Byron makes history with Darlington pole, Starting Lineup for Cup race

William Byron joined a small group of distinguished drivers with his pole time of 28.510 for Sunday’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Darlington Raceway.

Byron joins Fireball Roberts (1962) and Bill Elliott (1985) as the only drivers who have won the pole for the Daytona 500, Coca-Cola 600 and Southern 500 in the same season.

The MENCS will race at the 1.366 mile egg-shaped track on Sunday with NBCSN and MRN providing coverage starting at 6 pm ET.

Byron’s car is a the City Chevrolet, a nod to the movie “Days of Thunder.” This is Byron’s fourth pole of the season.

he No. 95 Leavine Family Racing Toyota of Matt DiBenedetto failed pre-qualifying inspection twice on Saturday. As a result, NASCAR ejected the car chief for Sunday’s race.

MENCS Lineup Darlington

1. William Byron
2. Brad Keselowski
3. Kyle Larson
4. Kurt Busch
5. Daniel Suarez
6. Jimmie Johnson
7. Joey Logano
8. Chase Elliott
9. Denny Hamlin
10. Ryan Blaney
11. Kevin Harvick
12. Chris Buescher
13. Clint Bowyer
14. Austin Dillon
15. Erik Jones
16. Alex Bowman
17. Paul Menard
18. Daniel Hemric
19. Matt DiBenedetto
20. Ryan Preece
21. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
22. Martin Truex Jr.
23. Michael McDowell
24. Ryan Newman
25. Landon Cassill
26. David Ragan
27. Corey LaJoie
28. Bubba Wallace
29. Ty Dillon
30. Aric Almirola
31. Ross Chastain
32. Matt Tifft
33. Kyle Busch
34. Reed Sorenson
35. JJ Yeley
36. BJ McLeod
37. Joey Nemechek
38. Garrett Smithley
39. Joey Gase