Kyle Larson got Hendrick Motorsports’ 40th anniversary celebration at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway off to the best start possible.
Larson, the last of 10 cars in the final round of Saturday’s qualifying, just nipped Bubba Wallace on his second lap to grab the pole for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup race. It was 40 years ago at the spring Martinsville race that Geoffrey Bodine won the first Cup race for team owner Rick Hendrick, which kept his fledgling organization in business and evoled into one of NASCAR’s most successful teams. Larson, who drives the No. 5 Chevrolet for HMS, had an average lap speed of 96.
132 19.773 0.044 95.767 7 B. KeselowskiRFK RACING 6 Ford 2 +0.184 19.825 0.052 95.516 8 T. GibbsJOE GIBBS RACING 54 Toyota 2 +0.193 19.834 0.009 95.472 9 E. JonesLEGACY MOTOR CLUB 43 Toyota 2 +0.202 19.843 0.009 95.429 10 T. Reddick23XI RACING 45 Toyota 2 +0.216 19.857 0.014 95.362 11 D. SuarezTRACKHOUSE RACING 99 Chevrolet 2 +0.245 19.886 0.029 95.223 12 R. Stenhouse JrJTG DAUGHERTY RACING 47 Chevrolet 2 +0.285 19.926 0.040 95.032 13 C. HocevarSPIRE MOTORSPORTS 77 Chevrolet 1 +0.305 19.946 0.
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