Kevin Harvick (Stewart-Haas Racing Ford) conquistou nesta sexta-feira (12/04) a pole-position para a Toyota Owners 400 no Richmond Raceway, nona etapa da Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. Na terceira parte do treino, com os 12 mais rápidos, Harvick fez o tempo de 21s722 (124.298 mph).
Erik Jones (Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota) complete a primeira fila. Kurt Busch (Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet) e Joey Logano (Team Penske Ford) dividem a segunda fila.
LÁder do campeonato Kyle Busch (Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota) forma a terceira fila com o parceiro de equipe Martin Truex Jr.
Chase Elliott (Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet) alinha em sétimo, seguido por Austin Dillon (Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet).
Daniel Suárez (Stewart-Haas Racing Ford) e Jimmie Johnson (Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet) fecham os dez primeiros.
Antes da prova acontece uma inspeção nos carros. Com isso o grid permanece não oficial até a inspeção.
Atualizado 13/04 – 17:44
Oito carros foram punidos, na vistoria antes da prova. E caÁram para o final do grid:
Chase Elliott, Erik Jones, Daniel Suarez, Jimmie Johnson, Aric Almirola, Denny Hamlin, Matt Tifft e Joey Gase. Â
Grid:
1 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 21.722
2 20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21.760
3 1 Kurt Busch Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 21.797
4 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 21.832
5 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21.845
6 19 Martin Truex Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21.880
7 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 21.924
8 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 0 21.958
9 41 Daniel Suárez Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 22.021
10 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 22.101
11 37 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 22.106
12 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 22.120
13 21 Paul Menard Wood Brothers Racing Ford 21.848
14 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 21.855
15 10 Aric Almirola Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 21.865
16 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 21.871
17 88 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 21.891
18 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21.898
19 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 21.899
20 36 Matt Tifft (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 21.900
21 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 21.925
22 38 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 21.934
23 47 Ryan Preece (R) JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 21.951
24 8 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 22.099
25 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 21.802
26 43 Darrell Wallace Jr. Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet 21.821
27 95 Matt DiBenedetto Leavine Family Racing Toyota 21.823
28 32 Corey LaJoie Go Fas Racing Ford 21.843
29 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 21.849
30 13 Ty Dillon Germain Racing Chevrolet 21.873
31 6 Ryan Newman Roush Fenway Racing Ford 21.898
32 00 Landon Cassill StarCom Racing Chevrolet 21.920
33 52 Bayley Currey (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 22.046
34 51 Jeb Burton (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 22.211
35 77 Quin Houff (R) Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 22.384
36 66 Joey Gase (i) MBM Motorsports Toyota 22.652
37 15 Ross Chastain (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 0.000