NASCAR and IndyCar are sharing Indianapolis Motor Speedway this weekend. Daniel Suarez won the pole position for the 82-lap NASCAR Cup race with a top lap of 99.814 mph on the 14-turn, 2.439-mile IMS road course.That’s the 31-year-old Mexican driver’s third career Cup pole, and first in 2023. He is 5 points behind the cutoff for the 16-driver playoffs, which begin after the 400-mile race at Daytona later this month.Tyler Reddick, who has one Cup victory this year, will start beside Suarez on the front row. Chase Elliott, who qualified third, starts in the top 10 for the third time in three Cup IMS road course races.Shane Van Gisbergen, the Supercars ace who won his Cup debut in Chicago last month, earned the 8th starting spot.Another Supercars ace, Brodie Koslecki, slapped the wall during qualifying but had a fast enough lap before the contact to earn the 11th spot in the 39-driver field.International feel: Drivers with F1, Supercars, endurance racing wins at the BrickyardSuccess on road courses: 14 NASCAR Cup drivers to watch on Speedway road courseQualifying results for the NASCAR Cup Verizon 200 on the 14-turn, 2.439-mile road course. Includes car number, driver, engine, lap time, mph:Fast 10:99. Daniel Suarez, Chevrolet, 1 minute, 27.968 seconds, 99.81445. Tyler Reddick, Toyota, 1:28.113, 99.6499. Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 1:28.335, 99.39934. Michael McDowell, Ford, 1:28.434, 99.2888. Kyle Busch, Chevrolet, 1:28.496, 99.2185. Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 1:28.499, 99.21520. Christopher Bell, Toyota, 1:28.516, 99.19691. Shane Van Gisbergen, Chevrolet, 1:28.544, 99.16448. Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 1:28.606, 99.095(tie) 54. Ty Gibbs, Toyota, 1:28.606, 99.095These drivers did not make the second round of qualifying:33. Brodie Kostecki, Chevrolet, 1:28.495, 99.21919, Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 1:28.533, 99.17714. Chase Briscoe, Ford, 1:28.539, 99.1007. Corey LaJoie, Chevrolet, 1:28.656, 99.03931. Justin Haley, Chevrolet, 1:28.669, 99.02412. Ryan Blaney, Ford, 1:28.764, 98.91817. Chris Buescher, Ford, 1:28.839, 98.83522. Joey Logano, Ford, 1:28.855, 98.81723. Bubba Wallace, Toyota, 1:28.924, 98.7402. Austin Cindric, Ford, 1:28.939, 98.7241. Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 1:28.947, 98.7156. Brad Keselowski, Ford, 128.953, 98.70838. Todd Gilliland, Ford, 1:28.962, 98.69821. Harrison Burton, Ford, 1:28.661, 98.66111. Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 1:29.005, 98.65116. A.J. Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 1:29.065, 98.5843, Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 1:29.068, 98.58167. Kamui Kobayashi, Toyota, 129.077, 98.57151. Andy Lally, Ford, 1:29.119, 98.52441. Ryan Preece, Ford, 1:29.203, 98.43215. Jenson Button, Ford, 1:29.269, 98.35978. Josh Bilicki, Chevrolet, 1:29.400, 98.21510. Aric Almirola, Ford, 1:29.537, 98.06447. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Chevrolet, 1:29.694, 97.89377. Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 1:29.762, 97.81943. Erik Jones, Chevrolet, 129.789, 97.78942. Mike Rockenfeller, Chevrolet, 1:29.819, 97.7574. Kevin Harvick, Ford, 1:29.820, 97.75624. William Byron, Chevrolet, no time
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