Kurt Busch (Ford) conquistou a pole-position para a Bank of America Roval 400, no Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course, 29ª etapa da Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, e terceira dos Playoffs. Foi a quarta pole do piloto da Stewart-Haas Racing no ano, e 26 na categoria. No traçado misto da pista de Charlotte, Busch fez o tempo de 1m16s846 (106.811 mph).
A.J.Allmendinger (Chevrolet) completa a primeira fila. Alex Bowman (Chevrolet) abre a segunda fila, seguido por Chase Elliot (Chevrolet).
Kyle Larson (Chevrolet) e Jimmie Johnson (Chevrolet) formam a terceira fila. Clint Bowyer (Ford) alinha em sétimo, seguido por Jamie McMurray (Chevrolet). Ryan Blaney (Ford) e Chris Buescher (Chevrolet) fecham os dez primeiros.
A prova é a primeira da categoria, usando a pista mista de 2.28 milhas e 17 curvas.
Grid:
1 41 Kurt Busch Ford 1’16.805 106.868
2 47 A.J. Allmendinger Chevrolet 1’16.846 0.041 106.811
3 88 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 1’16.854 0.049 106.800
4 9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 1’17.001 0.196 106.596
5 42 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 1’17.017 0.212 106.574
6 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 1’17.098 0.293 106.462
7 14 Clint Bowyer Ford 1’17.192 0.387 106.332
8 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 1’17.358 0.553 106.104
9 12 Ryan Blaney Ford 1’17.493 0.688 105.919
10 37 Chris Buescher Chevrolet 1’17.760 0.955 105.556
11 8 Daniel Hemric Chevrolet 1’17.796 0.991 105.507
12 20 Erik Jones Toyota 1’17.868 1.063 105.409
13 78 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 1’17.390 0.585 106.060
14 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 1’17.575 0.770 105.807
15 22 Joey Logano Ford 1’17.589 0.784 105.788
16 6 Trevor Bayne Ford 1’17.618 0.813 105.749
17 19 Daniel Suarez Toyota 1’17.663 0.858 105.687
18 34 Michael McDowell Ford 1’17.668 0.863 105.681
19 4 Kevin Harvick Ford 1’17.947 1.142 105.302
20 10 Aric Almirola Ford 1’18.031 1.226 105.189
21 24 William Byron Chevrolet 1’18.082 1.277 105.120
22 21 Paul Menard Ford 1’18.101 1.296 105.095
23 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford 1’18.258 1.453 104.884
24 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 1’18.389 1.584 104.709
25 2 Brad Keselowski Ford 1’18.435 1.630 104.647
26 13 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 1’18.455 1.650 104.620
27 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 1’18.561 1.756 104.479
28 32 Matt DiBenedetto Ford 1’18.657 1.852 104.352
29 31 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 1’18.665 1.860 104.341
30 38 David Ragan Ford 1’18.898 2.093 104.033
31 15 Justin Marks Chevrolet 1’18.972 2.167 103.936
32 95 Regan Smith Chevrolet 1’19.267 2.462 103.549
33 72 Cole Whitt Chevrolet 1’19.489 2.684 103.260
34 43 Darrell Wallace Jr. Chevrolet 1’19.910 3.105 102.716
35 7 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 1’19.940 3.135 102.677
36 23 J.J. Yeley Toyota 1’20.444 3.639 102.034
37 96 Jeffrey Earnhardt Toyota 1’20.510 3.705 101.950
38 00 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 1’21.196 4.391 101.089
39 51 Stanton Barrett Ford 1’21.871 5.066 100.255
40 66 Timmy Hill Toyota 1’22.022 5.217 100.071