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Chase Elliott, who just won at Nashville, is back in the lead and holds the pole position for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Road America.
Before Elliott put out a blazing lap (108.407 mph) as the final car out to take the pole, Chase Briscoe had been quickest in practise and was in the lead during the last round of qualifying.
Despite having two victories in the 2022 season, Elliott, who took first place in this event a year ago, has yet to triumph on a race track.
“It was a little more fun than I thought it was going to be, that’s for sure,” Elliott said. “I hope the results are the same tomorrow as they were last year – that’s what’s important.
“I appreciate everybody at HMS from the engine shop to every department that has a hand in what we do to make our Chevy what it was today. We’ll try to go to work and try to get it driving like it needs to for tomorrow.
“I think it’s going to be really, really hard to pass based on what I saw there in practice. It would be nice to keep track position as long as we can. Always a tough thing on road courses to manage that balance.”
Elliott has won the pole twice this year and eleven times overall.
Briscoe, who finished second quickest (108.376 mph), felt his lap might have been improved.
“I did a terrible job – I was more sideways than I was going straight,” he said. “My team definitely deserved the pole; the driver doesn’t deserve the pole. I just didn’t do a very good job.
“I got to clean that up. But we should be really good for tomorrow I think.”
Third place went to Kyle Larson, followed by Tyler Reddick in fourth and Austin Cindric in fifth.
Michael McDowell, Chris Buescher, Alex Bowman, Joey Hand, and Cole Custer round out the top ten lineup.
| Cla | # | Driver | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Gap | Interval | Mph | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Chevrolet | 1 | 2’14.427 | 108.407 | |||
| 2 | 14 | Chase Briscoe | Ford | 1 | 2’14.465 | 0.038 | 0.038 | 108.376 | |
| 3 | 5 | Kyle Larson | Chevrolet | 1 | 2’14.672 | 0.245 | 0.207 | 108.210 | |
| 4 | 8 | Tyler Reddick | Chevrolet | 2 | 2’14.740 | 0.313 | 0.068 | 108.155 | |
| 5 | 2 | Austin Cindric | Ford | 1 | 2’14.780 | 0.353 | 0.040 | 108.123 | |
| 6 | 34 | Michael McDowell | Ford | 1 | 2’14.793 | 0.366 | 0.013 | 108.112 | |
| 7 | 17 | Chris Buescher | Ford | 3 | 2’15.112 | 0.685 | 0.319 | 107.857 | |
| 8 | 48 | Alex Bowman | Chevrolet | 1 | 2’15.199 | 0.772 | 0.087 | 107.788 | |
| 9 | 15 | Joey Hand | Ford | 1 | 2’15.249 | 0.822 | 0.050 | 107.748 | |
| 10 | 41 | Cole Custer | Ford | 1 | 2’15.586 | 1.159 | 0.337 | 107.480 |
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