It is Allmendinger’s fifth career NASCAR Cup Series pole position, and his first in more than 10 years. Allmendinger’s last pole came during qualifying for the NASCAR Cup Series event at Watkins Glen International on August 9, 2015.
Allmendinger clocked in at 15.117 seconds, three thousandths of a second ahead of Ryan Blaney. Blaney’s Team Penske teammate, Austin Cindric, qualified third, with Ty Gibbs and Kyle Larson rounding out the top five.