Denny Hamlin came back to the NASCAR Cup Series in style after missing last weekend's race at Mexico City, taking a brilliant pole at Pocono.

Absent last weekend due to the birth of his son, the driver of the No. 11 car wasted no time in reminding his rivals why he's one of the favorites for this year's championship, putting his car first in a hugely impressive effort.

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Hamlin made it around the 2.5 mile Tricky Triangle in 52.144sec, 0.083sec faster than Chris Buescher in second and nearly quarter of a second better than Carson Hocevar in third.

Hocevar bounced back strongly after a tough week, with the embattled sophomore driver being fined $50,000 by his team after disparaging comments about Mexico on a livestream, and a number of pundits and ex-drivers also on his case after he made contact twice with Ricky Stenhouse Jr..

The two aren't likely to meet too early in Sunday's race though, with Hocevar starting third and Stenhouse Jr. down in 30th place, a second and a half off the pace.

Starting even further back than Stenhouse Jr., though, will be Bubba Wallace, after his 23XI team couldn't get his car fired up thanks to an apparent starter motor issue which left him unable to set a lap time.

With that said, let’s take a look at Saturday’s qualifying results in full!

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NASCAR Cup Series: Who is on pole at Pocono?

After qualifying on Saturday, here is the starting lineup for Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race at Pocano, with the leading lap time and gaps included.

Position Driver Car No. Team Lap Time / Gap
1Denny Hamlin11Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota52.144
2Chris Buescher17RFK Racing Ford+0.083
3Carson Hocevar77Spire Motorsports Chevrolet+0.235
4John Hunter Nemechek42Legacy Motor Club Toyota+0.246
5Cole Custer41Haas Factory Team Ford+0.292
6Chase Briscoe19Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota+0.300
7Ty Gibbs54Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota+0.320
8Tyler Reddick4523XI Racing Toyota+0.356
9Christopher Bell20Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota+0.381
10Daniel Suarez99Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet+0.487
11Erik Jones43Legacy Motor Club Toyota+0.488
12Joey Logano22Team Penske Ford+0.529
13Ryan Preece60RFK Racing Ford+0.583
14Brad Keselowski6RFK Racing Ford+0.637
15Zane Smith38Front Row Motorsports Ford+0.659
16Austin Dillon3Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet+0.667
17Noah Gragson4Front Row Motorsports Ford+0.669
18Chase Elliott9Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet+0.676
19Austin Cindric2Team Penske Ford+0.692
20Ryan Blaney12Team Penske Ford+0.693
21Ross Chastain1Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet+0.717
22Justin Haley7Spire Motorsports Chevrolet+0.783
23Shane van Gisbergen88Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet+0.818
24Kyle Larson5Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet+0.822
25Alex Bowman48Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet+0.834
26Kyle Busch8Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet+0.951
27Ty Dillon10Kaulig Racing Chevrolet+0.963
28Michael McDowell71Spire Motorsports Chevrolet+0.996
29Riley Herbst3523XI Racing Toyota+1.015
30Ricky Stenhouse Jr.47HYAK Motorsports Chevrolet+1.517
31William Byron24Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet+5.501
32Todd Gilliland34Front Row Motorsports Ford+7.037
33AJ Allmendinger16Kaulig Racing Chevrolet+11.933
34Bubba Wallace2323XI Racing ToyotaNo Time
35Josh Berry21Wood Brothers Racing FordNo Time
36Cody Ware51Rick Ware Racing FordNo Time
37Brennan Poole44NY Racing Team ChevroletNo Time

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