Ryan Blaney took the pole position for the 14th race of the 2018 NASCAR Cup Series season, the Pocono 400 at Pocono Raceway.
Team Penske’s Ryan Blaney took the pole position for the Pocono 400, which is the 14th race of the 2018 NASCAR Cup Series season, at Pocono Raceway.
Blaney is the defending winner of the race, as he won his first career Cup Series race at the track last season after starting in fourth place and leading the final 10 of its 160 laps. He has not won a race since he won at Pocono Raceway in June of 2017.
Blaney recorded a lap at 50.877 seconds (176.897 miles per hour) in his #12 Ford around the three-turn, 2.5-mile triangle in Long Pond, Pennsylvania to claim his fourth career NASCAR Cup Series pole and second pole of the season, as he also started from the pole position at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in early March.
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The 24-year-old is set to start the race alongside Stewart-Haas Racing’s Kevin Harvick in second place in his #4 Ford. Harvick has not yet won a race at Pocono Raceway in his Cup Series career, but with five victories in 13 races so far this season, he should definitely have a great chance to do so this weekend, especially considering the fact that he qualified on the outside of the front row.
Jamie McMurray was the highest qualifying Chevrolet driver in his #1 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet. He qualified in third place for the race. Defending Cup Series champion Martin Truex Jr. was the highest qualifying Toyota driver in his #78 Furniture Row Racing Toyota. He qualified in fourth and is set to start alongside McMurray.
Five Ford drivers qualified in the top nine, three Toyota drivers qualified in the top 10 and eight Chevrolet drivers qualified in the top 16 for the race, which is set to take place on Sunday, June 3.
Here are the full qualifying results for the 2018 Pocono 400 at Pocono Raceway.
| Rank | Driver | Car, Team, Manufacturer |
| 1 | Ryan Blaney | #12, Team Penske, Ford |
| 2 | Kevin Harvick | #4, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford |
| 3 | Jamie McMurray | #1, Chip Ganassi Racing, Chevrolet |
| 4 | Martin Truex Jr. | #78, Furniture Row Racing, Toyota |
| 5 | Kyle Busch | #18, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota |
| 6 | Kurt Busch | #41, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford |
| 7 | Joey Logano | #22, Team Penske, Ford |
| 8 | Ryan Newman | #31, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet |
| 9 | Clint Bowyer | #14, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford |
| 10 | Denny Hamlin | #11, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota |
| 11 | Chase Elliott | #9, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet |
| 12 | Austin Dillon | #3, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet |
| 13 | Kyle Larson | #42, Chip Ganassi Racing, Chevrolet |
| 14 | Alex Bowman | #88, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet |
| 15 | Jimmie Johnson | #48, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet |
| 16 | William Byron | #24, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet |
| 17 | Brad Keselowski | #2, Team Penske, Ford |
| 18 | Daniel Suarez | #19, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota |
| 19 | Darrell Wallace Jr. | #43, Richard Petty Motorsports, Chevrolet |
| 20 | Paul Menard | #21, Wood Brothers Racing, Ford |
| 21 | David Ragan | #38, Front Row Motorsports, Ford |
| 22 | Kasey Kahne | #95, Leavine Family Racing, Chevrolet |
| 23 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | #17, Roush Fenway Racing, Ford |
| 24 | A.J. Allmendinger | #47, JTG Daugherty Racing, Chevrolet |
| 25 | Erik Jones | #20, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota |
| 26 | Matt Kenseth | #6, Roush Fenway Racing, Ford |
| 27 | Chris Buescher | #37, JTG Daugherty Racing, Chevrolet |
| 28 | Cole Custer | #51, Rick Ware Racing, Chevrolet |
| 29 | Ty Dillon | #13, Germain Racing, Chevrolet |
| 30 | Michael McDowell | #34, Front Row Motorsports, Ford |
| 31 | Ross Chastain | #15, Premium Motorsports, Chevrolet |
| 32 | Matt DiBenedetto | #32, Go Fas Racing, Ford |
| 33 | Landon Cassill | #00, StarCom Racing, Chevrolet |
| 34 | Aric Almirola | #10, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford |
| 35 | Cole Whitt | #72, TriStar Motorsports, Chevrolet |
| 36 | Gray Gaulding | #23, BK Racing, Toyota |
| 37 | J.J. Yeley | #7, NY Racing Team, Chevrolet |
| 38 | Derrike Cope | #99, StarCom Racing, Chevrolet |
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The Pocono 400 is set to be broadcast live from Pocono Raceway on Sunday, June 3 starting at 2:00 p.m. ET on Fox Sports 1. Be sure to tune in to Fox Sports 1 to watch the race at that time.