The two-time Daytona 500 champion from Charlotte, North Carolina, clocked in a pole-winning lap at 98.185 mph in 19.286 seconds, which was enough for him to claim the top-starting spot for Sunday's Round of 8 finale at Martinsville.
The three-time Daytona 500 pole winner from Tucson, Arizona, posted a pole-winning lap at 128.675 mph in 14.912 seconds, which was enough to claim his second Cup Series pole position of the 2025 season and his second in a row at Thunder Valley.
The two-time Daytona 500 champion from Charlotte, North Carolina, was foiled by late pit strategies that cost him a perfect race to victory from pole position in the Goodyear 400.
