NASCAR Cup Bristol Dirt starting lineup: Custer on pole
Cole Custer earned his first career NASCAR Cup Series pole after a series of qualifying races Saturday at the Bristol Motor Speedway temporary dirt track.
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Custer was in the first heat race, driving from ninth to second before the end of the 15-lap sprint. Via passing points, he was able to lock himself into pole position.
There were a total of four heat races, won by Tyler Reddick, Christopher Bell, Justin Haley, and Ty Dillon claimed victory in the qualifying races.
Christopher Bell will line up beside Custer on the front row.
| Pos. | Driver |
| 1 | Cole Custer |
| 2 | Christopher Bell |
| 3 | Tyler Reddick |
| 4 | Chase Briscoe |
| 5 | Kyle Larson |
| 6 | Justin Haley |
| 7 | Ty Dillon |
| 8 | Alex Bowman |
| 9 | Chase Elliott |
| 10 | Joey Logano |
| 11 | Kyle Busch |
| 12 | Austin Dillon |
| 13 | Kurt Busch |
| 14 | Erik Jones |
| 15 | Chris Buescher |
| 16 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. |
| 17 | Michael McDowell |
| 18 | Brad Keselowski |
| 19 | William Byron |
| 20 | Austin Cindric |
| 21 | Daniel Suarez |
| 22 | Bubba Wallace |
| 23 | Todd Gilliland |
| 24 | Harrison Burton |
| 25 | Ryan Blaney |
| 26 | Corey LaJoie |
| 27 | Justin Allgaier |
| 28 | Noah Gragson |
| 29 | JJ Yeley |
| 30 | Martin Truex Jr. |
| 31 | Aric Almirola |
| 32 | Kevin Harvick |
| 33 | Ross Chastain |
| 34 | Denny Hamlin |
| 35 | Cody Ware |
| 36 | Josh Williams |
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