NASCAR Cup Martinsville qualifying results: Elliott on pole

Chase Elliott earned his tenth career pole and his first at Martinsville.

He is followed by several Ford drivers with Aric Almirola starting alongside him. 

Although track position is crucial at the tight short track, the pole-sitter has not won a race there since Jimmie Johnson did it in 2013. 

There were no incidents during either round of qualifying.

Round 2

Cla	#	Driver		Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	Mph
1	9	Chase Elliott		Chevrolet	2	19.694			96.151
2	10	Aric Almirola		Ford	2	19.799	0.105	0.105	95.641
3	41	Cole Custer		Ford	2	19.808	0.114	0.009	95.598
4	17	Chris Buescher		Ford	2	19.850	0.156	0.042	95.395
5	24	William Byron		Chevrolet	2	19.893	0.199	0.043	95.189
6	4	Kevin Harvick		Ford	2	19.941	0.247	0.048	94.960
7	20	Christopher Bell		Toyota	2	19.965	0.271	0.024	94.846
8	5	Kyle Larson		Chevrolet	2	20.003	0.309	0.038	94.666
9	6	Brad Keselowski		Ford	2	20.015	0.321	0.012	94.609
10	38	Todd Gilliland		Ford	2	20.062	0.368	0.047	94.387

Round 1 / Group A

Cla	#	Driver		Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	Mph
1	4	Kevin Harvick		Ford	2	19.778			95.743
2	5	Kyle Larson		Chevrolet	1	19.822	0.044	0.044	95.530
3	24	William Byron		Chevrolet	2	19.835	0.057	0.013	95.468
4	10	Aric Almirola		Ford	2	19.841	0.063	0.006	95.439
5	20	Christopher Bell		Toyota	2	19.875	0.097	0.034	95.275
6	45	Kurt Busch		Toyota	2	19.901	0.123	0.026	95.151
7	14	Chase Briscoe		Ford	2	19.904	0.126	0.003	95.137
8	23	Bubba Wallace		Toyota	2	19.965	0.187	0.061	94.846
9	8	Tyler Reddick		Chevrolet	2	19.982	0.204	0.017	94.765
10	43	Erik Jones		Chevrolet	2	19.996	0.218	0.014	94.699
11	11	Denny Hamlin		Toyota	2	20.083	0.305	0.087	94.289
12	7	Corey Lajoie		Chevrolet	2	20.095	0.317	0.012	94.232
13	21	Harrison Burton		Ford	2	20.134	0.356	0.039	94.050
14	99	Daniel Suarez		Chevrolet	2	20.145	0.367	0.011	93.999
15	78	B.J. McLeod		Ford	2	20.545	0.767	0.400	92.168
16	42	Ty Dillon		Chevrolet	2	20.591	0.813	0.046	91.963
17	51	Cody Ware		Ford	2	21.021	1.243	0.430	90.081
18	16	A.J. Allmendinger		Chevrolet

Round 1 / Group B

Cla	#	Driver		Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	Mph
1	41	Cole Custer		Ford	2	19.724			96.005
2	38	Todd Gilliland		Ford	2	19.733	0.009	0.009	95.961
3	6	Brad Keselowski		Ford	2	19.739	0.015	0.006	95.932
4	9	Chase Elliott		Chevrolet	2	19.746	0.022	0.007	95.898
5	17	Chris Buescher		Ford	2	19.774	0.050	0.028	95.762
6	18	Kyle Busch		Toyota	2	19.775	0.051	0.001	95.757
7	12	Ryan Blaney		Ford	2	19.789	0.065	0.014	95.690
8	2	Austin Cindric		Ford	2	19.790	0.066	0.001	95.685
9	22	Joey Logano		Ford	2	19.792	0.068	0.002	95.675
10	34	Michael McDowell		Ford	2	19.863	0.139	0.071	95.333
11	48	Alex Bowman		Chevrolet	2	19.863	0.139	0.000	95.333
12	31	Justin Haley		Chevrolet	2	19.867	0.143	0.004	95.314
13	19	Martin Truex Jr.		Toyota	2	19.937	0.213	0.070	94.979
14	3	Austin Dillon		Chevrolet	2	19.986	0.262	0.049	94.746
15	1	Ross Chastain		Chevrolet	2	20.100	0.376	0.114	94.209
16	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.		Chevrolet	2	20.113	0.389	0.013	94.148
17	77	Josh Bilicki		Chevrolet	2	20.269	0.545	0.156	93.423
18	15	J.J. Yeley		Ford	2	20.494	0.770	0.225	92.398