It was an excellent start to the weekend for the majority of the eight remaining NASCAR Cup Series Playoff contenders, and the charge was led by Tyler Reddick,
the driver of the No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota Camry XSE. The regular season champion scored his third pole of the 2024 season Saturday at Homestead-Miami Speedway.The fast lap for Reddick in the final round of qualifying was 32.248 seconds , which was good enough by 0.077 seconds to secure him the top starting spot for Sunday's Straight Talk Wireless 400, which serves as the second of three races in the Round of 8 of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs.
Kyle Larson, a fellow Playoff contender and the favorite to hoist the Bill France Cup at season's end, will start from alongside on the outside of the front row. Larson turned a lap of 32.325 seconds in the final round of qualifying, which allowed him to nab the runner-up starting spot in his No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro ZL1.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. impressed as the driver of the No. 47 JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 was the top non-Playoff contender in fifth. This marks the first top-five starting spot for Stenhouse since Darlington in May 2023. Chase Elliott was the fifth and final Playoff contender to snag a top-10 starting spot for Sunday's race as he qualified seventh. Bubba Wallace, Daniel Hemric, and Justin Haley rounded out the top-10 starters for Sunday's race.
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