One week after qualifying second on the Chicago Avenue Course, Gibbs – the final automobile to exit within the closing spherical of qualifying on Saturday, bested that effort by one spot by laying down a blistering lap at 170.039 mph.
Gibbs simply edged William Byron (169.661 mph) to take the highest beginning place in Sunday’s race at Pocono Raceway and his third consecutive top-10 begin.
Gibbs now has two profession poles, each coming this season.
“We had been actually shut final weekend. We had been second (to Kyle Larson),” Gibbs stated. “We’ve been actually quick this weekend. The automobile is admittedly good and I believe we’ll be actually good tomorrow.”
Martin Truex Jr. – additionally on the lookout for his first win of the season – will line up third, Denny Hamlin fourth and Josh Berry fifth.
Finishing the highest 10 are final week’s race winner Alex Bowman, Tyler Reddick, Ryan Blaney, rookie Zane Smith and Joey Logano.
In all, Toyota drivers claimed three of the highest 5 beginning positions and 4 of the highest seven.
Spherical 1 / Group B
Gibbs led the second group with a mean lap velocity of 169.310 mph.
Reddick, quickest in Saturday’s apply, was second fast (169.087 mph) and Berry was third quickest (169.043 mph).
Additionally shifting on to the ultimate spherical of qualifying had been Truex and Smith.
Amongst those that didn’t advance had been Chase Elliott, Christopher Bell, Ross Chastain and Bubba Wallace.
Spherical 1 / Group A
Bowman, who ended an 80-race winless streak along with his victory final weekend on the Chicago Avenue Course, led the best way within the first group with a mean lap velocity of 170.136 mph – the quickest lap of the day on the time.
His Hendrick team-mate Byron ended up second fast (169.795 mph) whereas final 12 months’s race winner, Hamlin, was third (169.202 mph).
Additionally advancing to the ultimate spherical of qualifying had been Blaney and Logano.
Amongst those that failed to maneuver on had been Kyle Larson, who spun in apply earlier Saturday, Brad Keselowski and Daniel Suarez.
