NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup for Talladega Superspeedway in October 2018
Today, the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series will set the starting grid for the Talladega Superspeedway race. The 1000Bulbs.com 500 will take the green tomorrow afternoon.
View the full 2018 Talladega starting lineup below
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Teams will get one lap in round one. The top twelve will advance into round two. The second round will also include single lap runs.
Kyle Larson was 34th on the board at the conclusion of round one. Larson turned a 50.739, nearly two full seconds off the pace. His teammate, Jamie McMurray will start in 31st. Chip Ganassi Racing has an issue here this weekend. Or both teams have just elected to set the car up strictly for race runs.
Round 1 Qualifying – Talladega Superspeedway: 1. Kurt Busch; 2. Clint Bowyer; 3. Kevin Harvick; 4. Aric Almirola; 5. Chase Elliott; 6. Alex Bowman; 7. Jimmie Johnson; 8. William Byron; 9. Denny Hamlin; 10. Kyle Busch; 11. Ricky Stenhouse Jr; 12. Martin Truex Jr;
Those twelve drivers will make a run for the pole position at Talladega Superspeedway. Four Stewart-Haas Racing machines and four Hendrick Motorsports machines have made it through to round two.
Most of these drivers are putting their hands at the window net as they make their laps. That’s to plug the gap between the A pillar and the window net. Every little bit matters when you’re fighting for the hundredths of a second and the pole.
Kurt Busch will start from the pole at Talladega Superspeedway! He tops Clint Bowyer by a tenth of a second!
View the full Talladega Superspeedway starting grid below.
Talladega Qualifying Results
October 13, 2018
NACSAR Cup Series
Pos | Driver | Time
1. Kurt Busch
48.906
2. Clint Bowyer
49.032
3. Kevin Harvick
49.061
4. Aric Almirola
49.216
5. Chase Elliott
49.260
6. Jimmie Johnson
49.317
7. Alex Bowman
49.420
8. William Byron
49.420
9. Kyle Busch
49.439
10. Denny Hamlin
49.519
11. Martin Truex Jr
49.635
12. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
49.661
13. Daniel Suarez
49.729
14. Michael McDowell
49.743
15. Erik Jones
49.833
16. David Ragan
49.876
17. Darrell Wallace Jr
49.892
18. Brad Keselowski
49.901
19. Ryan Blaney
49.945
20. Joey Logano
50.035
21. Austin Dillon
50.085
22. Ryan Newman
50.091
23. AJ Allmendinger
50.140
24. Trevor Bayne
50.141
25. Regan Smith
50.225
26. Chris Buescher
50.228
27. Matt DiBenedetto
50.416
28. Brendan Gaughan
50.478
29. Ty Dillon
50.480
30. Paul Menard
50.491
31. Jamie McMurray
50.533
32. JJ Yeley
50.565
33. DJ Kennington
50.604
34. Kyle Larson
50.739
35. Jeffrey Earnhardt
50.837
36. Ross Chastain
51.217
37. Joey Gase
51.292
38. Landon Cassill
51.311
39. Corey LaJoie
51.837
40. Cody Ware
52.289
41. David Starr
51.517
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