NASCAR Cup Series: Brad Keselowski takes pole for 2019 Consumers Energy 400

Brad Keselowski took the pole position for the Consumers Energy 400 at Michigan International Speedway, the 23rd race on the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series schedule.

Team Penske’s Brad Keselowski took his second pole position of the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season and his second pole position in the last four races for the 36-race season’s 23rd race and second race at Michigan International Speedway, the Consumers Energy 400. He also took the pole position for the race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway three weekends ago.

Keselowski took the pole position for this 200-lap race around the four-turn, 2.0-mile (3.219-kilometer) Michigan International Speedway oval in Brooklyn, Michigan by recording a top lap time of 37.801 seconds (190.471 miles per hour) in his #2 Ford in the single-car qualifying session for this race.

Stewart-Haas Racing’s Kevin Harvick qualified in second place in his #4 Ford after Keselowski knocked him off of the provisional pole position with the final qualifying run of the day, giving Ford a front row sweep of the starting lineup for this race.

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Hendrick Motorsports teammates William Byron and Alex Bowman were the highest qualifying Chevrolet drivers for this race. They qualified in third and fourth place in their #24 Chevrolet and #88 Chevrolet, respectively. Stewart-Haas Racing’s Clint Bowyer rounded out the top five by qualifying in fifth in his #14 Ford.

Hendrick Motorsports’ Chase Elliott and Richard Childress Racing’s Austin Dillon gave Chevrolet four of the top seven positions in the starting lineup by qualifying in sixth and seventh place in their #9 Chevrolet and #3 Chevrolet, respectively.

Team Penske teammates Ryan Blaney and Joey Logano and Wood Brothers Racing’s Paul Menard, however, gave Ford drivers six of the top 10 positions by qualifying in eighth, ninth and 10th place in their #12 Ford, #22 Ford and #21 Ford, respectively.

The five drivers who qualified from 11th through 15th place were also Chevrolet or Ford drivers, with three representing the former and two representing the latter. As a result, the highest qualifying Toyota driver for this race was Joe Gibbs Racing’s Denny Hamlin. He qualified all the way down in 16th in his #11 Toyota.

Here are the full qualifying results for the 2019 Consumers Energy 400 at Michigan International Speedway.

Qualifying Results
1st – Brad Keselowski
2nd – Kevin Harvick
3rd – William Byron
4th – Alex Bowman
5th – Clint Bowyer
6th – Chase Elliott
7th – Austin Dillon
8th – Ryan Blaney
9th – Joey Logano
10th – Paul Menard
11th – Daniel Hemric
12th – Jimmie Johnson
13th – Daniel Suarez
14th – Aric Almirola
15th – Kurt Busch
16th – Denny Hamlin
17th – Martin Truex Jr.
18th – Erik Jones
19th – Kyle Larson
20th – Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
21st – Matt Tifft
22nd – Ryan Newman
23rd – Ty Dillon
24th – Kyle Busch
25th – Michael McDowell
26th – David Ragan
27th – Chris Buescher
28th – Darrell Wallace Jr.
29th – Matt DiBenedetto
30th – Landon Cassill
31st – Ryan Preece
32nd – Ross Chastain
33rd – Corey LaJoie
34th – Quin Houff
35th – Austin Theriault
36th – Cody Ware
37th – Reed Sorenson
38th – Spencer Boyd

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NBC Sports Network is set to broadcast Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race live from Michigan International Speedway beginning at 3:00 p.m. ET, so be sure not to miss the Consumers Energy 400.

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