Keselowski puts Penske Ford on pole for Richmond
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| Brad Keselowski |
Brad Keselowski won the provisional Busch Pole Award on Friday night at Richmond Raceway with a fast lap of 127.185 mph in the No. 2 Team Penske Ford. For Keselowski it was the 17th Busch Pole Award of his career in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and his second pole win at the 0.75-mile Virginia short track.
Kevin Harvick finished second in the No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford with a lap of 126.559 mph and will start alongside Keselowski on the front row for Saturday’s Federated Auto Parts 400 (7:30 p.m. ET, NBCSN, NBC Sports App, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
Chase Elliott was third in the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet at 126.174 mph, Kyle Busch was fourth in the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota at 126.103 mph and Clint Bowyer rounded out the top five in the No. 14 SHR Ford at 126.068 mph.
Jimmie Johnson was the fastest non-playoff driver coming in 10th place in the No. 48 Hendrick Motor Sports Chevrolet at 125.810 mph.
All results for today’s qualifying are unofficial as cars will be impounded and then go through OSS inspection on Saturday at the track.
Qualifying Results
| Pos | Car | Driver | Team | Time | Speed |
| 1 | 2 | Brad Keselowski (P) | Discount Tire Ford | 21.229 | 127.185 |
| 2 | 4 | Kevin Harvick (P) | Mobil 1 Ford | 21.334 | 126.559 |
| 3 | 9 | Chase Elliott (P) | NAPA Chevrolet | 21.399 | 126.174 |
| 4 | 18 | Kyle Busch (P) | M&M's Hazelnut Toyota | 21.411 | 126.103 |
| 5 | 14 | Clint Bowyer (P) | CSU/One Cure Ford | 21.417 | 126.068 |
| 6 | 11 | Denny Hamlin (P) | FedEx Office Toyota | 21.442 | 125.921 |
| 7 | 10 | Aric Almirola (P) | Smithfield Ford | 21.509 | 125.529 |
| 8 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr. (P) | Bass Pro Shops Toyota | 21.526 | 125.430 |
| 9 | 1 | Kurt Busch (P) | Monster Energy Chevrolet | 21.563 | 125.214 |
| 10 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Ally Chevrolet | 21.569 | 125.180 |
| 11 | 34 | Michael McDowell | Long John Silver's Ford | 21.585 | 125.087 |
| 12 | 95 | Matt DiBenedetto | Toyota Express Maintenance Toyota | 21.598 | 125.012 |
| 13 | 42 | Kyle Larson (P) | Credit One Bank Chevrolet | 21.605 | 124.971 |
| 14 | 41 | Daniel Suarez | Haas Automation Ford | 21.609 | 124.948 |
| 15 | 12 | Ryan Blaney (P) | Menards/Richmond Ford | 21.612 | 124.931 |
| 16 | 20 | Erik Jones (P) | Craftsman Toyota | 21.617 | 124.902 |
| 17 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Okuma Chevrolet | 21.631 | 124.821 |
| 18 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Fastenal Ford | 21.640 | 124.769 |
| 19 | 6 | Ryan Newman (P) | Roush Performance Ford | 21.655 | 124.683 |
| 20 | 88 | Alex Bowman (P) | Nationwide Chevrolet | 21.660 | 124.654 |
| 21 | 47 | Ryan Preece # | Kroger Chevrolet | 21.699 | 124.430 |
| 22 | 8 | Daniel Hemric # | Caterpillar Chevrolet | 21.702 | 124.412 |
| 23 | 37 | Chris Buescher | Fast Lane to Flavor Chevrolet | 21.737 | 124.212 |
| 24 | 21 | Paul Menard | Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford | 21.747 | 124.155 |
| 25 | 24 | William Byron (P) | Liberty University Chevrolet | 21.808 | 123.808 |
| 26 | 36 | Matt Tifft # | Surface Sunscreen Ford | 21.865 | 123.485 |
| 27 | 38 | David Ragan | MDS Trucking Ford | 21.873 | 123.440 |
| 28 | 22 | Joey Logano (P) | Shell Pennzoil Ford | 21.896 | 123.310 |
| 29 | 32 | Corey LaJoie | CorvetteParts.net Ford | 21.910 | 123.231 |
| 30 | 43 | Bubba Wallace | Victory Junction Chevrolet | 21.960 | 122.951 |
| 31 | 13 | Ty Dillon | GEICO Chevrolet | 22.061 | 122.388 |
| 32 | 15 | Ross Chastain(i) | Chevrolet | 22.124 | 122.039 |
| 33 | 52 | JJ Yeley(i) | Byrna Ford | 22.262 | 121.283 |
| 34 | 51 | Austin Theriault | Jacob Companies Chevrolet | 22.329 | 120.919 |
| 35 | 77 | Reed Sorenson | Go Parts Chevrolet | 22.350 | 120.805 |
| 36 | 00 | Landon Cassill(i) | University of Richmond Chevrolet | 22.455 | 120.240 |
| 37 | 53 | Spencer Boyd(i) | AQRE.app Chevrolet | 22.5 |
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