NASCAR Star Kyle Busch Takes Pole at Dover Motor Speedway; Corey Heim Fills In for Erik Jones

On Sunday, Kyle Busch is set to lead the field at Dover Motor Speedway for the Cup race at 2 p.m. ET on FS1 after winning the pole with a lap of 162.191 mph, marking his 34th career Cup pole and second at Dover. Following Busch, Ryan Blaney, William Byron, Tyler Reddick, and Noah Gragson rounded out the top five in qualifying.

Corey Heim filled in for the injured Erik Jones in 32nd place with a lap of 159.327 mph, as Jones will miss the race after suffering a compression fracture in a lower vertebra following an incident at Talladega. Zane Smith and Kaz Grala were unable to take part in qualifying due to crashes in Group B practice, with Grala requiring the backup car after hitting the wall nose-first in his No. 15 Ford.

Notable drivers like Denny Hamlin, Chase Briscoe, Michael McDowell, Alex Bowman, and AJ Allmendinger secured top 10 starting positions. Christopher Bell spun during his opening lap and scraped the rear of the car against the outside wall during qualifying but managed to recover and secure a spot in 38th position with a lap of 158.940 mph.

Additional issues arose during qualifying as Tyler Reddick’s crew chief was ejected from pit road after an altercation with another crew member from another team. Despite these challenges, Reddick was able to recover and secure a spot on track just outside of the top five with a lap of 160.887 mph. The green flag is set to wave at 2:11 p.m., with FS1 providing coverage beginning with NASCAR RaceDay at 1 p.m.

In this article about NASCAR racing at Dover Motor Speedway on Sunday afternoon on FS1, we have learned that Kyle Busch won his third consecutive pole at Dover Motor Speedway by recording a lap time of 162 mph on Sunday afternoon.

The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver Corey Heim filled in for Erik Jones who is out due to injury and qualified in last place.

Zane Smith and Kaz Grala were unable to participate due to accidents during Group B practice session while Christopher Bell had an incident where he spun during his opening lap.

In addition to these incidents Tyler Reddick’s crew chief got ejected from pit road after an altercation which caused some chaos but didn’t affect Reddick’s performance as he secured a spot just outside of top five.

NASCAR RaceDay will begin before the start of race coverage at 2:00 pm on Sunday afternoon on FS