Keselowski draws pole for Bristol race

Brad Keselowski
Brad Keselowski

The starting lineup for Sunday’s Food City presents the Supermarket Heroes 500 NASCAR Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway (3:30 p.m. ET, FS1, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) is set.

Brad Keselowski will start on the pole in the Team Penske No. 2 Ford and be joined on the front row by Stewart-Haas Racing’s Aric Almirola to lead the field to green for the 500-lap, 266.5-mile race.

The lineup for the race was determined by live draw, and the parameters were as follows:

Positions 1-12: Random draw from charter teams in those positions in owner points.

Positions 13-24: Random draw from charter teams in those positions in owner points.

Positions 25-36: Random draw from charter teams in those positions in owner points.

Positions 37-40: Open teams in order of owners points.

Lineup

Pos Driver No.
Team
1 Brad Keselowski 2 Team Penske
2 Aric Almirola 10 Stewart-Haas Racing
3 Joey Logano 22 Team Penske
4 Ryan Blaney 12 Team Penske
5 Martin Truex Jr. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing
6 Chase Elliott 9 Hendrick Motorsports
7 Kyle Busch 18 Joe Gibbs Racing
8 Kevin Harvick 4 Stewart-Haas Racing
9 Matt DiBenedetto 21 Wood Brothers Racing
10 Denny Hamlin 11 Joe Gibbs Racing
11 Alex Bowman 88 Hendrick Motorsports
12 Kurt Busch 1 Chip Ganassi Racing
13 William Byron 24 Hendrick Motorsports
14 Matt Kenseth 42 Chip Ganassi Racing
15 Erik Jones 20 Joe Gibbs Racing
16 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 JTG-Daugherty Racing
17 Ryan Newman 6 Roush Fenway Racing
18 John Hunter Nemechek 38 Front Row Motorsports
19 Chris Buescher 17 Roush Fenway Racing
20 Austin Dillon 3 Richard Childress Racing
21 Tyler Reddick 8 Richard Childress Racing
22 Cole Custer 41 Stewart-Haas Racing
23 Clint Bowyer 14 Stewart-Haas Racing
24 Jimmie Johnson 48 Hendrick Motorsports
25 Michael McDowell 34 Front Row Motorsports
26 Bayley Currey 53 Rick Ware Racing
27 Joey Gase 51 Petty Ware Racing
28 Quin Houff 00 StarCom Racing
29 Ty Dillon 13 Germain Racing
30 Gray Gaulding 27 Rick Ware Racing
31 Garrett Smithley 77 Spire Motorsports
32 Corey LaJoie 32 Go Fas Racing
33 Ryan Preece 37 JTG-Daugherty Racing
34 Brennan Poole 15 Premium Motorsports
35 Christopher Bell 95 Leavine Family Racing
36 Bubba Wallace 43 Richard Petty Motorsports
37 Daniel Suarez 96 Gaunt Brothers Racing
38 Timmy Hill 66 MBM Motorsports
39 B.J. McLeod 78 B.J. McLeod Motorsports
40 JJ Yeley 7 Tommy Baldwin Racing