Denny Hamlin Wins Pole at Talladega

Credit: Savannah Shirey for Skirts and Scuffs

Denny Hamlin will start from the #1 starting position on Sunday at Talladega Super Speedway. 

The Joe Gibbs Racing driver won the Busch Light Pole award over Aric Almirola. Hamlin had a speed of 180.751 mph, while Almirola had a speed of 180.642 mph. 

Ty Gibbs will start third, while Chase Briscoe and Ryan Blaney round out the top five. 

Christopher Bell will start sixth, Martin Truex Jr. will start seventh, while Joey Logano, Kyle Larson, and Chris Buescher round out the top-10 starting order. 

The remaining starting order are as follows:

11. Kevin Harvick

12. Bubba Wallace

13. Tyler Reddick

14. Austin Dillon

15. Austin Cindric

16. Ryan Preece

17. Kyle Busch

18. Willam Byron

19. A.J. Allmendinger

20. Brad Keselowski

21. Michael McDowell 

22. Daniel Suarez

23. Ross Chastain

24. Erik Jones

25. Harrison Burton 

26. Justin Haley

27. Alex Bowman 

28. Todd Gilliland 

29. Chase Elliott

30. Noah Gragson

31. Austin Hill

32. Ty Dillon

33. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

34. Corey Lajoie

35. Zane Smith

36. Riley Herbst

37. BJ McLeod

38. JJ Yeley