Chase Elliot (Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet) conquistou nesta sexta-feira (05/04) a pole-position para a Food City 500, no Bristol Motor Speedway, oitava etapa da Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. Foi a primeira pole de Elliott no ano, e quinta na categoria. Com o tempo de 14s568 (131.713 mph) Blaney marcou o novo recorde da pista. Â
William Byron completa a dobradinha a Hendrick Motorsports na primeira fila. Ryan Blaney (Team Penske Ford) e Erik Jones (Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota) dividem a segunda fila.
Denny Hamlin (Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota) e Aric Almirola (Stewart-Haas Racing Ford) formam a terceira fila.
LÁder do campeonato Kyle Busch (Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota) alinha na 17ª posição.
Grid:
1 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 14.568
2 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 14.606
3 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 14.627
4 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 14.641
5 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 14.681
6 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 14.692
7 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 14.734
8 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 14.741
9 21 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 14.757
10 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 14.780
11 6 Ryan Newman Roush Fenway Racing Ford 14.801
12 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 14.803
13 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 14.706
14 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 14.706
15 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 14.729
16 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 14.734
17 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 14.780
18 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 14.784
19 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 14.799
20 41 Daniel Suárez Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 14.809
21 95 Matt DiBenedetto Leavine Family Racing Toyota 14.834
22 38 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 14.838
23 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 14.854
24 13 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 14.951
25 37 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 14.914
26 8 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 14.926
27 1 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 14.955
28 43 Darrell Wallace Jr. Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 14.957
29 36 Matt Tifft (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 14.987
30 47 Ryan Preece (R) JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 15.078
31 00 Landon Cassill StarCom Racing Chevrolet 15.156
32 32 Corey LaJoie Go Fas Racing Ford 15.268
33 51 Gray Gaulding (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 15.280
34 52 Bayley Currey (R) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 15.495
35 66 Timmy Hill (i) MBM Motorsports Toyota 15.741
36 77 Quin Houff (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 16.656
37 15 Ross Chastain (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 0.000