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Elliott scores provisional Watkins Glen pole as Hendrick sweeps front row

By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service August 3, 2019 at 7:59 PM
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. – Chase Elliott isn’t racing differently on road courses. He’s just racing better.

And on Saturday, Elliott returned to Watkins Glen International with a vengeance, taking a giant step toward another victory at the track that gave him his first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series win last year.

Elliott covered the 2.45-mile layout in 69.287 seconds (127.297 mph) to edge his Hendrick Motorsports teammate William Byron for the top starting spot in Sunday’s Go Bowling at The Glen (3 p.m. ET on NBCSN/NBC Sports App, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio), the 22nd event on the Cup calendar this year.
he Busch Pole Award was Elliott’s first on a road course, his third of the season and the seventh of his career. Most important, it reinforced Elliott’s status as a legitimate contender at the seven-turn track that features right-hand as well as left-hand corners.

“Our NAPA Chevy is fast, which is nice,” Elliott said. “It cooled off a lot (in late afternoon), and the track picked up a lot of pace from practice. So I just tried to find the limits of all that. There were a couple of places where I thought I could get more, but you always want to get more.

“Qualifying well here is important, because the strategy is important. Pitting these cars backwards (with fuel intakes on the right side instead of left), you need good pit selection and track position. This is a great result for our NAPA Chevy team.”

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Elliott finished 13th in his first two races at The Glen. Then last year, he started third and got his breakthrough victory.

“I don’t think I necessarily did anything different today than I did my first two trips,” Elliott said. “You hope you’ve gotten better as time goes on, but I can’t really say my approach was any different. I just think the combination of the cars getting better and us working together more is what helped us get the pole today.”