William Byron earns Pocono pole over Kyle Busch
William Byron earns his third pole of the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season at Pocono Raceway.
Photo by: Logan Whitton / NKP / Motorsport Images
Byron is now equal with Kevin Harvick with a season-leading three poles each. The 21-year-old also won pole position for this year's Daytona 500 and Coca-Cola 600.
Byron's lap of 173.494mph was 0.260 seconds clear of his closest competitor, Kyle Busch. For Busch, this outside pole is his best qualifying effort so far this season.
Clint Bowyer, Erik Jones, Brad Keselowski, Denny Hamlin, Kyle Larson, Jimmie Johnson, Daniel Suarez and Austin Dillon will round out the top-ten.
During the session, there was just one incident caused by J.J. Yeley when he spun off of Turn 2, narrowly keeping it out of the inside wall.
Cla | # | Driver | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Gap | Interval | Mph | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 24 | William Byron | Chevrolet | 1 | 51.875 | 173.494 | |||
2 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | 1 | 52.135 | 0.260 | 0.260 | 172.629 | |
3 | 14 | Clint Bowyer | Ford | 1 | 52.168 | 0.293 | 0.033 | 172.520 | |
4 | 20 | Erik Jones | Toyota | 1 | 52.201 | 0.326 | 0.033 | 172.410 | |
5 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Ford | 1 | 52.212 | 0.337 | 0.011 | 172.374 | |
6 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | 1 | 52.344 | 0.469 | 0.132 | 171.939 | |
7 | 42 | Kyle Larson | Chevrolet | 1 | 52.359 | 0.484 | 0.015 | 171.890 | |
8 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | 1 | 52.369 | 0.494 | 0.010 | 171.857 | |
9 | 41 | Daniel Suarez | Ford | 1 | 52.420 | 0.545 | 0.051 | 171.690 | |
10 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Chevrolet | 1 | 52.429 | 0.554 | 0.009 | 171.661 | |
11 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Ford | 1 | 52.438 | 0.563 | 0.009 | 171.631 | |
12 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Chevrolet | 1 | 52.442 | 0.567 | 0.004 | 171.618 | |
13 | 10 | Aric Almirola | Ford | 1 | 52.454 | 0.579 | 0.012 | 171.579 | |
14 | 21 | Paul Menard | Ford | 1 | 52.458 | 0.583 | 0.004 | 171.566 | |
15 | 88 | Alex Bowman | Chevrolet | 1 | 52.461 | 0.586 | 0.003 | 171.556 | |
16 | 22 | Joey Logano | Ford | 1 | 52.518 | 0.643 | 0.057 | 171.370 | |
17 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Ford | 1 | 52.574 | 0.699 | 0.056 | 171.187 | |
18 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Ford | 1 | 52.586 | 0.711 | 0.012 | 171.148 | |
19 | 6 | Ryan Newman | Ford | 1 | 52.761 | 0.886 | 0.175 | 170.581 | |
20 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr. | Toyota | 1 | 52.803 | 0.928 | 0.042 | 170.445 | |
21 | 1 | Kurt Busch | Chevrolet | 1 | 52.884 | 1.009 | 0.081 | 170.184 | |
22 | 95 | Matt DiBenedetto | Toyota | 1 | 52.910 | 1.035 | 0.026 | 170.100 | |
23 | 8 | Daniel Hemric | Chevrolet | 1 | 52.915 | 1.040 | 0.005 | 170.084 | |
24 | 37 | Chris Buescher | Chevrolet | 1 | 52.928 | 1.053 | 0.013 | 170.042 | |
25 | 13 | Ty Dillon | Chevrolet | 1 | 52.942 | 1.067 | 0.014 | 169.997 | |
26 | 43 | Darrell Wallace Jr. | Chevrolet | 1 | 53.189 | 1.314 | 0.247 | 169.208 | |
27 | 38 | David Ragan | Ford | 1 | 53.373 | 1.498 | 0.184 | 168.625 | |
28 | 34 | Michael McDowell | Ford | 1 | 53.434 | 1.559 | 0.061 | 168.432 | |
29 | 47 | Ryan Preece | Chevrolet | 1 | 53.711 | 1.836 | 0.277 | 167.563 | |
30 | 36 | Matt Tifft | Ford | 1 | 53.862 | 1.987 | 0.151 | 167.094 | |
31 | 00 | Landon Cassill | Chevrolet | 1 | 53.905 | 2.030 | 0.043 | 166.960 | |
32 | 15 | Ross Chastain | Chevrolet | 1 | 54.063 | 2.188 | 0.158 | 166.472 | |
33 | 32 | Corey Lajoie | Ford | 1 | 54.073 | 2.198 | 0.010 | 166.442 | |
34 | 51 | Bayley Currey | Ford | 1 | 54.086 | 2.211 | 0.013 | 166.402 | |
35 | 27 | Reed Sorenson | Chevrolet | 1 | 54.982 | 3.107 | 0.896 | 163.690 | |
36 | 77 | Quin Houff | Chevrolet | 1 | 55.458 | 3.583 | 0.476 | 162.285 | |
37 | 52 | J.J. Yeley | Chevrolet |
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