Ty Gibbs on NASCAR Cup Series pole at Pocono
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LONG POND, Pa. — Joe Gibbs Racing’s Ty Gibbs earned his second career NASCAR Cup Series Busch Light Pole Award, claiming the top starting spot for Sunday’s The Great American Getaway 400 Presented by VisitPA.com at Pocono Raceway (2:30 p.m. ET, USA, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, NBC Sports App).
The 21-year-old Gibbs will line up first in the No. 54 JGR Toyota, equaling his best previous series qualifying effort at Charlotte Motor Speedway in May. His lap of 170.039 mph around the 2.5-mile Pocono oval was 0.118 seconds faster than William Byron in the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet.
“Definitely satisfying for sure,” Gibbs said, adding, “We were really fast and I just appreciate all the effort from my Monster Energy team, wouldn’t be here without them and all my sponsors. It was really really fun and the car is really good. So we’ll see what we can do and hopefully, we can get a win tomorrow.”
Three of the four JGR drivers advanced to the final round of qualifying. And it was an all-JGR second row, including Martin Truex Jr. in the No. 19 JGR Toyota and the track’s all-time winningest active driver, seven-time Pocono race winner Denny Hamlin in the No. 11 JGR Toyota.
Stewart-Haas Racing’s rookie Josh Berry and last week’s Chicago race winner, Hendrick Motorsports’ Alex Bowman, will take the green flag from the third row. 23XI Racing’s Tyler Reddick, Team Penske’s Ryan Blaney, Spire Motorsports rookie Zane Smith and Team Penske’s Joey Logano rounded out the top 10 drivers who advanced to the final round of qualifying.
Hendrick Motorsports teammates Kyle Larson and Chase Elliott, who are first and second in the Cup Series standings, will start 12th and 11th, respectively.
Reddick, who was fastest in practice, was second fastest to Truex in 10-lap consecutive speed.
Hamlin, Truex, Bowman, Blaney and Logano are all past Pocono winners. Both Hamlin (2006) and Blaney (2017) earned their first career Cup Series wins at the “Tricky Triangle.”
Reddick fastest in Cup Series practice
Tyler Reddick topped the leaderboard in practice at 168.231 mph.
William Byron (167.942 mph), Martin Truex Jr. (167.942 mph), Bubba Wallace (167.863 mph) and Michael McDowell (167.773 mph) rounded out the top five.
Ty Gibbs (167.218 mph), Austin Cindric (167.205 mph), Kyle Larson (167.137 mph), Daniel Suárez (167.016 mph) and Carson Hocevar (166.994 mph) completed the top 10.
At the end of practice in Group A, Larson spun at the exit of Turn 2 but did not hit anything. Reddick had a similar spin in Group B’s early minutes and escaped without suffering any damage.
Starting Line Up by Row
Pocono Raceway
The Great American Getaway 400 Presented by VisitPA.com
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Saturday, 7/13/2024 @ 02:10 PM Eastern
Driver Date Time Speed
Track Race Record: Jeff Gordon 06/12/11 03:26:21 145.384
Pos Car Driver Team Time Speed
Row 1: 1 54 Ty Gibbs Monster Energy Toyota 52.929 170.039
2 24 William Byron Raptor High Heat Chevrolet 53.047 169.661
Row 2: 3 19 Martin Truex Jr. Interstate Batteries Toyota 53.185 169.221
4 11 Denny Hamlin Mavis Tire Toyota 53.239 169.049
Row 3: 5 4 Josh Berry # Overstock.com Ford 53.212 169.135
6 48 Alex Bowman Ally Best Friends Chevrolet 53.342 168.723
Row 4: 7 45 Tyler Reddick MoneyLion Toyota 53.545 168.083
8 12 Ryan Blaney Wabash Ford 53.356 168.678
Row 5: 9 71 Zane Smith # Focused Health Chevrolet 53.595 167.926
10 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 53.542 168.092
Row 6: 11 9 Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet 53.532 168.124
12 5 Kyle Larson HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 53.449 168.385
Row 7: 13 20 Christopher Bell Rheem Toyota 53.554 168.055
14 6 Brad Keselowski Nexlizet Ford 53.603 167.901
Row 8: 15 77 Carson Hocevar # Delaware Life Chevrolet 53.635 167.801
16 99 Daniel Suarez Worldwide Express Chevrolet 53.630 167.817
Row 9: 17 3 Austin Dillon Boot Barn Chevrolet 53.673 167.682
18 17 Chris Buescher BuildSubmarines.com Ford 53.645 167.770
Row 10: 19 1 Ross Chastain Busch Light Peach Chevrolet 53.769 167.383
20 2 Austin Cindric Menards/Richmond Water Heaters Ford 53.675 167.676
Row 11: 21 34 Michael McDowell GUNK Ford 53.769 167.383
22 21 Harrison Burton DEX Imaging Ford 53.713 167.557
Row 12: 23 43 Erik Jones Family Dollar Toyota 53.784 167.336
24 8 Kyle Busch zone/GetGo Chevrolet 53.756 167.423
Row 13: 25 10 Noah Gragson Overstock.com Ford 53.860 167.100
26 16 AJ Allmendinger(i) Cirkul Chevrolet 53.760 167.411
Row 14: 27 31 Daniel Hemric Poppy Bank Chevrolet 53.944 166.840
28 14 Chase Briscoe HighPoint.com Ford 53.799 167.289
Row 15: 29 23 Bubba Wallace Leidos Toyota 53.947 166.830
30 7 Corey LaJoie Parity in Paris Chevrolet 53.902 166.970
Row 16: 31 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Sugarlands Sippin' Cream Chevrolet 54.018 166.611
32 42 John Hunter Nemechek Dollar Tree Toyota 53.924 166.902
Row 17: 33 38 Todd Gilliland C.H. REED Ford 54.122 166.291
34 51 Justin Haley Walmart Health & Wellness Ford 54.082 166.414
Row 18: 35 15 Cody Ware Jacob Construction Ford 54.192 166.076
36 41 Ryan Preece HaasTooling.com Ford 54.677 164.603
Row 19: 37 44 JJ Yeley(i) Ollie's Bargain Outlet Chevrolet 0.000 0.000
Manufacturer Starting Lineup DNQs Manufacturer Starting Lineup DNQs
Chevrolet 15 0 Ford 14 0
Toyota 8 0
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
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