Ross Chastain led the team’s efforts in 24th ahead of Connor Zilisch in 28th and Shane van Gisbergen in 31st.
Van Gisbergen was 1.243s off pace setter Denny Hamlin, who achieved his 64th career pole and his fourth of the season.
The Joe Gibbs Racing star was the only driver in the 38-car field to go below the 52-second bracket with a 51.048s in his Toyota Camry.
Hamlin will line up alongside Hendrick Motorsports’ Kyle Larson while Spire Motorsports’ Daniel Suarez and Ty Gibbs of Joe Gibbs Racing line up on row two.
“Certainly had the grip,” said Hamlin.
“This whole team just did a great job with adjustments, making it a little better from practice.
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“I didn’t execute a very good lap there in Turn 2, but overall I thought I hit [Turn] 3 and 1 pretty decent – just good enough.
“It’s certainly going well and confidence is up with these guys that every time I enter a corner at about 200 [mph], I know they’ve built me a car that’s going to stick.
“This is the best shot for sure, we’ve got a little work to do on the car overnight to get it to be a race winner, but I feel like we’re in that box where we need to be and we’ll fine tune it from here.”
Qualifying featured one incident for 23XI Racing’s Bubba Wallace, who will start last in his Toyota Camry.
RFK Racing’s Brad Keselowski will start second-to-last after his Ford Mustang suffered an engine issue.
Monday’s race, the Great American Getaway 400 presented by VISITPA, has been brought forward due to inclement weather with a 3:00am AEST start time.
Results: NASCAR Cup Series Great American Getaway 400 Qualifying, Pocono Raceway
| Pos | Num | Driver | Team | Car | Lap | Diff | Gap |
| 1 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota Camry | 51.948 | ||
| 2 | 5 | Kyle Larson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet Camaro | 52.003 | 0.055 | 0.055 |
| 3 | 7 | Daniel Suarez | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet Camaro | 52.059 | 0.111 | 0.056 |
| 4 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota Camry | 52.092 | 0.144 | 0.033 |
| 5 | 19 | Chase Briscoe | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota Camry | 52.132 | 0.184 | 0.04 |
| 6 | 17 | Chris Buescher | RFK Racing | Ford Mustang | 52.176 | 0.228 | 0.044 |
| 7 | 43 | Erik Jones | Legacy Motor Club | Toyota Camry | 52.189 | 0.241 | 0.013 |
| 8 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | Legacy Motor Club | Toyota Camry | 52.277 | 0.329 | 0.088 |
| 9 | 24 | William Byron | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet Camaro | 52.331 | 0.383 | 0.054 |
| 10 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Team Penske | Ford Mustang | 52.366 | 0.418 | 0.035 |
| 11 | 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske | Ford Mustang | 52.467 | 0.519 | 0.101 |
| 12 | 48 | Alex Bowman | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet Camaro | 52.484 | 0.536 | 0.017 |
| 13 | 71 | Michael McDowell | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet Camaro | 52.488 | 0.54 | 0.004 |
| 14 | 33 | Austin Hill(i) | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet Camaro | 52.537 | 0.589 | 0.049 |
| 15 | 41 | Cole Custer | Haas Factory Team | Chevrolet Camaro | 52.567 | 0.619 | 0.03 |
| 16 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | 23XI Racing | Toyota Camry | 52.568 | 0.62 | 0.001 |
| 17 | 2 | Austin Cindric | Team Penske | Ford Mustang | 52.577 | 0.629 | 0.009 |
| 18 | 38 | Zane Smith | Front Row Motorsports | Ford Mustang | 52.591 | 0.643 | 0.014 |
| 19 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet Camaro | 52.604 | 0.656 | 0.013 |
| 20 | 21 | Josh Berry | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford Mustang | 52.627 | 0.679 | 0.023 |
| 21 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Hyak Motorsports | Chevrolet Camaro | 52.656 | 0.708 | 0.029 |
| 22 | 20 | Christopher Bell | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota Camry | 52.724 | 0.776 | 0.068 |
| 23 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet Camaro | 52.728 | 0.78 | 0.004 |
| 24 | 1 | Ross Chastain | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet Camaro | 52.73 | 0.782 | 0.002 |
| 25 | 35 | Riley Herbst | 23XI Racing | Toyota Camry | 52.818 | 0.87 | 0.088 |
| 26 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet Camaro | 52.838 | 0.89 | 0.02 |
| 27 | 10 | Ty Dillon | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet Camaro | 52.859 | 0.911 | 0.021 |
| 28 | 88 | Connor Zilisch # | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet Camaro | 52.949 | 1.001 | 0.09 |
| 29 | 34 | Todd Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports | Ford Mustang | 53.052 | 1.104 | 0.103 |
| 30 | 4 | Noah Gragson | Front Row Motorsports | Ford Mustang | 53.077 | 1.129 | 0.025 |
| 31 | 97 | Shane Van | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet Camaro | 53.191 | 1.243 | 0.114 |
| 32 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet Camaro | 53.214 | 1.266 | 0.023 |
| 33 | 51 | Cody Ware | Rick Ware Racing | Chevrolet Camaro | 53.488 | 1.54 | 0.274 |
| 34 | 78 | * Daniel Dye(i) | Live Fast Motorsports | Chevrolet Camaro | 53.642 | 1.694 | 0.154 |
| 35 | 60 | Ryan Preece | RFK Racing | Ford Mustang | 53.721 | 1.773 | 0.079 |
| 36 | 62 | * Casey Mears | Beard Motorsports | Chevrolet Camaro | 54.212 | 2.264 | 0.491 |
| 37 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | RFK Racing | Ford Mustang | 71.136 | 19.188 | 16.924 |
| 38 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 23XI Racing | Toyota Camry |
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