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Michael McDowell claimed yet another NASCAR Cup Series superspeedway pole Saturday at Talladega. The Front Row Motorsports driver ran a 183.063mph (52.310s) lap in the final round of qualifying. It…
Michael McDowell secured another NASCAR Cup Series superspeedway pole position on Saturday at Talladega by clocking a 183.063mph (52.310s) lap in the final round of qualifying. This marked McDowell’s sixth pole of the season and his career, making it his fifth consecutive pole at a superspeedway. McDowell’s only miss was at the season-opening Daytona 500, where he started second. The grid saw Austin Cindric in second, Todd Gilliland in third, then Kyle Busch and Ryan Blaney rounding out the top five. Defending race winner Blaney was among the fastest in qualifying. Joey Logano, Austin Dillon, and Denny Hamlin made up the rest of the top eight. The YellaWood 500, the second race in the Round of 12 for the Cup Series playoffs, is set for 2 p.m. ET on Sunday.
