Hendrick Motorsports driver Alex Bowman soared to his second Busch Light Pole Award of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season for Sunday’s 500-lapper at Bristol Motor Speedway (3 p.m. ET, FS1, PRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
Bowman’s No. 48 Chevrolet will lead the field to green after topping the charts at 128.675 mph.
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Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (128.563 mph), Kyle Larson (128.511 mph), Denny Hamlin (128.460 mph) and Ryan Blaney (128.305 mph) rounded out the top five.
Ty Gibbs (128.305 mph), Christopher Bell (128.185 mph), AJ Allmendinger (127.903 mph), Carson Hocevar (127.758 mph) and Justin Haley (127.665 mph) completed the top 10.
Kyle Busch and Joey Logano both ran into trouble on their qualifying runs. On his second flying lap, Busch’s No. 8 Chevy spun in Turn 4 but did not hit anything. Busch’s qualifying time on his first lap was good enough for 15th fastest at 127.098 mph.
Logano got loose on the bottom of Turn 2 on his first of two laps, traveled up the track as the rear right smacked the wall. Logano was still able to complete both qualifying laps, but he will roll off the grid in 38th place (117.899 mph).
Stenhouse fastest in practice
Hyak Motorsports’ Ricky Stenhouse Jr. topped the leaderboard in practice at 128.082 mph ahead of Team Penske drivers Ryan Blaney (127.571 mph) and Austin Cindric (127.140 mph).
Kyle Larson (126.737 mph) and Chase Elliott (126.520 mph) rounded out the top five for Hendrick Motorsports.
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Brad Keselowski (126.495 mph), Denny Hamlin (126.461 mph), Kyle Busch (126.337 mph), John Hunter Nemechek (126.187 mph) and Alex Bowman (126.121 mph) completed the top 10.
After experiencing extreme tire wear in last year’s Bristol spring race, Cup Series drivers dealt with similar conditions in practice.
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