NASCAR Cup Series: William Byron takes pole for 2019 Bank of America Roval 400

William Byron took the pole position for the second NASCAR Cup Series race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway roval, the Bank of America Roval 400.

Hendrick Motorsports’ William Byron took his fifth pole position of the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season for the third race of the four-round, 10-race playoffs at the Charlotte Motor Speedway roval, the Bank of America Roval 400.

This pole position ties Byron with Stewart-Haas Racing’s Kevin Harvick for the most pole positions among all drivers this season. Byron also took the pole position for the series’ first visit to Charlotte Motor Speedway in late may for the Coca-Cola 600 on the track’s oval.

Byron took the pole position for this Sunday afternoon’s 109-lap race around the 17-turn, 2.28-mile (3.669-kilometer) Charlotte Motor Speedway roval in Concord, North Carolina by recording a top lap time of 80.932 seconds (103.198 miles per hour) in his #24 Chevrolet in the second and final round of qualifying for this race.

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Teammate Alex Bowman qualified in second place in his #88 Chevrolet, giving Hendrick Motorsports their sixth front row lockout of the season.

Team Penske’s Joey Logano was the highest qualifying Ford driver for this race. He qualified in third place in his #22 Ford and is set to start alongside another Hendrick Motorsports driver, Jimmie Johnson, in fourth in his #48 Chevrolet on row two. Among the non-playoff drivers who are set to compete in this race, Johnson qualified in the highest position by far.

Stewart-Haas Racing teammates Clint Bowyer and Harvick qualified on row three in fifth and sixth place in their #14 Ford and #4 Ford, respectively.

Chip Ganassi Racing’s Kyle Larson was the highest qualifying non-Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet driver for this race. He qualified in seventh place in his #42 Chevrolet and is set to start alongside the highest qualifying Toyota driver for the race, Joe Gibbs Racing’s Martin Truex Jr., in eighth in his #19 Toyota on row four.

Set to round out the top 10 on row five are Team Penske’s Ryan Blaney in ninth place in his #12 Ford and Wood Brothers Racing’s Paul Menard in 10th in his #21 Ford.

The slowest two of the 12 drivers who advanced to the second and final round of qualifying for this race were Team Penske’s Brad Keselowski and JTG Daugherty Racing’s Chris Buescher. They qualified in 11th and 12th place in their #2 Ford and #37 Chevrolet, respectively.

Here are the full qualifying results for the 2019 Bank of America Roval 400 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval.

NOTE: Round of 16 playoff drivers are listed in italics.

Qualifying Results
1st – William Byron
2nd – Alex Bowman
3rd – Joey Logano
4th – Jimmie Johnson
5th – Clint Bowyer
6th – Kevin Harvick
7th – Kyle Larson
8th – Martin Truex Jr.
9th – Ryan Blaney
10th – Paul Menard
11th – Brad Keselowski
12th – Chris Buescher
13th – Daniel Suarez
14th – Ryan Preece
15th – Erik Jones
16th – Aric Almirola
17th – Kyle Busch
18th – Matt DiBenedetto
19th – Chase Elliott
20th – Daniel Hemric
21st – Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
22nd – Michael McDowell
23rd – Kurt Busch
24th – Ryan Newman
25th – Darrell Wallace Jr.
26th – Corey LaJoie
27th – David Ragan
28th – Denny Hamlin
29th – Ty Dillon
30th – Austin Dillon
31st – Cody Ware
32nd – Landon Cassill
33rd – Timmy Hill
34th – Josh Bilicki
35th – Garrett Smithley
36th – Matt Tifft
37th – Ross Chastain
38th – Reed Sorenson
39th – Joe Nemechek
40th – Parker Kligerman

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The live broadcast of the Bank of America Roval 400, the third and final race of the round of 16 of the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs, is set to begin on NBC at 2:30 p.m. ET this Sunday, September 29 from Charlotte Motor Speedway.

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