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Van Gisbergen rockets to first career Cup Series pole at Roval
Shane van Gisbergen topped the NASCAR Cup Series field in qualifying Saturday at the Charlotte Roval for his first career pole.
He clocked in at 99.246mph (82.704s) in his first attempt at the Roval in a Cup Series car.
Tyler Reddick (P) qualified second at 99.177mph and AJ Allmendinger, third at 98.874mph. Allmendinger is the defending winner.
Joey Logano (P) ran fourth at 98.694mph; Austin Cindric (P), fifth at 98.580mph; Kyle Larson (P), sixth at 98.500mph; Chase Elliott (P), seventh at 98.389mph; Brad Keselowski, eighth at 98.341mph and Bubba Wallace, ninth at 98.219mph. William Byron (P) rounded out the top 10 at 98.165mph.
Byron is the only driver locked into the next round of the playoffs going into Sunday’s elimination race.
Kyle Busch missed advancing to the final round when Keselowski bumped him in the final minute of the first round. Busch qualified 11th.
Christopher Bell (P) qualified 12th; Daniel Suarez (P), 13th; Ryan Blaney (P), 15th; Alex Bowman (P), 17th and Denny Hamlin (P), 18th.
Ty Gibbs wound up 19th, while Carson Hocevar qualified 20th. Michael McDowell managed 21st.
Chase Briscoe (P) was the lowest qualifying playoff driver in 25th place.
Martin Truex Jr. qualified 30th for his final Roval race.
*P denotes playoff driver
Kelly Crandall
Kelly has been on the NASCAR beat full-time since 2013, and joined RACER as chief NASCAR writer in 2017. Her work has also appeared in NASCAR.com, the NASCAR Illustrated magazine, and NBC Sports. A corporate communications graduate from Central Penn College, Crandall is a two-time George Cunningham Writer of the Year recipient from the National Motorsports Press Association.
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