BRISTOL, Tennessee (AP) Denny Hamlin set a track record in leading a Toyota sweep of the first two rows in NASCAR qualifying at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch qualified second and was followed by JGR driver Carl Edwards. David Ragan, from Michael Waltrip Racing, was fourth to give Toyota the top four starting spots Saturday night.
Hamlin turned a lap Friday at an average speed of 131.407 mph to break the mark of 131.362 mph set last year by Kevin Harvick.
It was Hamlin’s 22nd career Sprint Cup pole and continued a recent dominant trend by Joe Gibbs Racing. JGR drivers have won five of the last six Sprint Cup Series poles, and Hamlin also won the pole for Friday’s Xfinity Series race.
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