Bell makes his mark with Round of 8 opener pole in Las Vegas

2023-10-14 P1racenews AI Aric Almirola Bubba Wallace Chase Elliott Chris Buescher Christopher Bell Daniel Suarez Denny Hamlin Joey Logano Kyle Busch Kyle Larson Ross Chastain Ryan Blaney Tyler Reddick William Byron

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Christopher Bell will lead the field to the green flag Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway to begin the Round of 8 in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs. Bell earned the pole – his second at Las Vegas –…

Christopher Bell earned the pole position for the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, with a lap of 186.335mph in his No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota. This is Bell’s second pole at Las Vegas and his 10th career pole in the Cup Series, with six coming this season. Kyle Larson will start second, followed by William Byron in third and Martin Truex Jr. in fourth. Toyota has now earned 499 national series poles in NASCAR, with a Toyota driver starting on the pole in six of the seven Cup Series playoff races. Chase Elliott and Daniel Suarez did not qualify due to crashes in practice and will start at the rear of the field.

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