Christopher Bell did it once more in NASCAR Cup Collection qualifying at Kansas Speedway along with his third straight pole win.
Bell (P) was the ultimate driver to take time in qualifying and went to the highest at 179.336mph (30.111s). Whereas it’s Bell’s third straight on the monitor, it’s his fourth profession pole at Kansas Speedway. All 4 pole wins have come within the Subsequent Gen period (six races on the monitor).
“I’ll inform you what, it’s the folks that work on this race automotive that made the assertion,” Bell stated of his twelfth profession pole. “Right now, we confirmed up with in all probability our greatest Kansas automotive we’ve ever had. It’s at all times been an amazing monitor for us to qualify at, and it looks as if at any time when we go race, we’re at all times that third to seventh [place] vary and right now it was totally different. It felt actually, actually good in apply and I felt actually snug driving the automotive, after which they have been capable of duplicate the qualifying stability.”
Ty Gibbs certified second at 179.099mph. Kyle Busch ran third at 178.642mph.
Tyler Reddick (P) certified fourth at 178.767mph and Joey Logano (P) accomplished the highest 5 qualifiers at 178.024mph. Reddick is the defending winner at Kansas Speedway.
William Byron (P) certified sixth at 178.247mph; Ryan Blaney (P), seventh at 177.317mph; Denny Hamlin (P), eighth at 178.218mph; Chase Briscoe (P), ninth at 175.965mph and Daniel Suarez (P) rounded out the highest 10 at 178.130mph.
There are 4 playoff drivers beginning outdoors the highest 10.
Kyle Larson (P) certified eleventh and teammate Alex Bowman (P), twelfth. Austin Cindric (P) certified seventeenth.
Justin Haley certified twenty third along with his new Spire Motorsports crew. Corey LaJoie, beforehand with Spire Motorsports and now with Rick Ware Racing after swapping rides with Haley, certified twenty seventh.
Jimmie Johnson ran thirty fifth in a 3rd Legacy Motor Membership entry. Sunday will probably be Johnson’s seventh begin of the season.
Chase Elliott (P) was thirty eighth of 38 drivers in qualifying. Elliott made a lap with an ill-running engine in his Chevrolet. The crew will make an engine change earlier than Sunday’s race.
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(P) denotes playoff driver
