Wise Power 400 qualifying results: Austin Cindric edges Erik Jones to take the pole as reigning Cup series Champion Kyle Larson disappoints again

Wise Power 400 qualifying results: Austin Cindric edges Erik Jones to take the pole as reigning Cup series Champion Kyle Larson disappoints again

Austin Cindric, Erik Jones and Kyle Larson

The second round of the NASCAR Cup Series got underway in Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California as 36 drivers got into the track to secure poles for the final race on Sunday. Newly crowned Daytona 500 champion Austin Cindric secure his first career pole after topping Saturday’s qualifying.         

Erik Jones missed out on the pole with a difference of a few milliseconds and two times cup series champion Kyle Busch finished P3. Defending NASCAR Cup series champion Kyle Larson, who lost in Daytona starting at P1, put on another disappointing display as he was only able to secure a P13 finish.

Wise Power 400 qualifying results

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Denny Hamlin and Daniel Hemric complete the top 5 and the Clash At the “Clash at Colosseum” winner Joey Logano will start at P7 on Sunday. Brad Keselowski finished at P9 where as Aric Almirola failed to secure a lap time after he spun out of the track in his qualifying run

Daytona 500 P2 finisher Bubba Wallace failed to put up a qualifying time as returning to the garage after a practice session incident disqualified him from the practice session and his teammate Kurt Busch will also start from the back after he failed the pre-qualifying inspection three times which revoked his permission to contest in the qualifier.

PoleDriverCarQual. Speed
1Austin CindricFord • #2174.647
2Erik JonesChevrolet • #43174.157
3Kyle BuschToyota • #18173.758
4Denny HamlinToyota • #11173.373
5Daniel HemricChevrolet • #16173.139
6Ryan BlaneyFord • #12173.127
7Joey LoganoFord • #22170.628
8Chase ElliottChevrolet • #9174.855
9Brad KeselowskiFord • #6173.9
10William ByronChevrolet • #24173.586
11Tyler ReddickChevrolet • #8173.427
12Martin Truex jr.Toyota • #19173.423
13Kyle LarsonChevrolet • #5173.102
14Alex BowmanChevrolet • #48172.936
15Daniel SuarezChevrolet • #99172.927
16Austin DillonChevrolet • #3172.753
17Ricky StenhouseChevrolet • #47172.712
18Ty DillonChevrolet • #42172.344
19Christopher BellToyota • #20171.887
20Chris BuescherFord • #17171.887
21Cole CusterFord • #41171.674
22Harrison BurtonFord • #21171.473
23Michael McDowellFord • #34171.2
24Chase BriscoeFord • #14170.859
25Corey LajoieChevrolet • #7170.665
26Todd GillilandFord • #38169.392
27Cody WareFord • #51168.879
28Josh BilickChevrolet • #77167.609
29Garrett SmithleyFord • #15163.811
30BJ McLeodFord • #78163.254
31Aric AlmirolaFord • #100
32Kevin HarvickFord • #40            
33Ross ChastainChevrolet • #10
34Bubba WallaceToyota • #230
35Justin HaleyChevrolet • #310
36Kurt BuschToyota • #450
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Pole sitter Austin Cindric will go into the final race hoping to emulate the Daytona glory and confirm his win at Daytona wasn’t beginners’ luck. Defending Champion Kyle Larson will be hoping to regain the momentum and start to get back to winning ways again whereas his teammate Alex Bowman will be hoping to defend his title in Fontana successfully.

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