AAA 400 Drive for Autism starting grid: Starting lineup for NASCAR at Dover

Who will start up front in Sunday’s AAA 400 Drive for Autism? Here’s the starting grid for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover.

Dover International Speedway hosts the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series this weekend for the AAA 400 Drive for Autism. But some drivers will have to do more driving than others, based on the starting grid for Sunday’s race.

The starting lineup was not kind to Joey Logano, who will start 26th out of 39 entries. Both he and Danica Patrick, who qualified 31st, will have a lot of extra work to do in order to get themselves up to the front of the field. And then there’s Jeffrey Earnhardt, whose new primary sponsor Hulu will only see him go up from here, since he’s the last car in line a week after causing the accident that knocked Chase Elliott and Brad Keselowski out of the race at Charlotte.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. rolls off 11th, while Erik Jones takes 7th place for the AAA 400 after being sent packing early from the Xfinity Series race at Dover. And NASCAR fans may be surprised to see Daniel Suarez lurking in third. It all makes for a very interesting AAA 400 starting grid, one that should mix things up early and often.

Below is the complete AAA 400 starting grid:

1 – Kyle Busch
2 – Martin Truex Jr
3 – Daniel Suarez
4 – Matt Kenseth
5 – Kyle Larson
6 – Kurt Busch
7 – Erik Jones
8 – Brad Keselowski
9 – Austin Dillon
10 – Denny Hamlin
11 – Dale Earnhardt Jr.
12 – Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
13 – Ryan Newman
14 – Jimmie Johnson
15 – Ryan Blaney
16 – Chase Elliott
17 – Trevor Bayne
18 – Kevin Harvick
19 – Jamie McMurray
20 – Kasey Kahne
21 – Ty Dillon
22 – Clint Bowyer
23 – Paul Menard
24 – AJ Allmendinger
25 – Matt DiBenedetto
26 – Joey Logano
27 – Landon Cassill
28 – Michael McDowell
29 – Chris Buescher
30 – Regan Smith
31 – Danica Patrick
32 – Gray Gaulding
33 – David Regan
34 – Ryan Sieg
35 – Cole Whitt
36 – Ross Chastain
37 – Timmy Hill
38 – Cody Ware
39 – Jeffrey Earnhardt

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