REPORT - ToyotaRacing locks out the front row with dennyhamlin on pole for the inaugural running of the NASCARChicago Cup race. .shanevg97 starts 3rd in his debut, and former F1 World Champion JensonButton 8th after an eventful qualifying session!
NASCAR Cup veteran Denny Hamlin edged his 23XI Racing driver Tyler Reddick for the pole in Sunday’s inaugural Chicago Street Race.had posted the fastest average speed as all 10 cars took to the track in the last minute of Saturday’s final round of qualifying.
Van Gisbergen actually improved on his speed but so did Reddick and Hamlin. Hamlin’s wicked fast lap at 89.557 mph – the fastest registered of the day so far – gave him the top starting position in Sunday’s race. The pole is Hamlin’s third of the 2023 season and second consecutive on a road/street course for helping me to get better.Hamlin called the course “very, very good and raceable.”
“I think there are going to be a ton of passing zones. I was skeptic, I really was,” he said. “Who knows how it races but I just feel like the town has been very welcoming to us. Everyone we’ve seen walking down the street has been excited about the race.”
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