Reutimann grabbed the top starting position for Sunday's 400-mile race at Dover after turning in a lap at 156.794 m.p.h. (22.960 seconds) in his No.00 Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota.

"I think a lot of this has to go to everybody at Michael Waltrip Racing to start with," Reutimann said. "They're giving us great cars. My crew chief, Rodney Childers, obviously made a great decision last weekend, and we unloaded with another great Aaron's Dream Machine this weekend."

Reutimann picked up his second pole of the year and the third of his Sprint Cup career.

During the third rain delay in Monday's rescheduled Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe's Motor Speedway, Reutimann anxiously waited by his car - parked at the front of the field on pit road - for NASCAR to call the race 173 laps short of the 400- lap distance. Shortly after, as rain fell again and track-drying efforts ceased, NASCAR pulled the plug and awarded the 39-year-old driver with his maiden victory in NASCAR's top division. It came in his 75th start.

Reutimann and Childers gambled during a late-race caution. He remained on the track and inherited the lead, while Kyle Busch, who dominated the event with 73 laps led, and several other drivers came onto pit road. The strategy paid off when the red flag was displayed on lap 227 and NASCAR declared the race official hours later.

Kasey Kahne will start alongside Reutimann after posting the second quickest lap at 156.542 m.p.h. (22.997 seconds).

Juan Pablo Montoya qualified third, followed by Reed Sorenson and Greg Biffle.

Kyle Busch, the defending race winner, AJ Allmendinger, Jimmie Johnson, Brian Vickers and Elliott Sadler completed the top-10.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. qualified 22nd one day after team owner Rick Hendrick made a crew chief change at Earnhardt Jr.'s team. Tony Eury Jr. was moved from his crew chief position with the team and placed in a key role in Hendrick's research and development group.

Team manager Brian Whitesell will guide Earnhardt Jr.'s efforts this weekend at Dover, and Lance McGrew will take over as crew chief on an interim basis, starting next week at Pocono.

"Everybody that's on board this weekend is working really hard," Earnhardt Jr. said. "It's been good so far."

Points leader Jeff Gordon will start from the rear of the field in a backup car. Gordon lost control of his car and slapped the wall hard in turn two during the first lap on his qualifying effort. His Chevrolet sustained heavy damage to the right-front side.

"It hurt the car obviously, it's destroyed," Gordon said. "I got into (turn) one, and the car felt good. I got back in the gas, and the back end just came around me just a tiny bit. I tried to correct it...it just shot straight into the wall. That was a hard hit."

Gordon underwent a facet block procedure on his back last week in hopes of alleviating pain that has gotten progressively worse. He currently holds a 44- point lead over Tony Stewart, who will start 31st.

Brad Keselowski, Max Papis, Derrike Cope and David Starr failed to qualify. Keselowski scored his first Cup victory last month at Talladega.

Sunday's race is scheduled to start around 2:00 p.m. (et).