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Denny Hamlin will start on the pole for Sunday's Cook Out 400, where he'll look for his second straight win in the spring event at Martinsville Speedway.
Hamlin clocked in at 19.275 seconds around the 0.526-mile short track in Virginia. He'll be joined on the front row by William Byron, who won the fall race at Martinsville one year ago.
Josh Berry, a past NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series and ValleyStar Credit Union 300 winner at Martinsville, was third-fastest, followed by Ty Gibbs and Shane van Gisbergen.
The fifth-place qualifying effort marks van Gisbergen's best starting position at an oval in his NASCAR Cup Series career.
The Cook Out 400 takes the green flag at 3:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, March 29. Coverage of the event is available on FS1, the Motor Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
-Photo credit: Lesley Ann Miller, Lumen Digital Agency for Toyota Racing
| Ps | Car | Driver | Best Time |
| 1 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | 19.275 |
| 2 | 24 | William Byron | 19.331 |
| 3 | 21 | Josh Berry | 19.334 |
| 4 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | 19.338 |
| 5 | 97 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 19.339 |
| 6 | 2 | Austin Cindric | 19.351 |
| 7 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | 19.363 |
| 8 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | 19.376 |
| 9 | 22 | Joey Logano | 19.389 |
| 10 | 9 | Chase Elliott | 19.392 |
| 11 | 20 | Christopher Bell | 19.398 |
| 12 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | 19.429 |
| 13 | 5 | Kyle Larson | 19.432 |
| 14 | 38 | Zane Smith | 19.444 |
| 15 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 19.445 |
| 16 | 17 | Chris Buescher | 19.446 |
| 17 | 60 | Ryan Preece | 19.453 |
| 18 | 1 | Ross Chastain | 19.457 |
| 19 | 43 | Erik Jones | 19.486 |
| 20 | 71 | Michael McDowell | 19.495 |
| 21 | 48 | Justin Allgaier(i) | 19.503 |
| 22 | 7 | Daniel Suarez | 19.508 |
| 23 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | 19.518 |
| 24 | 41 | Cole Custer | 19.530 |
| 25 | 88 | Connor Zilisch # | 19.536 |
| 26 | 35 | Riley Herbst | 19.561 |
| 27 | 19 | Chase Briscoe | 19.562 |
| 28 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | 19.578 |
| 29 | 34 | Todd Gilliland | 19.588 |
| 30 | 3 | Austin Dillon | 19.625 |
| 31 | 4 | Noah Gragson | 19.650 |
| 32 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | 19.664 |
| 33 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 19.676 |
| 34 | 8 | Kyle Busch | 19.705 |
| 35 | 51 | Cody Ware | 19.719 |
| 36 | 10 | Ty Dillon | 19.760 |
| 37 | 33 | * Austin Hill(i) | 19.921 |