Chase Elliott (Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet) conquistou neste sábado (12/10) a pole-position a 1000Bulbs.com 500, no Talladega Superspeedwy, 31ª etapa da Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, quinta dos Playoffs, e segunda do Round of 12. Foi a quarta pole de Elliott no ano, e oitava na categoria. Com o tempo de 49s692 (192.707 mph) Elliott alinha pela segunda vez na pole em Talladega.
Alex Bowman completa a dobradinha da Hendrick Motorsports na primeira fila. William Byron e Jimmie Johnson, na segunda fila, fecham s domÁnio da Hendrick Motorsports no treino classificatório.
Aric Almirola (Stewart-Haas Racing Ford) e Brad Keselowski (Team Penske Ford) dividem a terceira fila.
Grid:
1 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 49.692
2 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 49.732
3 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 49.808
4 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 49.988
5 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 49.992
6 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 50.007
7 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 50.053
8 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 50.055
9 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 50.078
10 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 50.130
11 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 50.179
12 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 50.195
13 6 Ryan Newman Roush Fenway Racing Ford 50.223
14 21 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 50.264
15 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 50.315
16 36 Matt Tifft (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 50.316
17 38 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 50.341
18 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 50.452
19 41 Daniel Suárez Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 50.481
20 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 50.567
21 13 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 50.577
22 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 50.594
23 37 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 50.616
24 1 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 50.656
25 00 Landon Cassill (i) StarCom Racing Chevrolet 50.750
26 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 50.776
27 43 Darrell Wallace Jr. Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 50.863
28 62 Brendan Gaughan (i) Beard Motorsports Chevrolet 50.873
29 8 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 50.881
30 47 Ryan Preece (R) JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 51.011
31 95 Matt DiBenedetto Leavine Family Racing Toyota 51.176
32 96 Parker Kligerman (i) Gaunt Brothers Racing Toyota 51.956
33 32 Corey LaJoie Go Fas Racing Ford 52.002
34 15 Ross Chastain (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 52.324
35 77 Blake Jones Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 52.407
36 66 Joey Gase (i) MBM Motorsports Toyota 53.101
37 51 Austin Theriault Petty Ware Racing Ford 53.227
38 27 Reed Sorenson Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 53.471
39 52 Spencer Boyd (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 54.404
40 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 0.000