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NASCAR Cup Series The Great American Getaway 400 Presented By VISITPA.Com: Qualifying, Rested Denny Hamlin’s Pole Position, Lineup At Pocono Raceway

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NASCAR Cup Series The Great American Getaway 400 Presented By VISITPA.Com: Qualifying, Rested Denny Hamlin’s Pole Position, Lineup At Pocono Raceway

NASCAR Cup Series driver Denny Hamlin didn’t lose a beat Saturday after missing last week’s event at Mexico City following the birth of his third child. Hamlin clocked a hot qualifying lap of 52.144 seconds to earn the pole position for Sunday’s The Great American Getaway 400 Presented By VISITPA.com at Pocono Raceway. 

Hamlin posted a P1 and P2 in his past two outings at the “Tricky Triangle.” 

After registering a 52.227-second qualifying lap, Chris Buescher will start on the outside of the front row Sunday. Carson Hocevar (52.379 seconds), who has been criticized by Ricky Stenhouse Jr. recently for over-aggressive driving, will being third, next to John Hunter Nemechek (52.390). 

Defending race winner Ryan Blaney (52.837) will start P20. 

Circuit points leader William Byron paced the practice session, clocking the fastest rotation (52.706 seconds). Byron spun and crashed at the 2.5-mile tri-oval track during his qualifying run. The No. 24 Chevrolet will start P31. 

Xfinity Series regular Brennan Poole posted last-place practice runs and did not earn a chance to qualify after NY Racing Team’s No. 44 Chevrolet failed tech inspection three times. A full-time Cup driver in 2020, Poole collected one top-10 finish in 42 career starts. 

David Starr Returning To NASCAR Cup Series

Veteran driver David Starr remains poised to compete in his first Cup Series event since 2021. Starr, who has appeared in 18 circuit races, plans to drive Garage 66’s No. 66 Ford in the EchoPark Speedway event June 28.

Starr posted four wins in 317 Truck Series outings. He also appeared in 268 Xfinity Series races. His best Cup finish was a P23 at Texas in 2021.

“I’m thrilled to compete here with such an incredible group of partners,” Starr said in a statement.

Starting Lineup for The Great American Getaway 400

Here is a look at the lineup for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series’ The Great American Getaway 400 Presented By VISITPA.Com at Pocono Raceway:

Starting Position, Driver, Car No.

  • 1, Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Toyota
  • 2, Chris Buescher, No. 17 Ford
  • 3, Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Chevrolet
  • 4, John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42 Toyota
  • 5, Cole Custer, No. 41 Ford
  • 6, Chase Briscoe, No. 19 Toyota
  • 7, Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Toyota
  • 8, Tyler Reddick, No. 45 Toyota
  • 9, Christopher Bell, No. 20 Toyota
  • 10, Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Chevrolet
  • 11, Erik Jones, No. 43 Toyota
  • 12, Joey Logano, No. 22 Ford
  • 13, Ryan Preece, No. 60 Ford
  • 14, Brad Keselowski, No. 6 Ford
  • 15, Zane Smith, No. 38 Ford
  • 16, Austin Dillon, No. 3 Chevrolet
  • 17, Noah Gragson, No. 4 Ford
  • 18, Chase Elliott, No. 9 Chevrolet
  • 19, Austin Cindric, No. 2 Ford
  • 20, Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Ford
  • 21, Ross Chastain, No. 1 Chevrolet
  • 22, Justin Haley, No. 7 Chevrolet
  • 23, Shane van Gisbergen, No. 88 Chevrolet
  • 24, Kyle Larson, No. 5 Chevrolet
  • 25, Alex Bowman, No. 48 Chevrolet
  • 26, Kyle Busch, No. 8 Chevrolet
  • 27, Ty Dillon, No. 10 Chevrolet
  • 28, Michael McDowell, No. 71 Chevrolet
  • 29, Riley Herbst, No. 35 Toyota
  • 30, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 Chevrolet
  • 31, William Byron, No. 24 Chevrolet
  • 32, Todd Gilliland, No. 34 Ford
  • 33, AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 Chevrolet
  • 34, Bubba Wallace, No. 23 Toyota
  • 35, Josh Berry, No. 21 Ford
  • 36, Cody Ware, No. 51 Ford
  • 37, Brennan Poole, No. 44 Chevrolet

Jeff Hawkins Written by Sports EditorJeff Hawkins
Jeff Hawkins is an award-winning sportswriter with more than four decades in the industry, in both print and digital media. He joined the Sportscasting team in 2021 following a decade of freelancing. He spent his early career as a reporter for various newspapers in Illinois, New York, Florida, North Carolina, and Michigan, with a particular emphasis as a beat reporter for the Chicago Blackhawks. Jeff earned his bachelor's degree in journalism from Oakland University. Over the course of his career he earned several sports writing awards, including two national awards from the Associated Press Sports Editors for column writing and news reporting. One of the five prized columns included a commentary on NASCAR's increasing corporate influences, particularly in northern racetracks — commentary which you might find Jeff building on as part of the Motorsports writing team at Sportscasting now.  
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