Xfinity Series starting lineup: Erik Jones has pole position for Dover race

Ray Slover

Xfinity Series starting lineup: Erik Jones has pole position for Dover race image

Rain changed plans at Dover, where Saturday's Xfinity Series race was postponed and was scheduled for 10 a.m. ET Sunday.

The Drive Sober 200, the second race in Xfinity's Chase, will include a competition caution at Lap 40.

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Erik Jones holds pole position for the race. His pole-winning speed: 158.318 mph.

Sprint Cup drivers in the race yielded their seats to other drivers. Ryan Blaney will drive in place of Joey Logano. Drew Herring will take Kyle Busch's car. And Regan Smith is in for Austin Dillon. Ty Dillon, Matt DiBenedetto and Josh Wise were expected to drive both races, a total of 600 miles.

The track was dry and ready by race time.

Elliott Sadler won the initial Xfinity Series Chase race at Kentucky. That guaranteed him a place in the Round of 8. Winners of Saturday's race at Dover and Oct. 7's race at Charlotte will join Sadler among the drivers in the next round, which begins Oct. 15 at Kansas.

Jones won May's Dover race but entered Saturday in ninth place in the Chase, having crashed at Kentucky.

That was, Jones said this week, "not the finish we wanted but had a really fast car and had one that could've won the race, but ended up being our own biggest enemy in that one. … Hopefully we can get it back on track here at Dover — another really good race track for us."

Here is the starting lineup for the Xfinity race at Dover. * — Xfinity Chase driver.

Pos. No. Driver Brand
1 20 Erik Jones * Toyota
2 18 Drew Herring
(replaces Kyle Busch)
Toyota
3 22 Ryan Blaney
(replaces Joey Logano)
Ford
4 88 Alex Bowman Chevy
5 19 Daniel Suarez * Toyota
6 7 Justin Allgaier * Chevy
7 3 Ty Dillon * Chevy
8 1 Elliott Sadler * Chevy
9 6 Darrell Wallace Jr. * Ford
10 2 Regan Smith
(replaces Austin Dillon)
Chevy
11 4 Ross Chastain Chevy
12 48 Brennan Poole * Chevy
13 62 Brendan Gaughan * Chevy
14 39 Ryan Sieg * Chevy
15 42 Justin Marks Chevy
16 33 Brandon Jones * Chevy
17 51 Jeremy Clements Chevy
18 1 Ryan Preece Chevy
19 24 Corey Lajoie Toyota
20 11 Blake Koch * Chevy
21 28 Dakoda Armstrong Toyota
22 16 Ryan Reed * Ford
23 7 Ray Black Jr. Chevy
24 78 B.J. McLeod Ford
25 44 J.J. Yeley Toyota
26 14 Jeff Green Toyota
27 10 Matt DiBenedetto Toyota
28 13 Brandon Hightower Dodge
29 90 Mario Gosselin Chevy
30 15 Josh Wise Ford
31 93 David Starr Chevy
32 25 Ryan Ellis Chevy
33 0 Garrett Smithley Chevy
34 89 Morgan Shepherd Chevy
35 52 Joey Gase Chevy
36 40 Timmy Hill Dodge
37 97 Jordan Anderson Chevy
38 70 Derrike Cope Chevy
39 77 Matt Waltz Chevy
40 74 Mike Harmon Dodge

 

Ray Slover