Clint Bowyer (Stewart-Haas Racing Ford) conquistou neste sábado (14/09) a pole-position para a South Point 400, no Las Vegas Motor Speedway, 27ª etapa da Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, e primeira dos Playoffs. Foi apenas a terceira pole de Bowyer na categoria, a primeira desde setembro de 2007, no New Hampshire Motor Speedway (431 provas atrás). O piloto do carro #14 fez o tempo de 30s180 (178,926 mph).
A SHR dominou o treino classificatório, com Daniel Suarez completando a primeira fila. E Kevin Harvick e Aric Almirola a segunda fila.
Kurt Busch (Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet) e Daniel Hemric (Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet) formam a terceira fila.
Grid:
1 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 30.180
2 41 Daniel Suárez Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 30.189
3 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 30.206
4 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 30.252
5 1 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 30.318
6 8 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 30.366
7 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 30.454
8 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 30.463
9 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 30.488
10 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 30.490
11 38 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 30.527
12 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 30.531
13 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 30.539
14 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 30.567
15 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 30.590
16 47 Ryan Preece (R) JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 30.615
17 6 Ryan Newman Roush Fenway Racing Ford 30.618
18 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 30.619
19 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 30.620
20 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 30.633
21 21 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 30.672
22 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 30.674
23 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 30.706
24 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 30.721
25 95 Matt DiBenedetto Leavine Family Racing Toyota 30.726
26 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 30.740
27 13 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 30.742
28 37 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 30.774
29 36 Matt Tifft (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 30.808
30 00 Landon Cassill (i) StarCom Racing Chevrolet 30.839
31 43 Darrell Wallace Jr. Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 30.893
32 15 Ross Chastain (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 31.027
33 32 Corey LaJoie Go Fas Racing Ford 31.081
34 52 Garrett Smithley (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 31.411
35 51 B. J. McLeod (i) Petty Ware Racing Ford 31.413
36 53 J. J. Yeley (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 31.538
37 77 Reed Sorenson Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 31.572
38 27 Joe Nemechek (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 32.070
39 66 Joey Gase (i) MBM Motorsports Toyota 32.086