NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series: Kurt Busch marca a pole no Talladega Superspeedway

Kurt Busch (Ford) conquistou neste sábado (13/10) a pole-position para a 1000Bulbs.com 500, no Talladega Superspeedway, 31ª etapa da Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series e segunda do Round of 12 dos Playoffs. Foi a quinta pole do piloto da Stewart-Haas Racing no ano e 27ª na categoria. Busch fez o tempo de 48s906 (195.804 mph), conquistando a sua primeira pole em uma pista com placa restritora.

Clint Bowyer completa a dobradinha da SHR na primeira fila. Kevin Harvick e Aric Almirola formam a segunda fila, também da SHR.

Chase Elliot (Chevrolet) divide a terceira fila com Jimmie Johnson (Chevrolet). Alex Bowman (Chvrolet) alinha em sétimo, seguido por William Byron (Chevrolet). Kyle Busch (Toyota) e Denny Hamlin (Toyota) fecham os dez melhores.

Grid:

1. (41) Kurt Busch (P), Ford, 195.804 mph.
2. (14) Clint Bowyer (P), Ford, 195.301 mph.
3. (4) Kevin Harvick (P), Ford, 195.186 mph.
4. (10) Aric Almirola (P), Ford, 194.571 mph.
5. (9) Chase Elliott (P), Chevrolet, 194.397 mph.
6. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 194.172 mph.
7. (88) Alex Bowman (P), Chevrolet, 193.768 mph.
8. (24) William Byron #, Chevrolet, 193.768 mph.
9. (18) Kyle Busch (P), Toyota, 193.693 mph.
10. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 193.380 mph.
11. (78) Martin Truex Jr. (P), Toyota, 192.928 mph.
12. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 192.827 mph.
13. (19) Daniel Suarez, Toyota, 192.564 mph.
14. (34) Michael McDowell, Ford, 192.509 mph.
15. (20) Erik Jones, Toyota, 192.162 mph.
16. (38) David Ragan, Ford, 191.996 mph.
17. (43) Darrell Wallace Jr. #, Chevrolet, 191.935 mph.
18. (2) Brad Keselowski (P), Ford, 191.900 mph.
19. (12) Ryan Blaney (P), Ford, 191.731 mph.
20. (22) Joey Logano (P), Ford, 191.386 mph.
21. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 191.195 mph.
22. (31) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 191.172 mph.
23. (47) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 190.985 mph.
24. (6) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 190.981 mph.
25. (95) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 190.662 mph.
26. (37) Chris Buescher, Chevrolet, 190.651 mph.
27. (32) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford, 189.940 mph.
28. (62) Brendan Gaughan(i), Chevrolet, 189.706 mph.
29. (13) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 189.699 mph.
30. (21) Paul Menard, Ford, 189.658 mph.
31. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 189.500 mph.
32. (23) JJ Yeley(i), Ford, 189.380 mph.
33. (7) DJ Kennington(i), Chevrolet, 189.234 mph.
34. (42) Kyle Larson (P), Chevrolet, 188.731 mph.
35. (96) Jeffrey Earnhardt, Toyota, 188.367 mph.
36. (15) Ross Chastain(i), Chevrolet, 186.969 mph.
37. (00) Joey Gase(i), Chevrolet, 186.696 mph.
38. (99) Landon Cassill(i), Chevrolet, 186.627 mph.
39. (51) Cody Ware, Chevrolet, 183.136 mph.
40. (72) Corey LaJoie, Chevrolet, 0.000 mph.

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41. (97) David Starr(i), Toyota, 185.880 mph.