.jpg)
6 hours ago
1
Denny Hamlin claimed pole for the NASCAR Cup Series race at Pocono Raceway on Saturday but a lot happened along the way to get to that point.
It was a very eventful session at The Tricky Triangle.
Todd Gilliland and AJ Allmendinger were very slow and will start 31st and 32nd respectively. The actually both qualified worse than that both move up one spot because William Byron crashed and will have to go to a backup car.
The No. 24 spins! @WilliamByron loses control exiting the tunnel turn! #BuschLightPole pic.twitter.com/QRZrC2Af2h
— NASCAR (@NASCAR) June 21, 2025Byron was fastest in practice earlier in the day and will not be able to race that car. Meanwhile, Bubba Wallace didn’t even turn a lap because something broke in the rear end housing.
Mechanical issues on the No. 23! @BubbaWallace's car will not start on pit road! #BuschLightPole pic.twitter.com/MEdby6OUth
— NASCAR (@NASCAR) June 21, 2025Josh Berry broke something in the underbody during practice and Brennan Poole was not allowed to take a qualifying lap due to multiple sessions.
Read more: Hamlin refreshed after missing race for the birth of his son
Starting lineup
1 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | 52.144 | |
2 | 17 | Chris Buescher | 52.227 | 0.083 |
3 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | 52.379 | 0.235 |
4 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | 52.390 | 0.246 |
5 | 41 | Cole Custer | 52.436 | 0.292 |
6 | 19 | Chase Briscoe | 52.444 | 0.300 |
7 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | 52.464 | 0.320 |
8 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | 52.500 | 0.356 |
9 | 20 | Christopher Bell | 52.525 | 0.381 |
10 | 99 | Daniel Suarez | 52.631 | 0.487 |
11 | 43 | Erik Jones | 52.632 | 0.488 |
12 | 22 | Joey Logano | 52.673 | 0.529 |
13 | 60 | Ryan Preece | 52.727 | 0.583 |
14 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | 52.781 | 0.637 |
15 | 38 | Zane Smith | 52.803 | 0.659 |
16 | 3 | Austin Dillon | 52.811 | 0.667 |
17 | 4 | Noah Gragson | 52.813 | 0.669 |
18 | 9 | Chase Elliott | 52.820 | 0.676 |
19 | 2 | Austin Cindric | 52.836 | 0.692 |
20 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | 52.837 | 0.693 |
21 | 1 | Ross Chastain | 52.861 | 0.717 |
22 | 7 | Justin Haley | 52.927 | 0.783 |
23 | 88 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 52.962 | 0.818 |
24 | 5 | Kyle Larson | 52.966 | 0.822 |
25 | 48 | Alex Bowman | 52.978 | 0.834 |
26 | 8 | Kyle Busch | 53.096 | 0.952 |
27 | 10 | Ty Dillon | 53.107 | 0.963 |
28 | 71 | Michael McDowell | 53.140 | 0.996 |
29 | 35 | Riley Herbst | 53.169 | 1.025 |
30 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. | 53.661 | 1.517 |
31 | 24 | William Byron | 57.645 | 5.501 |
32 | 34 | Todd Gilliland | 59.181 | 7.037 |
33 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | 64.077 | 11.933 |
34 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | No TIme | -- |
35 | 21 | Josh Berry | No Time | -- |
36 | 51 | Cody Ware | No Time | -- |
37 | 44 | Brennan Poole | No Time | -- |
English (US)