NASCAR 2022 at Dover: Full lineup for DuraMAX Drydene 400 at Dover Motor Speedway

The green flag for the NASCAR Cup Series DuraMAX Drydene 400 will be raised at 3 pm ET on Sunday, May 1, at Dover Motor Speedway. TSN5 and MRN will be covering the event live.

Just like most NASCAR races, the lineup is usually derived from the qualifying race, which in most cases is held one day before the race. If the qualifying race is suspended, as we witnessed in Atlanta, then NASCAR’s rule book sets the lineup.

Well, in this case, single-car qualifying served as the determiner for NASCAR’s DuraMAX Drydene 400 race. This time around, it has recorded another new pole winner for its eleventh race of the season.

Looking at past pole winners, no one has managed to transform them into wins for the past ten successfully concluded events. Judging from the surprises we have witnessed in past races, however, the new pole winner might surprise us by converting the pole into a win.

Chris Buescher, the Roush Fenway driver, won Saturday's qualifying race in his Ford Mustang #17 with the best time of 160.149 mph. Since winning the Daytona Duel #2 in February, the driver has been dormant and has not dominated as he was expected to, gaining entry into the top ten only twice.

Starting in the inner lane of the track, Buescher will be fighting for his first win of the season. The last time he performed better in Dover was in 2020, taking a 14th place finish, and this time he might have driven his Ford #17 to the victory line.

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Lineup of NASCAR drivers at Dover Motor Speedway

Joe Gibbs' driver, Denny Hamlin, who is driving a Toyota Camry # 11, will be joining Buescher in the front row, but he will be shooting his shot from the outer line. Kyle Larson, the day's favorite driver, will take the green flag from row 2 on pole 3, one of the best positions to win. The rest of the lineup is as follows:

Start Position	Driver	Car No.	Team
1	Chris Buescher	17	Roush Fenway
2	Denny Hamlin	11	Joe Gibbs Racing
3	Kyle Larson	5	Hendrick Motorsports
4	Chase Elliott	9	Hendrick Motorsports
5	Ryan Blaney	12	Team Penske
6	Alex Bowman	48	Hendrick Motorsports
7	Ross Chastain	1	TrackHouse Racing
8	Daniel Suarez	99	TrackHouse Racing
9	Bubba Wallace	23	23XI Racing
10	Kyle Busch	18	Joe Gibbs Racing
11	Kevin Harvick	4	Stewart-Haas Racing
12	Austin Cindric	2	Team Penske
13	Ryan Preece	15	Rick Ware Racing
14	Justin Haley	31	Kaulig Racing
15	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	47	JTG Daugherty Racing
16	Kurt Busch	45	23XI Racing
17	Christopher Bell	20	Joe Gibbs Racing
18	Martin Truex Jr.	19	Joe Gibbs Racing
19	AJ Allmendinger	16	Kaulig Racing
20	Brad Keselowski	6	Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing
21	Corey LaJoie	7	Spire Motorsports
22	Joey Logano	22	Team Penske
23	Chase Briscoe	14	Stewart-Haas Racing
24	Austin Dillon	3	Richard Childress Racing
25	Erik Jones	43	Petty GMS Motorsports
26	Tyler Reddick	8	RIchard Childress Racing
27	Aric Almirola	10	Stewart-Haas Racing
28	Cody Ware	51	Rick Ware Racing
29	Michael McDowell	34	Front Row Motorsports
30	Cole Custer	41	Stewart-Haas Racing
31	Ty Dillon	42	Petty GMS Motorsports
32	BJ McLeod	78	Live Fast Motorsports
33	William Byron	24	Hendrick Motorsports
34	Todd Gilliland	38	Front Row Motorsport
35	Harrison Burton	21	Wood Brothers Racing
36	Josh Bilicki	77	Spire Motorsports

Dover Motor Speedway was founded in 1969 as Dover Downs International Speedway, a unique dual-purpose facility that can host both harness racing and motorsports events. The facility's debut race was a 300-lap event on an asphalt track where Richard's son, Kyle Petty, won the Monster Mile's first concrete race on June 4, 1995, after starting 37th.