Denny Hamlin and Joey Logano have earned the front row for the Busch Light Clash at the L.A. Coliseum.
Hamlin’s fastest lap was 13.139s (68.498mph) to win the pole. Logano’s fastest lap was 13.250s (67.925mph)
“I’ve been pretty happy with the Sport Clips Toyota so far,” Hamlin said. “It’s just we’ve only had short runs here and there, but you never know with The Clash. Cert ainly, with the lesser field amount, I think the strong cars can really show, and I think Chris and the team did a great job preparing a great car for me and just driving it all we can.”
NASCAR set the field by taking a driver’s fastest lap from the final session on track. Drivers were allowed to run as many laps as they wanted in the allotted time.
Ty Gibbs qualified third (67.868mph), Alex Bowman fourth (67.843mph), Kyle Busch fifth (67.807mph), William Byron sixth (67.588mph), Ross Chastain seventh (67.573mph), and Kyle Larson eighth (67.547mph).
Bubba Wallace qualified ninth (67.370mph), Justin Haley 10th (67.325mph), Tyler Reddick 11th (67.285mph), Ryan Preece 12th (67.275mph), and Brad Keselowski 13th (67.224mph).
It’s the first time Keselowski has qualified for the Busch Light Clash at the L.A. Coliseum. Both he and teammate Chris Buescher were locked out of The Clash in its first two years in L.A.
“I just drove it as hard as I could drive it,” Keselowski said of making the field. “I picked up a little bit of speed with our Castrol Ford, made a little adjustment to it, spun the tires all the way down the straightaway on the last lap and got in. I don’t know but I’ll take it.”