NASCAR Homestead-Miami Cup playoff starting lineup 2024: Tyler Reddick rebounds for pole
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Rebounding from a disappointing Round of 8 opener, Tyler Reddick captured his third pole position of the season for Sunday's race at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
The 23XI Racing driver, whose No. 45 Toyota flipped in a 35th-place finish at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, qualified first ahead of fellow playoff drivers Kyle Larson, Christopher Bell and Denny Hamlin.
Those four championship-eligible drivers will start in the first two rows, but it was Reddick's 32.248-second lap around the 1.5-mile oval that was fastest.
"It's a huge deal for us," Reddick told NBC Sports' Dave Burns after the ninth pole of his career in NASCAR's premier series. "This Camry was really, really fast. it was nice to be able to capitalize on qualifying.
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"All things considered how last week ended, we're picking up right where we left off. This is my kind of place and we know what we need to do (Sunday)."
Reddick has three top fives in four Cup starts at Homestead, where he won the 2018-19 Xfinity championship season finales.
Playoff driver Chase Elliott (seventh) also made the final round in qualiyfing.
Title contenders Ryan Blaney (20th), William Byron (25th) and Joey Logano (26th) qualified outside the top 10.
Logano is the only driver locked into the Championship 4 finale after his victory at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The three drivers above the cutline are Christopher Bell (plus-42 points), Kyle Larson (plus-35) and William Byron (plus-27).
Below the cutline are Hamlin (minus-27), Reddick (minus-30), Blaney (minus-47) and Elliott (minus-53).
The next two races at Homestead-Miami Speedway and Martinsville Speedway will lock in the other three title-eligible spots in the Championship 4 field of the Nov. 10 season finale at Phoenix Raceway.
