Ty Gibbs snags Busch Light Pole at Pocono

Joe Gibbs Racing‘s Ty Gibbs earned his second career NASCAR Cup Series Busch Light Pole Award, claiming the top starting spot for Sunday‘s The Great American Getaway 400 Presented by VisitPA.com at Pocono Raceway (2:30 p.m. ET, USA, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, NBC Sports App).

The 21-year-old Gibbs will line up first in the No. 54 JGR Toyota, equaling his best previous series qualifying effort at Charlotte Motor Speedway in May. His lap of 170.039 mph around the 2.5-mile Pocono oval was .118 seconds faster than William Byron in the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet.

“Definitely satisfying for sure,‘‘ Gibbs said, adding, “We were really fast and I just appreciate all the effort from my Monster Energy team, wouldn‘t be here without them and all my sponsors. It was really really fun and the car is really good. So we‘ll see what we can do and hopefully, we can get a win tomorrow.‘‘

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Three of the four JGR drivers advanced to the final round of qualifying. And it was an all-JGR second row, including Martin Truex Jr. in the No. 19 JGR Toyota and the track‘s all-time winningest active driver, seven-time Pocono race winner Denny Hamlin in the No. 11 JGR Toyota.

Stewart-Haas Racing‘s rookie Josh Berry and last week‘s Chicago race winner, Hendrick Motorsports‘ Alex Bowman, will take the green flag from the third row. 23XI Racing‘s Tyler Reddick, Team Penske‘s Ryan Blaney, Spire Motorsports rookie Zane Smith and Team Penske‘s Joey Logano round out the top-10 drivers who advanced to the final round of qualifying.

Hendrick Motorsports teammates Kyle Larson and Chase Elliott, who are first and second in the Cup Series standings, will start 12th and 11th, respectively.

Reddick, who was fastest in practice, was second fastest to Truex in 10-lap consecutive speed.

Hamlin, Truex, Bowman, Blaney and Logano are all past Pocono winners. Both Hamlin (2006) and Blaney (2017) earned their first career Cup Series wins at the “Tricky Triangle.”

Reddick fastest in Cup Series practice

Tyler Reddick topped the leaderboard in practice at 168.231 mph.

William Byron (167.942 mph), Martin Truex Jr. (167.942 mph), Bubba Wallace (167.863 mph) and Michsael McDowell (167.773 mph) rounded out the top five.

MORE: Practice results

Ty Gibbs (167.218 mph), Austin Cindric (167.205 mph), Kyle Larson (167.137 mph), Daniel Suárez (167.016 mph) and Carson Hocevar (166.994 mph) completed the top 10.

At the end of practice in Group A, Larson spun at the exit of Turn 2 but did not hit anything. Reddick had a similar spin in Group B’s early minutes and escaped without suffering any damage.

Contributing: Staff reports.