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NASCAR Cup Series Brickyard 400 Presented by PPG: Qualifying, Chase Briscoe’s ‘Dream’ Pole Position, Lineup At IMS

Jeff Hawkins Written by Sports EditorJeff Hawkins
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NASCAR Cup Series Brickyard 400 Presented by PPG: Qualifying, Chase Briscoe’s ‘Dream’ Pole Position, Lineup At IMS

NASCAR Cup Series driver Denny Hamlin, who has yet to earn a Brickyard 400 trophy, posted the fastest practice lap Saturday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, but crashed during his qualifying run and will start Sunday’s event P39.

At the other end of the spectrum, Chase Briscoe watched Hamlin, a Joe Gibbs Racing teammate, hit the wall, clinching the pole position for an Indiana native.

Briscoe posted a hot qualifying lap of 183.165 mph, fronting five Toyotas.

Bubba Wallace recorded the second-best time, 0.013 seconds behind the leader. Erik Jones (182.749 mph) was third, Tyler Reddick (182.749) and Ty Gibbs (182.445). Starting sixth, William Byron (182.031) recorded the best qualifying run in a non-Toyota.

When Briscoe, who has five career poles, starts Sunday’s Brickyard 400 from the inside of the front row, it will mark his third “Crown Jewel” pole. He also started up front during the Daytona 500 and Coca-Cola 600.

The Brickyard was special, though.

“Just dreaming of being able to come to this place and sitting in the same grandstands all the fans are, I mean I was dreaming about being on the other side of the fence and now to be able to do that is just unbelievable,” Briscoe said, as reported by WHAS.

Gibbs will face underdog Ty Dillon in the final of the In-Season Challenge on Sunday. Dillon, the No. 32-ranked driver, starts P26.

The winner of last Sunday’s event at Dover, Hamlin signed a two-year contract extension before Saturday’s qualifying mishap along Turn 2, which claimed several machines.

Starting Lineup For Brickyard 400 Presented By PPG

Here is a look at the lineup for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series’ Brickyard 400 Presented by PPG at Indianapolis Motor Speedway:

Starting Position, Driver, Car No.

  • 1, Chase Briscoe, No. 19 Toyota
  • 2, Bubba Wallace, No. 23 Toyota
  • 3, Erik Jones, No. 43 Toyota
  • 4, Tyler Reddick, No. 45 Toyota
  • 5, Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Toyota
  • 6, William Byron, No. 24 Chevrolet
  • 7, Chris Buescher, No. 17 Chevrolet
  • 8, Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Chevrolet
  • 9, AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 Chevrolet
  • 10, Austin Cindric, No. 2 Ford
  • 11, Shane van Gisbergen, No. 88 Chevrolet
  • 12, Kyle Busch, No. 8 Chevrolet
  • 13, Kyle Larson, No. 5 Chevrolet
  • 14, Brad Keselowski, No. 6 Ford
  • 15, Joey Logano, No. 22 Ford
  • 16, Christopher Bell, No. 20 Toyota
  • 17, Josh Berry, No. 21 Ford
  • 18, Noah Gragson, No. 4 Ford
  • 19, Todd Gilliland, No. 34 Ford
  • 20, Austin Dillon, No. 3 Chevrolet
  • 21, Alex Bowman, No. 48 Chevrolet
  • 22, Michael McDowell, No. 71 Chevrolet
  • 23, Ryan Preece, No. 60 Ford
  • 24, Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Ford
  • 25, Riley Herbst, No. 35 Toyota
  • 26, Ty Dillon, No. 10 Chevrolet
  • 27, Zane Smith, No. 38 Ford
  • 28, Justin Haley, No. 7 Chevrolet
  • 29, Cole Custer, No. 41 Ford
  • 30, Chase Elliott, No. 9 Chevrolet
  • 31, Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Chevrolet
  • 32, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 Chevrolet
  • 33, Ross Chastain, No. 1 Chevrolet
  • 34, Cody Ware, No. 51 Ford
  • 35, Jesse Love, No. 62 Chevrolet
  • 36, John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42 Toyota
  • 37, Josh Bilicki, No. 66 Ford
  • 38, Katherine Legge, No. 78 Chevrolet
  • 39, Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Toyota

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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