Michael McDowell continued to put the front row in Front Row Motorsports, capturing yet another “plate-race” pole Saturday at Talladega.
That’s five pole-winning runs for McDowell’s Ford in the six speed-restricted tracks this season — one of the two at Daytona, both at Atlanta and now both at Talladega.
“It’s just amazing. Just so proud of everybody on this team,” McDowell said. “It’s hard to come down here and get the pole, but we found some things in the offseason.”
Making McDowell’s 2024 superspeedway speed even more amazing: Prior to 2024, he had never won a pole in 16 Cup Series seasons.
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Top 10 qualifying speeds at Talladega
Michael McDowell, 183.063
Austin Cindric, 182.424
Todd Gilliland, 182.258
Kyle Busch, 181.863
Ryan Blaney, 181.784
Joey Logano, 181.687
Austin Dillon, 181.567
Denny Hamlin, 181.453
Harrison Burton, 181.038
Daniel Hemric, 180.980
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NASCAR lineup for Sunday at Talladega
- Michael McDowell, No. 34
- Austin Cindric, No. 2
- Todd Gilliland, No. 38
- Kyle Busch, No. 8
- Ryan Blaney, No. 12
- Joey Logano, No. 22
- Austin Dillon, No. 3
- Denny Hamlin, No. 11
- Harrison Burton, No. 21
- Daniel Hemric, No. 31
- Chase Elliott, No. 9
- Kyle Larson, No. 5
- Brad Keselowski, No. 6
- Tyler Reddick, No. 45
- Ty Gibbs, No. 54
- William Byron, No. 24
- Shane van Gisbergen, No. 16
- Ryan Preece, No. 41
- Josh Berry, No. 4
- Chris Buescher, No. 17
- Christopher Bell, No. 20
- Noah Gragson, No. 10
- Alex Bowman, No. 48, No. 48
- Martin Truex Jr., No. 19
- AJ Allmendinger, No. 13
- Bubba Wallace, No. 23
- Ross Chastain, No. 1
- Corey LaJoie, No. 7
- John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42
- Erik Jones, No. 43
- Daniel Suarez, No. 99
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47
- Anthony Alfredo, No. 62
- Cody Ware, No. 15
- Justin Haley, No. 7
- Chase Briscoe, No. 14
- Carson Hocevar, No. 77
- B.J. McCleod, No. 78
- Zane Smith, No. 71
- JJ Yeley, No. 44
Talladega Track Facts
Location: Lincoln, Alabama
Length: 2.66-mile tri-oval
Banking: 33 degrees in the turns, 16.5 degrees in frontstretch tri-oval.
What time, what channel for NASCAR at Talladega?
2 p.m: Yellawood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway (NBC).
