Defending Cup Series champion Joey Logano won the pole Saturday for Sunday’s 400-mile race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Logano, who ran 186.053 miles per hour, edged William Byron (185.153) for the first starting spot.
Following in the top five were Ryan Blaney, Ty Gibbs and Kyle Busch. “We felt like we had a pretty good first round, but there are a lot of cars that went quicker in the second round as the track was still cleaning up from practice and the temp actually went down a little bit,” Logano said. “I felt like I had a little bit more in me and if we could tune the car a little maybe there is a little more there and maybe a little more with the track temp going down.
You add those things up in your mind, and you think you will be pretty close. “I had my mind made up when I went out there that I was going to keep it pinned and whatever happens, happens.
That was the mindset, and Paul (crew chief Paul Wolfe) gave me a car that could do that. It worked out.” Josh Berry, replacing the injured Chase Elliott in the Hendrick Motorsports No.