NASCAR Cup Series: William Byron takes pole for 2019 Coca-Cola 600
By Asher Fair
William Byron took his second pole position of the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season for the season’s 13th race, the Coca-Cola 600, at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Hendrick Motorsports’ William Byron became the youngest polesitter in Coca-Cola 600 history by taking the pole position for this Sunday’s running of the race, which is the 13th of 36 races on the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series schedule, at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
The 21-year-old Charlotte, North Carolina native took the pole position for the 400-lap race around the four-turn, 1.5-mile (2.414-kilometer) Charlotte Motor Speedway oval in Concord, North Carolina by recording a top lap time of 29.440 seconds (183.424 miles per hour) in his #24 Chevrolet.
After eight different drivers took the pole positions for the first eight races of the season, none of the last five races have featured polesitters other than these eight drivers.
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Byron’s pole position for this race is his second pole position of the season, as he also took the pole position for the season-opening Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway.
Stewart-Haas Racing’s Aric Almirola was the highest qualifying Ford driver for the race while Joe Gibbs Racing’s Kyle Busch was the highest qualifying Toyota driver. They qualified in second and third place in their #10 Ford and #18 Toyota, respectively.
Richard Childress Racing’s Austin Dillon and Stewart-Haas Racing’s Kevin Harvick are set to round out the top five on the starting grid after qualifying in fourth and fifth place in their #3 Chevrolet and #4 Ford, respectively.
Stewart-Haas Racing’s Daniel Suarez, Team Penske’s Joey Logano, Stewart-Haas Racing’s Clint Bowyer, Roush Fenway Racing’s Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Richard Childress Racing rookie Daniel Hemric are set to round out the top 10 on the starting grid after qualifying in sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and 10th place in their #41 Ford, #22 Ford, #14 Ford, #17 Ford and #8 Chevrolet, respectively.
Here are the full qualifying results for the 2019 Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Qualifying Results
1st – William Byron
2nd – Aric Almirola
3rd – Kyle Busch
4th – Austin Dillon
5th – Kevin Harvick
6th – Daniel Suarez
7th – Joey Logano
8th – Clint Bowyer
9th – Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
10th – Daniel Hemric
11th – Kurt Busch
12th – Chase Elliott
13th – Alex Bowman
14th – Martin Truex Jr.
15th – Jimmie Johnson
16th – Erik Jones
17th – Paul Menard
18th – Ryan Newman
19th – Ryan Blaney
20th – Denny Hamlin
21st – Brad Keselowski
22nd – Chris Buescher
23rd – Michael McDowell
24th – Ryan Preece
25th – Kyle Larson
26th – Matt Tifft
27th – Matt DiBenedetto
28th – Ty Dillon
29th – Darrell Wallace Jr.
30th – Corey LaJoie
31st – David Ragan
32nd – Landon Cassill
33rd – Bayley Currey
34th – Parker Kligerman
35th – Ross Chastain
36th – B.J. McLeod
37th – Reed Sorenson
38th – Cody Ware
39th – Quin Houff
40th – Joey Gase
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The live broadcast of the Coca-Cola 600 is scheduled to begin on Fox at 6:00 p.m. ET this Sunday, May 26, so be sure not to miss the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season’s 13th race from Charlotte Motor Speedway.