Christopher Bell wins Kansas pole
Christopher Bell posted a lap time of 29.491 seconds Saturday at Kansas Speedway to earn his first NASCAR Cup Series pole of 2024.
Bell will lead the field to the green flag Sunday in the Advent Health 400 with his 11th career pole.
“Qualifying on the intermediates has been good for this team,” said Bell, who led the series in poles in 2022 and 2023.
Ross Chastain will share the front row with the second-best lap time of 29.556 seconds.
Noah Gragson, with a career-high start, qualified third. Kyle Larson and Kyle Busch rounded out the Top-5 starters.
Last year’s May Kansas winner, Denny Hamlin, qualified 14th.
The most recent Cup Series Kansas winner, Tyler Reddick, will start 15th.
The Advent Health 400 is scheduled for Sunday (May 5) at 3 p.m. ET (FS1/MRN).
Starting Lineup
1. Christopher Bell
2. Ross Chastain
3. Noah Gragson
4. Kyle Larson
5. Kyle Busch
6. Ty Gibbs
7. Austin Cindric
8. Michael McDowell
9. Chase Elliott
10. Chase Briscoe
11. Joey Logano
12. Chris Buescher
13. Martin Truex Jr.
14. Denny Hamlin
15. Tyler Reddick
16. Austin Dillon
17. Josh Berry
18. Alex Bowman
19. Jimmie Johnson
20. Corey Heim
21. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
22. Carson Hocevar
23. Bubba Wallace
24. Zane Smith
25. Todd Gilliland
26. Ryan Blaney
27. Daniel Suarez
28. Corey LaJoie
29. John Hunter Nemechek
30. Brad Keselowski
31. Harrison Burton
32. Ryan Preece
33. Daniel Hemric
34. Austin Hill
35. Justin Haley
36. William Byron
37. Riley Herbst
38. Derek Kraus
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Dominic Aragon is currently the editor-in-chief for The Racing Experts.
From Grants, New Mexico, USA, Aragon started watching NASCAR in 2004 and has been covering the sport since 2009. Aragon is a 2012 graduate of Grants High School and a May 2016 graduate of the University of New Mexico with a B.A. in Mass Communications & Journalism. Aragon has worked in local and national media, as a musician, and an educator. He is co-author of the 2024 book "All of It: Daytona 500 Champion Tells the Rest of the Story" with racer Geoff Bodine.
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