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NASCAR at Bristol 2019 Qualifying Results: Chase Elliott Wins 1st Pole of Season

Kyle Newport

Chase Elliott won the pole for the 2019 Food City 500 after posting the best qualifying time at Bristol Motor Speedway on Friday.

William Byron will start alongside Elliott up front, with Ryan Blaney, Erik Jones and Denny Hamlin rounding out the top five.

Below is a look at the qualifying action from Bristol.

     

2019 Food City 500 Qualifying Results

1. Chase Elliott

2. William Byron 

3. Ryan Blaney

4. Erik Jones

5. Denny Hamlin

6. Aric Almirola

7. Joey Logano

8. Clint Bowyer

9. Paul Menard

10. Jimmie Johnson

11. Ryan Newman

12. Brad Keselowski

*Full results available on NASCAR's official website

     

Recap

With a pair of top-10 finishes already in the books, Elliott captured his first pole of the season on Friday.

It marks the 23-year-old's fifth career pole.

Starting in front will give Elliott a golden opportunity to try to capture his first career Food City 500 title. It also carries over some recent momentum he has built, as he finished second at the STP 500 on March 24.

Meanwhile, it marks the second straight race the No. 24 car will start in the front row. Byron finished second behind Jimmie Johnson during last week's O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 qualifying. He wound up finishing sixth.

And although he didn't win the pole, Blaney did make some history at Bristol Motor Speedway during the second round of qualifying:

His 132.076 mph in the second round set the track record, but ultimately, he wasn't able to hold off Elliott in the final round.

That allowed Elliott to exact some revenge against Blaney, as the No. 9 car finished second to the No. 12 car during TicketGuardian 500 qualifying last month.

Last year's pole winner and Food City 500 winner Kyle Busch will start 17th after failing to reach the final round on Friday. Busch is currently the NASCAR points leader.

Action will get underway at Bristol Motor Speedway at 2 p.m. ET.

   

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