NASCAR GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway - Full Qualifying Results

Full results from qualifying at Talladega where Denny Hamlin earned pole position for the race.

22 Apr 2023

Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing at Talladega

2023 GEICO 500 at Talladega - Qualifying Results
Pos	Driver	Team	Manufacturer
1	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota
2	Aric Almirola	Stewart Haas Racing	Ford
3	Ty Gibbs	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota
4	Chase Briscoe	Stewart Haas Racing	Ford
5	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford
6	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota
7	Martin Truex Jr	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota
8	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford
9	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet
10	Chris Buescher	RFK Racing	Ford
11	Kevin Harvick	Stewart Haas Racing	Ford
12	Bubba Wallace	23XI Racing	Toyota
13	Tyler Reddick	23XI Racing	Toyota
14	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet
15	Austin Cindric	Team Penske	Ford
16	Ryan Preece	Stewart Haas Racing	Ford
17	Kyle Busch	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet
18	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet
19	AJ Allmendinger	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet
20	Brad Keselowski	RFK Racing	Ford
21	Michael McDowell	Front Row Motorsports	Ford
22	Daniel Suarez	TrackHouse Racing	Chevrolet
23	Ross Chastain	TrackHouse Racing	Chevrolet
24	Erik Jones	Legacy Motor Club	Chevrolet
25	Harrison Burton	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford
26	Justin Haley	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet
27	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet
28	Todd Gilliland	Front Row Motorsports	Ford
29	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet
30	Noah Gragson	Legacy Motor Club	Chevrolet
31	Austin Hill	Beard Motorsports	Chevrolet
32	Ty Dillon	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet
33	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet
34	Corey LaJoie	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet
35	Zane Smith	Front Row Motorsports	Ford
36	Riley Herbst	Rick Ware Racing	Ford
37	BJ McLeod	Live Fast Motorsports	Chevrolet
38	JJ Yeley	Rick Ware Racing	Ford

Denny Hamlin earned his fourth Talladega pole on Saturday, leading a strong effort for Joe Gibbs Racing on the superspeedway. Hamlin edged out Aric Almirola in the final round of qualifying to earn the 37th pole of his career, and his first this season. The two-time winner has an average starting position of 1.6 over the last seven races here.

Rookie Ty Gibbs and Chase Briscoe will start from Row 2 tomorrow while Row 3 features Ryan Blaney and Christopher Bell. Blaney's last Cup victory came here during the 2020 season. The two-time Talladega winner finished runner-up in the Fall race last year and is hoping to snap his 55-race winless streak tomorrow afternoon.

Veterans Martin Truex Jr and Joey Logano will start in Row 4 with Kyle Larson and Chris Buescher completing the top ten in qualifying. Truex, who is on a 53-race winless streak, has never been to victory lane at any superspeedway track. His car has the power though, as all four JGR cars qualified inside the top seven spots. The two other Toyota drivers, Bubba Wallace and Tyler Reddick, start 12th and 13th tomorrow.

NASCAR GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway - Full Qualifying Results

Kevin Harvick was bumped out of the first round by Larson, the final car on track. The Stewart Haas Racing driver should be a factor in the race tomorrow, as the organization clearly has the speed in their Fords. Larson is the only Chevrolet driver that will start inside the top 15 after Austin Dillon serves his penalty.

Chevrolet clearly lacked something in qualifying, which was a bit surprising. Larson was able to squeak his way in, but the other Hendrick Motorsports entries are starting 18th (William Byron), 27th (Alex Bowman), and 29th (Chase Elliott) tomorrow. Kyle Busch qualified 17th in his Chevrolet while Trackhouse teammates Daniel Suarez and Ross Chastain line up 22nd and 23rd on Sunday.

Previous Talladega winners

2022: Chase Elliott

2022: Ross Chastain

2021: Bubba Wallace

2021: Brad Keselowski

2020: Denny Hamlin

2020: Ryan Blaney

2019: Ryan Blaney

2019: Chase Elliott

2018: Aric Almirola

2018: Joey Logano

2017: Brad Keselowski