After a short delay for some mild drizzle, Gibbs rocketed to high of the leaderboard within the last spherical of Saturday’s qualifying with a median lap velocity of 183.953 mph – the quickest lap of the day.
The pole is the primary of Gibbs’ Cup profession and can are available in his sixty fifth begin in Joe Gibbs Racing’s No. 54 Toyota. He additionally began on the pole in Saturday’s Xfinity Sequence race on the observe.
“It’s actually cool to get my first pole within the Coca Cola 600. I’m tremendous excited,” mentioned Gibbs, who had began second thrice already this season. “I hope I can flip it into my first win tomorrow.”
Hendrick Motorsports driver William Byron – who spun earlier within the day in apply – ended second fast (183.580 mph) and Gibbs’ JGR teammate, Christopher Bell, was third (183.461 mph).
JGR team-mate Martin Truex Jr. was fourth and Chase Elliott rounded out the highest 5.
Finishing the top-10 beginning lineup are Alex Bowman, Ross Chastain, Tyler Reddick, Michael McDowell and Kyle Larson, who will try to change into the fifth driver to run the Indy 500 and Coke 600 on the identical day.
Reddick will begin Sunday evening’s race from the rear of the sector after his No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota was penalized by NASCAR for a violation in pre-qualifying inspection.
Spherical 1 / Group A
Reddick and Bell tied for a similar common lap velocity (181.733 mph) within the first group, though Reddick should begin from the rear of the sector no matter the place he finally ends up qualifying.
McDowell ended up third quickest (181.415 mph). Additionally advancing to the ultimate spherical of qualifying had been Chastain and Byron, who was quickest in Saturday’s apply.
Amongst those that did not advance had been Daniel Suarez, Bubba Wallace and Brad Keselowski.
Spherical 1 / Group B
Truex led the way in which within the second group with a median lap velocity of 182.902 mph – the quickest velocity of the day on the time.
Bowman was second quickest (182.871 mph) and Gibbs was third (182.303 mph).
Additionally advancing to the ultimate spherical of qualifying had been Larson and Elliott.
Amongst those that did not advance had been Denny Hamlin, Josh Berry, Kyle Busch and Austin Cindric.
Chris Buescher, who wrecked in Saturday’s apply, moved to a backup automobile and didn’t take part in qualifying. He should begin Sunday evening’s race from the rear of the sector.
