Kyle Larson Wins his Third Straight Pole at Sonoma

Sonoma, CA – RIS – Kyle Larson won his third-straight pole on the road course at Sonoma Raceway in preparations for Sunday’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup race.  He claimed the top spot with a speed of 95.712 mph.

“I felt good in our mock run yesterday in practice, ran a good lap,” Larson told FS1. “Both of these two rounds I ran good. I felt like I overdrove the first session. Then the next session I was like, ‘OK, I’m just going to calm down and not make any mistakes’ and I probably under drove just a little. I felt like through the Carousel and Turn 7 I probably under drove some and gave up a little speed, but felt like I made up some time in other areas.”

Larson tied Ricky Rudd for the most consecutive Sonoma poles.

The top five is completed by William Byron, Joey Logano, Chase Elliott and Daniel Suarez. All top five starters are under the age of 30.

Byron will start on the front row for the seventh time in the first 16 races of the season.

Defending race winner Martin Truex Jr. qualified eighth.

In the first round, Michael McDowell qualified 13th and was followed by Clint Bowyer, Aric Almirola, Kurt Busch and Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

Erik Jones cut his left-rear tire during his qualifying run in the first round. He qualified 32nd.

“Story of the whole year,” Jones said afterward. “Nothing really went my way at this point. It’s not changing this weekend yet.”

Pos Car Driver Team Time Speed
Row 1: 1 42 Kyle Larson Credit One Bank Chevrolet 94.784 95.712
2 24 William Byron Hertz Chevrolet 94.827 95.669
Row 2: 3 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 94.878 95.618
4 9 Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet 94.898 95.597
Row 3: 5 41 Daniel Suarez Ruckus Ford 95.260 95.234
6 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Ground Toyota 95.287 95.207
Row 4: 7 18 Kyle Busch M&M's Hazelnut Toyota 95.367 95.127
8 19 Martin Truex Jr. Bass Pro Shops Toyota 95.399 95.095
Row 5: 9 12 Ryan Blaney PPG Ford 95.507 94.988
10 37 Chris Buescher Hellmann's Chevrolet 95.668 94.828
Row 6: 11 48 Jimmie Johnson Ally Chevrolet 96.156 94.347
12 88 Alex Bowman Axalta Chevrolet 96.374 94.133
Row 7: 13 34 Michael McDowell Love's Travel Stops Ford 95.449 95.046
14 14 Clint Bowyer Rush Truck Centers Ford 95.485 95.010
Row 8: 15 10 Aric Almirola Smithfield Ford 95.624 94.872
16 1 Kurt Busch Monster Energy Chevrolet 95.746 94.751
Row 9: 17 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Performance/ThanksDW Ford 95.749 94.748
18 38 David Ragan #ThanksDW Ford 95.821 94.677
Row 10: 19 95 Matt DiBenedetto Procore Thanks DW Throwback Toyota 95.926 94.573
20 47 Ryan Preece # Kroger Chevrolet 96.070 94.431
Row 11: 21 6 Ryan Newman Wyndham Rewards Ford 96.106 94.396
22 2 Brad Keselowski America's Tire Ford 96.118 94.384
Row 12: 23 4 Kevin Harvick Mobil 1 Ford 96.130 94.372
24 21 Paul Menard Menards/Richmond Ford 96.281 94.224
Row 13: 25 8 Daniel Hemric Poppy Bank Chevrolet 96.294 94.211
26 3 Austin Dillon Dow Coatings Chevrolet 96.457 94.052
Row 14: 27 32 Corey LaJoie GMN Ford 96.484 94.026
28 36 Matt Tifft # Acquire Investments Ford 96.781 93.737
Row 15: 29 96 Parker Kligerman(i) TRD 40th Anniversary Toyota 97.006 93.520
30 43 Bubba Wallace World Wide Technology Chevrolet 97.020 93.506
Row 16: 31 13 Ty Dillon GEICO Military Chevrolet 97.040 93.487
32 20 Erik Jones Craftsman Toyota 97.530 93.018
Row 17: 33 77 Justin Haley(i) Formula One Imports Chevrolet 97.911 92.656
34 52 Cody Ware(i) SBC Contractors Chevrolet 98.432 92.165
Row 18: 35 00 Landon Cassill(i) SHARE Chevrolet 98.719 91.897
36 51 JJ Yeley Jacob Companies Chevrolet 99.161 91.488
Row 19: 37 15 Kyle Weatherman(i) Low T Centers Chevrolet 102.283 88.695
38 27 Reed Sorenson VIPRacingExperience.com Chevrolet 0.000 0.000
Did Not Qualify: None.
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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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Volume 2019, Issue 6, Posted 9:49 AM, 07.09.2019