NASCAR: 2021 Dover – Martin Truex Jr. on pole, full starting lineup
By Asher Fair
The starting lineup is set for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover International Speedway, with Martin Truex Jr. on the pole position.
For the 12th time through 13 races this season — but for the final time for the next several weeks — the starting lineup formula set the starting lineup for this Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover International Speedway.
As a result of this formula, which is based on three factors (four in cases where there are driver changes), it is Joe Gibbs Racing’s Martin Truex Jr. who is slated to start Sunday afternoon’s Drydene 400 from the pole position behind the wheel of his #19 Toyota.
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Take a look at how the starting lineup was determined.
- 50% based on the finish in the most recent race
- 25% (50% of the 50%) based on the driver’s finish
- 25% (50% of the 50%) based on the car owner’s finish
- 35% based on the team’s rank in owner standings
- 15% based on the rank of the driver’s fastest lap in the most recent race
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Truex is set to start from the pole position for this 400-lap race around the four-turn, 1.0-mile (1.609-kilometer) high-banked oval in Dover, Delaware after winning the most recent race at Darlington Raceway. In that race, he recorded the third fastest lap, and his #19 team sits in second place in the owner standings.
Points leader Denny Hamlin, one of Truex’s three teammates, is set to start alongside him on the front row behind the wheel of his #11 Toyota after finishing in fifth place at Darlington Raceway with the fifth fastest lap.
Teammates are set to make up the second row as well, with the Hendrick Motorsports duo of William Byron and Kyle Larson slated to start in third and fourth place behind the wheels of the #24 Chevrolet and #5 Chevrolet, respectively.
The first row not to feature two teammates is the third row, which is slated to feature Stewart-Haas Racing’s Kevin Harvick in fifth place behind the wheel of his #4 Ford and Joe Gibbs Racing’s Kyle Busch in sixth behind the wheel of his #18 Toyota.
Here is the full starting lineup for the 2021 Drydene 400 at Dover International Speedway.
Starting Lineup
1st – Martin Truex Jr.
2nd – Denny Hamlin
3rd – William Byron
4th – Kyle Larson
5th – Kevin Harvick
6th – Kyle Busch
7th – Ryan Blaney
8th – Chase Elliott
9th – Joey Logano
10th – Chris Buescher
11th – Christopher Bell
12th – Tyler Reddick
13th – Ryan Newman
14th – Austin Dillon
15th – Brad Keselowski
16th – Alex Bowman
17th – Chase Briscoe
18th – Matt DiBenedetto
19th – Ross Chastain
20th – Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
21st – Michael McDowell
22nd – Bubba Wallace
23rd – Erik Jones
24th – Daniel Suarez
25th – Ryan Preece
26th – Corey LaJoie
27th – Anthony Alfredo
28th – Kurt Busch
29th – Justin Haley
30th – Cole Custer
31st – B.J. McLeod
32nd – Aric Almirola
33rd – James Davison
34th – Cody Ware
35th – Quin Houff
36th – Garrett Smithley
37th – Josh Bilicki
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Tune in to Fox Sports 1 at 2:00 p.m. ET this Sunday, May 16 for the live broadcast of the Drydene 400 from Dover International Speedway.