Is Denny Hamlin back on the right path? The Joe Gibbs Racing driver was fastest in qualifying, picking up the pole award. Hamlin will lead the NASCAR Cup Series to green on Sunday afternoon.
Denny Hamlin had to break the hopes and dreams of Josh Berry to win the pole. It looked like Berry was on his way to his first career pole award in the Cup Series and then, it was gone.
This is the second pole award of the season for Hamlin. His first came at Phoenix. After three weeks of P38, P24, and P24, this is a welcome sight for the 11 team.
Actually, Denny Hamlin took the pole from Christopher Bell. With how the new qualifying format works, the fastest from Group A and fastest from Group B get to start on the front row, with the fastest of the two winning the pole.
Since Bell and Hamlin were both in Group B, Bell was pushed to the second row, Berry remains on the outside of Row 1.
NASCAR has each row after the first row divided by groups. Group A on the outside, Group B on the inside. While NASCAR keeps trying to reinvent the wheel, fans just want a simple qualifying session.
However, that might be too much to ask for in this case. For whatever reason, Cup Series qualifying has to be as complicated as possible. Meanwhile, Xfinity and Truck Series teams do just fine with single-round sessions.
This is a developing story…
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