Qualifying Rained Out; Larson on the Pole

BRISTOL, TN – RIS – Kyle Larson’s season keeps getting better and better.  Larson won the pole for Sunday’s Food City 500 NASCAR Cup race scheduled for Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway.  He was awarded the pole because qualifying was rained out and the starting lineup was set by season point standings.  Larson had led the season standings for several weeks.

Chase Elliott joins Larson on the front row of Sunday's race. Martin Truex Jr., Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano round out the top five.

The Cup series returns after its first off week of the season.

NASCAR scrapped qualifying Friday because of the rain that hit that track and could be a problem all weekend. The field is set by owner points.

Starting Line Up 57th Annual Food City 500, Bristol Motor Speedway

Pos, Driver, Car, Notes
1) Kyle Larson, No. 42 Credit One Bank Chevrolet, Charter Team - 2017
2) Chase Elliott, No. 24 Mountain Dew/Little Caesars Chevrolet, Charter Team - 2017
3) Martin Truex Jr., No. 78 Furniture Row/Denver Mattress Toyota, Charter Team - 2017
4) Brad Keselowski, No. 2 Miller Lite Ford, Charter Team - 2017
5) Joey Logano, No. 22 Autotrader Ford, Charter Team - 2017
6) Ryan Blaney, No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford, Charter Team - 2017
7) Kyle Busch, No. 18 M&M's Toyota, Charter Team - 2017
8) Jamie McMurray, No. 1 Bass Pro Shops/NWTF Chevrolet, Charter Team - 2017
9) Clint Bowyer, No. 14 Haas Automation Demo Days Ford, Charter Team - 2017
10) Kevin Harvick, No. 4 Jimmy John's Ford, Charter Team - 2017
11) Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Lowe's Chevrolet, Charter Team - 2017
12) Trevor Bayne, No. 6 AdvoCare Ford, Charter Team - 2017
13) Ryan Newman, No. 31 Grainger Chevrolet, Charter Team - 2017
14) Erik Jones #, No. 77 Sport Clips Toyota, Charter Team - 2017
15) Kurt Busch, No. 41 Haas Automation/Monster Energy Ford, Charter Team - 2017
16) Denny Hamlin, No. 11 FedEx Freight Toyota, Charter Team - 2017
17) Kasey Kahne, No. 5 Great Clips Chevrolet, Charter Team - 2017
18) Aric Almirola, No. 43 Smithfield Ford, Charter Team - 2017
19) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 17 SunnyD Ford, Charter Team - 2017
20) Dale Earnhardt Jr., No. 88 Nationwide Chevrolet, Charter Team - 2017
21) Austin Dillon, No. 3 New Era Cap Chevrolet, Charter Team - 2017
22) Matt Kenseth, No. 20 DeWalt Toyota, Charter Team - 2017
23) Daniel Suarez #, No. 19 ARRIS Toyota, Charter Team - 2017
24) Ty Dillon #, No. 13 GEICO Chevrolet, Charter Team - 2017
25) AJ Allmendinger, No. 47 Kroger ClickList Chevrolet, Charter Team - 2017
26) Paul Menard, No. 27 Libman/Menards Chevrolet, Charter Team - 2017
27) Chris Buescher, No. 37 Bush's Beans Chevrolet, Charter Team - 2017
28) Michael McDowell, No. 95 WRL General Contractors Chevrolet, Charter Team - 2017
29) Danica Patrick, No. 10 Mobil 1 Annual Protection Ford, Charter Team - 2017
30) Landon Cassill, No. 34 CSX Play It Safe Ford, Charter Team - 2017
31) Cole Whitt, No. 72 RTIC Coolers Chevrolet, Charter Team - 2017
32) Matt DiBenedetto, No. 32 Cosmo Motors Ford, Charter Team - 2017
33) David Ragan, No. 38 Jacob Companies Ford, Charter Team - 2017
34) Reed Sorenson, No. 15 LowT Center Chevrolet, Charter Team - 2017
35) *Corey LaJoie #, No. 83 JAS Expedited Trucking Toyota, Open Team - 2017 Owner
36) Gray Gaulding #, No. 23 SunFrog.com Toyota, Charter Team - 2017
37) Jeffrey Earnhardt, No. 33 Little Joes/Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet, Charter Team - 2017
38) *Timmy Hill(i), No. 51 SleepFresh Mattress Chevrolet, Open Team - 2017 Owner
39) *Derrike Cope, No. 55 Toyota, Open Team - 2017 Owner

(i)Ineligible for driver points in this series; (#) Rookie; (*) non-charter team

   

Ron Fleshman

RIS NASCAR Editor.  Has been with RIS since the middle 90's. Writes on each of the three main series of NASCAR.

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