NASCAR moves up start of Cup Series race at Dover
DOVER, DEL. — The NASCAR Cup Series’ Wurth 400 at Dover Motor Speedway will start one hour earlier Sunday.
The sanctioning body scheduled the start time for around 2 p.m. ET Sunday. However, because of a high chance of rain, the 400-mile race will start at 1 p.m., instead.
NASCAR Cup Series practice and qualifying is set for 10:35 a.m. Coverage begins on FS2 and shifts to FS1 at 11 a.m.
These are the groups for practice and qualifying with the metrics that will set the lineup, should qualifying be rained out.
| 1 | 3 | Austin Dillon | 35.200 | A |
| 2 | 15 | Brennan Poole(i) | 32.600 | A |
| 3 | 34 | Michael McDowell | 30.050 | A |
| 4 | 41 | Ryan Preece | 28.650 | A |
| 5 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 25.600 | A |
| 6 | 22 | Joey Logano | 23.950 | A |
| 7 | 54 | Ty Gibbs # | 23.300 | A |
| 8 | 51 | JJ Yeley(i) | 22.800 | A |
| 9 | 10 | Aric Almirola | 21.350 | A |
| 10 | 19 | Martin Truex, Jr. | 20.500 | A |
| 11 | 99 | Daniel Suarez | 16.050 | A |
| 12 | 48 | Alex Bowman | 14.650 | A |
| 13 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | 14.400 | A |
| 14 | 9 | Chase Elliott | 13.600 | A |
| 15 | 24 | William Byron | 12.150 | A |
| 16 | 14 | Chase Briscoe | 10.550 | A |
| 17 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | 6.850 | A |
| 18 | 20 | Christopher Bell | 5.100 | A |
| 19 | 38 | Todd Gilliland | 34.750 | B |
| 20 | 42 | Noah Gragson # | 30.250 | B |
| 21 | 21 | Harrison Burton | 29.450 | B |
| 22 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | 27.900 | B |
| 23 | 7 | Corey LaJoie | 25.350 | B |
| 24 | 31 | Justin Haley | 23.450 | B |
| 25 | 78 | BJ McLeod | 22.800 | B |
| 26 | 2 | Austin Cindric | 22.800 | B |
| 27 | 5 | Kyle Larson | 20.900 | B |
| 28 | 77 | Ty Dillon | 20.300 | B |
| 29 | 1 | Ross Chastain | 15.650 | B |
| 30 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | 14.600 | B |
| 31 | 43 | Erik Jones | 13.850 | B |
| 32 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. | 12.350 | B |
| 33 | 45 | Tyer Reddick | 11.800 | B |
| 34 | 17 | Chris Buescher | 9.350 | B |
| 35 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | 5.950 | B |
| 36 | 8 | Kyle Busch | 3.500 | B |
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Jonathan Fjeld is the co-owner of the The Racing Experts, LLC. He has been with TRE since 2010.
A Twin Valley, MN, native, Fjeld became a motorsports fan at just three years old (first race was the 2002 Pennsylvania 500). He worked as a contributor and writer for TRE from 2010-18. Since then, he has stepped up and covered 24 NASCAR race weekends and taken on a larger role with TRE. He became the co-owner and managing editor in 2023 and has guided the site to massive growth in that time.
Fjeld has covered a wide array of stories and moments over the years, including Kevin Harvick's final Cup Series season, the first NASCAR national series disqualification in over 50 years, Shane van Gisbergen's stunning win in Chicago and the first Cup Series race at Road America in 66 years – as well as up-and-coming drivers' stories and stories from inside the sport, like the tech it takes for Hendrick Motorsports to remain a top-tier team.
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