Bristol rainout puts Kyle Larson on pole for Food City 500
April 21, 2017
By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service
BRISTOL, Tenn. – For the third time this season, Kyle Larson will start a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race from the pole.
And
for the second time this year, he gained the top starting spot not
through qualifying in time trials, but with an assist from Mother
Nature.
Because
of intermittent rain at Bristol Motor Speedway, NASCAR canceled
qualifying in favor of necessary practice for teams in the Cup, XFINITY
and K&N Pro Series East Series.
With
the field for Sunday’s Food City 500 (2 p.m. ET on FOX) ordered
according to owner points, Larson will start up front as the series
leader, with second-place Chase Elliott beside him. Those are familiar
positions for both drivers, who started in the same spots when rain
wiped out qualifying for the April 2 race at Martinsville.
Interestingly,
Larson posted his worst finish of the season in that race — 17th.
Otherwise, in the six events since he ran 12th in the season-opening
Daytona 500, the driver of the No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet has a
victory from the pole at Fontana, California, and four second-place
finishes.
Elliott, on the other hand, finished third at Martinsville, matching his best result of the season.
Martin Truex Jr. will start third on Sunday, followed by Team Penske teammates Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano.
Keselowski is the only two-time winner this season, having gone to Victory Lane at both Atlanta and Martinsville.
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