Official Starting Lineup: NASCAR Cup Series YellaWood 500 at Talladega

Austin Hill, a superspeedway master in the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series, nearly claimed his first career NASCAR Cup Series pole position in Saturday’s YellaWood 500 qualifying session at Talladega Superspeedway. However, Hill was bumped from the pole by Chase Briscoe, the final car to go out on track in the final round of the session.

Briscoe, the driver of the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, won the pole over Hill by a margin of 0.032 seconds.

Connor Zilisch, Shane van Gisbergen, and Chris Buescher rounded out the top-five fastest drivers in the qualifying session.

Official Starting Lineup: YellaWood 500 at Talladega

PsCarDriverTeamMakeLap timeDiffSpeedRnd119Chase Briscoe (C)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota51.4660.000186.0652233Austin Hill(i)Richard Childress RacingChevrolet51.4980.032185.9492388Connor Zilisch #Trackhouse RacingChevrolet51.5180.052185.8772497Shane Van GisbergenTrackhouse RacingChevrolet51.5650.099185.7072517Chris Buescher (C)RFK RacingFord51.5930.127185.6072620Christopher Bell (C)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota51.6090.143185.5492748Alex BowmanHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet51.6210.155185.5062854Ty Gibbs (C)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota51.6780.212185.3012911Denny Hamlin (C)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota51.7340.268185.1012105Kyle Larson (C)Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet51.8120.346184.82221151Cody WareRick Ware RacingChevrolet51.8020.336184.8581123Austin DillonRichard Childress RacingChevrolet51.8050.339184.8471137Daniel Suarez (C)Spire MotorsportsChevrolet51.8210.355184.79011435Riley Herbst23XI RacingToyota51.8250.359184.7761151Ross ChastainTrackhouse RacingChevrolet51.8410.375184.71911622Joey Logano (C)Team PenskeFord51.8480.382184.69411724William Byron (C)Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet51.8510.385184.6831189Chase Elliott (C)Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet51.8620.396184.64411960Ryan Preece (C)RFK RacingFord51.8620.396184.64412041Cole CusterHaas Factory TeamChevrolet51.8660.400184.63012121Josh BerryWood Brothers RacingFord51.8980.432184.5161226Brad KeselowskiRFK RacingFord51.9430.477184.35612371Michael McDowellSpire MotorsportsChevrolet51.9560.490184.31012447Ricky Stenhouse Jr.Hyak MotorsportsChevrolet51.9690.503184.26412523Bubba Wallace (C)23XI RacingToyota51.9800.514184.22512677Carson Hocevar (C)Spire MotorsportsChevrolet51.9840.518184.21112712Ryan Blaney (C)Team PenskeFord52.0360.570184.0261282Austin Cindric (C)Team PenskeFord52.0360.570184.02612943Erik JonesLEGACY MOTOR CLUBToyota52.0750.609183.88913010Ty DillonKaulig RacingChevrolet52.0860.620183.85013138Zane SmithFront Row MotorsportsFord52.1120.646183.75813242John Hunter NemechekLEGACY MOTOR CLUBToyota52.1310.665183.69113345Tyler Reddick (C)23XI RacingToyota52.1460.680183.63813462* Casey MearsBeard MotorsportsChevrolet52.2630.797183.22713534Todd GillilandFront Row MotorsportsFord52.2640.798183.22413678* Daniel Dye(i)Live Fast MotorsportsChevrolet52.3250.859183.01013716AJ AllmendingerKaulig RacingChevrolet52.4560.990182.55313844* Joey Gase(i)NY Racing TeamChevrolet52.5701.104182.1571394Noah GragsonFront Row MotorsportsFord52.6741.208181.79714066* Gray Gaulding(i)Garage 66Ford52.8751.409181.1061