If you really want to be closest, I think you’ll have to pay for Preferred parking. Otherwise it’s going to be the luck of the draw how they are directing parking, whether you are near end or far end of the row.
I’m not sure what time parking opens these days—maybe one hour before the early entry period? if you arrive before the parking opens, you may have to circle around to the Speedway and come back. Saw from Adam the Woo’s video he had to do that a few times on October 1, then he ended up first in line at the parking gate.