Brad Keselowski took the pole position for the second race of the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs at Richmond Raceway, the Federated Auto Parts 400.
Team Penske’s Brad Keselowski took his third pole position of the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season and his third in the last nine races for the second of 10 races on the playoff schedule, the Federated Auto Parts 400, at Richmond Raceway.
Keselowski took the pole position for this 400-lap race around the four-turn, 0.75-mile (1.207-kilometer) Richmond Raceway oval in Richmond, Virginia by recording a top lap time of 21.229 seconds (127.185 miles per hour) in the single-car qualifying session for this race in his #2 Ford.
Set to start alongside Keselowski on the front row is Stewart-Haas Racing’s Kevin Harvick, giving Ford a front row lockout. Harvick qualified in second place in his #4 Ford.
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The race’s highest qualifying Chevrolet driver and the race’s highest qualifying Toyota driver are set to start alongside one another on row two, as Hendrick Motorsports’ Chase Elliott qualified in third place in his #9 Chevrolet and Joe Gibbs Racing’s Kyle Busch qualified in fourth in his #18 Toyota.
Stewart-Haas Racing’s Clint Bowyer and Joe Gibbs Racing’s Denny Hamlin are set to share row three after qualifying in fifth and sixth place in their #14 Ford and #11 Toyota, respectively.
Set to round out the top 10 on the starting grid are Stewart-Haas Racing’s Aric Almirola and Joe Gibbs Racing’s Martin Truex Jr. on row four in seventh and eighth place in their #10 Ford and #19 Toyota, respectively, and Chip Ganassi Racing’s Kurt Busch and Hendrick Motorsports’ Jimmie Johnson on row five in ninth and 10th in their #1 Chevrolet and #48 Chevrolet, respectively.
Of the drivers who qualified in the top 10, only Johnson is not in the playoffs.
Here are the full qualifying results for the 2019 Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond Raceway.
NOTE: Playoff drivers are listed in italics.
Qualifying Results
1st – Brad Keselowski
2nd – Kevin Harvick
3rd – Chase Elliott
4th – Kyle Busch
5th – Clint Bowyer
6th – Denny Hamlin
7th – Aric Almirola
8th – Martin Truex Jr.
9th – Kurt Busch
10th – Jimmie Johnson
11th – Michael McDowell
12th – Matt DiBenedetto
13th – Kyle Larson
14th – Daniel Suarez
15th – Ryan Blaney
16th – Erik Jones
17th – Austin Dillon
18th – Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
19th – Ryan Newman
20th – Alex Bowman
21st – Ryan Preece
22nd – Daniel Hemric
23rd – Chris Buescher
24th – Paul Menard
25th – William Byron
26th – Matt Tifft
27th – David Ragan
28th – Corey LaJoie
29th – Joey Logano
30th – Darrell Wallace Jr.
31st – Ty Dillon
32nd – Ross Chastain
33rd – J.J. Yeley
34th – Austin Theriault
35th – Reed Sorenson
36th – Landon Cassill
37th – Spencer Boyd
38th – Quin Houff
NBC Sports Network’s live broadcast of the second race of the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs and the 28th race on the 36-race schedule, the Federated Auto Parts 400, is set to begin at 7:30 p.m. ET tomorrow evening from Richmond Raceway.