Bristol Motor Speedway qualifying results from April 13, 2018 featuring the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
NASCAR is going short track racing this weekend. Today, the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series will set the field for Sunday’s NASCAR race at Bristol Motor Speedway.
View the 2018 Bristol Motor Speedway starting lineup below.
Kevin Harvick’s qualifying time is for pit selection only. He wrecked his primary car in the first practice session today. The team has gone to a backup and will start at the tail for the race. However, Harvick and team have elected not to qualify at all.
‘Bristol Bite’ better known as PJ1 has been applied yet again to the bottom groove. Until the field works that up the hill, the bottom lane is sure to be the preferred groove.
Bristol Menu: MENCS
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Round 1 – MENCS
Bristol Motor Speedway
15 minutes session in round 1 and 24 cars will advance to round 2. 3 minutes in, now cars have touched the track. The engines aren’t even fired as they sit at the edge of the pit lane.
Gray Gaulding is the first car on the track. He washes way up the banking in turn 3 and turns a 17.102. He runs 4 laps and gets his time down to a 15.739.
10 minutes remaining in the session. Only 1 car has set a time.
7 minutes remain and only 4 cars have turned a lap. 6 minutes remain, Denny Hamlin hits the track, he jumps to the top of the board.
The track is getting busy in a hurry. Everyone is glued to the bottom lane of the racing surface.
2 minutes remain, Hamlin has fallen to 14th. 1 minutes remains, he’s now 23rd. Hamlin is out. That early run has hurt the #11. He makes it back on track to try another attempt. Not good enough, Hamlin will start 25th.
“The track didn’t have enough heat in it,” Hamlin stated after his run.
Each car on the track gets faster than the next. The waiting game paid off for some. PJ1 Track Bite is the reason for that. As it heats up, it becomes more effective.
Kyle Busch wins round 1.
Round 1 Results: 1. Kyle Busch (14.879); 2. Kurt Busch (14.946); 3. Joey Logano (15.004); 4. Paul Menard; 5. Ryan Blaney; 6. Alex Bowman; 7. Ricky Stenhouse Jr; 8. Clint Bowyer; 9. Jimmie Johnson; 10. Michael McDowell; 11. Brad Keselowski; 12. Daniel Suarez;
Round 2 – MENCS
Bristol Motor Speedway
10 minutes in round 2. The top 12 cars will advance to the final round.
5 minutes remain, not a single car has touched the track. 4 minutes left, there’s a big line on pit road but no lap has been turned. 3 minutes left, Kyle Larson pulls the trigger.
1 minute left, everybody rolls to the track. It’s mad chaos at Bristol. Dillon nearly collides with Keselowski as Keselowski exits the pits and Dillon enters the pit lane.
They swap positions at the front in round 2. This time big brother Kurt wins round 2 in knockout qualifying.
Round 2 Results: 1. 1. Kurt Busch (14.871); 2. Kyle Busch (14.878); 3. Ryan Blaney (14.953); 4. Brad Keselowski; 5. Kyle Larson; 6. Joey Logano; 7. William Byron; 8. Ricky Stenhouse Jr; 9. Alex Bowman; 10. Michael McDowell; 11. Paul Menard; 12. Daniel Suarez;
Round 3 – MENCS
Bristol Motor Speedway
5 minute session for the pole. 2 minutes reamin, no car has touched the track. 1 minute and 3 seconds remain, Blaney is the first car to the track.
Kurt Busch jumps to the top of the board. Kyle Busch knocks him off the top just seconds later. Kurt Busch makes another lap to try and reclaim the top spot, he missed it, loose on his 2nd lap.
Kyle Busch will start from the pole on Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway
Bristol Motor Speedway
Starting Lineup
April 13, 2017
Pos | Driver | Time
1. Kyle Busch
14.895
2. Kurt Busch
14.897
3. Brad Keselowski
14.960
4. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
14.961
5. Ryan Blaney
14.969
6. Kyle Larson
15.985
7. Paul Menard
14.993
8. Alex Bowman
15.010
9. Michael McDowell
15.029
10. Joey Logano
15.041
11. William Byron
15.053
12. Daniel Suarez
15.153
13. Erik Jones
15.071
14. Clint Bowyer
15.086
15. Kasey Kahne
15.095
16. Chase Elliott
15.105
17. Jimmie Johnson
15.112
18. AJ Allmendinger
15.136
19. Aric Almirola
15.144
20. Darrell Wallace Jr
15.178
21. Austin Dillon
15.181
22. Chris Buescher
15.196
23. David Ragan
15.204
24. Matt DiBenedetto
15.285
25. Denny Hamlin
15.256
26. Martin Truex Jr
15.257
27. Ross Chastain
15.320
28. Gray Gaulding
15.358
29. Landon Cassill
15.360
30. Ryan Newman
15.383
31. Jamie McMurray
15.410
32. Ty Dillon
15.477
33. Trevor Bayne
15.499
34. Corey LaJoie
15.755
35. DJ Kennington
15.807
36. Reed Sorenson
15.810
37. Harrison Rhodes
16.253
38. Chad Finchum
16.735
39. Kevin Harvick
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