Kyle Busch (Toyota) marcou neste sábado (27/10) a pole-position para a First Data 500, no Martinsville Speedway, 33ª etapa da Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, e primeira do Round of 8. Foi a quarta pole do piloto da Joe Gibbs Racing no ano, e 31ª na categoria. Busch fez o tempo de 19s673 (96.254 mph). Na manhã de domingo acontece um vistoria técnica, para a confirmação do grid.
Clint Bowyer (Ford) completa a primeira fila. Denny Hamlin (Toyota) alinha em terceiro, seguido por Ryan Blaney (Ford). Aric Almirola (Ford) e Martin Truex Jr. (Toyota) dividem a terceira fila.
Kurt Busch (Ford) e Brad Keselowski (Ford) formam a quarta fila. Daniel Suarez (Toyota) e Kyle Larson (Chevrolet) fecham os dez primeiros. Destes disputam essa fase dos Playoffs: Kyle Busch, Bowyer, Almirola, Truex Jr. e Kurt Busch.
Entre os demais participantes dos Playoffs, Joey Logano (Ford) alinha na 11ª posição, Kevin Harvick (Ford) na 13ª e Chase Elliot (Ford) na 21ª. Â
Grid:
1 Kyle Busch Toyota 96.254 mph
2 Clint Bowyer Ford 96.122 mph
3 Denny Hamlin Toyota 96.112 mph
4 Ryan Blaney Ford 96.093 mph
5 Aric Almirola Ford 96.058 mph
6 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 95.932 mph
7 Kurt Busch Ford 95.883 mph
8 Brad Keselowski Ford 95.781 mph
9 Daniel Suarez Toyota 95.704 mph
10 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 95.607 mph
11 Joey Logano Ford 95.516 mph
12 William Byron Chevrolet 95.266 mph
13 Kevin Harvick Ford 95.530 mph
14 David Ragan Ford 95.472 mph
15 Chris Buescher Chevrolet 95.444 mph
16 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 95.434 mph
17 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet 95.352 mph
18 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 95.323 mph
19 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 95.208 mph
20 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford 95.184 mph
21 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 95.146 mph
22 Michael McDowell Ford 95.084 mph
23 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 95.079 mph
24 Erik Jones Toyota 95.027 mph
25 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 95.165 mph
26 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 95.132 mph
27 Matt Kenseth Ford 95.094 mph
28 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 95.079 mph
29 Matt DiBenedetto Ford 95.070 mph
30 Regan Smith Chevrolet 94.960 mph
31 Cole Whitt Chevrolet 94.411 mph
32 Bubba Wallace Chevrolet 94.387 mph
33 D.J. Kennington Toyota 93.919 mph
34 J.J. Yeley Toyota 93.719 mph
35 Joey Gase Chevrolet 93.088 mph
36 Jeb Burton Chevrolet 92.878 mph
37 Timmy Hill Toyota 92.678 mph
38 Hermie Sadler Chevrolet 92.497 mph
39 Paul Menard Ford 90.000 mph
40 Landon Cassill Chevrolet –