NASCAR: Clint Bowyer takes pole for 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race
By Asher Fair
Clint Bowyer took the pole position for the $1 million-paying 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Stewart-Haas Racing’s Clint Bowyer took the pole position for the Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway as he seeks to become the driver who earns the $1 million prize for winning the race.
This qualifying session was not conducted using the simple single-car qualifying format. Instead, drivers were required to complete three laps around the four-turn, 1.5-mile (2.414-kilometer) Charlotte Motor Speedway oval in Concord, North Carolina, and they were also required to make a four-tire pit stop. Additionally, there was no pit road speed limit during this session.
Bowyer recorded the fastest qualifying run of the 15 drivers who qualified for the race, and he did so in 118.794 seconds in his #14 Ford.
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Joe Gibbs Racing’s Kyle Busch qualified in second place in his #18 Toyota ahead of Stewart-Haas Racing’s Kevin Harvick, who qualified in third in his #4 Ford.
Richard Childress Racing’s Austin Dillon was the highest qualifying Chevrolet driver for this race. He qualified in fourth place in his #3 Chevrolet. Joe Gibbs Racing’s Martin Truex Jr. rounded out the top five on the speed chart in this qualifying session by qualifying in fifth in his #19 Toyota.
Richard Childress Racing’s Ryan Newman, Joe Gibbs Racing’s Erik Jones, Hendrick Motorsports’ Jimmie Johnson and Team Penske teammates Ryan Blaney and Joey Logano rounded out the top 10 on the speed chart in this qualifying session by qualifying in sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and 10th place in their #6 Ford, #20 Toyota, #48 Chevrolet, #12 Ford and #22 Ford, respectively.
Here are the full qualifying results for the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Qualifying Results
1st – Clint Bowyer
2nd – Kyle Busch
3rd – Kevin Harvick
4th – Austin Dillon
5th – Martin Truex Jr.
6th – Ryan Newman
7th – Erik Jones
8th – Jimmie Johnson
9th – Ryan Blaney
10th – Joey Logano
11th – Chase Elliott
12th – Denny Hamlin
13th – Aric Almirola
14th – Brad Keselowski
15th – Kurt Busch
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Charlotte Motor Speedway is scheduled to host the Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race tomorrow evening beginning at 8:00 p.m. ET, and this race is set to be broadcast live on Fox Sports 1. Before this race, the Monster Energy Open is scheduled to take place at the track beginning at 6:00 p.m. ET, and this race is also set to be broadcast live on Fox Sports 1.