Ryan Blaney’s qualifying hot streak shows no signs of slowing down.
The Team Penske driver captured the pole for Saturday night’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Richmond Raceway, giving him his second consecutive pole position and his fourth in the last five races. Blaney will lead the field to the green flag after edging Chase Briscoe in Friday’s qualifying session.
The pole continues one of the most impressive stretches of qualifying speed in the Cup Series this season as Blaney looks to convert another front-row starting spot into a long-awaited victory.
Ryan Blaney leads another stacked front row
Blaney will be joined on the front row by Briscoe, whose No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota qualified second.
Josh Berry continued a strong season for Wood Brothers Racing with the third-fastest lap, while Ty Gibbs and William Byron completed the top five.
RFK Racing also showed impressive speed with Ryan Preece qualifying sixth and Brad Keselowski ninth, while Bubba Wallace will start seventh after another solid qualifying effort for 23XI Racing.
Christopher Bell rebounded from pre-race inspection issues that resulted in the ejection of his car chief to qualify eighth, while Joey Logano rounded out the top 10.
Connor Zilisch continued to impress, qualifying 11th for Trackhouse Racing ahead of John Hunter Nemechek and Chase Elliott.
Full NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup at Richmond
- Ryan Blaney
- Chase Briscoe
- Josh Berry
- Ty Gibbs
- William Byron
- Ryan Preece
- Bubba Wallace
- Christopher Bell
- Brad Keselowski
- Joey Logano
- Connor Zilisch
- John Hunter Nemechek
- Chase Elliott
- Denny Hamlin
- AJ Allmendinger
- Austin Dillon
- Riley Herbst
- Ross Chastain
- Chris Buescher
- Daniel Suarez
- Erik Jones
- Carson Hocevar
- Austin Cindric
- Zane Smith
- Alex Bowman
- Michael McDowell
- Todd Gilliland
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
- Cole Custer
- Kyle Larson
- Shane van Gisbergen
- Tyler Reddick
- Austin Hill
- Ty Dillon
- Noah Gragson
- Josh Bilicki
- Cody Ware
With Blaney once again starting from the pole, he’ll have another opportunity to capitalize on elite track position as the regular season winds toward its conclusion. But he’ll have plenty of company near the front, with three Joe Gibbs Racing cars, two RFK Racing entries and one of his Penske teammates all starting inside the top 10.