CHEVY NCS AT CHARLOTTE: William Byron Leads Chevrolet in Coca-Cola 600 Lineup
Group A Qualifying - Round One: Alex Bowman led Chevrolet as the third-fastest lap in round one of qualifying, advancing his No. 48 Ally Patriotic Camaro ZL1 team to the final round of qualifying.
Group B Qualifying – Round One: William Byron, No. 24 Liberty University Camaro ZL1, was third; and Tyler Reddick, No. 8 Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen Camaro ZL1, rounded out the top-five in round one to advance to the final round of qualifying.Final Round: After a final single-car, single-lap run for the top-10 fastest cars, William Byron led Chevrolet on the speed charts, locking-in a fifth-place starting spot for tomorrow’s Coca-Cola 600. Tyler Reddick qualified eighth and Alex Bowman qualified ninth to round out the Team Chevy top-10, giving Chevrolet three Camaro ZL1’s in the top-10 of the starting lineup.
Kyle Larson, No. 5 HendrickCars.com Camaro ZL1, did not post a qualifying time following body damage sustained during Group A practice after recording the fastest lap of the session.
TEAM CHEVY UNOFFICIAL TOP-20 QUALIFYING RESULTS:
POS. DRIVER
5th WILLIAM BYRON, NO. 24 LIBERTY UNIVERSITY PATRIOTIC CAMARO ZL1
8th TYLER REDDICK, NO. 8 CHEDDAR’S SCRATCH KITCHEN CAMARO ZL1
9th ALEX BOWMAN, NO. 48 ALLY PATRIOTIC CAMARO ZL1
12th DANIEL SUAREZ, NO. 99 COMMSCOPE CAMARO ZL1
13th CHASE ELLIOTT, NO. 9 NAPA CAMARO ZL1
16th AUSTIN DILLON, NO. 3 BASS PRO SHOPS / TRACKER CAMARO ZL1
20th JUSTIN HALEY, NO. 31 LEAFFILTER GUTTER PROTECTION CAMARO ZL1
TOP-FIVE UNOFFICIAL QUALIFYING RESULTS:
POS. DRIVER
1st Denny Hamlin (Toyota)
2nd Kurt Busch (Toyota)
3rd Christopher Bell (Toyota)
4th Kyle Busch (Toyota)
5th William Byron (Chevrolet)
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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.