Ross Chastain earned his first pole place within the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Components Sequence since 2018 at Dover Motor Speedway on Saturday, turning a qualifying lap of 23.317 seconds/154.394 miles per hour across the one-mile oval.
Chastain, a full-time Cup Sequence driver for Trackhouse Racing, will lead the sphere to inexperienced for Saturday’s BetRivers 200, the 14th race of the 2026 O’Reilly Sequence season.
Joe Gibbs Racing’s Brandon Jones will be part of Chastain on the entrance row, with Corey Day, Rajah Caruth and Taylor Grey rounding out the highest 5 qualifiers. Sam Mayer, Carson Kvapil, William Sawalich, Harrison Burton and defending sequence champion Jesse Love accomplished the highest 10.
Notable qualifying outcomes
Different notable qualifying efforts embody Sheldon Creed in twelfth, Parker Retzlaff in 14th, Brent Crews in sixteenth, Austin Hill in seventeenth and Lavar Scott in twenty third.
Factors chief Justin Allgaier will roll off the grid in thirteenth on Saturday afternoon, whereas David Starr will begin final (thirty eighth). of the 32 drivers who made the race on time, Ryan Ellis was the slowest, laying down a lap of 24.468 seconds/147.131 miles per hour.
The BetRivers 200 will go inexperienced shortly after 4 p.m. ET Saturday, with protection on the CW, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. Pre-race protection will start at 3:30 p.m. ET on the CW and PRN.
