It is a Toyota lockout of the primary two rows with Joe Gibbs Racing 1-2-3 in Las Vegas NASCAR Cup qualifying.
Christopher Bell rocketed to the highest of the charts and was the one driver to interrupt into the 28-second bracket. 4 of Bell’s 15 profession poles have occurred in Vegas, with the opposite three happening in 2022 (first profession pole within the Cup Sequence), 2023, and 2024.
“Our Interstate Batteries Camry feels very good,” mentioned Bell with a smile after qualifying. “I’ve talked about this so much by the final couple of races, however simply tremendous, tremendous happy with my staff. We’re lastly getting again to the place we have to be and it feels good. We used to have the ability to qualify rather well on these intermediates, after which, I do not know, it feels we fell slightly bit off and now we bought it again My engineers, crew chief, my mechanics, my pit crew — all people has been doing such a great job in 2026. It is so enjoyable to drive this #20 automotive, and I am enthusiastic about tomorrow.”
He bested teammate Denny Hamlin by a full 0.150s, with the 2 of them adopted by Ty Gibbs in third, who’s coming off of back-to-back prime 5 finishes. Bubba Wallace accomplished the Toyota quartet in fourth, whereas Kyle Larson led the Chevrolets in fifth.
Ryan Blaney was the top-qualifying Ford driver in sixth, adopted by championship chief Tyler Reddick in seventh, Ryan Preece eighth, William Byron ninth, and Chris Buescher tenth.
There have been no incidents throughout the session, and all automobiles managed to document a time. Ty Dillon was the slowest of all, however he additionally did not have any apply as he was considered one of 4 drivers whose automobiles struggled to get by inspection, earlier within the day.
Las Vegas NASCAR Cup beginning lineup
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