Denny Hamlin earns pole position for the NASCAR Cup Series race returning to Chicagoland Speedway after a seven-year absence. Hamlin posts a qualifying lap of 30.296 seconds, recording a best speed of 178.241 mph during Saturday qualifying. His time is narrowly enough to secure first position, edging Kyle Larson for second place. Larson, driving the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, finishes with a lap of 30.297 seconds and a best speed of 178.235 mph—just one-thousandth of a second behind Hamlin. The qualifying results set the starting grid for the Cup race at Chicagoland Speedway’s return event. The Winnipeg Free Press and Yahoo Sports coverage focuses on Hamlin’s pole-winning lap, the extremely close margin over Larson, and the significance of Chicagoland’s reappearance on the Cup Series schedule after seven years. The reports do not add further detail beyond the pole and the top qualifying comparison.
Denny Hamlin wins pole for NASCAR Cup race at Chicagoland Speedway
Denny Hamlin earns pole position for the NASCAR Cup Series race returning to Chicagoland Speedway after a seven-year absence. Hamlin posts a qualifying lap of 30.296 seconds, recording a best speed of...
- Denny Hamlin wins pole position for the NASCAR Cup Series race at Chicagoland Speedway.
- Hamlin qualifies with a lap time of 30.296 seconds and a best speed of 178.241 mph.
- Kyle Larson qualifies second with a lap time of 30.297 seconds and a best speed of 178.235 mph.
- The race marks NASCAR’s return to Chicagoland Speedway after seven years.
- The pole-winning margin between Hamlin and Larson is one-thousandth of a second.
Denny Hamlin has the pole position for a NASCAR Cup Series race. Hamlin had a lap time of 30.296 seconds and a best speed of 178.241 mph on Saturday in qualifying for the first Cup race at Chicagoland Speedway in seven years. It was just enough to edge Kyle Larson in second at 30.297 seconds and 178.235 mph in his No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet.
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