Ford driver, Trevor Bayne, who is making his first NASCAR Nationwide Series start since March led Friday morning’s practice session that lasted almost three hours at Bristol Motor Speedway and later in the day was able to capture the Coors Light Pole Award for the 31st Annual Food City 250. Bayne, who is running a “We Back Pat” paint scheme to help raise awareness for the Pat Summitt Foundation’s fight against Alzheimer’s disease, was the last car to go out in Nationwide Series qualifying. Bayne knocked Joey Logano off the pole with a qualifying speed of 121.190mph, 15.833 seconds. This is Bayne’s fifth career NASCAR Nationwide pole.
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Coverage for the Food City 250 begins at 7:00pm EST on ESPN with the NASCAR Countdown show.
Starting Lineup:
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1. Trevor Bayne
2. Joey Logano
3. Brian Scott
4. Austin Dillon
5. Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.
6. Justin Allgaier (ESPN In-Race Reporter)
7. Elliott Sadler
8. Brad Keselowski
9. Sam Hornish, Jr.
10. Kyle Busch
11. Nelson Piquet Jr
12. Ryan Blaney
13. Kevin Harvick
14. Mike Bliss
15. Kasey Kahne
16. Joe Nemechek
17. Jeff Green
18. Michael Annett
19. Cole Whitt
20. John Wes Townley
21. Jeremy Clements
22. Erik Darnell
23. Tayler Malsam
24. Josh Wise
24. Scott Riggs
26. Jason Bowles
27. Josh Richards
28. Timmy Hill
29. Johanna Long
30. Kevin Lepage
31. Chase Miller
32. Joey Gase
33. Mike Wallace
34. Danica Patrick
35. Tim Andrews
36. Fain Skinner
37. David Starr
38. Benny Gordon
39. Eric McClure
40. Rich Crawford
41. Brad Teague
42. Robert Richardson, Jr.
43. Carl Long
DNQ:
Morgan Shepherd; Stephen Leicht; Blake Koch.
