Kyle Larson wins Bristol pole, NASCAR Cup Series Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race quantifying results

Kyle Larson claimed the pole for Saturday’s running of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway.

The No. 42 DC Solar Chevrolet Camaro will lead the field of 40 to the green flag for the start of the Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race at the track known as The World’s Fastest Half Mile.

NBCSN and the NBC Sports App will have coverage of the Bristol Night Race whith coverage starting at 7:30 pm ET. The 500 lap race which will total 266.5 miles is scheduled to go green at 7:43 pm ET.

Kyle Busch, who has six wins thus far this season, has won the last two events at Bristol including last year’s Night Race.

NASCAR August Bristol Qualifying Results

1. Kyle Larson
2. Chase Elliott
3. Kyle Busch
4. Paul Menard
5. William Byron
6. Kevin Harvick
7. Denny Hamlin
8. Aric Almirola
9. Kurt Busch
10. Ryan Blaney
11. Brad Keselowski
12. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
13. Jimmie Johnson
14. Erik Jones
15. David Ragan
16. Clint Bowyer
17. Martin Truex Jr.
18. Austin Dillon
19. Joey Logano
20. Jamie McMurray
21. Daniel Suarez
22. Alex Bowman
23. Trevor Bayne
24. Ryan Newman
25. AJ Allmendinger
26. Kasey Kahne
27. Bubba Wallace
28. Chris Buescher
29. Matt DiBenedetto
30. Core LaJoie
31. Michael McDowell
32. Ty Dillon
33. Jesse Little
34. JJ Yeley
35. Ross Chastain
36. Reed Sorenson
37. Timmy Hill
38. Gray Gaulding
39. Landon Cassill
40. Blake Jones

Failing to make the race was BJ McLeod