Martin Truex Jr. will finish his full-time NASCAR Cup Collection profession main the sector to the inexperienced flag for the second consecutive week.
Truex gained the pole for the season finale at Phoenix Raceway with a lap of 134.741mph (26.718s). It’s the twenty fifth pole of Truex’s profession, third at Phoenix, and second of the season. The second pole comes every week after the primary when the Joe Gibbs Racing driver was additionally the quickest at Martinsville.
“It’s very cool,” Truex mentioned of the back-to-back poles. “Actually, you all the time wish to be often known as a man who can go quick at any observe and any scenario. The stress is all the time fairly excessive for qualifying; it’s a must to go on the market and nail [it perfectly] and also you solely get one shot at it lately. It’s all the time enjoyable to go there and beat everybody at something, so it feels good. It’s very cool. However the massive prize is tomorrow, so hopefully we will get that one.”
Joey Logano was the quickest of the 4 championship contenders, qualifying second at 134.690mph.
Ross Chastain certified third at 134.268mph and is the defending race winner at Phoenix.
Kyle Larson ran fourth at 134.308mph; Chase Elliott, fifth at 134.228mph; Ty Gibbs, sixth at 134.273mph and Christopher Bell, seventh at 133.373mph.
William Byron was the second-highest championship contender in eighth place. His lap was 134.218mph.
Harrison Burton certified ninth at 132.188mph and Tyler Reddick ended up the third championship contender to qualify inside the highest 10. He begins tenth after a lap of 134.118mph.
The Cup Collection’ Rookie of the Yr Carson Hocevar certified fifteenth.
Ryan Blaney, defending collection champion, certified seventeenth with a lap of 134.263mph.
Jimmie Johnson certified twenty third; Kyle Busch, twenty fifth; Brad Keselowski, twenty seventh and Bubba Wallace, twenty ninth.
Josh Berry certified thirty ninth after spinning on his qualifying lap off Flip 2.
There are 40 drivers who will begin Sunday’s race.
NEXT: Cup Collection season finale at 3 p.m. ET Sunday.
