NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series: Chase Elliott marca a pole-position em Watkins Glen

Chase Elliot (Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet) conquistou neste sábado (03/08) a pole-position para a Go Bowling at The Glen, no Watkins Glen International, 22ª etapa da Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. Foi a terceira pole de Elliot no ano, e sétima na categoria. Com o tempo de 1m09s287 (127.297 mph) Elliot alinha pela primeira vez na pole para uma prova em circuito misto.

William Byron completa a dobradinha da Hendrick Motorsports na primeira fila. Kyle Busch e Martin Truex Jr., parceiros na Joe Gibbs Racing, formam a segunda fila.

Kyle Larson (Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet) e Denny Hamlin (Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota) dividem a terceira fila.

Antes da prova acontece uma vistoria nos carros. Com as posições no grid sendo definidas oficialmente.

Grid:

1 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 69.287
2 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 69.370
3 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 69.462
4 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 69.525
5 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 69.570
6 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 69.599
7 1 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 69.834
8 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 69.931
9 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 70.040
10 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 70.041
11 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 70.229
12 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 70.550
13 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 70.215
14 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 70.230
15 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 70.273
16 37 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 70.276
17 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 70.278
18 41 Daniel Suárez Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 70.308
19 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 70.340
20 95 Matt DiBenedetto Leavine Family Racing Toyota 70.352
21 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 70.374
22 21 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 70.467
23 8 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 70.785
24 96 Parker Kligerman (i) Gaunt Brothers Racing Toyota 70.811
25 6 Ryan Newman Roush Fenway Racing Ford 70.858
26 36 Matt Tifft (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 70.866
27 13 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 70.933
28 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 71.065
29 47 Ryan Preece (R) JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 71.270
30 43 Darrell Wallace Jr. Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 71.390
31 38 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 71.557
32 15 Ross Chastain (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 71.772
33 32 Corey LaJoie Go Fas Racing Ford 71.868
34 00 Landon Cassill (i) StarCom Racing Chevrolet 72.364
35 51 Cody Ware (i) Petty Ware Racing Chevrolet 73.234
36 52 Josh Bilicki (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 73.266
37 77 Reed Sorenson Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 76.271