Chase Briscoe bests JGR teammate Denny Hamlin for…

This is the tenth time Briscoe has started a race from the front row this year, and his seventh pole position of 2025, giving Chase Briscoe the job of leading the NASCAR Cup Series field to the green flag. The No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota was the only car to run a lap in under 30 seconds, securing pole with a 29.987s run. This was crucial for Briscoe, who enters this race on the cutline and just 12 points above the cutline.

"I was just telling the guys, it feels like forever since we've been on the pole," said Briscoe. "Glad to get back to our normal form, truthfully. Just a great day. Went fishing this morning with Johnny Morris (Bass Pro Shops CE0) and JP Morris and catching all kinds of big bass, and then capping it off with the pole here at what is really their home race. Just super excited for what we have tomorrow. I felt like our car was pretty fast in practice too. Hopefully, we can keep this Toyota up front. It would be nice to win and not have to deal with all the chaos of the Roval next week."

He beat Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Denny Hamlin by a full tenth (0.101s). Kyle Larson, who won the most recent Cup race at Kansas, qualified third and led the Chevrolet camp. Chase Elliott qualified fourth and Christopher Bell fifth.

Carson Hocevar was the top non-playoff driver in sixth, followed by Bubba Wallace, Ty Gibbs, Ross Chastain, and Erik Jones inside the top ten.

Other playoff drivers just outside the top ten were William Byron in 11th and Tyler Reddick in 12th.

A bad day only got worse for Team Penske in qualifying. After two cut tires and a wreck in practice, their top-qualifying driver was Austin Cindric in 26th. Cindric actually hit the wall at the end of his lap as well.

Logano will start 35th, while Blaney (who is going to a backup car) did not take part and will start 37th.

Michael McDowell, who qualified 21st, and Shane van Gisbergen, who qualified 24th, will have to go to the rear of the field and serve a stop-and-go penalty during the race for making unapproved adjustments.

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Cla	Driver	#	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Interval	Mph
1	C. BriscoeJoe Gibbs Racing	19	Toyota	1	29.987		180.078
2	D. HamlinJoe Gibbs Racing	11	Toyota	1	+0.101 30.088	0.101	179.474
3	K. LarsonHendrick Motorsports	5	Chevrolet	1	+0.114 30.101	0.013	179.396
4	C. ElliottHendrick Motorsports	9	Chevrolet	1	+0.170 30.157	0.056	179.063
5	C. BellJoe Gibbs Racing	20	Toyota	1	+0.178 30.165	0.008	179.015
6	C. HocevarSpire Motorsports	77	Chevrolet	1	+0.241 30.228	0.063	178.642
7	B. Wallace23XI Racing	23	Toyota	1	+0.287 30.274	0.046	178.371
8	T. GibbsJoe Gibbs Racing	54	Toyota	1	+0.302 30.289	0.015	178.283
9	R. ChastainTrackHouse Racing	1	Chevrolet	1	+0.305 30.292	0.003	178.265
10	E. JonesLegacy Motor Club	43	Toyota	1	+0.327 30.314	0.022	178.136
11	W. ByronHendrick Motorsports	24	Chevrolet	1	+0.339 30.326	0.012	178.065
12	T. Reddick23XI Racing	45	Toyota	1	+0.341 30.328	0.002	178.053
13	J. BerryWood Brothers Racing	21	Ford	1	+0.348 30.335	0.007	178.012
14	N. GragsonFront Row Motorsports	4	Ford	1	+0.403 30.390	0.055	177.690
15	C. BuescherRFK Racing	17	Ford	1	+0.404 30.391	0.001	177.684
16	A. DillonRichard Childress Racing	3	Chevrolet	1	+0.432 30.419	0.028	177.521
17	A. BowmanHendrick Motorsports	48	Chevrolet	1	+0.435 30.422	0.003	177.503
18	R. Stenhouse JrHyak Motorsports	47	Chevrolet	1	+0.447 30.434	0.012	177.433
19	R. PreeceRFK Racing	60	Ford	1	+0.451 30.438	0.004	177.410
20	A. AllmendingerKaulig Racing	16	Chevrolet	1	+0.465 30.452	0.014	177.328
21	M. McDowellSpire Motorsports	71	Chevrolet	1	+0.504 30.491	0.039	177.101
22	J. HaleySpire Motorsports	7	Chevrolet	1	+0.511 30.498	0.007	177.061
23	T. GillilandFront Row Motorsports	34	Ford	1	+0.517 30.504	0.006	177.026
24	S. van GisbergenTrackHouse Racing	88	Chevrolet	1	+0.541 30.528	0.024	176.887
25	J. NemechekLegacy Motor Club	42	Toyota	1	+0.579 30.566	0.038	176.667
26	A. CindricTeam Penske	2	Ford	1	+0.602 30.589	0.023	176.534
27	C. CusterHaas Factory Team	41	Ford	1	+0.605 30.592	0.003	176.517
28	Z. SmithFront Row Motorsports	38	Ford	1	+0.644 30.631	0.039	176.292
29	K. BuschRichard Childress Racing	8	Chevrolet	1	+0.680 30.667	0.036	176.085
30	D. SuarezTrackHouse Racing	99	Chevrolet	1	+0.740 30.727	0.060	175.741
31	B. KeselowskiRFK Racing	6	Ford	1	+0.741 30.728	0.001	175.735
32	R. Herbst23XI Racing	35	Toyota	1	+0.771 30.758	0.030	175.564
33	T. DillonKaulig Racing	10	Chevrolet	1	+0.849 30.836	0.078	175.120
34	C. WareRick Ware Racing	51	Ford	1	+1.126 31.113	0.277	173.561
35	J. LoganoTeam Penske	22	Ford	1	+1.551 31.538	0.425	171.222
36	J. YeleyNY Racing Team	44	Chevrolet	1	+2.293 32.280	0.742	167.286
37	R. BlaneyTeam Penske	12	Ford	0