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Denny Hamlin will start Saturday’s race at Darlington Raceway after earning his 20th career Coors Light Pole Award in qualifying.
The Joe Gibbs Racing driver topped the leaderboard in the final round of qualifying with a best speed of 171.704 mph.
Hamlin, who started and won from the pole at the track “Too Tough to Tame” in 2006, 2007 and 2010, has never finished an XFINITY event outside the top 10 at Darlington.
JGR teammate Daniel Suarez will start alongside him on front row after running a lap at a 171.178 mph clip. Kyle Larson (170.970 mph), Joey Logano (170.815 mph) and Paul Menard (170.703 mph) — who led the first two rounds — round out the top five.
Following a bit of a bizarre moment, XFINITY stalwart Kyle Busch will start 36th after failing to advance to the second round. His time was disallowed for a blend line violation.
Defending race-winner Chase Elliott will start seventh after a best speed of 170.395 mph.
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