Denny Hamlin claimed the pole for Sunday’s Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway with a 171.381 mph lap. It’s his second Cup Series pole at Darlington, his second this season, and the 45th of his career.
The 31-year-old Wallace from Mobile, Alabama, led 23 of 268 over-scheduled laps and fended off Kyle Larson through two overtime attempts to snap a 100-race winless drought and become the 17th competitor overall to win at the Greatest Spectacle in Racing.
The 2024 Southern 500 champion from Mitchell, Indiana, posted a pole-winning lap at 183.165 mph in 49.136 seconds, which was enough to claim his third crown-jewel pole position of the 2025 Cup Series season and his first at his home track.
The three-time Daytona 500 champion from Chesterfield, Virginia, native will continue to pilot the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota entry on a new multi-year basis in NASCAR's premier series.
The three-time Supercars champion led a race-high 97 of 110-scheduled laps and muscled away from the field during a four-lap shootout to achieve his third Cup Series victory of the 2025 campaign in Sonoma, California.
The 2020 Cup Series champion from Dawsonville, Georgia, led 41 of 260-scheduled laps and overtook Brad Keselowski on the final lap to claim his 20th Cup career victory and first since Texas in April 2024.
