NASCAR Cup Series: Denny Hamlin takes pole for 2019 Drydene 400

Denny Hamlin took the pole position for the opening race of the round of 12 of the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs, the Drydene 400, at Dover International Speedway.

Joe Gibbs Racing’s Denny Hamlin got the round of 12 of the four-round, 10-race 2019 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs off to a great start by taking the pole position for the Drydene 400 at Dover International Speedway with a new track record lap time.

This race is the fourth overall race of the playoffs and the 30th race of the 36-race season.

Hamlin took the pole position for this 400-lap race around the four-turn, 1.0-mile (1.609-kilometer) high-banked Monster Mile oval in Dover, Delaware by recording a top lap time of 21.559 seconds (166.984 miles per hour) in the single-car qualifying session for this race in his #11 Toyota.

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Chip Ganassi Racing’s Kyle Larson qualified in second place in his #42 Chevrolet and appeared to have Hamlin beat until coming off of turn four to complete his lap at 21.562 seconds (166.960 miles per hour), just 0.003 seconds (0.024 miles per hour) slower than Hamlin.

Joe Gibbs Racing’s Martin Truex Jr., the winner of the May race at Dover International Speedway, qualified in third place in his #19 Toyota ahead of Stewart-Haas Racing’s Kevin Harvick, the highest qualifying Ford driver for this race, in fourth in his #4 Ford.

Hendrick Motorsports’ Chase Elliott, the winner of last year’s playoff race at the track, qualified in fifth place in his #9 Chevrolet ahead of teammate William Byron in sixth in his #24 Chevrolet.

Rounding out the top 10 in seventh, eighth, ninth and 10th place were Stewart-Haas Racing’s Aric Almirola, Joe Gibbs Racing’s Erik Jones, Chip Ganassi Racing’s Kurt Busch and Team Penske’s Ryan Blaney in their #10 Ford, #20 Toyota, #1 Chevrolet and #12 Ford, respectively.

Here are the full qualifying results for the 2019 Drydene 400 at Dover International Speedway.

NOTE: Round of 12 playoff drivers are listed in italics.

Qualifying Results
1st – Denny Hamlin
2nd – Kyle Larson
3rd – Martin Truex Jr.
4th – Kevin Harvick
5th – Chase Elliott
6th – William Byron
7th – Aric Almirola
8th – Erik Jones
9th – Kurt Busch
10th – Ryan Blaney
11th – Jimmie Johnson
12th – Alex Bowman
13th – Paul Menard
14th – Joey Logano
15th – Daniel Suarez
16th – Brad Keselowski
17th – Clint Bowyer
18th – Kyle Busch
19th – Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
20th – Matt DiBenedetto
21st – David Ragan
22nd – Chris Buescher
23rd – Matt Tifft
24th – Ryan Newman
25th – Ty Dillon
26th – Darrell Wallace Jr.
27th – Austin Dillon
28th – Michael McDowell
29th – Corey LaJoie
30th – Landon Cassill
31st – Daniel Hemric
32nd – Ryan Preece
33rd – B.J. McLeod
34th – Ross Chastain
35th – J.J. Yeley
36th – Joe Nemechek
37th – Garrett Smithley
38th – Reed Sorenson

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NBC Sports Network’s live broadcast of the Drydene 400 from Dover International Speedway is set to begin at 2:30 p.m. ET tomorrow afternoon. Be sure to tune in to the opener of the round of 12 of the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.

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