Carson Hocevar won his first career Busch Light Pole Award ahead of Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway (3:30 p.m. ET, FS1, PRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
The Spire Motorsports driver turned a lap of 191.659 mph, besting William Byron for the top spot for the 400-miler in Fort Worth. William Byron will start second after a lap of 191.564 mph.
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Talladega Superspeedway winner Austin Cindric (191.523), Kyle Larson (191.421) and Michael McDowell (191.333) completed the top five. Ty Gibbs, Josh Berry, Denny Hamlin, Bubba Wallace and AJ Allmendinger finished out the top 10.
Hocevar fastest in practice
Hocevar also paced Cup Series practice Saturday at Texas, recording a lap of 190.894 mph in Group 2. Allmendinger finished second overall at 190.215 mph, pacing Group 1 drivers.
Noah Gragson, Larson and McDowell completed the top five. Berry, Alex Bowman, Tyler Reddick, Erik Jones and Austin Dillon rounded out the top 10. Cindric had the 11th-best time in practice but had the fastest 10, 15, 20 and 25-lap averages.
Shane van Gisbergen scraped the wall at the end of Group 1 practice, suffering minor left-side damage. He still turned a qualifying lap. Otherwise, the two 25-minute sessions were without incident.
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