NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series: Austin Dillon marca a pole em Talladega

Austin Dillon (Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet) conquistou a pole-position para a GEICO 500, no Talladega Superspeedway, décima etapa da Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. Foi a segunda pole de Dillon no ano, e quinta na categoria. Comemorando o seu 29º aniversário neste sábado (27/04), Dillon garantiu a pole com o tempo de 49s734 (192.544 mph).

Aric Almirola (Stewart-Haas Racing Ford) complete a primeira fila. Clint Bowyer (Stewart-Haas Racing Ford) alinha em terceiro, seguido por Brad Keselowski (Team Penske Ford).

Daniel Hemric (Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet) e Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (Roush Fenway Racing Ford) dividem a terceira fila.

Grid:

1 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 49.734
2 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 49.841
3 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 49.947
4 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 49.965
5 8 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 50.022
6 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 50.037
7 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 50.080
8 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 50.112
9 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 50.164
10 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 50.193
11 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 50.201
12 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 50.251
13 13 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 50.310
14 1 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 50.316
15 38 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 50.344
16 41 Daniel Suárez Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 50.419
17 21 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 50.421
18 36 Matt Tifft (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 50.447
19 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 50.450
20 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 50.482
21 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 50.519
22 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 50.593
23 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 50.596
24 6 Ryan Newman Roush Fenway Racing Ford 50.614
25 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 50.699
26 95 Matt DiBenedetto Leavine Family Racing Toyota 50.817
27 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 50.821
28 43 Darrell Wallace Jr. Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 50.870
29 62 Tyler Reddick (i) Beard Motorsports Chevrolet 51.170 *
30 47 Ryan Preece (R) JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 51.269
31 37 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 51.374
32 00 Landon Cassill (i) StarCom Racing Chevrolet 51.382
33 81 Jeffrey Earnhardt (i) XCI Racing Toyota 51.432
34 15 Ross Chastain (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 51.800
35 96 Parker Kligerman (i) Gaunt Brothers Racing Toyota 52.081
36 32 Corey LaJoie Go Fas Racing Ford 52.100
37 27 Reed Sorenson Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 52.184
38 77 Justin Haley (i) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 52.197
39 52 Stanton Barrett Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 52.984
40 51 Cody Ware (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 53.148

*Tyler Reddick treinou e classificou o carro #62, no lugar de Brendan Gaughan. que estava na primeira comunhão do filho.