NASCAR starting lineup for Bristol Motor Speedway
This afternoon, they’ll set the starting lineup for the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway.
View the full 2019 Bristol starting lineup below.
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Bristol Qualifying
Round 1 – Report
Duration: 10 minutes (Top 24 Advance)
Th green is out but cars are parking at the edge of the pit lane. This is what we’ve seen in recent weeks and will likely lead to NASCAR making changes. However, it wasn’t expected for Bristol.
It’s likely due to the PJ1 that’s applied to the race track. It takes awhile for the sticky compound to be activated. It needs heat and a few cars through it.
The PJ1 is installed at the very bottom lane of the race track. It will likely be the fast lane, once it gets some heat in it.
2 minutes in,. Ryan Preece is the first car on the race track. He’s loose and fighting the handling. The driver has a full list of negatives about the handling of his car over the crew radio.
Halfway in round one, six cars have set a time. Currently, Ty Dillon sits at the top of the board.
Two minutes remain, Ryan Blaney jumps to the top of the board. He was quickest in the practice round earlier. It only took one lap. He was going to run another but the car got loose in the middle of turns 1-2.
Ryan Blaney wins round 1 of NASCAR qualifying. The top 23 cars were all faster than the pole speed for this year last year.
Bristol Qualifying – Round 1 Results: 1. Ryan Blaney (14.671); 2. Aric Almirola (14.695); 3. Jimmie Johnson (14.697); 4. Clint Bowyer (14.707); 5. Kyle Larson (14.709); 6. Erik Jones (14.715); 7. Ricky Stenhouse Jr (14.745); 8. Chase Elliott (14.746); 9. Denny Hamlin (14.752); 10. Alex Bowman (14.780);
Bristol Qualifying
Round 2 – Report
Duration: 10 minutes (Top 12 Advance)
The green is out on round two. It’s been out, for 3 minutes, no driver has taken to the race track.
Halfway in round two, still no driver has taken to the track. Larson heads out to the track.
3 minutes remain, the track is getting busy. Chase Elliott jumps to the top. 1 minutes left in round two, Ryan Blaney sets a new track record with a 14.528!
Blaney wins round two of NASCAR Cup Series qualifying.
Bristol Qualifying – Round 2 Results: 1. Ryan Blaney (14.528); 2. Chase Elliott (14.604); 3. Aric Almirola (14.625); 4. Erik Jones (14.636); 5. William Byron (14.641); 6. Jimmie Johnson (14.646); 7. Clint Bowyer (14.665); 8. Joey Logano (14.677); 9. Brad Keselowski (14.693); 10. Denny Hamlin; 11. Ryan Newman; 12. Paul Menard;
Bristol Qualifying
Round 3 – Report
Duration: 5 minutes (Run for pole)
1 minute in, Aric Almirola is the first car to the track in the final round of knockout qualifying. Sparks fly from his machine as the sun falls under the mountains and Almirola bottoms out on the track.
Final minute, Elliott sits at the top of the board. Blaney is on the track. Blaney can’t hold it on the bottom of the race track like he could in the previous two rounds.
Chase Elliott takes the pole at Bristol Motor Speedway!
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Bristol Starting Lineup
April 7, 2019
Session Time: 6:10pm – April 5th, 2019
Pos | Driver | Time
1.. Chase Elliott
14.568
2. William Byron
14.606
3. Ryan Blaney
14.627
4. Erik Jones
14.641
5. Denny Hamlin
14.681
6. Aric Almirola
14.692
7. Joey Logano
14.734
8. Clint Bowyer
14.741
9. Paul Menard
14.757
10. Jimmie Johnson
14.780
11. Ryan Newman
14.801
12. Brad Keselowski
14.803
13. Kevin Harvick
14.706
14. Alex Bowman
14.706
15. Austin Dillon
14.729
16. Kyle Larson
14.734
17. Kyle Busch
14.780
18. Michael McDowell
14.784
19. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
14.799
20. Daniel Suarez
14.809
21. Matt DiBenedetto
14.834
22. David Ragan
14.838
23. Martin Truex Jr
14.854
24. Ty Dillon
14.951
25. Chris Buescher
14.914
26. Daniel Hemric
14.926
27. Kurt Busch
14.955
28. Bubba Wallace
14.957
29. Matt Tifft
14.987
30. Ryan Preece
15.078
31. Landon Cassill
15.156
32. Corey LaJoie
15.268
33. Gray Gaulding
15.280
34. Bayley Currey
15.495
35. Timmy Hill
15.741
36. Quin Houff
16.656
37. Ross Chastain
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