Christopher Bell hasn’t misplaced a pole at Kansas for the reason that spring of 2023, and he’ll once more lead the sphere to the inexperienced flag on Sunday. At a 30.111s, he bested teammate Ty Gibbs by 0.040s off in a entrance row sweep for for the Joe Gibbs Racing camp.
It was Bell’s twelfth profession pole and his second of the 2024 season.
“I am going to let you know what, it is the those that work on this race automotive that made the assertion,” mentioned Bell, crediting his crew with the quick lap. “Right now, we confirmed up with in all probability our greatest Kansas automotive we have ever had. It is all the time been a fantastic monitor for us to qualify at and it looks as if each time we go race, we’re all the time like that third to seventh vary. Right now, it was totally different. It felt actually, actually good in apply. I felt actually comfy driving the automotive. After which they had been in a position to duplicate the qualifying steadiness.”
Christopher Bell, Joe Gibbs Racing, Rheem Toyota Camry
Photograph by: John Harrelson / NKP / Motorsport Photographs
Kyle Busch clocked in third for his greatest qualifying effort since Dover in Might. Tyler Reddick and Joey Logano rounded out the top-five. William Byron, Ryan Blaney, Denny Hamlin, Chase Briscoe, and Daniel Suarez crammed out the rest of the top-ten.
Playoff drivers beginning deeper within the pack: Kyle Larson (eleventh); Alex Bowman (twelfth); Austin Cindric (seventeenth); Chase Elliott (thirty eighth).
There have been no incidents throughout qualifying and all drivers set a time.
Spherical 1
In Group A, Gibbs was the one non-playoff driver to advance. Byron was the quickest driver with a 30.220s lap. Reddick was the ultimate driver to maneuver on, beating Bowman by over a tenth.
Elliott was slowest of all drivers, working off the tempo with an engine concern. He’ll swap engines earlier than the race begin, and the No. 9 Hendrick crew knew concerning the concern earlier than qualifying. They solely despatched him out on monitor to allow them to use that set of tires as scuffs in the course of the race. If he had opted out of qualifying, he would have had to make use of his apply scuffs, which had extra laps on them.
In Group B, Bell led the best way with a blistering quick lap of 30.043s. Busch was the one non-playoff driver to advance whereas Briscoe eked his approach into the ultimate spherical. He bested title favourite Larson for the ultimate spot, working 0.060s faster.
