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Zane Smith wins the pole for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Talladega
TALLADEGA, Ala. (WCYB) — Zane Smith continued the qualifying dominance shown the last two years at drafting tracks by winning the pole for Sunday’s race at Talladega. It is the first career pole for the second-year Cup Series driver. Smith turned a lap of 182.174 mph in a Ford during Saturday qualifying to bump Busch […]
TALLADEGA, Ala. (WCYB) — Zane Smith continued the qualifying dominance shown the last two years at drafting tracks by winning the pole for Sunday’s race at Talladega. It is the first career pole for the second-year Cup Series driver.
Smith turned a lap of 182.174 mph in a Ford during Saturday qualifying to bump Busch in a Chevrolet and Joey Logano in a Ford. Ty Gibbs was the fastest Toyota driver and qualified 10th.
Smith’s pole-winning run marked the third consecutive pole at Talladega for Front Row: Michael McDowell, who now drives for Spire Motorsports, swept the pole in both races last year. Front Row has actually won the pole at six of the last eight drafting tracks.
