Kyle Larson took the pole position for the 16th race of the 2018 NASCAR Cup Series season, the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway.
For just the third time in 16 races so far in the 2018 NASCAR Cup Series season, a Chevrolet driver is set to start a race from the pole position.
Chip Ganassi Racing’s Kyle Larson took his second pole position of the 2018 season, as he took the pole for the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma, California. The other pole he took so far this season was for the race at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware back on the first Sunday in May.
The race at Dover was the 11th race of the season, and no Chevrolet driver had taken a pole position since then until now. The only other Chevrolet driver to take a pole so far this season is Hendrick Motorsports’ Alex Bowman.
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Bowman took the pole for the season opener, the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, in his #88 Chevrolet back in mid-February.
Larson took the pole position for the Toyota/Save Mart 350 by recording a top lap time of 75.732 seconds (94.597 miles per hour) around the 10-turn, 1.99-mile Sonoma Raceway road course. Chevrolet drivers took four of the top five and six of the top eight positions on the speed chart in this qualifying session.
Furniture Row Racing’s Martin Truex Jr. was the highest qualifying Toyota driver. He qualified in second place in his #78 Toyota. Stewart-Haas Racing’s Kevin Harvick was the highest qualifying Ford driver. He qualified in sixth in his #4 Ford.
Hendrick Motorsports’ Chase Elliott, Chip Ganassi Racing’s Jamie McMurray and JTG Daugherty Racing’s A.J. Allmendinger rounded out the top five in third, fourth and fifth place in their #9 Chevrolet, #1 Chevrolet and #47 Chevrolet, respectively.
Here are the full qualifying results for the 2018 Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway.
| Rank | Driver | Car, Team, Manufacturer |
| 1 | Kyle Larson | #42, Chip Ganassi Racing, Chevrolet |
| 2 | Martin Truex Jr. | #78, Furniture Row Racing, Toyota |
| 3 | Chase Elliott | #9, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet |
| 4 | Jamie McMurray | #1, Chip Ganassi Racing, Chevrolet |
| 5 | A.J. Allmendinger | #47, JTG Daugherty Racing, Chevrolet |
| 6 | Kevin Harvick | #4, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford |
| 7 | Jimmie Johnson | #48, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet |
| 8 | William Byron | #24, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet |
| 9 | Kyle Busch | #18, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota |
| 10 | Brad Keselowski | #2, Team Penske, Ford |
| 11 | Ryan Blaney | #12, Team Penske, Ford |
| 12 | Joey Logano | #22, Team Penske, Ford |
| 13 | Trevor Bayne | #6, Roush Fenway Racing, Ford |
| 14 | Ryan Newman | #31, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet |
| 15 | Paul Menard | #21, Wood Brothers Racing, Ford |
| 16 | Daniel Suarez | #19, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota |
| 17 | Alex Bowman | #88, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet |
| 18 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | #17, Roush Fenway Racing, Ford |
| 19 | Clint Bowyer | #14, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford |
| 20 | Erik Jones | #20, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota |
| 21 | Denny Hamlin | #11, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota |
| 22 | Michael McDowell | #34, Front Row Motorsports, Ford |
| 23 | Kurt Busch | #41, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford |
| 24 | Aric Almirola | #10, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford |
| 25 | Chris Buescher | #37, JTG Daugherty Racing, Chevrolet |
| 26 | Kasey Kahne | #95, Leavine Family Racing, Chevrolet |
| 27 | Austin Dillon | #3, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet |
| 28 | David Ragan | #38, Front Row Motorsports, Ford |
| 29 | Gray Gaulding | #23, BK Racing, Toyota |
| 30 | Matt DiBenedetto | #32, Go Fas Racing, Ford |
| 31 | Ty Dillon | #13, Germain Racing, Chevrolet |
| 32 | Cole Whitt | #72, TriStar Motorsports, Chevrolet |
| 33 | Justin Marks | #15, Premium Motorsports, Chevrolet |
| 34 | Parker Kligerman | #96, Gaunt Brothers Racing, Toyota |
| 35 | Darrell Wallace Jr. | #43, Richard Petty Motorsports, Chevrolet |
| 36 | Chris Cook | #51, Rick Ware Racing, Chevrolet |
| 37 | Tomy Drissi | #00, StarCom Racing, Chevrolet |
| 38 | Cody Ware | #52, Rick Ware Racing, Chevrolet |
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Tune in to Fox Sports 1 at 3:30 p.m. ET this Sunday, June 24 for the live broadcast of the 2018 Toyota/Save Mart 350 from Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma, California.