Dealing with a must-win state of affairs, William Byron earned a vital pole place at Martinsville Speedway. The Hendrick Motorsports driver lapped the half-mile quick observe in 19.286s, beating Ty Gibbs by simply fractions — 0.002s — for pole.
That is Byron’s sixteenth profession pole and his third of the 2025 season, however the two-time Martinsville winner has by no means began on the entrance row for this race.
“It is nice, however it’s not the race although,” stated Byron. “So, we acquired numerous work to do tomorrow. It felt good in observe. It felt respectable there in qualifying. It is simply so chilly. It took some time for the tires to sort of are available. It feels good — first pole at Martinsville. We often wrestle to qualify nicely right here. Simply excited for tomorrow. It is a massive problem, and that is what counts. After 500 laps, we’ll see how we’re.”
On what he expects for the race on Sunday, Byron added: “It is going to be comparable situations to what it’s proper now. It is going to be chilly. The observe goes to vary a bunch. We acquired to do an excellent job of speaking, speaking by way of it and making the correct changes.”
Kyle Larson, who at the moment holds the fourth and ultimate switch spot, certified third. Joey Logano was fourth, and Denny Hamlin fifth.
Cole Custer, Kyle Busch, Chase Elliott, Chase Briscoe, and Austin Cindric crammed out the rest of the highest ten.
Christopher Bell certified twelfth, however he wasn’t the worst of the eight playoff drivers. Surprisingly, Ryan Blaney will begin very deep within the discipline in thirty first. The Group Penske driver has received the final two fall races at Martinsville.
There have been no incidents throughout the session, and all 37 entries put down a qualifying time.
1
24
Chevrolet
2
98.185
2
54
Toyota
2
0.002
98.175
3
5
Chevrolet
2
0.027
98.038
4
22
Ford
2
0.007
98.002
5
11
Toyota
2
0.025
97.876
6
41
Ford
2
0.001
97.871
7
8
Chevrolet
2
0.004
97.850
8
9
Chevrolet
2
0.001
97.845
9
19
Toyota
2
0.023
97.729
10
2
Ford
2
0.017
97.643
11
71
Chevrolet
2
0.006
97.613
12
20
Toyota
2
0.002
97.603
13
1
Chevrolet
2
0.007
97.568
14
45
Toyota
2
0.003
97.553
15
77
Chevrolet
2
0.006
97.523
16
34
Ford
2
0.016
97.442
17
48
Chevrolet
2
0.004
97.422
18
60
Ford
2
0.001
97.417
19
6
Ford
2
0.015
97.342
20
3
Chevrolet
2
0.002
97.332
21
23
Toyota
2
0.004
97.312
22
88
Chevrolet
2
0.003
97.297
23
38
Ford
2
0.043
97.083
24
42
Toyota
2
0.006
97.053
25
35
Toyota
2
0.009
97.008
26
10
Chevrolet
2
0.006
96.978
27
43
Toyota
2
0.004
96.959
28
J. Berry Wooden Brothers Racing
21
Ford
2
0.000
96.959
29
17
Ford
2
0.029
96.815
30
99
Chevrolet
2
0.001
96.810
31
12
Ford
2
0.046
96.583
32
47
Chevrolet
2
0.023
96.470
33
16
Chevrolet
2
0.019
96.376
34
7
Chevrolet
2
0.022
96.268
35
4
Ford
2
0.034
96.102
36
51
Ford
2
0.128
95.482
37
66
Ford
2
0.063
95.180
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