NASCAR at Nashville qualifying results, starting lineup: Denny Hamlin wins his second pole for Ally 400

LEBANON, Tenn. -- Denny Hamlin won the pole for the Ally 400 at Nashville Superspeedway in qualifying on Saturday afternoon, posting a lap of 29.859 (160.354 MPH) in the final round to earn his second pole of the 2024 season and the second of his career at Nashville. Hamlin previously won the pole at Nashville two years ago in 2022.

Hamlin beat out local favorite and leading Cup rookie Josh Berry, as the Hendersonville, Tennessee, native narrowly missed out on his first Cup pole at a 29.972 (159.749 MPH). Berry tied his career-best starting spot from Bristol earlier this year, and he enters this race off the strength of a seventh at Iowa and a third at New Hampshire, both races where he contended for the win.

After changes on the competition side of the company earlier this week, with Andy Petree stepping down as competition director and being replaced by Keith Rodden, Richard Childress Racing's results in qualifying were very uneven. Austin Dillon narrowly missed out on the final round and will start 11th on Sunday, but Kyle Busch's performance woes showed little signs of improvement, as he qualified 27th and will start deep in the field as he looks to reverse a trend that has seen him fail to finish three out of the last four races.

Justin Haley's team was penalized following pre-qualifying inspection, as the team was found to have made an unapproved adjustment after they cleared tech. Car chief J.R. Norris was ejected from the race weekend, the No. 51 team has lost pit stall selection, and Haley will have to serve a drive-through pit road penalty after taking the green flag on Sunday.

Despite initially announcing that Haley would not be permitted to qualify, Haley did end up making a lap and qualified 33rd.

Ally 400 starting lineup

1. #11 - Denny Hamlin
2. #4 - Josh Berry (R)
3. #20 - Christopher Bell
4. #5 - Kyle Larson
5. #6 - Brad Keselowski
6. #45 - Tyler Reddick
7. #24 - William Byron
8. #54 - Ty Gibbs
9. #17 - Chris Buescher
10. #2 - Austin Cindric
11. #3 - Austin Dillon
12. #48 - Alex Bowman
13. #9 - Chase Elliott
14. #34 - Michael McDowell
15. #77 - Carson Hocevar (R)
16. #10 - Noah Gragson
17. #19 - Martin Truex Jr.
18. #12 - Ryan Blaney
19. #14 - Chase Briscoe
20. #1 - Ross Chastain
21. #7 - Corey LaJoie
22. #41 - Ryan Preece
23. #47 - Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
24. #23 - Bubba Wallace
25. #21 - Harrison Burton
26. #22 - Joey Logano
27. #8 - Kyle Busch
28. #16 - A.J. Allmendinger
29. #50 - Corey Heim
30. #15 - RIley Herbst
31. #99 - Daniel Suarez
32. #38 - Todd Gilliland
33. #51 - Justin Haley
34. #43 - Erik Jones
35. #42 - John Hunter Nemechek
36. #71 - Zane Smith (R)
37. #31 - Daniel Hemric
38. #66 - Chad Finchum