Michigan Cup qualifying: Bubba Wallace earns first career pole

Bubba Wallace has claimed his first career NASCAR Cup Series pole for Sunday’s race at Michigan International Speedway (3 p.m. ET, USA Network, NBC Sports App and NBCSports.com).

Wallace’s lap of 190.703 miles per hour was fastest among the 10 drivers that advanced to the final round of qualifying Saturday afternoon.

His pole, which came in his 171st career Cup start, is also the first in Cup competition for 23XI Racing, the team co-owned by Denny Hamlin and NBA legend Michael Jordan.

Wallace and 23XI earned their first Cup race win last fall in a rain-shorted race at Talladega Superspeedway.

How about a pole win at Michigan?