NASCAR Cup Series: Denny Hamlin takes pole for 2019 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race

Denny Hamlin took the pole position for the Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway. This pole position is his first pole position of the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season.

Joe Gibbs Racing’s Denny Hamlin took his, Joe Gibbs Racing’s and Toyota’s first pole position of the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season by taking the pole position for the 24th of 36 races on the schedule, the Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Hamlin took the pole position for this 500-lap race around the four-turn, 0.533-mile (0.858-kilometer) high-banked Bristol Motor Speedway oval in Bristol, Tennessee by recording a top lap time of 14.848 seconds (129.230 miles per hour) in his #11 Toyota in the single-car qualifying session for this race.

Chip Ganassi Racing’s Kyle Larson was the highest qualifying Chevrolet driver for this race, and he is set to start alongside Hamlin on the front row in second place in his #42 Chevrolet.

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The second row is set to resemble the front row, with a Joe Gibbs Racing driver starting ahead of a Chip Ganassi Racing driver. Martin Truex Jr. is set to start in third place in his #19 Toyota ahead of Kurt Busch in fourth in his #1 Chevrolet.

Stewart-Haas Racing’s Aric Almirola was the highest qualifying Ford driver for this race. He is set to round of the top five on the starting grid in fifth place in his #10 Ford.

Hendrick Motorsports’ Chase Elliott qualified in sixth place in his #9 Chevrolet ahead of Leavine Family Racing’s Matt DiBenedetto, who tied his career-high starting position by qualifying in seventh in his #95 Toyota.

Stewart-Haas Racing’s Kevin Harvick, Joe Gibbs Racing’s Erik Jones and Hendrick Motorsports’ Alex Bowman are set to round out the top 10 on the starting grid after qualifying in eighth, ninth and 10th place in their #4 Ford, #20 Toyota and #88 Chevrolet, respectively.

The only Joe Gibbs Racing driver who failed to qualify in the top nine was Kyle Busch, and he qualified in a disastrous 31st place in his #18 Toyota, marking his worst qualifying performance since he qualifying in 31st for the season-opening Daytona International Speedway as a result of his finish in his qualifying race.

Busch, who won the April race at Bristol Motor Speedway and has won three of the last four races at the track, had not qualified this poorly in a regular qualifying session since he qualified in 32nd place for last season’s April race at Richmond Raceway.

Here are the full qualifying results for the 2019 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Qualifying Results
1st – Denny Hamlin
2nd – Kyle Larson
3rd – Martin Truex Jr.
4th – Kurt Busch
5th – Aric Almirola
6th – Chase Elliott
7th – Matt DiBenedetto
8th – Kevin Harvick
9th – Erik Jones
10th – Alex Bowman
11th – Joey Logano
12th – Ryan Blaney
13th – Brad Keselowski
14th – Ryan Newman
15th – Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
16th – David Ragan
17th – Daniel Hemric
18th – Daniel Suarez
19th – Austin Dillon
20th – Clint Bowyer
21st – William Byron
22nd – Darrell Wallace Jr.
23rd – Ryan Preece
24th – Ty Dillon
25th – Paul Menard
26th – Corey LaJoie
27th – Matt Tifft
28th – Michael McDowell
29th – Chris Buescher
30th – Jimmie Johnson
31st – Kyle Busch
32nd – Landon Cassill
33rd – B.J. McLeod
34th – Quin Houff
35th – Josh Bilicki
36th – J.J. Yeley
37th – Reed Sorenson
38th – Kyle Weatherman
39th – Ross Chastain

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NBC Sports Network’s live broadcast of the Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race from Bristol Motor Speedway is set to begin at 7:30 p.m. ET tomorrow evening, so be sure to tune in to the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season’s 24th race.

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