Daniel Suarez beats SHR teammate Aric Almirola for Kentucky pole
Daniel Su꧙arez bested Stewart Haas Racing teammate Aric Almirola to take the pole for tomorrow night’s Quaker State 4🍃00 at the Kentucky Speedway.
The 27-year-old from Monterrey, 💫Mexico was the last driver to make a qualiꦇfying run out of the 36 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series drivers entered in tomorrow evening’s 267 lap race.
Almirola was also among the final drivers to qualify and set a sporty lap of 29🙈.380 seconds which bumped early pacesetter Brad Keselowski off the pole.

Daniel Suarez bested Stewart Haas Racing teammate Aric Almirola to take the pꦇole for tomorrow night’s Quaker State 400 at the Kentucky S𒈔peedway.
The 27-year-o🙈ld from Monterrey, Mexico was the last driver to make a qualifying run out of the 36 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series drivers entered in tomorrow evening’s 267 lap race.
Almirola was also among the final drivers to qualify and set a🔥 sporty lap of 29.380 seconds which bumped early pacesetter Brad Keselowski of൩f the pole.
Suarez roared out of the gate six cars later and responded with 🌜a lap that was a🐻 whopping .126s quicker than his teammate’s at 29.254s to secure his second career Busch Pole Award.
“The car has been fast the entire day🍸,” said the driver of the No. 41 Haas Automation Ford Mustang. “I feel like we had a fast car in practice and we now have the fastest 🌟car in qualifying. I’m really proud of my guys performance – everybody who makes this program possible because we have been working really hard.”
While he applauded his crew for propelling him to the pole, Suarez feels more motivated than ever to claim his elusiv🎀e first win in NASCAR’s top division.
“I really want t✱o win so bad. I haven’t been in victoryꩵ lane for a while,” he said.
“The last time I was in Victory Lane was in Brazil. I’ve been looking forward to bringing the trophy home for a while. We have a really fast car and nowꦕ it’s up to me to make it happen tomorrow night.”
The 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series champion’s perf𓆏ormance moved Almirola to the second starting spot for the fifth tim🍃e of the season.
Three-time Kentucky winner Brad Keselowski was quickest in final practice ♔and completed a Ford sweep of the top three which netted him his best starting spot on 1.5-mile oval of the year.
Kurt Busch paced the opening practice this afternoon and ended up the quickest of the Chevrolet squad🔯 in fourth whil🐼e Kevin Harvick secured three SHR cars in the top five with the fifth fastest lap.
Daniel Hemric scored hꦑis fourth top ten start of the season by qualifying sixth ahead of Clint Bowyer in seventh just. Martin Truex, Jr was the quickest Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Camry in eighth in his bid to claim ꧑his third straight win at Kentucky.
Austin Dillon was sandwiched between two JGR Toyotas in ninth as inau♕gural Kentucky race winner Kyle Busch competed the top ten.