Byron, who had tagged the wall earlier within the day in follow, suffered no ill-effects along with his No. 24 Chevrolet in qualifying.
Though he was among the many first 5 within the remaining spherical to exit, Byron’s common lap velocity of 179.206 mph was sufficient to assert the pole for Sunday’s race.
Byron edged out his HMS teammate Kyle Larson (179.170 mph), who was second-fastest whereas fellow Chevrolet driver Ross Chastain was third (179.134 mph).
The pole is the second of the 2023 season for Byron and tenth of his profession. All 10 of his poles have come at totally different tracks.
“Yeah, man it’s superior,” Byron mentioned. “Our automotive was ok there. I nearly acquired the fence in (Turns) 3 and 4 there however the guys introduced an amazing automotive right here.
“We struggled a little bit bit off the truck. I hit the wall like a dummy (in follow). So, I acquired that mistake out of the way in which after which acquired some stable follow.
“I get pleasure from coming to Kansas. It’s a enjoyable race observe. It’s going to be actually difficult tomorrow, operating towards the fence. That’s going to be the dominant groove. Proper now, we’re going to benefit from the pole.”
Martin Truex Jr. ended up fourth and Tyler Reddick rounded out the highest 5.
Finishing the top-10 beginning lineup are Joey Logano, Ty Gibbs, Denny Hamlin, Daniel Suarez and Ryan Blaney.
Spherical 1 / Group A
Truex, who earned his first win of the season final weekend, was the ultimate automotive to exit in Group A and went straight to the highest with a mean velocity of 177.119 mph.
Byron was second-fastest (177.072 mph) and Blaney was third (176.586 mph).
“I believe our (automotive) was fairly first rate. Hopefully, we are able to make a little bit adjustment earlier than we head to the second spherical,” Blaney mentioned.
Additionally advancing to the ultimate spherical of qualifying have been Logano and Suarez.
Amongst those that failed to maneuver on have been Bubba Wallace, Erik Jones and Chase Elliott.
Josh Bilicki, who spun and hit the wall in Saturday’s follow, didn’t try a qualifying run in his No. 78 Chevrolet.
Spherical 1 / Group B
Chastain, the ultimate automotive in Group B to make a qualifying try, rocked to the highest of the velocity chart with a mean lap velocity of 178.666 mph – the quickest lap of the day on the time.
Reddick was second-fastest (178.453 mph) and Larson was third (178.453 mph).
Additionally advancing to the ultimate spherical of qualifying have been Gibbs and Hamlin, who was quickest in Saturday’s follow.
Amongst those that failed to maneuver on have been Austin Dillon, Christopher Bell, Kevin Harvick and Chris Buescher.
