Ryan Blaney - Getty ImagesRyan Blaney has won the pole for Sunday’s NASCAR race at Bristol Motor Speedway.
“I think the track kind of caught everybody by surprise, honestly,” Blaney said. “The time fall off, the grip loss behind the wheel was incredible, huge. It was who cannot mess up a lap and still put a decent time down. In an effort to improve the racing and make sure the track has several equal lanes, workers put down a resin-based traction compound through the turns near the inside portion of the oval. It seemed far from perfect.
Blaney made the best of it in his No. 12 Ford for Team Penske. Berry was second in qualifying in another Ford for Stewart Haas Racing.