Kyle Larson Takes Dover Cup Pole

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DOVER, DE – RIS – Kyle Larson won his first pole of 2018 in preparation for Sunday’s AAA/Drive for Autism Monster Energy NASCAR Cup race at Dover International Raceway. This is his first pole of the season and his first career pole at Dover.

"We've always qualified good here, have yet to get a pole, have raced well here, but yet to get a win. So maybe we'll get both out of the way this weekend," Larson told FS1 after qualifying.

Larson has six career Top 10s at Dover and seven Top 12s.

As for Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch, who each have three victories this season, they will start in second and fourth respectively.

Joey Logano, who took home the win last week at Talladega, will start 18th.

The AAA 400 Drive for Autism will get going Sunday at 2 p.m. on Sunday.

Driver Date Time Speed
Track Qualifying Record: Brad Keselowski 06/01/14 21.892 164.444
Pos Car Driver Team Time Speed Lap # # Laps -Fastest -Next
Qualifying Round: 3
1 42 Kyle Larson DC Solar Chevrolet 22.770 158.103 1 1 0.000 0.000
2 4 Kevin Harvick Jimmy John's Ford 22.858 157.494 1 1 0.088 0.088
3 78 Martin Truex Jr. 5-hour ENERGY/Bass Pro Shops Toyota 22.867 157.432 1 1 0.097 0.009
4 18 Kyle Busch Pedigree Toyota 22.897 157.226 1 1 0.127 0.030
5 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Little Hug Fruit Barrels Ford 22.929 157.006 1 1 0.159 0.032
6 9 Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet 22.969 156.733 1 2 0.199 0.040
7 19 Daniel Suarez STANLEY Toyota 22.997 156.542 1 1 0.227 0.028
8 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Ford 23.011 156.447 1 1 0.241 0.014
9 41 Kurt Busch Haas Automation/Monster Energy Ford 23.035 156.284 1 1 0.265 0.024
10 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Office Toyota 23.078 155.993 1 1 0.308 0.043
11 20 Erik Jones XYO Network Toyota 23.092 155.898 1 1 0.322 0.014
12 14 Clint Bowyer Haas Automation Demo Day Ford 23.121 155.703 1 1 0.351 0.029
Qualifying Round: 2
1 42 Kyle Larson DC Solar Chevrolet 22.867 157.432 1 1 0.000 0.000
2 9 Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet 22.891 157.267 1 1 0.024 0.024
3 19 Daniel Suarez STANLEY Toyota 22.920 157.068 1 1 0.053 0.029
4 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Little Hug Fruit Barrels Ford 22.924 157.041 1 1 0.057 0.004
5 4 Kevin Harvick Jimmy John's Ford 22.937 156.952 1 1 0.070 0.013
6 78 Martin Truex Jr. 5-hour ENERGY/Bass Pro Shops Toyota 22.948 156.876 1 1 0.081 0.011
7 18 Kyle Busch Pedigree Toyota 22.980 156.658 1 1 0.113 0.032
8 41 Kurt Busch Haas Automation/Monster Energy Ford 23.042 156.236 1 1 0.175 0.062
9 14 Clint Bowyer Haas Automation Demo Day Ford 23.049 156.189 1 1 0.182 0.007
10 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Office Toyota 23.060 156.114 1 1 0.193 0.011
11 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Ford 23.071 156.040 1 1 0.204 0.011
12 20 Erik Jones XYO Network Toyota 23.083 155.959 1 2 0.216 0.012
13 10 Aric Almirola Smithfield Ford 23.096 155.871 3 3 0.229 0.013
14 12 Ryan Blaney Menards/Duracell Ford 23.115 155.743 1 2 0.248 0.019
15 88 Alex Bowman Nationwide Chevrolet 23.128 155.655 1 3 0.261 0.013
16 37 Chris Buescher Kroger Clickist Chevrolet 23.149 155.514 1 1 0.282 0.021
17 24 William Byron # AXALTA Chevrolet 23.179 155.313 1 3 0.312 0.030
18 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 23.181 155.300 1 1 0.314 0.002
19 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's for Pros Chevrolet 23.193 155.219 1 2 0.326 0.012
20 21 Paul Menard Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford 23.201 155.166 1 2 0.334 0.008
21 31 Ryan Newman Caterpillar Chevrolet 23.222 155.025 1 1 0.355 0.021
22 6 Trevor Bayne AdvoCare Ford 23.274 154.679 1 3 0.407 0.052
23 1 Jamie McMurray GEARWRENCH Chevrolet 23.301 154.500 1 1 0.434 0.027
24 32 Matt DiBenedetto Keen Parts/CorvetteParts.Net Ford 23.495 153.224 1 1 0.628 0.194
Pos Car Driver Team Time Speed Lap # # Laps -Fastest -Next
Qualifying Round: 1
1 18 Kyle Busch Pedigree Toyota 22.913 157.116 1 1 0.000 0.000
2 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Ford 22.947 156.883 1 1 0.034 0.034
3 78 Martin Truex Jr. 5-hour ENERGY/Bass Pro Shops Toyota 22.977 156.678 1 1 0.064 0.030
4 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Office Toyota 22.998 156.535 1 1 0.085 0.021
5 12 Ryan Blaney Menards/Duracell Ford 23.020 156.386 1 1 0.107 0.022
6 4 Kevin Harvick Jimmy John's Ford 23.047 156.203 1 1 0.134 0.027
7 9 Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet 23.047 156.203 1 1 0.134 0.000
8 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's for Pros Chevrolet 23.074 156.020 1 1 0.161 0.027
9 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Little Hug Fruit Barrels Ford 23.077 155.999 1 1 0.164 0.003
10 20 Erik Jones XYO Network Toyota 23.088 155.925 1 1 0.175 0.011
11 19 Daniel Suarez STANLEY Toyota 23.088 155.925 1 1 0.175 0.000
12 42 Kyle Larson DC Solar Chevrolet 23.096 155.871 1 1 0.183 0.008
13 88 Alex Bowman Nationwide Chevrolet 23.110 155.777 1 1 0.197 0.014
14 14 Clint Bowyer Haas Automation Demo Day Ford 23.112 155.763 1 1 0.199 0.002
15 41 Kurt Busch Haas Automation/Monster Energy Ford 23.118 155.723 1 1 0.205 0.006
16 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 23.125 155.676 1 2 0.212 0.007
17 10 Aric Almirola Smithfield Ford 23.170 155.373 1 1 0.257 0.045
18 21 Paul Menard Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford 23.189 155.246 1 1 0.276 0.019
19 1 Jamie McMurray GEARWRENCH Chevrolet 23.229 154.979 1 1 0.316 0.040
20 6 Trevor Bayne AdvoCare Ford 23.257 154.792 1 1 0.344 0.028
21 37 Chris Buescher Kroger Clickist Chevrolet 23.274 154.679 1 1 0.361 0.017
22 32 Matt DiBenedetto Keen Parts/CorvetteParts.Net Ford 23.288 154.586 1 1 0.375 0.014
23 24 William Byron # AXALTA Chevrolet 23.301 154.500 3 3 0.388 0.013
24 31 Ryan Newman Caterpillar Chevrolet 23.306 154.467 1 2 0.393 0.005
25 95 Kasey Kahne Ollie's Bargain Outlet Chevrolet 23.306 154.467 1 2 0.393 0.000
26 43 Darrell Wallace Jr. # Eckrich Chevrolet 23.345 154.209 1 2 0.432 0.039
27 3 Austin Dillon AAA Chevrolet 23.360 154.110 2 3 0.447 0.015
28 47 AJ Allmendinger Kroger ClickList Chevrolet 23.375 154.011 1 1 0.462 0.015
29 34 Michael McDowell Dockside Logistics Ford 23.384 153.951 1 1 0.471 0.009
30 13 Ty Dillon GEICO Chevrolet 23.459 153.459 1 4 0.546 0.075
31 15 Ross Chastain(i) Florida Watermelon Association Chevrolet 23.502 153.178 1 1 0.589 0.043
32 38 David Ragan Shriners Hospital For Children Ford 23.593 152.588 1 2 0.680 0.091
33 00 Landon Cassill RNH ELECTRIC Chevrolet 23.649 152.226 1 2 0.736 0.056
34 * 55 Reed Sorenson VIP Racing Experience Chevrolet 24.026 149.838 1 2 1.113 0.377
35 23 Gray Gaulding Earthwater Toyota 24.048 149.701 3 3 1.135 0.022
36 * 99 Derrike Cope StarCom Fiber Chevrolet 24.884 144.671 1 1 1.971 0.836
37 51 Cody Ware(i) KeensBuildings.com Chevrolet 25.442 141.498 3 3 2.529 0.558
38 72 Corey LaJoie TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0 0 ----- -----

Ron Fleshman

RIS NASCAR Editor.  Has been with RIS since the middle 90's. Writes on each of the three main series of NASCAR.

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