Alex Bowman earned his seventh profession pole and second consecutive at Bristol on Saturday. The Hendrick Motorsports (HMS) driver lapped the half-mile in 14.911s, beating Hyak Motorsports and fellow Chevrolet driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr. by 0.014s. That is Stenhouse’s first entrance row begin since qualifying second at Auto Membership Speedway two years in the past.
“Yeah, it feels actually good,” mentioned Bowman, who was the tenth driver to make a lap in qualifying. “Truthfully, I am simply excited a few tire administration race, however undoubtedly need to dedicate this to Jon Edwards (HMS director of racing communications who handed away this week). Big loss for everyone at HMS and for his household and all people that was near him. He was in all probability my favourite individual at HMS. One of many good guys, for certain, and undoubtedly gonna be missed loads. So simply pleased with our 48 group and, yeah, excited for a tire administration race. It is gonna be a whole lot of enjoyable. Let’s examine what we have.”
Talking additional on the anticipated tire put on, Bowman mentioned, “it is gonna be difficult for certain. I believe, figuring out the place you need your (brake) bias to go and the way you are gonna handle that from the entrance. It is in all probability fairly troublesome to handle as a result of you do not have anyone in entrance of you. it is simple to run too exhausting typically. However, yeah, we’ll wait and see.”
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In the course of the session, Kyle Busch went for a spin on his second lap whereas making an attempt to get somewhat bit extra out of the automobile. Instantly afterwards, Joey Logano spun sideways and hit the wall with the appropriate rear fender. He carried on, however repairs might be wanted to his Staff Penske Ford.
A number of different drivers had nervous moments, however Busch and Logano — each former Bristol winners — have been the one ones to lose management.
Behind Bowman and Stenhouse, Kyle Larson certified third, Denny Hamlin fourth, and Ryan Blaney fifth. Ty Gibbs, Christopher Bell, AJ Allmendinger, Carson Hocevar, and Justin Haley rounded out the highest ten.
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