Sunday at Charlotte Motor Speedway is set to be wild, with Kyle Larson and the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet kicking off the Bank of America 400 from the pole position. It marks Larson’s second pole of the season, a big deal, especially considering how he got it: Mother Nature had other plans.
The Weather Messed Up Qualifying, But The Top 5 Is Locked In
Seriously, you can’t make this stuff up. Heavy rain from Hurricane Isaias on Saturday straight-up canceled the qualifying runs for both the Blue Cross 250 and the Bank of America 400. So, instead of drivers battling it out on the track for pole, NASCAR’s metric formula swooped in and determined the starting grid. This formula put Larson on pole, with Chase Briscoe in the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota right there on the outside row. Rounding out your top five are Tyler Reddick, Ryan Blaney, and Austin Cindric. It’s a stacked start, even with the unusual path to pole.
It’s 267 Laps of Adrenaline: Your Full Bank of America 400 Lineup
The green flag drops around 3:30 p.m. ET on USA Network, and it’s going to be a grinder. We’re talking 267 laps around Charlotte Motor Speedway’s 1.5-mile oval, totaling a massive 400.5 miles. Stage 1 runs for 80 laps, Stage 2 for 85, and then it’s a 102-lap sprint to the finish in Stage 3. Here’s how your favorite drivers stack up for Sunday’s battle:
* Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
* Chase Briscoe, No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
* Tyler Reddick, No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota
* Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Team Penske Ford
* Austin Cindric, No. 2 Team Penske Ford
* William Byron, No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
* Joey Logano, No. 22 Team Penske Ford
* Bubba Wallace, No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota
* Chase Elliott, No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
* Shane van Gisbergen, No. 97 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
* Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
* Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
* Chris Buescher, No. 17 RFK Racing Ford
* Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
* Daniel Suarez, No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
* Alex Bowman, No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
* Christopher Bell, No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
* AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
* Michael McDowell, No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
* Austin Dillon, No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
* Riley Herbst, No. 35 23XI Racing Toyota
* Brad Keselowski, No. 6 RFK Racing Ford
* Noah Gragson, No. 4 Front Row Motorsports Ford
* Ryan Preece, No. 60 RFK Racing Ford
* Erik Jones, No. 43 Legacy Motor Club Toyota
* Austin Hill, No. 33 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
* Josh Berry, No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford
* Ross Chastain, No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
* John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42 Legacy Motor Club Toyota
* Cole Custer, No. 41 Haas Factory Team Chevrolet
* Todd Gilliland, No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford
* Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 HYAK Motorsports Chevrolet
* Ty Dillon, No. 10 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
* Zane Smith, No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford
* Cody Ware, No. 51 Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet
* Connor Zilisch, No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
* Corey Heim
So, get ready for an action-packed Sunday. With Larson starting from the front row due to the weather shuffle, this Bank of America 400 feels like it could throw some serious curveballs. You don’t want to miss a second of this one!
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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