By Lonnie Hugh Skinner

3 29 2025

Christopher Bell snagged the Busch Light Pole Award for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway (3 p.m. ET, FS1, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

Bell’s No. 20 Toyota set the quickest time at 96.034 mph for the 14th pole of his Cup Series career. He was better than three drivers from Hendrick Motorsports — Chase Elliott (95.951 mph), Alex Bowman (95.937 mph) and Kyle Larson (95.854 mph). Denny Hamlin (95.840 mph) and that is the the top five.

Rounding out the Top 10 are Chris Buescher (95.840 mph), Joey Logano (95.820 mph), Bubba Wallace (95.801 mph), Tyler Reddick (95.733 mph) and William Byron 95.723 mph).

COURTESY NASCAR COMMUNICATIONS