{"id":47169,"date":"2024-07-06T15:45:21","date_gmt":"2024-07-06T20:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racedaysa.com\/?p=47169"},"modified":"2024-07-07T22:17:15","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T03:17:15","slug":"kyle-larson-edges-ty-gibbs-for-chicago-street-race-pole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/06\/kyle-larson-edges-ty-gibbs-for-chicago-street-race-pole\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyle Larson edges Ty Gibbs for Chicago Street Race pole"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service<\/em><\/p>\n

CHICAGO\u2014Kyle Larson made the most of his last chance in qualifying on Saturday, edging Ty Gibbs for the pole position for the Grant Park 165 NASCAR Cup Series on the Chicago Street Course (4:30 p.m. ET on NBC, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).<\/p>\n

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Kyle Larson, driver of the #5 Valvoline Chevrolet, poses for photos after winning the pole award during qualifying for the NASCAR Cup Series Grant Park 165 at Chicago Street Course on July 06, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Meg Oliphant\/Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n

On his final lap in the final round of time trials on the tight 2.2-mile course, Larson\u2019s No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet covered the distance in 87.836 seconds (90.168 mph) to outrun Gibbs (90.158 mph) by .010 seconds.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt wasn\u2019t perfect,\u201d said Larson, who ran a track-record 90.496 mph (87.518 seconds) in the opening round. \u201cIt was better than my first lap (in the final round), but I think I had better grip potential on the first lap, so I wish I could have had a couple corners back there.<\/p>\n

\u201cJudging by the reaction from my spotter, it had to be pretty close on lap time, so really awesome to get a pole here in Chicago\u2026 (We\u2019ve) checked the first box, and hopefully we can keep it going.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Busch Light Pole award was Larson\u2019s series-best fifth of the season and the 21st of his career. His three victories this year, however, have come from starting positions of second, fourth and fifth.<\/p>\n

Michael McDowell qualified third at 90.141 mph, followed by Tyler Reddick (89.923 mph) and defending race winner Shane van Gisbergen (89.813 mph).<\/p>\n

\u201cI was trying to get my Ford Mustang on the pole,\u201d said McDowell, who won last year\u2019s road race on the Indianapolis Grand Prix Course. \u201cWe were close, right? So proud of everybody. We made good changes in between Round 1 and 2 because I felt like Larson and SVG (van Gisbergen) sort of had everybody covered there.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen we went into that next round and made some gains and got close. You know what it means to get a pole and track position and all that. So we\u2019re starting up front. We\u2019ll have a great shot at it with the White Sox Ford Mustang.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bubba Wallace, Christopher Bell, Alex Bowman, Daniel Su\u00e1rez and Brad Keselowski claimed starting positions six through 10, respectively, though Keselowski spun into the wall during his first final-round lap and was off the pace when he finished the circuit.<\/p>\n

Denny Hamlin, last year\u2019s pole winner for the Chicago Street Race, narrowly missed the final 10 and will start 11th on Sunday.<\/p>\n

William Byron, a three-time winner this season, suffered a power steering failure in the first round, requiring a complete replacement of the steering system. Byron will start from the rear of the field on Sunday after repairs.<\/p>\n

Harrison Burton, in his final season in the Wood Brothers No. 21 Ford, ended the first round with a spin into a tire barrier, requiring a tow truck to remove the car. Josh Berry, named earlier in the week as Burton\u2019s replacement next year, spun during the opening round and will start 36th in the 40-driver field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service CHICAGO\u2014Kyle Larson made the most of his last chance in qualifying on Saturday, edging Ty Gibbs for the pole position for the Grant Park 165 NASCAR Cup Series on the Chicago Street Course (4:30 p.m. ET on NBC, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). On his final lap in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":676,"featured_media":47184,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[11],"tags":[225,16],"class_list":["post-47169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nascar","tag-kyle-larson","tag-nascar"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2160912271-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7hzTZ-cgN","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/676"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47169"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47187,"href":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47169\/revisions\/47187"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}