Chase Briscoe won the pole Saturday for the Coca-Cola 600 and will start on the front row for NASCAR’s longest and most grueling race.

Briscoe, driving the No. 19 Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing, turned a lap of 182.852 mph on the 1 1/2-mile oval at Charlotte Motor Speedway to edge out Kyle Larson, who plans to arrive at the track about an hour before the race tonight after completing the Indianapolis 500.

“It’s going to be great to start up front,” Briscoe said. “Adding that No. 1 pit stall, and to be able to race in clean air is huge.”

Briscoe comes in with four top-five finishes in the Cup Series this year, but has yet to win a race.

He also won the Daytona 500 pole earlier this year.

“It’s pretty wild, really,” Briscoe said. “I never thought I would get to run a Truck race let alone lead the way at two crown jewel events.”

William Byron, who signed a four-year contract extension with Hendrick Motorsports on Friday, celebrated by turning a lap of 182.642 and will start third, followed by Chris Buescher and AJ Allmendinger. Rounding out the top 10 will be John Nemechek, Ty Gibbs, Noah Gragson, Alex Bowman and defending race champion Christopher Bell.

Briscoe knows winning the pole does not necessarily guarantee success, particularly in such a long race.

Larson is attempting “The Double” once again. He set out to accomplish the feat last year but never had a chance to complete it after weather disrupted his plans.

A year ago rain delayed the start of the Indy 500, putting Larson well behind schedule in his quest. He finished 18th in Indianapolis, and didn’t make it to Charlotte Motor Speedway until 249 laps had been completed. He was set to jump in the No. 5 Chevrolet and take over for replacement driver Justin Allgaier, but lightning and heavy rains forced NASCAR to call the race. Larson never turned a lap at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

“Last year wasn’t as fun and exciting as people might think,” Larson said. “I was super bummed because I knew I wasn’t going to be able to race in both.”

Formula One

Lando Norris broke the track record to qualify on the pole for the Monaco Grand Prix, besting Charles Leclerc and title rival Oscar Piastri.

Norris and Leclerc swapped fastest times before the McLaren driver upped the pace again to take first by .109 of a second, with teammate Piastri third. Norris’ time of 1 minute, 9.954 seconds replaces a record set by Lewis Hamilton in 2019.

It’s the first pole position for Norris since the season-opening Australian Grand Prix and comes as he tries to cut into teammate Piastri’s 13-point standings lead. Leclerc, who won the Monaco Grand Prix last year, was denied a fourth career pole at his home race.

Seven-time champion Hamilton was fourth after Ferrari rebuilt the entire rear end of his car following a crash in practice.