NASCAR Cup Talladega qualifying results: Bell on pole
The starting lineup has been set for the NASCAR Cup Series at Talladega Superspeedway, and it's a front row lockout for Joe Gibbs Racing.
The Toyota looked very strong in both rounds of qualifying. All six TRD-powered cars qualified inside the top-12 with five of them making the final round.
Christopher Bell claimed pole position for his second career pole, beating out teammate Martin Truex Jr. by 0.081s. His other pole came earlier this year at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
There were no incidents. All cars with the exception of the No. 77 car driven by Landon Cassill put down a qualifying time.
| Cla | # | Driver | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Gap | Interval | Mph | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 |  Christopher Bell |
Toyota | 2 | 52.927 | 180.928 | |||
| 2 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr. |
Toyota | 2 | 53.008 | 0.081 | 0.081 | 180.652 | |
| 3 | 16 | Daniel Hemric |
Chevrolet | 2 | 53.221 | 0.294 | 0.213 | 179.929 | |
| 4 | 99 |  Daniel Suarez |
Chevrolet | 2 | 53.234 | 0.307 | 0.013 | 179.885 | |
| 5 | 5 | Kyle Larson |
Chevrolet | 2 | 53.254 | 0.327 | 0.020 | 179.817 | |
| 6 | 45 | Kurt Busch |
Toyota | 2 | 53.255 | 0.328 | 0.001 | 179.814 | |
| 7 | 11 | Denny Hamlin |
Toyota | 2 | 53.308 | 0.381 | 0.053 | 179.635 | |
| 8 | 24 | William Byron |
Chevrolet | 2 | 53.316 | 0.389 | 0.008 | 179.608 | |
| 9 | 23 | Bubba Wallace |
Toyota | 2 | 53.336 | 0.409 | 0.020 | 179.541 | |
| 10 | 8 | Tyler Reddick |
Chevrolet | 2 | 53.399 | 0.472 | 0.063 | 179.329 |
| 11 | 31 | Justin Haley |
Chevrolet | 2 | 53.514 | 0.362 | 0.001 | 178.944 | |
| 12 | 18 | Kyle Busch |
Toyota | 2 | 53.515 | 0.363 | 0.001 | 178.940 | |
| 13 | 22 | Joey Logano |
Ford | 2 | 53.572 | 0.420 | 0.057 | 178.750 | |
| 14 | 3 | Austin Dillon |
Chevrolet | 2 | 53.602 | 0.450 | 0.030 | 178.650 | |
| 15 | 6 | Brad Keselowski |
Ford | 2 | 53.626 | 0.474 | 0.024 | 178.570 | |
| 16 | 43 | Erik Jones |
Chevrolet | 2 | 53.628 | 0.476 | 0.002 | 178.563 | |
| 17 | 14 | Chase Briscoe |
Ford | 2 | 53.635 | 0.483 | 0.007 | 178.540 | |
| 18 | 2 | Austin Cindric |
Ford | 2 | 53.653 | 0.501 | 0.018 | 178.480 | |
| 19 | 1 | Ross Chastain |
Chevrolet | 2 | 53.657 | 0.505 | 0.004 | 178.467 | |
| 20 | 42 | Ty Dillon |
Chevrolet | 2 | 53.689 | 0.537 | 0.032 | 178.361 | |
| 21 | 34 | Michael McDowell |
Ford | 2 | 53.708 | 0.556 | 0.019 | 178.297 | |
| 22 | 12 | Ryan Blaney |
Ford | 2 | 53.743 | 0.591 | 0.035 | 178.181 | |
| 23 | 10 | Aric Almirola |
Ford | 2 | 53.744 | 0.592 | 0.001 | 178.178 | |
| 24 | 4 | Kevin Harvick |
Ford | 2 | 53.751 | 0.599 | 0.007 | 178.155 | |
| 25 | 21 | Harrison Burton |
Ford | 2 | 53.764 | 0.612 | 0.013 | 178.112 | |
| 26 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. |
Chevrolet | 2 | 53.802 | 0.650 | 0.038 | 177.986 | |
| 27 | 48 | Alex Bowman |
Chevrolet | 2 | 53.813 | 0.661 | 0.011 | 177.950 | |
| 28 | 9 | Chase Elliott |
Chevrolet | 2 | 53.940 | 0.788 | 0.127 | 177.531 | |
| 29 | 41 | Cole Custer |
Chevrolet | 2 | 53.943 | 0.791 | 0.003 | 177.521 | |
| 30 | 17 | Chris Buescher |
Ford | 2 | 53.964 | 0.812 | 0.021 | 177.452 | |
| 31 | 62 | Noah Gragson |
Chevrolet | 2 | 53.989 | 0.837 | 0.025 | 177.369 | |
| 32 | 38 | Todd Gilliland |
Ford | 2 | 54.178 | 1.026 | 0.189 | 176.751 | |
| 33 | 7 | Corey Lajoie |
Chevrolet | 2 | 54.205 | 1.053 | 0.027 | 176.663 | |
| 34 | 51 | Cody Ware |
Ford | 2 | 54.677 | 1.525 | 0.472 | 175.138 | |
| 35 | 44 | Greg Biffle |
Chevrolet | 2 | 54.791 | 1.639 | 0.114 | 174.773 | |
| 36 | 15 | David Ragan |
Ford | 2 | 55.118 | 1.966 | 0.327 | 173.736 | |
| 37 | 78 | B.J. McLeod |
Ford | 2 | 55.129 | 1.977 | 0.011 | 173.702 | |
| 38 | 55 | J.J. Yeley |
Ford | 2 | 55.662 | 2.510 | 0.533 | 172.038 | |
| 39 | 77 | Landon Cassill |
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