Denny Hamlin will lead the sphere to the inexperienced flag at Nashville on Sunday afternoon.
Hamlin’s first-place qualifying effort on Saturday marks the second time in 2024 and the forty second time in his profession that he has gained the pole.
Rookie Josh Berry initially set down the lap to beat at Nashville, clocking in at a pace of simply over 160 mph. Nonetheless, it was Hamlin — the ultimate driver to exit in Saturday’s qualifying session — who laid down the quickest lap of the day.
With Hamlin and Christopher Bell Bell beginning first and third, respectively, Nashville is proving to be a superb observe for the drivers of Joe Gibbs Racing. JGR driver Ty Gibbs — who was quickest in apply earlier within the day — certified eighth, making Martin Truex Jr. the one JGR driver to not qualify inside the highest 10.
Bell will share row two with 2021 Nashville winner Kyle Larson, whereas Brad Keselowski will begin fifth. Tyler Reddick and Daytona 500 winner William Byron will begin sixth and seventh, respectively, with Gibbs, Chris Buescher and St. Louis winner Austin Cindric rounding out the top-10.
Different notable qualifying efforts embrace Chase Elliott in thirteenth, Truex Jr. in seventeenth, Ryan Blaney in 18th, defending Nashville winner Ross Chastain in twentieth and Corey Heim in twenty ninth.
Bubba Wallace, Joey Logano and Kyle Busch — all of whom are at the moment in a good battle to make the NASCAR Cup Collection playoffs — will begin twenty fourth, twenty sixth and twenty seventh, respectively.
Tennessee native Chad Finchum will begin final in Sunday’s race, sharing row 19 with 2021 Xfinity Collection champion Daniel Hemric.
The Ally 400 will go inexperienced shortly after 3:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, with protection on NBC, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
