MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Kyle Larson gained the pole for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Sequence race at Martinsville Speedway, turning a quick lap at 96.034 miles per hour to edge Bubba Wallace for the highest spot by one one-thousandth of a second.

Wallace accomplished his finest lap across the 0.526-mile oval at 96.029 mph. He and Larson had been the one two drivers to exceed 96 mph of their qualifying laps.

Larson, the defending race winner, will lead a contingent of 4 Hendrick Motorsports vehicles within the race, which marks the primary of the group’s 28 victories on the paper-clip formed observe 40 years in the past. Teammate Chase Elliott will begin third, Alex Bowman will begin tenth and William Byron 18th. All 4 HMS drivers have gained no less than as soon as on NASCAR’s shortest oval.

The highest 10 additionally contains factors chief Martin Truex Jr. in fourth, Chase Briscoe and Joey Logano within the third row, Josh Berry and Denny Hamlin within the fourth and Ryan Blaney in ninth.

Blaney gained the autumn race on Oct. 29 after which gained the season championship.