Kyle Larson starts on pole with Bristol qualifying rained out
There’s a sticky situation heading into Sunday’s race in Thunder Valley, and it’s causing fits for the drivers. He is a five-time victor at the track, and since joining the Cup Series, he ranks first in both dominator categories by a sizeable margin.
“We’ve heard from fans and from several drivers about how much fun it is to race during the daytime at Charlotte Motor Speedway”, speedway president Marcus Smith said in a release.
Larson ended the first round sitting eighth and the second round sitting second on the leaderboard.
Edwards then stunned NASCAR by retiring in January, replaced by Xfinity Series champion Daniel Suarez, but the Gibbs outfit is yet to record a victory with seven races complete. After being in a vehicle the past few seasons that had no chance of winning, he’s finally showing his true skills in a good auto taking over for the retired Tony Stewart. “I’ve always been extremely fast here at Bristol, but I’ve never had the luck to go with it in the Cup Series”.
The Bank of America 500, NASCAR’s homecoming, returns to its original afternoon starting time on Sunday, Oct. 8, in a move geared for on-track competition and a schedule-friendly weekend format for families.
Heading into this year as the replacement for Tony Stewart in the No. 14 Ford at Stewart-Haas Racing, there was optimism Bowyer could get his career back on track.
It’s not that Kyle Larson isn’t a fan of the sticky substance put down on the racing surface at Bristol Motor Speedway. The track’s high banking allows drivers to slide up near the wall, which mimics the style of racing from when Larson was a young driver in open-wheel series. It caused only cosmetic damage to his auto. “The VHT is wider than the width of our race cars now, too, which makes it extremely easy to run around the bottom”. “But all those things come together to win that race and be successful”.
Chase Elliott is second in the standings with five top-10 finishes.
“Aside from becoming a dirt-track racer, which I’m not going to do, it’s just about practice and experience and getting a vehicle underneath you that you feel comfortable with”, she said.
Kyle Busch: Let’s start with the history here.
Last year: Simon Pagenaud took first for Team Penske from the pole.
“The effort is always the same – to go as fast as you can each and every lap, no matter where you’re running”.
Kasey Kahne posted the best 10-lap average at 127.482 miles per hour. It started with a fourth place finish at this race past year and a 15th place finish in the August race.
“I commend Bristol for trying in that wish-land space to try to do something here at the bottom”, said Johnson, who will start 11th. “The biggest problem I had with a stock vehicle was it had no grip”. “… It makes it feel faster because things are happening a lot quicker”. Formula One driver Fernando Alonso will be at Barber this week and through the race as he prepares to run in next month’s Indianapolis 500. This is the place that made me want to be a NASCAR driver.
Kyle Busch ($10,600) – He has been highly owned the last two weeks and somewhat disappointed with a 15th place finish at Texas last race and is now the most expensive option.
“He painted a pretty clear picture for me”, Veach said. Time will definitely tell but you can expect NASCAR to nip any shady work in the butt if they decide there is any. “It looks like they did a little more here this time than they did last time so we’ll see how that transpires and what that means”.