NASCAR: Richmond starting lineup – Martin Truex Jr. takes pole
By Asher Fair
Martin Truex Jr. has taken the pole position for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Richmond Raceway, the Toyota Owners 400.
Joe Gibbs Racing’s Martin Truex Jr. is set to pick up this weekend where he left off last weekend, as he is set to start from the pole position in Sunday afternoon’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Richmond Raceway.
Truex earned the pole position for this 400-lap Toyota Owners 400 around the four-turn, 0.75-mile (1.207-kilometer) oval in Richmond, Virginia based on NASCAR’s starting lineup formula, which placed a heavy weight on his win in this past Sunday’s race at Martinsville Speedway.
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Take a look at this four-part formula (three parts for most full-time drivers).
- 50% based on finish in previous race
- 25% based on driver finish
- 25% based on car owner finish
- 35% based on rank in owner standings
- 15% based on rank of fastest lap in previous race
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Truex won for the third time in his last four starts at Martinsville Speedway on Sunday, and he now heads to another track where he has won two of the last three races. His #19 team sits in second place in the owner standings.
His win, coupled with his team’s position in the standings and the fact that he recorded the fifth fastest lap en route to the win, netted him the pole position for this Sunday’s race. Teammate Denny Hamlin is set to start alongside Truex on the front row in second place behind the wheel of his #11 Toyota. Hamlin’s #11 team has a sizable lead in the owner standings, and Hamlin finished in third at Martinsville Speedway after recording the fastest lap.
Hendrick Motorsports teammates Chase Elliott and William Byron, who finished in second and fourth place at Martinsville Speedway, respectively, are set to share the second row in third and fourth behind the wheels of their #9 Chevrolet and #24 Chevrolet.
Here is the full starting lineup for the 2021 Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond Raceway.
Starting Lineup
1st – Martin Truex Jr.
2nd – Denny Hamlin
3rd – Chase Elliott
4th – William Byron
5th – Joey Logano
6th – Kyle Larson
7th – Ryan Blaney
8th – Christopher Bell
9th – Kevin Harvick
10th – Kyle Busch
11th – Austin Dillon
12th – Chris Buescher
13th – Tyler Reddick
14th – Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
15th – Bubba Wallace
16th – Matt DiBenedetto
17th – Kurt Busch
18th – Ross Chastain
19th – Ryan Newman
20th – Brad Keselowski
21st – Cole Custer
22nd – Aric Almirola
23rd – Michael McDowell
24th – Alex Bowman
25th – Ryan Preece
26th – Chase Briscoe
27th – Daniel Suarez
28th – James Davison
29th – Anthony Alfredo
30th – Erik Jones
31st – Josh Bilicki
32nd – Quin Houff
33rd – Cody Ware
34th – Justin Haley
35th – B.J. McLeod
36th – Corey LaJoie
37th – Garrett Smithley
38th – Austin Cindric
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Tune in to Fox at 3:00 p.m. ET this Sunday, April 18 for the live broadcast of the Toyota Owners 400 from Richmond Raceway.