The grid is ready for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Sequence race at Watkins Glen Worldwide. Defending winner Shane van Gisbergen earned pole place — his first on the Glen however fifth on the Cup stage. The spectacular qualifying effort additionally comes on the Kiwi’s thirty seventh birthday!
Spire Motorsports’ Michael McDowell will begin from the skin of the entrance row, a full 0.259s off of SVG’s quick lap of 1:11.165s.
Austin Cindric certified third for Workforce Penske, whereas SVG’s teammates Ross Chastain and Connor Zilisch had been fourth and fifth, respectively.
“The blokes did a superb job tuning it for what I wanted for the one lap,” mentioned Van Gisbergen. “It was actually good, however all Trackhouse vehicles within the prime 5 as effectively. We acquired some good vehicles right here this weekend.”
Joey Logano, Ryan Blaney, Christopher Bell, Chase Briscoe, and Ty Gibbs stuffed out the rest of the highest ten.
Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing, Connor Zilisch, Trackhouse Racing
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The 35-minute qualifying session acquired off to a sluggish begin as vehicles hesitated to exit on monitor. Midway by means of the session, solely 15 vehicles had put down a time with Hocevar main the best way over Allmendinger.
With lower than ten minutes to go, Van Gisbergen made his run with Zilisch following him across the monitor. The distinction was all underneath braking into the bus cease, because the three-time Supercars champion gained a ton of time by means of that one part.
In the long run, the hole between 1st and 2nd on the pace charts was greater than the hole between 2nd and 14th, showcasing simply how far forward SVG was on his flying lap.
Whereas there have been 4 Chevrolets inside the highest 5, the highest Hendrick Motorsports driver was William Byron down in thirteenth. Kyle Larson was again in twenty third, Texas winner Chase Elliott twenty seventh, and Alex Bowman twenty eighth.
23XI was one other shock, as Tyler Reddick had received the newest highway course race at COTA from pole, however he was solely quick sufficient for fifteenth.
Katherine Legge, who had her automobile chief ejected after two inspection failures, certified final, 5.3 seconds off the pole time.
NASCAR Cup Watkins Glen Beginning Lineup
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