KANSAS CITY, Kan.–Chase Briscoe returned to his pole-winning ways on Saturday at Kansas Speedway, earning his series-best seventh Busch Light Pole Award of the season for Sunday’s Hollywood Casino 400 Presented by ESPN BET (3 p.m. ET on USA, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

The only driver to exceed 180 mph at the 1.5-mile intermediate speedway, Briscoe turned a lap in 29.987 seconds (180.078 mph) to edge Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Denny Hamlin (179.474 mph) for the top starting spot in the second Round of 12 NASCAR Cup Series Playoff race by 0.101 seconds.

With Christopher Bell qualifying fifth at 179.015 mph, JGR Playoff drivers claimed three of the top five starting spots. Hendrick Motorsports Playoff drivers Kyle Larson (179.396 mph) and Chase Elliott (179.063 mph) qualified third and

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