Yahoo Autos Gibbs lands second career Cup Series pole at Pocono
Ty Gibbs will start from the pole in the NASCAR Cup Series race at Pocono Raceway.
Gibbs – the final driver to qualify — earned the top spot with a lap of 170.039mph (52.929s). It’s his the second career pole in the series.
William Byron qualified second with a fastest lap of 169.661mph.
Martin Truex Jr. qualified third (169.221mph); Denny Hamlin, fourth (169.049mph) and Josh Berry, fifth (169.135mph). Hamlin is the defending Pocono race winner.
Alex Bowman qualified sixth (168.723mph); Tyler Reddick, seventh (168.083mph); Ryan Blaney, eighth (168.678mph) and Zane Smith, ninth (167.926mph). For Smith, it was a career-best qualifying effort and the first time he’s advanced to the final round.
Joey Logano completed the top 10 qualifiers. Logano’s lap was 168.092mph.
Cup Series point leader Kyle Larson qualified 12th.
Christopher Bell qualified 13th; Brad Keselowski, 14th and Carson Hocevar, 15th. Chris Buescher, who is on the playoff grid bubble, qualified 18th.
Ross Chastain qualified 19th and Austin Cindric qualified 20th. Kyle Busch qualified 24th.
NEXT: The Great American Getaway 400 at 2:30 p.m. ET Sunday.
