Christopher Bell earned the pole for the FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway.
The No. 20 Toyota car ran a lap of 37.232 to earn the pole during Saturday’s qualifying session. Joining Bell on the front row will be Ross Chastain.
Josh Berry filling in for the suspended Noah Gragson will start the race 35th.
The FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway will air on USA Network and the NBC Sports App beginning at 2:30 pm ET.
Michigan Cup Series Starting Lineup
August 5, 2023
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POSITION
|
BEST SPEED
|
BEST TIME
|
BEHIND
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
C. Bell#20
|
193.382
|
37.232
|
Leader
|
|
2 |
R. Chastain#1
|
193.242
|
37.259
|
0.027
|
|
3 |
T. Gibbs#54
|
193.024
|
37.301
|
0.069
|
|
4 |
C. Buescher#17
|
192.921
|
37.321
|
0.089
|
|
5 |
M. Truex Jr#19
|
192.658
|
37.372
|
0.140
|
|
6 |
J. Logano#22
|
192.616
|
37.380
|
0.148
|
|
7 |
W. Byron#24
|
192.108
|
37.479
|
0.247
|
|
8 |
K. Busch#8
|
191.898
|
37.520
|
0.288
|
|
9 |
R. Blaney#12
|
191.775
|
37.544
|
0.312
|
|
10 |
C. Elliott#9
|
191.755
|
37.548
|
0.316
|
|
11 |
B. Wallace#23
|
192.524
|
37.398
|
0.166
|
|
12 |
B. Keselowski#6
|
192.241
|
37.453
|
0.221
|
|
13 |
D. Hamlin#11
|
192.159
|
37.469
|
0.237
|
|
14 |
D. Suárez#99
|
192.108
|
37.479
|
0.247
|
|
15 |
T. Reddick#45
|
191.658
|
37.567
|
0.335
|
|
16 |
A. Dillon#3
|
191.658
|
37.567
|
0.335
|
|
17 |
K. Larson#5
|
191.321
|
37.633
|
0.401
|
|
18 |
A. Almirola#10
|
191.271
|
37.643
|
0.411
|
|
19 |
C. Briscoe#14
|
191.230
|
37.651
|
0.419
|
|
20 |
A. Bowman#48
|
191.225
|
37.652
|
0.420
|
|
21 |
A. Cindric#2
|
191.220
|
37.653
|
0.421
|
|
22 |
K. Harvick#4
|
190.997
|
37.697
|
0.465
|
|
23 |
M. McDowell#34
|
190.946
|
37.707
|
0.475
|
|
24 |
A. Allmendinger#16
|
190.880
|
37.720
|
0.488
|
|
25 |
E. Jones#43
|
190.875
|
37.721
|
0.489
|
|
26 |
J. Haley#31
|
190.850
|
37.726
|
0.494
|
|
27 |
R. Stenhouse Jr#47
|
190.819
|
37.732
|
0.500
|
|
28 |
R. Preece#41
|
190.572
|
37.781
|
0.549
|
|
29 |
H. Burton#21
|
190.019
|
37.891
|
0.659
|
|
30 |
A. Hill#62
|
189.944
|
37.906
|
0.674
|
|
31 |
C. LaJoie#7
|
189.763
|
37.942
|
0.710
|
|
32 |
T. Gilliland#38
|
188.457
|
38.205
|
0.973
|
|
33 |
C. Custer#51
|
187.081
|
38.486
|
1.254
|
|
34 |
T. Dillon#77
|
186.659
|
38.573
|
1.341
|
|
35 |
J. Berry#42
|
186.220
|
38.664
|
1.432
|
|
36 |
J. Yeley#15
|
185.859
|
38.739
|
1.507
|
|
37 |
J. Bilicki#78
|
181.511
|
39.667
|
2.435
|
