NASCAR: Dover starting lineup – Matt DiBenedetto takes pole

Matt DiBenedetto took the pole position for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover International Speedway with his 20th place finish in today’s race.

Wood Brothers Racing’s Matt DiBenedetto finished in a disappointing 20th place and two laps off the lead lap in Saturday’s Drydene 311 NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover International Speedway after leading 17 laps.

But that disappointment has netted him the pole position for Sunday’s Drydene 311 at the four-turn, 1.0-mile (1.609-kilometer) Monster Mile oval in Dover, Delaware.

The top 20 drivers from Saturday’s race are set to start Sunday’s race from the top 20, but in reverse order.

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So set to start alongside DiBenedetto’s #21 Ford on the front row in second place is Roush Fenway Racing’s Ryan Newman, who finished Saturday’s race in 19th behind the wheel of his #6 Ford.

Meanwhile, Saturday race winner Denny Hamlin of Joe Gibbs Racing is set to start in 20th place behind the wheel of his #11 Toyota alongside runner-up and teammate Martin Truex Jr. in 19th behind the wheel of his #19 Toyota.

The 20 drivers who finished Saturday’s race from 21st through 40th are set to start from 21st through 40th in Sunday’s race, but they are set to line up based on the new qualifying formula that NASCAR recently implemented.

This formula places 50% weight on each driver’s most recent finish, 35% weight on each team’s position in the owner standings and 15% weight on the rank of each driver in their of fastest lap in the most recent race.

Hendrick Motorsports’ Alex Bowman, who finished Saturday’s race in 21st place, led these 20 drivers in this metric and is set to start Sunday’s race in 21st as well.

Here is the unofficial starting lineup for the second 2020 Drydene 311 at Dover International Speedway.

Starting Lineup
1st – Matt DiBenedetto
2nd – Ryan Newman
3rd – Ty Dillon
4th – Aric Almirola
5th – Chris Buescher
6th – Austin Dillon
7th – Ryan Blaney
8th – Tyler Reddick
9th – Erik Jones
10th – Cole Custer
11th – Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
12th – Brad Keselowski
13th – Joey Logano
14th – Jimmie Johnson
15th – Clint Bowyer
16th – Chase Elliott
17th – Kevin Harvick
18th – Kyle Busch
19th – Martin Truex Jr.
20th – Denny Hamlin
21st – Alex Bowman
22nd – Matt Kenseth
23rd – William Byron
24th – Christopher Bell
25th – Michael McDowell
26th – Bubba Wallace
27th – John Hunter Nemechek
28th – Kurt Busch
29th – Ryan Preece
30th – Corey LaJoie
31st – Daniel Suarez
32nd – J.J Yeley
33rd – Josh Bilicki
34th – Brennan Poole
35th – Quin Houff
36th – Timmy Hill
37th – Reed Sorenson
38th – Joey Gase
39th – Garrett Smithley
40th – B.J. McLeod

Tune in to NBC Sports Network at 4:00 p.m. ET for the live broadcast of the second of two Drydene 311 races of this doubleheader weekend at Dover International Speedway.