Denny Hamlin won the Busch Light Pole Award after posting the fastest lap during NASCAR Cup Series qualifying at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway.
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.
