Saturday, August 22, 2015

Denny Hamlin on the Pole at Bristol

Posted by Wayne G. Barber

Hamlin wins Bristol pole: #11-Denny Hamlin won the Coors Light pole for the IRWIN Tools Night Race Sprint Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway with a track record speed of 131.407mph for his 2nd pole of 2015, 3rd at Bristol and 22nd of his career. Hamlin has won 3 races from the pole out of 21 previous poles.
#18-Busch is on the outside pole followed by #19-Edwards, #55-Ragan, #22-Logano, #2-Keselowski, #4-Harvick, #17-Stenhouse Jr., #15-Bowyer, #48-Johnson, #41-Busch and #42-Larson. #24-Gordon will start 24th in his final Bristol start.
Missing the race were (DNQ): #30-Kvapil, #62-Sorenson, #26-Burton.

  • Qualifying Fast Facts - Bristol:
    #11-Denny Hamlin won the Coors Light Pole Award for the 55th Annual IRWIN Tools Night Race with a lap of 14.602 seconds, 131.407 mph - the Bristol Motor Speedway qualifying record.
    This is his 22nd pole in 350 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.
    This is his second pole and 11th top-10 start in 2015.
    This is his third pole in 20 races at Bristol Motor Speedway.
    #18-Kyle Busch (second) posted his 10th top-10 start of 2015 and his sixth in 21 races at Bristol Motor Speedway.
    #19-Carl Edwards (third) posted his 13th top-10 start at Bristol Motor Speedway. It is his 14th in 24 races this season.
    #34-Brett Moffitt (27th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
    (NASCAR Statistics)(8-21-2015)

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