Chase Elliott wins the pole at Dover after rain washes out NASCAR qualifying

DOVER Del AP Chase Elliott took advantage of heavy rain at Dover Motor Speedway to earn the pole for Sunday s NASCAR Cup Series race Elliott and the rest of the field never got to turn a scheduled practice or qualifying lap on Saturday because of rain that pounded the concrete mile track Dover is scheduled to hold its first July race since the track s first one in Elliott has two wins and top-five finishes in career races at Dover Chase Briscoe starts second followed by Christopher Bell Tyler Reddick and William Byron Shane van Gisbergen last week s winner at Sonoma Raceway Michael McDowell Joey Logano Ty Gibbs and Kyle Busch complete the top Logano is set to become the youngest driver in NASCAR history with career starts Logano will be years month days old when he hits No on Sunday at Dover Motor Speedway He will top seven-time NASCAR champion and Hall of Famer Richard Petty by six months The midseason tournament that pays million to the winner pits Ty Dillon vs John Hunter Nemechek and Reddick vs Gibbs in the head-to-head challenge at Dover The winners face off next week at Indianapolis Reddick is the betting favorite to win it all according to BetMGM Sportsbook All four drivers are winless this season AP auto racing https apnews com hub auto-racing Source