NASCAR qualifying results from Richmond Raceway
Next up, it’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series qualifying. They’ll set the starting grid for the race at the 0.75-mile oval of Richmomd Raceway.
View the full 2019 Richmond starting lineup below.
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The field has been split into two groups ahead of this session. Group A will see the bottom 18 qualifiers from last week. Group B consists of the top 20 qualifiers from the week prior. The order in each group has been set by a random draw.
Richmond
Qualifying – Report
Laps: 2
The sun is setting as this session begins. The temperatures will go down and the speeds will go up as the session rolls on.
Two laps are allocated for qualifying. Early on, nearly every car is setting their quick time on lap two of the run.
Quin Houff tagged the wall lightly off turn two. He has a tire rub into turn three and he shuts it down.
Richmond Qualifying Results – Group A: 1. Martin Truex Jr (21.526); 2. Matt DiBenedetto (21.598); 3. Ryan Blaney (21.612); 4. Erik Jones (21.617); 5. Chris Buescher (21.737); 6. Paul Menard (21.747); 7. Matt Tifft (21.865); 8. Joey Logano (21.896); 9. Corey LaJoie (21.910); 10. Bubba Wallace (21.960);
Group B
Kyle Busch is the first car in group A. He jumps to the top of the board.
“I’m thinking about stubbing my toe and going on the five minute clock,” Kurt Busch tells NBC Sports ahead of his run as he refers to the sun setting behind him.
Chase Elliott is glued right to the yellow line in turn one on his lap. He barely misses the bottom in turn three but he jumps to the top of the board.
Hamlin is super slow on his get up to speed lap, he’s the first to do that. He takes it easy into turn one as well. He’s on it into turn three on his last lap. He’s putting it all into lap two. He gets loose in turn one and comes up just short, 3rd.
Kevin Harvick is snug into turn one. He works it to the bottom. He misses the bottom in turn three but he jumps to the top of the board.
Brad Keselowski stomps the gas early off the exit of turn two. He uses every inch of the track off turn four and nearly tags the wall but he’s quickest so far.
Brad Keselowski will start from the pole position in Saturday night’s NASCAR race at the short track!
“We didn’t get any poles last year. Now, we got three,” Keselowski says of 2019.
View the full NASCAR starting lineup for Richmond Raceway below.
Richmond Raceway
Starting Lineup
September 21, 2019
NASCAR Cup Series
Pos | Driver | Time
1. Brad Keselowski
21.229
2. Kevin Harvick
21.334
3. Chase Elliott
21.399
4. Kyle Busch
21.411
5. Clint Bowyer
21.417
6. Denny Hamlin
21.442
7. Aric Almirola
21.509
8. Martin Truex Jr
21.526
9. Kurt Busch
21.563
10. Jimmie Johnson
21.569
11. Michael McDowell
21.585
12. Matt DiBenedetto
21.598
13. Kyle Larson
21.605
14. Daniel Suarez
21.609
15. Ryan Blaney
21.612
16. Erik Jones
21.617
17. Austin Dillon
21.631
18. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
21.640
19. Ryan Newman
21.655
20. Alex Bowman
21.660
21. Ryan Preece
21.699
22. Daniel Hemric
21.702
23. Chris Buescher
21.737
24. Paul Menard
21.747
25. William Byron
21.808
26. Matt Tifft
21.865
27. David Ragan
21.873
28. Joey Logano
21.896
29. Corey LaJoie
21.910
30. Bubba Wallace
21.960
31. Ty Dillon
22.061
32. Ross Chastain
22.124
33. JJ Yeley
22.262
34. Austin Theriault
22.329
35. Reed Sorenson
22.350
36. Landon Cassill
22.455
37. Spencer Boyd
22.584
38. Quin Houff
22.654
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