It’s safe to assume NASCAR Cup Series driver Chase Briscoe is settling in nicely with Joe Gibbs Racing.
Following a slow start, Briscoe is displaying a dizzying array of speed at various venues. The No. 19 Toyota driver captured his sixth pole of the season Saturday at Iowa Speedway.
Briscoe turned a hot qualifying lap of 136.435 mph, edging runner-up William Byron by 0.084 seconds at the 0.0875-mile track. Last Saturday, Briscoe earned the pole at the 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Briscoe, who took the seat of the retired Martin Truex Jr. last offseason, credited crew chief James Small for his qualifying run.
“I just feel that James and the engineers on the No.19 crew have done a really, really good job, especially these last two months, of understanding what I want and what I need out of the race car,” Briscoe said, as reported by NASCAR.com. “I’ve even kind of noticed a switch with James over the course of the last two or three weeks, even, where it went from ‘We’ve got to be doing this different’ to ‘We’ve got to get the car better for you now.’
“I think that came as they started to understand me more, and our performance has been better. James does such a great job of understanding what I need, especially on Saturdays for qualifying.”
Christopher Bell topped the practice field at 133.980 mph, while Kyle Busch lost control of his No. 8 Chevrolet along Turn 1 and crashed. Busch did not participate in qualifying and will start last for Sunday’s Iowa Corn 350 Powered by Ethanol.
There's fast and then there's Chase Briscoe. pic.twitter.com/MICeIAryVW
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Starting Lineup for NASCAR Cup Series’ Iowa Corn 350 Powered by Ethanol
Here is a look at the lineup for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series’ Iowa Corn 350 Powered by Ethanol at Iowa Speedway:
Starting Position, Driver, Car No.
- 1, Chase Briscoe, No. 19 Toyota
- 2, William Byron, No. 24 Chevrolet
- 3, Kyle Larson, No. 5 Chevrolet
- 4, Austin Cindric, No. 2 Ford
- 5, Brad Keselowski, No. 6 Ford
- 6, Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Ford
- 7, Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Chevrolet
- 8, Chase Elliott, No. 9 Chevrolet
- 9, AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 Chevrolet
- 10, Justin Haley, No. 7 Chevrolet
- 11, Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Toyota
- 12, Josh Berry, No. 21 Ford
- 13, Michael McDowell, No. 71 Chevrolet
- 14, Joey Logano, No. 22 Ford
- 15, Bubba Wallace, No. 23 Toyota
- 16, Alex Bowman, No. 48 Chevrolet
- 17, Christopher Bell, No. 20 Toyota
- 18, Austin Dillon, No. 3 Chevrolet
- 19, Cole Custer, No. 41 Ford
- 20, Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Toyota
- 21, Shane van Gisbergen, No. 88 Chevrolet
- 22, Tyler Reddick, No. 45 Toyota
- 23, Zane Smith, No. 38 Ford
- 24, Riley Herbst, No. 35 Toyota
- 25, Erik Jones, No. 43 Toyota
- 26, Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Chevrolet
- 27, Chris Buescher, No. 17 Ford
- 28, Ross Chastain, No. 1 Chevrolet
- 29, John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42 Toyota
- 30, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 Chevrolet
- 31, Noah Gragson, No. 4 Ford
- 32, Ty Dillon, No. 10 Chevrolet
- 33, Ryan Preece, No. 60 Ford
- 34, Todd Gilliland, No. 34 Ford
- 35, Cody Ware, No. 51 Ford
- 36, Joey Gase, No. 66 Ford
- 37, Kyle Busch, No. 8 Chevrolet
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