William Byron (Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet) conquistou neste sábado (31/08) a pole-position para a Bojangles’ Southern 500, no Darlington Raceway, 25ª etapa da Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. Foi a quarta pole de Byron no ano, e na categoria.
Com o tempo de 28s510 (172.487 mph) Byron se tornou o terceiro piloto a conquistar a pole-position para a Daytona 500, a Coca-Cola 600 e Southern 500, no mesmo ano (junto com Fireball Roberts em 1962 e Bill Elliott em 1985).
Brad Keselowski (Team Penske Ford) completa a primeira fila. Kyle Larson e Kurt Busch, parceiros na Chip Ganassi Racing formam a segunda fila.
Daniel Suárez (Stewart-Haas Racing FordJ) e Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet) dividem a terceira fila.
Grid:
1 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.510
2 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 28.576
3 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 28.617
4 1 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 28.630
5 41 Daniel Suárez Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 28.704
6 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.724
7 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 28.756
8 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.766
9 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.787
10 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 28.801
11 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 28.812
12 37 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 28.829
13 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 28.831
14 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 28.841
15 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.848
16 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.855
17 21 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 28.872
18 8 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 28.892
19 95 Matt DiBenedetto Leavine Family Racing Toyota 28.905
20 47 Ryan Preece (R) JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 28.910
21 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 28.931
22 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.956
23 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 29.017
24 6 Ryan Newman Roush Fenway Racing Ford 29.019
25 00 Landon Cassill (i) StarCom Racing Chevrolet 29.087
26 38 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 29.097
27 32 Corey LaJoie Go Fas Racing Ford 29.103
28 43 Darrell Wallace Jr. Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 29.163
29 13 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 29.173
30 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 29.229
31 15 Ross Chastain (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 29.239
32 36 Matt Tifft (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 29.272
33 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.385
34 77 Reed Sorenson Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 29.764
35 52 J. J. Yeley Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 29.796
36 51 B. J. McLeod (i) Petty Ware Racing Chevrolet 30.070
37 27 Joe Nemechek (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 30.260
38 54 Garrett Smithley (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 30.568
39 66 Joey Gase (i) MBM Motorsports Toyota 30.888