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Chase Elliott wins pole at Talladega 30 years after his dad

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TALLADEGA, Ala. - Chase Elliott has won his second career Sprint Cup Series pole by taking the top spot in qualifying at Talladega Superspeedway.

Elliott turned a lap at 192.661 mph in Saturday qualifying to put his Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet in the top position. He also won the pole for the season-opening Daytona 500 but crashed during the race and finished 37th. His father, Bill Elliott, started from the pole in this race 30 years ago.

Austin Dillon qualified second for Sunday's race with a lap at 192.424 mph, and defending race winner Dale Earnhardt Jr. qualified third to give Hendrick three cars in the top five. Jimmie Johnson qualified fifth.

Matt Kenseth qualified fourth in a Toyota, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Brad Keselowski were sixth and seventh in Fords, and Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin qualified eighth.

Carl Edwards qualified ninth to join Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Kenseth and Hamlin in the top 10.

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