NASCAR Cup Series: William Byron takes pole for 2019 Bojangles’ Southern 500
By Asher Fair
William Byron took the pole position at Darlington Raceway for the penultimate race on the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series regular season schedule, the Bojangles’ Southern 500.
Hendrick Motorsports’ William Byron took the pole position for the 25th of 26 races on the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series regular season schedule at Darlington Raceway, the Bojangles’ Southern 500. This pole position is his fourth pole position of the season, tying him with Stewart-Haas Racing’s Kevin Harvick for the most among all drivers.
Byron took the pole position for this 367-lap race around the four-turn, 1.366-mile (2.198-kilometer) Darlington Raceway oval in Darlington, South Carolina by recording a top lap time of 28.510 seconds (172.487 miles per hour) in his #24 Chevrolet in the single-car qualifying session.
Team Penske’s Brad Keselowski qualified in second place as the highest qualifying Ford driver in his #2 Ford and is set to start alongside Byron on the front row.
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Chip Ganassi Racing teammates Kyle Larson and Kurt Busch are set to share row two after qualifying in third and fourth place in their #42 Chevrolet and #1 Chevrolet, respectively.
Stewart-Haas Racing’s Daniel Suarez qualified in fifth place in his #41 Ford and is set to start alongside Hendrick Motorsports’ Jimmie Johnson in sixth in his #48 Chevrolet on row three. Team Penske’s Joey Logano qualified in seventh in his #22 Ford and is set to start alongside Hendrick Motorsports’ Chase Elliott in eighth in his #9 Chevrolet on row four.
Joe Gibbs Racing’s Denny Hamlin was the highest qualifying Toyota driver for this race. He qualified in ninth place in his #11 Toyota and is set to start alongside Team Penske’s Ryan Blaney in 10th in his #12 Ford on row five.
Here are the full qualifying results for the 2019 Bojangles Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway.
Qualifying Results
1st – William Byron
2nd – Brad Keselowski
3rd – Kyle Larson
4th – Kurt Busch
5th – Daniel Suarez
6th – Jimmie Johnson
7th – Joey Logano
8th – Chase Elliott
9th – Denny Hamlin
10th – Ryan Blaney
11th – Kevin Harvick
12th – Chris Buescher
13th – Clint Bowyer
14th – Austin Dillon
15th – Erik Jones
16th – Alex Bowman
17th – Paul Menard
18th – Daniel Hemric
19th – Matt DiBenedetto
20th – Ryan Preece
21st – Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
22nd – Martin Truex Jr.
23rd – Michael McDowell
24th – Ryan Newman
25th – Landon Cassill
26th – David Ragan
27th – Corey LaJoie
28th – Darrell Wallace Jr.
29th – Ty Dillon
30th – Aric Almirola
31st – Ross Chastain
32nd – Matt Tifft
33rd – Kyle Busch
34th – Quin Houff
35th – J.J. Yeley
36th – B.J. McLeod
37th – Joe Nemechek
38th – Garrett Smithley
39th – Joey Gase
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The Bojangles’ Southern 500 is scheduled to take place tomorrow evening, and it is set to get underway at 6:00 p.m. ET. NBC is set to broadcast the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series regular season’s penultimate race live from Darlington Raceway.