6 with the Drydene 400 at Dover International Speedway following the conclusion of the three-race round of 16.

After 12 drivers advanced from the round of 16 to the round of 12 following the races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Richmond Raceway and the Charlotte Motor Speedway roval, these 12 drivers are set to be narrowed down to eight for the round of 8 following the three-race round of 12.

The round of 12 consists of races at Dover International Speedway, Talladega Superspeedway and Kansas Speedway.

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A total of 38 drivers are set to compete in the round of 12 opener at Dover International Speedway, which is the eighth of 13 tracks on the schedule to feature two races.

Entering this race, 11 different drivers representing six different teams have won at least one race so far this season. That said, only eight of these race winners representing four different teams are set to compete in the round of 12.

As far as polesitters are concerned, 13 drivers representing six different teams took at least one pole position this season. However, only nine of these drivers representing five different teams are set to compete in the round of 12.

Who will take the pole position and who will qualify where throughout the rest of the field for this 400-lap race around the four-turn, 1.0-mile (1.609-kilometer) high-banked Dover International Speedway oval in Dover, Delaware?

Following along with our live qualifying updates for the 2019 Drydene 400 to find out.

Qualified

Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Manufacturer – Speed (miles per hour)
1st – Denny Hamlin – #11, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 166.984
2nd – Kyle Larson – #42, Chip Ganassi Racing, Chevrolet – 166.96
3rd – Martin Truex Jr. – #19, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 166.205
4th – Kevin Harvick – #4, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 165.998
5th – Chase Elliott – #9, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 165.937
6th – William Byron – #24, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 165.738
7th – Aric Almirola – #10, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 165.67
8th – Erik Jones – #20, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 165.616
9th – Kurt Busch – #1, Chip Ganassi Racing, Chevrolet – 165.388
10th – Ryan Blaney – #12, Team Penske, Ford – 165.282
11th – Jimmie Johnson – #48, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 165.274
12th – Alex Bowman – #88, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 164.85
13th – Paul Menard – #21, Wood Brothers Racing, Ford – 164.699
14th – Joey Logano – #22, Team Penske, Ford – 164.692
15th – Daniel Suarez – #41, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 164.639
16th – Brad Keselowski – #2, Team Penske, Ford – 164.406
17th – Clint Bowyer – #14, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 164.376
18th – Kyle Busch – #18, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 164.144
19th – Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – #17, Roush Fenway Racing, Ford – 163.823
20th – Matt DiBenedetto – #95, Leavine Family Racing, Toyota – 163.808
21st – David Ragan – #38, Front Row Motorsports, Ford – 163.406
22nd – Chris Buescher – #37, JTG Daugherty Racing, Chevrolet – 162.984
23rd – Matt Tifft – #36, Front Row Motorsports, Ford – 162.8
24th – Ryan Newman – #6, Roush Fenway Racing, Ford – 162.697
25th – Ty Dillon – #13, Germain Racing, Chevrolet – 162.66
26th – Darrell Wallace Jr. – #43, Richard Petty Motorsports, Chevrolet – 162.624
27th – Austin Dillon – #3, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet – 162.374
28th – Michael McDowell – #34, Front Row Motorsports, Ford – 161.958
29th – Corey LaJoie – #32, Go Fas Racing, Ford – 161.29
30th – Landon Cassill – #00, StarCom Racing, Chevrolet – 161.254
31st – Daniel Hemric – #8, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet – 160.98
32nd – Ryan Preece – #47, JTG Daugherty Racing, Chevrolet – 160.707
33rd – B.J. McLeod – #51, Petty Ware Racing, Ford – 158.444
34th – Ross Chastain – #15, Premium Motorsports, Chevrolet – 157.384
35th – J.J. Yeley – #52, Rick Ware Racing, Ford – 156.365
36th – Joe Nemechek – #27, Premium Motorsports, Chevrolet – 156.108
37th – Garrett Smithley – #54, Rick Ware Racing, Chevrolet – 154.288
38th – Reed Sorenson – #77, Spire Motorsports, Chevrolet – 154.116

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NBC Sports Network’s live broadcast of the Drydene 400 is set to begin at 2:30 p.m. ET this Sunday, October 6. Be sure to tune in to the opening race of the round of 12 of the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs from Dover International Speedway.

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