Sunday, April 19, 2015

NASCAR Bristol 2015: Lineup, starting grid for Food City 500


Matt Kenseth will open in pole position on Sunday afternoon at the Food City 500, at a prime spot at a familiar track at Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee.


Kenseth won the pole with a qualifying speed of 128.632 mph on Friday, his first pole of the season and 14th of his career, including his second pole position at Bristol. Kenseth, who ranks 12th on the NASCAR Sprint Cup points leaderboard this season, has 16 top-five finishes at Bristol in his career.


This season, Kenseth has just two top-five finishes in seven races, but Fox analyst Larry McReynolds believes Sunday is anybody's race at Bristol.


"Bristol serves as a clean sheet of paper for teams because its characteristics aren’t relative to any other track they’ve competed on yet this season," McReynolds said. "If a team has been struggling the first part of the season, whether in the aero, chassis or horsepower departments, they get a fresh start at Bristol because these categories don’t matter nearly as much as mechanical grip does. Some teams might get a chance at redemption this weekend."


Behind Kenseth in starting on Sunday include 2014 Food City 500 champ Carl Edwards in third position, and 2015 points leader Kevin Harvick in fourth position.


Fox will provide coverage of Sunday's race beginning at 1 p.m. ET, preceded by a 30-minute Fox NASCAR Sunday pre-race show.


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Position Driver Make Speed
1Matt KensethToyota128.632
2Brad KeselowskiFord128.442
3Carl EdwardsToyota128.322
4Kevin HarvickChevrolet128.211
5Denny HamlinToyota127.419
6Joey LoganoFord127.317
7Kurt BuschChevrolet126.871
8Kasey KahneChevrolet126.829
9Paul MenardChevrolet126.829
10Jamie McMurrayChevrolet126.612
11David RaganToyota126.436
12Austin DillonChevrolet126.262
13Dale Earnhardt Jr.Chevrolet127.081
14Kyle LarsonChevrolet127.073
15Justin AllgaierChevrolet126.562
16Martin Truex Jr.Chevrolet126.503
17Landon CassillChevrolet126.428
18Ryan NewmanChevrolet126.088
19Michael McDowellFord125.947
20A.J. AllmendingerChevrolet125.939
21Tony StewartChevrolet125.831
22Matt DiBenedettoToyota125.798
23Jeff GordonChevrolet125.609
24Brett MoffittToyota125.199
25Ricky Stenhouse Jr.Ford126.378
26Danica PatrickChevrolet126.328
27Casey MearsChevrolet126.303
28Jimmie JohnsonChevrolet126.146
29J.J. YeleyToyota126.046
30Aric AlmirolaFord125.823
31Trevor BayneFord125.798
32David GillilandFord125.625
33Greg BiffleFord125.551
34Jeb BurtonToyota125.510
35Josh WiseFord125.453
36Michael AnnettChevrolet125.158
37Clint BowyerToyota125.020
38Chris BuescherFord125.020
39Sam Hornish Jr.Ford124.938
40Alex BowmanChevrolet124.557
41Mike BlissFord124.130
42Cole WhittFord124.050
43Alex KennedyChevrolet123.610





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