NASCAR Coke 600: Ty Gibbs beats Byron to first career pole

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Ty Gibbs checked off one of the two missing pieces of his NASCAR Cup resume, winning his first career pole for Sunday night’s Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway

After a brief delay for some light drizzle, Gibbs rocketed to top of the leaderboard in the final round of Saturday’s qualifying with an average lap speed of 183.953 mph – the fastest lap of the day. The pole is the first of Gibbs’ Cup career and will come in his 65th start in Joe Gibbs Racing’s No. 54 Toyota. He also started on the pole in Saturday’s Xfinity Series race at the track. “It’s really cool to get my first pole in the Coca Cola 600.

SuarezTRACKHOUSE RACING 99 Chevrolet 1 +0.158 29.872 0.011 180.771 8 R. BlaneyTEAM PENSKE 12 Ford 1 +0.198 29.912 0.040 180.530 9 C. BriscoeSTEWART-HAAS RACING 14 Ford 1 +0.273 29.987 0.075 180.078 10 C. HocevarSPIRE MOTORSPORTS 77 Chevrolet 1 +0.310 30.024 0.037 179.856 11 J. HaleyRICK WARE RACING 51 Ford 1 +0.320 30.034 0.010 179.796 12 D. HemricKAULIG RACING 31 Chevrolet 1 +0.328 30.042 0.008 179.748 13 J. NemechekLEGACY MOTOR CLUB 42 Toyota 1 +0.344 30.058 0.016 179.653 14 J.

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