Austin Dillon Wins Pole Position for Sunday's Cup Race

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JOLLET, IL - RIS – Austin Dillon posted the fastest lap in qualifying on Saturday, though the lap wasn’t all that fast. His 176.236 mph lap was slower than both the pole speed for the Xfinity Series race earlier in the day and Friday night’s Truck Series race.

It’s the first time in a long time — and quite frankly, maybe ever — that the Cup Series’ fastest qualifier has posted a slower lap on the same track on the same weekend than the pole winners in the Xfinity Series and Truck Series. But this is now the reality that NASCAR is operating in with the higher downforce and lower horsepower on Cup Series cars in 2019.

Kevin Harvick will start second. He’s the only non-Chevy driver in the top five. Daniel Hemric starts third and is followed by Jimmie Johnson and Kurt Busch. The top eight drivers are all made up of guys who haven’t won a race in 2019. Denny Hamlin in ninth is the first starter of those who have won this season.

Since this is a race where they impound the cars, inspection will come tomorrow and Dillon will be considered the povisional pole winner until inspection is completed.

Time Trial Results
Chicagoland Speedway
19th Annual Camping World 400

Driver Date Time Speed
Track Qualifying Record: Joey Logano 09/15/13 28.509 189.414
Pos Car Driver Team Time Speed Lap # # Laps -Fastest -Next
Qualifying Round: 1
1 3 Austin Dillon Dow Univar Solutions Chevrolet 30.636 176.263 1 1 0.000 0.000
2 4 Kevin Harvick Jimmy John's Ford 30.666 176.091 1 1 0.030 0.030
3 8 Daniel Hemric # Liberty National Chevrolet 30.689 175.959 1 1 0.053 0.023
4 48 Jimmie Johnson Ally Chevrolet 30.738 175.678 1 1 0.102 0.049
5 1 Kurt Busch Global Poker Chevrolet 30.759 175.558 1 1 0.123 0.021
6 14 Clint Bowyer Toco Warranty Ford 30.783 175.421 1 1 0.147 0.024
7 34 Michael McDowell Love's Travel Stops Ford 30.788 175.393 1 1 0.152 0.005
8 88 Alex Bowman Axalta Chevrolet 30.824 175.188 1 1 0.188 0.036
9 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Express Toyota 30.837 175.114 1 1 0.201 0.013
10 12 Ryan Blaney BodyArmor Ford 30.841 175.092 1 1 0.205 0.004
11 24 William Byron Liberty University Chevrolet 30.869 174.933 1 1 0.233 0.028
12 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Ford 30.881 174.865 1 1 0.245 0.012
13 9 Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet 30.916 174.667 1 1 0.280 0.035
14 42 Kyle Larson McDonald's Chevrolet 30.932 174.576 1 1 0.296 0.016
15 10 Aric Almirola Smithfield Ford 30.938 174.543 1 1 0.302 0.006
16 6 Ryan Newman Oscar Mayer Hot Dogs Ford 30.940 174.531 1 1 0.304 0.002
17 18 Kyle Busch Skittles Red White & Blue Toyota 30.967 174.379 1 1 0.331 0.027
18 19 Martin Truex Jr. Bass Pro Shops Toyota 30.974 174.340 1 1 0.338 0.007
19 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 31.037 173.986 1 1 0.401 0.063
20 13 Ty Dillon GEICO Military Chevrolet 31.067 173.818 1 1 0.431 0.030
21 20 Erik Jones DeWalt Toyota 31.070 173.801 1 1 0.434 0.003
22 36 Matt Tifft # Louis Kemp Crab Delights Ford 31.084 173.723 1 1 0.448 0.014
23 47 Ryan Preece # Kroger Chevrolet 31.155 173.327 1 1 0.519 0.071
24 38 David Ragan Shriners Hospitals for Children Ford 31.167 173.260 1 1 0.531 0.012
25 21 Paul Menard Menards/FVP Ford 31.170 173.244 1 1 0.534 0.003
26 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Fastenal Ford 31.184 173.166 1 1 0.548 0.014
27 43 Bubba Wallace Victory Junction Chevrolet 31.194 173.110 1 1 0.558 0.010
28 37 Chris Buescher Maxwell House - USO Chevrolet 31.253 172.783 1 1 0.617 0.059
29 41 Daniel Suarez Ruckus Ford 31.287 172.596 1 1 0.651 0.034
30 95 Matt DiBenedetto Procore Toyota 31.346 172.271 1 1 0.710 0.059
31 32 Corey LaJoie Coin Lotto Ford 31.452 171.690 1 1 0.816 0.106
32 15 Ross Chastain(i) Low T Center Chevrolet 31.513 171.358 1 1 0.877 0.061
33 52 Bayley Currey(i) Monarch Crypto Wallet Ford 31.641 170.665 1 1 1.005 0.128
34 00 Landon Cassill(i) StarCom Fiber Chevrolet 31.702 170.336 1 1 1.066 0.061
35 51 BJ McLeod(i) Jacob Companies Ford 31.901 169.274 1 1 1.265 0.199
36 77 Quin Houff Sleep6 Chevrolet 32.107 168.188 1 1 1.471 0.206
37 53 * Josh Bilicki(i) INSURANCEKING.COM Chevrolet 32.126 168.088 1 1 1.490 0.019
38 27 * Reed Sorenson VIPRacingExperience.com Chevrolet 32.185 167.780 1 1 1.549 0.059
*Required to qualify on time, OP - Top 30 in Owner Points, PC - Past Champion,(i)Ineligible for driver points in this series