NASCAR qualifying results from Nashville Superspeedway
Today, the NASCAR Cup Series takes on the 1.333-mile of Nashville Superspeedway. Now, they’ll set the starting grid via a round of single car qualifying just a few hours before the race.
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39 cars on on the grid. All 39 will start the race.
NASCAR Qualifying
Report
Group A features 19 cars. It’s the slowest 19 cars from the week prior. Their order in the session is set by a random draw.
Corey LaJoie pushes into turn three and it snaps loose off turn four. He keeps it off the wall but he’s 4th of 6 so far.
Quin Houff drive it deep into turn one. He’s in too hot. Houff washes up the banking, into the dirty part of the track. He uses every inch of the track and barely brushes the wall with his right rear.
Group A : 1. Aric Almirola (29.557); 2. Custer (29.752); 3. Briscoe (29.945); 4. Alfredo (29.998); 5. Chastain (30.003);
Group B
Group B features the 20 fastest cars. Their order has been set via a random draw.
With the morning qualifying session, the track is rapidly heating up. However, it’s also taking more rubber with each lap.
Joey Logano was trending to take the pole for 90% of his lap. He lost time with a wiggle off turn four.
Erik Jones gets loose off turn four and he brushes the wall! He jumps to 5th of 24.
Larson is trending in the green off turn two. He gets loose as he drives it deep into turn three and he’s 3rd of 30.
Almirola remains at the top of the board with 10 cars remaining. The track temp is up 8 degrees since Almirola ran his lap. Everyone is losing time off turn four.
Martin Truex Jr drives it deep into turn one, the car washes up the track and he’s into the dirty part of the track. Truex Jr keeps it out of the wall but his lap is over.
Moments late, Stenhouse Jr does the same thing in turn one. Heat has taken some grip out of the track.
Aric Almirola will start from the pole positions at Nashville Superspeedway!
Nashville Superspeedway
Starting Lineup
June 20, 2021
NASCAR Cup Series
Pos | Driver | Laptime
1. Aric Almirola
29.557
2. Kyle Busch
29.572
3. Joey Logano
29.583
4. William Byron
29.612
5. Kyle Larson
29.648
6. Chase Elliott
29.722
7. Cole Custer
29.583
8. Alex Bowman
29.811
9. Erik Jones
29.835
10. Ryan Blaney
29.837
11. Matt DiBenedetto
29.839
12. Kevin Harvick
29.898
13. Denny Hamlin
29.905
14. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
29.925
15. Brad Keselowski
29.934
16. Chase Briscoe
29.945
17. Chris Buescher
29.986
18. Anthony Alfredo
29.998
19. Ross Chastain
30.003
20. Ryan Preece
30.027
21. Bubba Wallace
30.048
22. Daniel Suarez
30.098
23. Michael McDowell
30.104
24. Corey LaJoie
30.144
25. Christopher Bell
30.169
26. Tyler Reddick
30.207
27. Justin Haley
30.215
28. Austin Dillon
30.235
29. Ryan Newman
30.250
30. Kurt Busch
30.299
31. BJ McLeod
30.375
32. JJ Yeley
30.555
33. Chad Finchum
30.804
34. Josh Bilicki
30.821
35. Martin Truex Jr
30.931
36. Garrett Smithley
31.091
37. Joey Gase
31.145
38. David Starr
31.691
39. Quin Houff
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