Allgaier Tops Bristol Nationwide Qualifying

Justin Allgaier topped the speed charts in qualifying for this afternoon’s Jeff Foxworthy’s Grit Chips 300 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway. His BRANDT Chevrolet  turned a fast lap in 15.380 seconds, at 124.759 mph to claim his fourth NNS pole in his 145^th career start. His last pole came at Gateway International Raceway in October of 2010, 73 races ago. 

Austin Dillon will start ion the outside of the front row today, followed by series point leader Sam Hornish Jr. and Regan Smith in Row Two. Elliott Sadler, Brad Keselowski, Kevin Harvick, Brian Scott, Mike Bliss and Trevor Bayne completed the Top-10 qualifiers. 

Three drivers failed to qualify for today’s race; Morgan Shepherd, Danny Efland and Joey Gase. Gase did not make a qualifying attempt after crashing his only car in practice Friday.

Unofficial Starting Line-Up

ST # *Driver*
1 31 Justin Allgaier
2 3 Austin Dillon
3 12 Sam Hornish Jr.
4 7 Regan Smith
5 11 Elliott Sadler
6 22 Brad Keselowski
7 33 Kevin Harvick
8 2 Brian Scott
9 19 Mike Bliss
10 6 Trevor Bayne
11 16 Chris Buescher
12 32 Kyle Larson
13 54 Kyle Busch
14 20 Brian Vickers
15 99 Alex Bowman
16 77 Parker Kligerman
17 43 Reed Sorenson
18 60 Travis Pastrana
19 30 Nelson Piquet Jr.
20 87 Joe Nemechek
21 42 JJ Yeley
22 51 Jeremy Clements
23 46 Chase Miller
24 14 Eric McClure
25 44 Hal Martin
26 40 Josh Wise
27 5 Brad Sweet
28 10 Jeff Green
29 15 Scott Riggs
30 79 Jeffrey Earnhardt
31 92 Dexter Stacey
32 55 Jamie Dick
33 01 Mike Wallace
34 25 John Wes Townley
35 27 Michael McDowell
36 00 Jason White
37 74 Mike Harmon
38 23 Robert Richardson Jr.
39 70 Brad Teague
40 24 Blake Koch

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