HOMESTEAD, Fla. _ Martin Truex Jr. or Kyle Busch? Busch or Truex?
In the final round of qualifying Friday at Homestead-Miami Speedway, with Busch and Truex atop the leaderboard as the final seconds ticked away, Denny Hamlin was closing in on his final lap. And right before the session ended, Hamlin stole the pole away from the two championship contenders.
This is the second consecutive pole at Homestead for Hamlin, and he continued a five-year streak of championship contenders not winning the pole for the season finale.
Busch qualified second and Truex third. Joey Logano qualified fifth, and Kevin Harvick was last of the four remaining playoff drivers by qualifying 12th.
A few other notes from Friday at the track:
