Chase Briscoe wins pole position for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway after edging Austin Hill in qualifying. Motorsport.com reports Briscoe posts a 51.466-second lap to claim pole, narrowly beating Hill’s Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet by 0.032 seconds. Yahoo Sports also describes the pole switch as Hill being bumped from the top spot and Briscoe taking it as the final car to go out in the last qualifying round.
The sources also agree on the front-row outcome: Briscoe and Hill start on the front row together, setting up a key matchup at Talladega. Motorsport.com adds more detail about the rest of the grid, including Trackhouse locking in the second row with Connor Zilisch third and Shane van Gisbergen fourth, and Chris Buescher leading the way further back. Other coverage emphasizes the Hill nearly-pole storyline and the official lineup framing.
