Byron claims Verizon 200 pole, Indy road course lineup

Sunday’s inaugural running of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course for the NASCAR Cup Series will begin with William Byron on the pole.

The driver of the No. 24 Chevrolet was the fastest in Sunday mornings qualifying session which was made up of two rounds. All drivers took to the 14-turn track with the top-12 moving on to the final session to determine the pole.

Kyle Larson was the fastest in the first round but he was only the third fastest Hendrick Motorsports car. Byron, Chase Briscole, and Chase Elliott all qualified ahead of the winner of last weekend’s race at Watkins Glen.  Daniel Suarez rounded out the top five.

On Saturday the NTT IndyCar Series first competed at the 2.439-mile course with Will Power claiming the win. Later in the day Austin Cindric scored Team Penske’s second win of the day with a win in the Xfinity Series event. Cindric will start 13th in Sunday’s Cup Series race.

Coverage of the Verizon 200 will air on NBC beginning at 1:00 pm ET. The green flag is expected to wave at 1:13 pm ET. Stage breaks are scheduled for lap 15 and 32 before the race ending on lap 82 for a total of 200 miles.

Indy Road Course Starting Lineup

1. William Byron
2. Chase Briscoe
3. Chase Elliott
4. Kyle Larson
5. Daniel Suarez
6. Martin Truex Jr.
7. Joey Logano
8. AJ Allmendinger
9. Ross Chastain
10. Cole Custer
11. Tyler Reddick
12. Michael McDowell
13. Austin Cindric
14. Denny Hamlin
15. Matt DiBenedetto
16. Ryan Blaney
17. Christopher Bell
18. Aric Almirola
19. Chris Buescher
20. Kurt Busch
21. Kyle Busch
22. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
23. Austin Dillon
24. Alex Bowman
25. Kevin Harvick
26. Corey LaJoie
27. Bubba Wallace
28. Erik Jones
29. Justin Haley
30. Ryan Preece
31. Brad Keselowski
32. Ryan Newman
33. Anthony Alfredo
34. James Davison
35. Andy Lally
36. Josh Bilicki
37. Cody Ware
38. Quin Houff
39. Garrett Smithley
40. Timmy Hill