Christopher Bell earns Las Vegas NASCAR Cup pole in JGR 1-2-3
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It's a Toyota lockout of the first two rows with Joe Gibbs Racing 1-2-3 in Las Vegas NASCAR Cup qualifying.
Christopher Bell rocketed to the top of the charts and was the only driver to break into the 28-second bracket. Four of Bell's 15 career poles have happened in Vegas, with the other three taking place in 2022 (first career pole in the Cup Series), 2023, and 2024.
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"Our Interstate Batteries Camry feels very nice," said Bell with a smile after qualifying. "I've talked about this a lot through the last couple of races, but just super, super proud of my team. We're finally getting back to where we need to be and it feels good. We used to be able to qualify really well on these intermediates, and then, I don't know, it feels we fell a little bit off and now we got it back My engineers, crew chief, my mechanics, my pit crew -- everybody has been doing such a good job in 2026. It's so fun to drive this #20 car, and I'm excited about tomorrow."
He bested teammate Denny Hamlin by a full 0.150s, with the two of them followed by Ty Gibbs in third, who is coming off of back-to-back top five finishes. Bubba Wallace completed the Toyota quartet in fourth, while Kyle Larson led the Chevrolets in fifth.
Ryan Blaney was the top-qualifying Ford driver in sixth, followed by championship leader Tyler Reddick in seventh, Ryan Preece eighth, William Byron ninth, and Chris Buescher tenth.
There were no incidents during the session, and all cars managed to record a time. Ty Dillon was the slowest of all, but he also didn't have any practice as he was one of four drivers whose cars struggled to get through inspection, earlier in the day.
Las Vegas NASCAR Cup starting lineup
cla # driver manufacturer time gap mph 120 Christopher BellToyota28.853 187.156211 Denny HamlinToyota29.0030.150186.188354 Ty GibbsToyota29.0630.210185.803423 Darrell Wallace JrToyota29.0680.215185.77155 Kyle LarsonChevrolet29.1030.250185.548612 Ryan BlaneyFord29.1600.307185.185745 Tyler ReddickToyota29.1680.315185.134860 Ryan PreeceFord29.2050.352184.900924 William ByronChevrolet29.2170.364184.8241017 Chris BuescherFord29.2450.392184.647113 Austin DillonChevrolet29.2500.397184.6151238 Zane SmithFord29.2520.399184.603137 Daniel SuarezChevrolet29.2790.426184.4331443 Erik JonesToyota29.2850.432184.395159 Chase ElliottChevrolet29.2890.436184.3701697 Shane van GisbergenChevrolet29.2940.441184.338171 Ross ChastainChevrolet29.3380.485184.0621819 Chase BriscoeToyota29.3430.490184.0301977 Carson HocevarChevrolet29.3560.503183.9492035 Riley HerbstToyota29.3630.510183.9052148 Justin AllgaierChevrolet29.3760.523183.8242222 Joey LoganoFord29.3760.523183.8242347 Ricky Stenhouse JrChevrolet29.3870.534183.755248 Kyle BuschChevrolet29.4550.602183.3312588 Connor ZilischChevrolet29.4780.625183.1872642 John Hunter NemechekToyota29.4930.640183.0942734 Todd GillilandFord29.4930.640183.094286 Brad KeselowskiFord29.5040.651183.0262916 AJ AllmendingerChevrolet29.5300.677182.8653071 Michael McDowellChevrolet29.6520.799182.113312 Austin CindricFord29.6900.837181.8793221 Josh BerryFord29.7450.892181.5433351 Cody WareChevrolet29.7700.917181.391344 Noah GragsonFord30.0591.206179.6473541 Cole CusterChevrolet30.2501.397178.5123610 Ty DillonChevrolet30.6071.754176.430To read more Motorsport.com articles visit our website.