O’Reilly Series: Ross Chastain on pole at Dover

DOVER, Del. — In the midst of his triple-duty weekend, Ross Chastain captures the NASCAR O’Reilly Series pole at Dover Motor Speedway for the Bet Rivers 200.

This is his fourth career O’Reilly Series pole. He snapped a six year pole drought after clinching his first pole in the series since Richmond in 2020.

The concrete surface at Dover cleans itself as more cars take to its banking which resulted in faster times for those slated to run late in the session.

The rest of the top five took good advantage of that known fact to secure their high grid slots.

Brandon Jones will start alongside Chastain on the front row in second. Corey Day was not scared of Miles the Monster as he will start third in his first ever start at the track.

His fellow Hendrickcars.com sponsor-mate Rajah Caruth will start with him on the second row in fourth.

Taylor Gray will round out the top five in fifth after he set the fastest time in their practice session prior to qualifying.

Sam Mayer will start sixth with Carson Kvapil, who returns to his primary seat at JR Motorsports, in seventh.

William Sawalich will start eighth. His Toyota Supra had the best ten-lap average in practice.

Harrison Burton showed top ten speed in practice and converted to a top ten starting position in ninth. Finally, Jesse Love rounds out the top ten in tenth.

Justin Allgaier had a slow start to his day as he was unable to take advantage of the majority of the practice session. He chose to avoid the traffic and crafted his setup towards the race run. The two-time Dover winner will start 13th.

38 entrants competed for 38 starting spots. Therefore, no drivers were sent home. David Starr did not compete in the session due to an engine issue.

Below is the full starting lineup for the Bet Rivers 200 from Dover Motor Speedway.

Starting Lineup

1. Ross Chastain (i): 23.317
2. Brandon Jones: 23.372
3. Corey Day: 23.416
4. Rajah Caruth: 23.457
5. Taylor Gray: 23.472
6. Sam Mayer: 23.487
7. Carson Kvapil: 23.550
8. William Sawalich: 23.575
9. Harrison Burton: 23.600
10. Jesse Love: 23.645
11. Ryan Sieg: 23.649
12. Sheldon Creed: 23.681
13. Justin Allgaier: 23.720
14. Parker Retzlaff: 23.720
15. Jeb Burton: 23.741
16. Brent Crews: 23.779
17. Austin Hill: 23.810
18. Sammy Smith: 23.831
19. BJ McLeod (i): 23.873
20. Brennan Poole: 23.889
21. Jeremy Clements: 23.902
22. Dean Thompson: 23.917
23. Lavar Scott: 23.925
24. Kyle Sieg: 23.958
25. Myatt Snider: 24.051
26. Austin Green: 24.082
27. Anthony Alfredo: 24.149
28. Patrick Staropoli: 24.204
29. Blaine Perkins: 24.220
30. Garrett Smithley: 24.277
31. Andrew Patterson: 24.298
32. Ryan Ellis: 24.468
33. Blake Lothian: 24.538
34. Josh Bilicki: 24.548
35. Dawson Cram: 24.666
36. Logan Bearden: 24.726
37. CJ McLaughlin: 24.937
38. David Starr: No Time (Engine)