NASCAR Cup Talladega starting lineup: Chase Briscoe beats Austin Hill for pole

Briscoe and Hill will share the front row for Sunday's Cup race at Talladega Superspeedway

NASCAR Cup title contender Chase Briscoe won qualifying on Saturday, earning pole position with a lap of 51.466s. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver beat Austin Hill's Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet by 0.032s, denying him what was almost his first-ever Cup Series pole.

Trackhouse locked out the second row with Connor Zilisch third and Shane van Gisbergen fourth, while Chris Buescher led the way for Ford in fifth.

Christopher Bell, Alex Bowman, Ty Gibbs, Denny Hamlin, and championship leader Kyle Larson filled out the remainder of the top ten.

Of those who advanced into the pole round of qualifying, four were Toyotas, five were Chevrolets, and Buescher was the lone Ford.

Ware missed advancing into the pole round by just 0.017s off of Gibbs, matching his best-ever starting position in the process

Chase drivers who failed to advance include Daniel Suarez in 13th, Joey Logano 16th, William Byron 17th, Chase Elliott 18th, Ryan Preece 19th, Bubba Wallace 25th, Carson Hocevar 26th, Ryan Blaney 27th, Austin Cindric 28th, and Tyler Reddick lowest of all in 33rd.

There were no incidents in qualifying, and all 40 entries made a lap. 

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NASCAR Cup Talladega 'Chase' race starting lineup

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1	19	Chase Briscoe	Toyota	1	51.466			186.065
2	33	Austin Hill	Chevrolet	1	51.498	0.032	0.032	185.949
3	88	Connor Zilisch	Chevrolet	1	51.518	0.052	0.020	185.877
4	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Chevrolet	1	51.565	0.099	0.047	185.707
5	17	Chris Buescher	Ford	1	51.593	0.127	0.028	185.607
6	20	Christopher Bell	Toyota	1	51.609	0.143	0.016	185.549
7	48	Alex Bowman	Chevrolet	1	51.621	0.155	0.012	185.506
8	54	Ty Gibbs	Toyota	1	51.678	0.212	0.057	185.301
9	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	1	51.734	0.268	0.056	185.101
10	5	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	1	51.812	0.346	0.078	184.822

11	51	Cody Ware	Chevrolet	1	51.802	0.331	0.017	184.858
12	3	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	1	51.805	0.334	0.003	184.847
13	7	Daniel Suarez	Chevrolet	1	51.821	0.350	0.016	184.790
14	35	Riley Herbst	Toyota	1	51.825	0.354	0.004	184.776
15	1	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	1	51.841	0.370	0.016	184.719
16	22	Joey Logano	Ford	1	51.848	0.377	0.007	184.694
17	24	William Byron	Chevrolet	1	51.851	0.380	0.003	184.683
18	60	Ryan Preece	Ford	1	51.862	0.391	0.011	184.644
19	9	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	1	51.862	0.391	0.000	184.644
20	41	Cole Custer	Chevrolet	1	51.866	0.395	0.004	184.630
21	21	Josh Berry	Ford	1	51.898	0.427	0.032	184.516
22	6	Brad Keselowski	Ford	1	51.943	0.472	0.045	184.356
23	71	Michael McDowell	Chevrolet	1	51.956	0.485	0.013	184.310
24	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Chevrolet	1	51.969	0.498	0.013	184.264
25	23	Darrell Wallace Jr	Toyota	1	51.980	0.509	0.011	184.225
26	77	Carson Hocevar	Chevrolet	1	51.984	0.513	0.004	184.211
27	2	Austin Cindric	Ford	1	52.036	0.565	0.052	184.026
28	12	Ryan Blaney	Ford	1	52.036	0.565	0.000	184.026
29	43	Erik Jones	Toyota	1	52.075	0.604	0.039	183.889
30	10	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	1	52.086	0.615	0.011	183.850
31	38	Zane Smith	Ford	1	52.112	0.641	0.026	183.758
32	42	John Hunter Nemechek	Toyota	1	52.131	0.660	0.019	183.691
33	45	Tyler Reddick	Toyota	1	52.146	0.675	0.015	183.638
34	62	Casey Mears	Chevrolet	1	52.263	0.792	0.117	183.227
35	34	Todd Gilliland	Ford	1	52.264	0.793	0.001	183.224
36	78	Daniel Dye	Chevrolet	1	52.325	0.854	0.061	183.010
37	16	AJ Allmendinger	Chevrolet	1	52.456	0.985	0.131	182.553
38	44	Joey Gase	Chevrolet	1	52.570	1.099	0.114	182.157
39	4	Noah Gragson	Ford	1	52.674	1.203	0.104	181.797
40	66	Gray Gaulding	Ford	1	52.875	1.404	0.201	181.106