NASCAR: Elliott earns pole for Martinsville night race

Chase Elliott scored the pole position for Saturday night’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway.

The pole is his first in over two years and the 10th of his Cup Series career. The pole position is also the 18th for Hendrick Motorsports at Martinsville (most of all teams) and the organization’s 233rd pole.

Elliott put down a top speed of 96.151 mph in the final round of group qualifying to take home the top spot for the 400-lap race. The driver of the No. 9 LLumar Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 has one Martinsville win to his name that came in the 2020 Playoff race.

“I think the overall feel here is pretty similar to what it’s been in the past,” Elliott said of running the Next Gen Camaro at Martinsville. “It seems like the shorter tracks, the cars have a pretty similar sensation to what the last generation car had. It has just a little different way of getting there with setups and some of the fine details.

“Overall, I think it’s fine. There are certainly going to be challenges tomorrow for us, and I’m sure for everybody. Hopefully, we can try to make the right decisions to hopefully have them impact us the least.”

All four Hendrick Motorsports cars placed in the top five of the best 10-lap average from the group practice sessions with Larson leading the way in that category, followed by Byron placing second, Elliott fourth and Bowman fifth.

Qualifying Results

Pos No. Driver Team Time Speed
1 9 Chase Elliott LLumar Chevrolet 19.694 96.151
2 10 Aric Almirola Smithfield Spirals Ford 19.799 95.641
3 41 Cole Custer HaasTooling.com Ford 19.808 95.598
4 17 Chris Buescher Fastenal Ford 19.850 95.395
5 24 William Byron RaptorTough.com Chevrolet 19.893 95.189
6 4 Kevin Harvick Subway Ford 19.941 94.960
7 20 Christopher Bell Yahoo! Toyota 19.965 94.846
8 5 Kyle Larson HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 20.003 94.666
9 6 Brad Keselowski Fastenal Ford 20.015 94.609
10 38 Todd Gilliland # Cross Country Adjusting Ford 20.062 94.387
11 18 Kyle Busch M&M’s Crunchy Cookie Toyota 19.775 95.757
12 12 Ryan Blaney Advance Auto Parts Ford 19.789 95.690
13 2 Austin Cindric # Menards/Moen Ford 19.790 95.685
14 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 19.792 95.675
15 48 Alex Bowman Ally Chevrolet 19.863 95.333
16 34 Michael McDowell Navage Nasal Care Ford 19.863 95.333
17 31 Justin Haley LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevrolet 19.867 95.314
18 45 Kurt Busch McDonald’s/Money Lion Toyota 19.901 95.151
19 14 Chase Briscoe Mahindra Tractors Ford 19.904 95.137
20 19 Martin Truex Jr. Bass Pro Shops Toyota 19.937 94.979
21 23 Bubba Wallace DoorDash Toyota 19.965 94.846
22 8 Tyler Reddick 3CHI Chevrolet 19.982 94.765
23 3 Austin Dillon Get Bioethanol Chevrolet 19.986 94.746
24 43 Erik Jones FOCUSfactor Chevrolet 19.996 94.699
25 11 Denny Hamlin Sport Clips Haircuts Toyota 20.083 94.289
26 7 Corey LaJoie Built.com Chevrolet 20.095 94.232
27 1 Ross Chastain GoPro Chevrolet 20.100 94.209
28 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Kroger/Louisiana Hot Sauce Chevrolet 20.113 94.148
29 21 Harrison Burton # Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford 20.134 94.05
30 99 Daniel Suarez GoPro Chevrolet 20.145 93.999
31 77 Josh Bilicki(i) Zeigler Auto Group Chevrolet 20.269 93.423
32 15 JJ Yeley(i) Ford 20.494 92.398
33 78 BJ McLeod Epilepsy Foundation Ford 20.545 92.168
34 42 Ty Dillon Chevyliners.com Chevrolet 20.591 91.963
35 51 Cody Ware Nurtec ODT Ford 21.021 90.081
36 16 AJ Allmendinger(i) Action Industries Chevrolet 0 0

 

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