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Byron almost hit the #77, as the leaders are in heavy traffic right now.
Harvick is now up to fourth, past Byron.
Just 10 laps out from the Competition Caution.
Stopwatch
Elliott's lead is suddenly tumbling, Logano has trimmed a second out of it.
Quote
Kyle Busch reports: "real tight in traffic" – in fact, he said "real" five times!
Hamlin has fallen to 18th, and even been passed by teammate Truex who started at the back! Not good after just 25 laps...
Stopwatch
Elliott's lead is out to 2.4s over Logano.
Video
That was quite a moment between Hamlin & Johnson!
It's a Chevy and Ford festival at the front, with the best Toyota – Erik Jones – down in 10th.
Ricky Stenhouse passes Hamlin for 12th.
Johnson had a HUGE tankslapper, but somehow saved it. Code brown, right there.
Crash
Hamlin gets into Jimmie Johnson! How did they not wreck?
Alex Bowman is working his way through the field, he's passed 11 cars already from his back-of-grid start. Martin Truex also making progress.
Bowyer passes a loose Hamlin, who had been battling with Ryan Blaney. Hamlin continues to fall back now.
Elliott's lead is almost 2secs now over Logano, Larson, Byron and Harvick.
Remember we have a Competition Caution on Lap 40.
We have a static top six, but plenty of passing further back. Three-wide at one point, that almost led to Ryan Preece getting into Bubba Wallace.
Clint Bowyer is one of the few trying the high line early on.
It's Joey Logano leading the chase of Chase, with Kyle Larson in tow.
Polesitter Elliott surges into a clear lead, Byron falls to fourth.
Green flag
Green flag at the Monster Mile! The Hendrick Motorsports duo of Chase Elliott and William Byron lead the field off into Turn 1.
Today's race is 400 miles, 400 laps with stages of 120-120-160.
There will also be a competition caution at Lap 40.
There will also be a competition caution at Lap 40.
The cars are rolling...
Cloud
We still have some cloud cover, but that should clear totally in a couple of hours. So the drivers – and crew chiefs – will have to deal with ever-changing track conditions. Should be fun!
Sun
What a transformation from yesterday, after yesterday's horrible weather, the sun is shining! The rise of temperatures on a "green" racetrack should make the early laps quite fascinating.
Several drivers are going to the back for the start of today's race including Martin Truex Jr., Alex Bowman, Ryan Preece and Matt Tifft.
| Cla | # | Driver | Manufacturer | Time | Gap | Mph | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 |  Chase Elliott |
Chevrolet | 21.692 | 165.960 | ||
| 2 | 24 | William Byron |
Chevrolet | 21.745 | 0.053 | 165.555 | |
| 3 | 42 | Kyle Larson |
Chevrolet | 21.757 | 0.065 | 165.464 | |
| 4 | 22 | Joey Logano |
Ford | 21.855 | 0.163 | 164.722 | |
| 5 | 88 | Alex Bowman |
Chevrolet | 21.857 | 0.165 | 164.707 | |
| 6 | 4 | Kevin Harvick |
Ford | 21.907 | 0.215 | 164.331 | |
| 7 | 10 | Aric Almirola |
Ford | 21.918 | 0.226 | 164.249 | |
| 8 | 11 | Denny Hamlin |
Toyota | 21.931 | 0.239 | 164.151 | |
| 9 | 2 | Brad Keselowski |
Ford | 21.936 | 0.244 | 164.114 | |
| 10 | 14 | Clint Bowyer |
Ford | 21.949 | 0.257 | 164.017 | |
| 11 | 12 | Ryan Blaney |
Ford | 22.008 | 0.316 | 163.577 | |
| 12 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson |
Chevrolet | 22.039 | 0.347 | 163.347 | |
| 13 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr. |
Toyota | 22.055 | 0.363 | 163.228 | |
| 14 | 41 |  Daniel Suarez |
Ford | 22.073 | 0.381 | 163.095 | |
| 15 | 20 | Erik Jones |
Toyota | 22.086 | 0.394 | 162.999 | |
| 16 | 3 | Austin Dillon |
Chevrolet | 22.090 | 0.398 | 162.970 | |
| 17 | 95 | Matt DiBenedetto |
Toyota | 22.108 | 0.416 | 162.837 | |
| 18 | 21 | Paul Menard |
Ford | 22.136 | 0.444 | 162.631 | |
| 19 | 1 | Kurt Busch |
Chevrolet | 22.140 | 0.448 | 162.602 | |
| 20 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. |
Ford | 22.152 | 0.460 | 162.514 | |
| 21 | 6 | Ryan Newman |
Ford | 22.176 | 0.484 | 162.338 | |
| 22 | 18 | Kyle Busch |
Toyota | 22.233 | 0.541 | 161.921 | |
| 23 | 8 | Daniel Hemric |
Chevrolet | 22.267 | 0.575 | 161.674 | |
| 24 | 38 | David Ragan |
Ford | 22.317 | 0.625 | 161.312 | |
| 25 | 13 | Ty Dillon |
Chevrolet | 22.325 | 0.633 | 161.254 | |
| 26 | 34 | Michael McDowell |
Ford | 22.326 | 0.634 | 161.247 | |
| 27 | 43 | Darrell Wallace Jr. |
Chevrolet | 22.419 | 0.727 | 160.578 | |
| 28 | 32 | Corey Lajoie |
Ford | 22.572 | 0.880 | 159.490 | |
| 29 | 47 | Ryan Preece |
Chevrolet | 22.698 | 1.006 | 158.604 | |
| 30 | 37 | Chris Buescher |
Chevrolet | 22.829 | 1.137 | 157.694 | |
| 31 | 00 | Landon Cassill |
Chevrolet | 22.948 | 1.256 | 156.876 | |
| 32 | 36 | Matt Tifft |
Ford | 23.132 | 1.440 | 155.629 | |
| 33 | 51 | Cody Ware | Ford | 23.369 | 1.677 | 154.050 | |
| 34 | 52 | B.J. McLeod |
Chevrolet | 23.384 | 1.692 | 153.951 | |
| 35 | 77 | Quin Houff |
Chevrolet | 23.465 | 1.773 | 153.420 | |
| 36 | 15 | Ross Chastain |
Chevrolet | ||||
| 37 | 27 | Reed Sorenson |
Chevrolet |
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Lights green
Hello and welcome to our coverage of today's (delayed!) Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race from Dover International Speedway – or as we like to call it, the Monster Mile.
By: Charles Bradley, Nick DeGroot, Tim Southers
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