MARTINSVILLE, Va. — William Byron, dealing with a must-win state of affairs to advance to the Championship 4 will begin on the pole in Sunday’s Cup race at Martinsville Speedway.
“It’s good however it doesn’t depend for something but,” Byron mentioned. “We’ve ready nicely for coming right here. Be ok with my race automobile. … Going good up to now.”
Byron claimed the pole with a lap of 98.185 mph. That is Byron’s third pole of the season and sixteenth of his Cup profession.
The ultimate two spots within the Championship 4 shall be determined over 500 laps on the 0.526-mile oval.
Ty Gibbs will begin second after a lap of 98.175 mph. He was adopted by playoff drivers Kyle Larson (98.038 mph), Joey Logano (98.002) and Denny Hamlin (97.876).
Among the many different remaining playoff drivers: Chase Elliott certified eighth, Chase Briscoe ninth, Christopher Bell twelfth and Ryan Blaney thirty first. Blaney certified thirty second at Martinsville within the spring.
Byron, Logano, Blaney and Elliott are all in a must-win state of affairs to advance.
“Our long term pace was lower than nice, so we’ve bought some work to do there,” Logano mentioned.
NBC and Peacock may have protection of Sunday’s race. Countdown to Inexperienced begins at 1:30 p.m. ET. Race protection begins at 2 p.m. ET.
