Denny Hamlin has again proved the power of the Joe Gibbs Racing Toyotas with pole position for the Irwin Tools Night Race at Bristol.

Hamlin took the pole position with a fast lap of 211.48km/h (131.407 mph) in the final round of qualifying, which set a new track record. It is his second pole of the season, 22nd of his career and third at the track.

Further underlining JGR dominance was that they took the top three with Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards set to start second and third.

David Ragan will be in Row 2, with Team Penske teammates Joey Logano and Brad Keselowski making up Row 3.

Last week’s Michigan winner Matt Kenseth did not advance to the final round of qualifying and will start 13th. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (starting 20th), Martin Truex Jr. (starting 23rd) and Jeff Gordon (starting 24th) did not advance to the final round of qualifying.

The three cars that failed to make the 43-car field were Jeb Burton, Travis Kvapil and Reed Sorenson.

QUALIFYING: Irwin Tools Night Race – Bristol Motor Speedway 

POS.	CAR #	DRIVER	MANUFACTURER	SPONSOR	MPH	TIME	GAP
1	11	Denny Hamlin		FedEx Ground	131.407	14.602	Leader
2	18	Kyle Busch		Skittles	131.263	14.618	–0.016
3	19	Carl Edwards		Stanley	130.655	14.686	–0.084
4	55	David Ragan		Aaron’s Online Dream Machine	130.460	14.708	–0.106
5	22	Joey Logano		Shell Pennzoil	130.344	14.721	–0.119
6	2	Brad Keselowski		Miller Lite	130.327	14.723	–0.121
7	4	Kevin Harvick		Budweiser / Jimmy John’s	130.300	14.726	–0.124
8	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr		Fastenal Ford Fusion	130.123	14.746	–0.144
9	15	Clint Bowyer		5-Hour Energy	130.053	14.754	–0.152
10	48	Jimmie Johnson		LOWE’S PRO SERVICES	129.947	14.766	–0.164
11	41	Kurt Busch		Haas Automation	129.447	14.823	–0.221
12	42	Kyle Larson		Target	128.848	14.892	–0.290
13	20	Matt Kenseth		Dollar General	129.675	14.797	–0.195
14	51	Justin Allgaier		Brandt	129.351	14.834	–0.232
15	21	Ryan Blaney		SKF	129.212	14.850	–0.248
16	3	Austin Dillon		Dow	129.151	14.857	–0.255
17	16	Greg Biffle		Cheez-It Ford Fusion	128.822	14.895	–0.293
18	31	Ryan Newman		Caterpillar	128.701	14.909	–0.307
19	5	Kasey Kahne		Great Clips	128.606	14.920	–0.318
20	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr		Nationwide	128.537	14.928	–0.326
21	1	Jamie McMurray		McDonald’s/Cessna	128.262	14.960	–0.358
22	6	Trevor Bayne		Advocare Ford Fusion	128.193	14.968	–0.366
23	78	Martin Truex Jr		Furniture Row/Visser Precision	128.159	14.972	–0.370
24	24	Jeff Gordon		Axalta	127.988	14.992	–0.390
25	47	AJ Allmendinger		Bush’s Grillin Beans	128.563	14.925	–0.323
26	9	Sam Hornish Jr		Blue Emu	128.253	14.961	–0.359
27	34	Brett Moffitt		No Escape	128.176	14.970	–0.368
28	13	Casey Mears		No. 13 GEICO Chevrolet SS	127.920	15.000	–0.398
29	27	Paul Menard		Knauf / Menards	127.801	15.014	–0.412
30	95	Michael McDowell		Thrivent Financial	127.605	15.037	–0.435
31	43	Aric Almirola		Smithfield	127.563	15.042	–0.440
32	10	Danica Patrick		GoDaddy	127.537	15.045	–0.443
33	35	Cole Whitt		Speed Stick	127.461	15.054	–0.452
34	32	Josh Wise		VISONE RV PARTS	127.368	15.065	–0.463
35	46	Michael Annett		Pilot Flying J	127.241	15.080	–0.478
36	7	Alex Bowman		Accell Construction	127.208	15.084	–0.482
37	38	David Gilliland		Cash Cash	126.964	15.113	–0.511
38	23	J.J. Yeley		VooDoo BBQ Sauce & Grill	126.821	15.130	–0.528
39	40	Landon Cassill		Carsforsale.com	126.645	15.151	–0.549
40	14	Tony Stewart		Bass Pro Shops / Mobil 1	126.562	15.161	–0.559
41	98	Timmy Hill		Premium Motorsports	126.063	15.221	–0.619
42	83	Matt DiBenedetto		Cosmo Motors	125.592	15.278	–0.676
43	33	Mike Bliss		TBA	125.469	15.293	–0.691

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