Chase Briscoe earned his series-best fifth NASCAR Cup Series pole of the 2025 season, besting Bubba Wallace for the top starting ahead of Sunday’s Brickyard 400 Presented by PPG. Briscoe turned a lap of 183.165 mph for the seventh pole of his career.
Wallace (183.117 mph), Erik Jones, Tyler Reddick and In-Season Challenge finalist Ty Gibbs rounded out the top five. William Byron, Chris Buescher, Carson Hocevar, AJ Allmendinger and Austin Cindric completed the top 10.
Ty Dillon, Gibbs’ In-Season Challenge opponent, will start 26th.
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Denny Hamlin, last week’s winner at Dover, was the last driver to turn a lap but hit the wall exiting Turn 2, losing control of his No. 11 Toyota and crashing hard into the inside wall. He exited his Toyota under his own power.
John Hunter Nemechek, Brad Keselowski, Michael McDowell and Kyle Busch all also slapped the Turn 2 fence.
Hamlin paces 25-minute practice session
In a quest to complete his career Grand Slam, Hamlin paced practice Saturday afternoon in Indianapolis. Teams were scheduled to receive 50 minutes on Friday, but due to rain, teams had just 25 minutes in a reduced session before qualifying.
Nemechek, Keselowski, Gibbs and Zane Smith completed the top five. Austin Dillon, reigning Brickyard 400 champion Kyle Larson, Jones, Hocevar and Cindric rounded out the top 10.
Nemechek paced the field in 5-, 10- and 15-lap averages.
The session was completed without incident.
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