Michael McDowell captured the eighth pole position of his NASCAR Cup Series career and will lead the field to green in the YellaWood 500 at Talladega.

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Michael McDowell may be driving for a new team this year, but the Spire Motorsports driver still proved himself absolutely one of the fastest at a superspeedway. He earned pole position for Sunday's YellaWood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway.

Miss Alabama Emma Terry will take on a new role this Sunday as the honorary pace car driver for the YellaWood 500 NASCAR Cup Series Playoff race at Talladega Superspeedway.

The YellaWood 500 at Talladega airs Oct. 19, on NBC at 1 p.m. CDT.

Brian Crichton, President of Talladega Superspeedway, joined CBS 42 Morning News to discuss preparations being made ahead of Sunday's YellaWood 500