Tyler Reddick will start on pole for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Homestead Miami Speedway.
Reddick, who endured an early exit in last week’s race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway due to a flip in Stage Two, powered his No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota to a fastest speed of 167.452 mph.
He outpaced Hendrick Motorsports’ Kyle Larson by 0.077 seconds.
“Aa lot of this starts in the weeks leading up to the race,” Reddick began. “And I think a lot of the speed we brought to (Las) Vegas has really continued so far today. And in practice, obviously, fired off with a lot of speed there. It was nice to see that, gave us confidence going into Group A qualifying. And yeah, being able to run the lap we did in the first round gave us even more of that confidence.
“Then, going into round two, looking at what everyone had been running for speed, (I) decided to do what I felt was best and it worked out. Sometimes, you take that risk, and it doesn’t really go your way. Thankfully, it was a good lap for us. Given equal tires, the 5 (Kyle Larson) would’ve probably been a little faster, but we’re fortunate to go in Group A this weekend and capitalize on it.”
Last week’s polesitter, Christopher Bell, starts third alongside Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Denny Hamlin. Non-playoff driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr. qualified fifth ahead of Martin Truex Jr. (sixth), Chase Elliott (seventh), Bubba Wallace (eighth), Daniel Hemric (ninth) and Justin Haley (10th).
Other playoff drivers outside the top 10 include Ryan Blaney (20th), William Byron (25th) and Joey Logano (26th).