CONCORD, N.C. - Daniel Hemric backed up his fast time in practice to win the pole for Saturday night’s Monster Energy Open.
The Open is for all cars not qualified for Saturday night’s Monster Energy All-Star Race.
The three stage winners and the winner of the fan vote will advance from this race to the All-Star Race.
Hemric won the pole with a lap of 182.168 mph. He was followed by Michael McDowell (181.226 mph), William Byron (181.093), Daniel Suarez (181.044) and Paul Menard (180.662).
“We came here with a mindset as a company that we need to have a really fast race car,” Hemric said.
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Can we all agree to change the name for the #AllStarOpen to the “B main”? I’m rollin off 6th in the B main tomorrow night. Hopefully I can lock it into the A and not need to cross my fingers for the fans provisional.
— Kyle Larson (@KyleLarsonRacin) May 17, 2019
