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Joe Gibbs Racing's stable of Toyotas are really starting to bring the heat.

Having already notched nine victories on the season, it's easy to say JGR is in championship form. You can say the gang is one step closer to a tenth victory with Denny Hamlin winning the pole for Saturday's Irwin Tools Night Race at Bristol.

Hamlin, driver of the No. 11 FedEx Toyota also won the pole for Friday night's Xfinity series race at Bristol, scored his second top qualifying spot with a track qualifying record of 14.602 seconds and an average speed of  131.407 mph.

"It looks like I really got the car working the way I needed to there in that final practice,î Hamlin said. ìIt's a testament to these guys and what (crew chief) Dave Rogers did for us. Bristol has been a great track for me in the past, and weíve got nothing to lose this weekend just gearing up for the Chase, so I think our team is ready."

Friday's qualifying effort marks Hamlin's third pole position start in his career at Bristol and the 22nd of his career.

What was thought to be a hot streak has now become a trend for JGR as Hamlin is joined on the front row by his teammate Kyle Busch. Busch, who had one of the fastest race cars in Sprint Cup practice, laid down a lap of 14.618 seconds at 131.263 mph.

Busch, who also qualified in second place for Friday's Xfinity race, knows he and his teammates have fast race cars.

"It was really good," Busch said. "It's just good to be in the fast stuff and the Joe Gibbs Racing cars are certainly that. We've been really running up front and can't say enough about the Skittles bunch, they did a great job. The first run of the second session we were a little loose and we tried to adjust for that for the third session, we just didn't go far enough, we got loose again. We came in and just threw some adjustments at it and went back out and picked up time but didn't pick up that spot."

Carl Edwards joined his teammates by laying down the third fastest lap of knockout qualifying's final session. It's the 14th time Edwards has started inside the top ten in 24 races this season.

David Ragan put his No. 55 Toyota in the fourth starting position as Joey Logano broke up the Toyota-fest at the front by snagging the fifth place starting spot. 

Brad Keselowski grabbed the sixth spot followed by Kevin Harvick, Ricky Stenhouse, Jr, Clint Bowyer and Jimmie Johnson.

Matt Kenseth, who celebrated in Bristol's victory lane earlier this season, did not make the final round of knockout qualifying and will start in 13th place. 

Jeff Gordon, who is making his final start at Bristol, will roll of the starting grid in the 24th spot.

Starting Line Up by Row
Bristol Motor Speedway
55th Annual IRWIN Tools Night Race
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Fri, August 21, 2015 @ 05:44 PM Central
Driver    Date    Time    Speed
Track Race Record:    Charlie Glotzbach     07/11/71    02:38:12    101.074
Pos    Car    Driver    Team    Time    Speed
Row 1:    1    11    Denny Hamlin    FedEx Ground Toyota    14.602    131.407
2    18    Kyle Busch    Skittles Toyota    14.618    131.263
Row 2:    3    19    Carl Edwards    Stanley Toyota    14.686    130.655
4    55    David Ragan    Aaron's Online Dream Machine Toyota    14.708    130.460
Row 3:    5    22    Joey Logano    Shell Pennzoil Ford    14.721    130.344
6    2    Brad Keselowski    Miller Lite Ford    14.723    130.327
Row 4:    7    4    Kevin Harvick    Budweiser/Jimmy John's Chevrolet    14.726    130.300
8    17    Ricky Stenhouse Jr.    Fastenal Ford    14.746    130.123
Row 5:    9    15    Clint Bowyer    5-hour Energy Toyota    14.754    130.053
10    48    Jimmie Johnson    Lowe's Pro Services Chevrolet    14.766    129.947
Row 6:    11    41    Kurt Busch    Haas Automation Chevrolet    14.823    129.447
12    42    Kyle Larson    Target Chevrolet    14.892    128.848
Row 7:    13    20    Matt Kenseth    Dollar General Toyota    14.797    129.675
14    51    Justin Allgaier    Brandt Chevrolet    14.834    129.351
Row 8:    15    21    Ryan Blaney(i)    SKF Ford    14.850    129.212
16    3    Austin Dillon    DOW Chevrolet    14.857    129.151
Row 9:    17    16    Greg Biffle    Cheez-It Ford    14.895    128.822
18    31    Ryan Newman    Caterpillar Chevrolet    14.909    128.701
Row 10:    19    5    Kasey Kahne    Great Clips Chevrolet    14.920    128.606
20    88    Dale Earnhardt Jr.    Nationwide Chevrolet    14.928    128.537
Row 11:    21    1    Jamie McMurray    McDonald's/Cessna Chevrolet    14.960    128.262
22    6    Trevor Bayne    AdvoCare Ford    14.968    128.193
Row 12:    23    78    Martin Truex Jr    Furniture Row/Visser Precision Chevrolet    14.972    128.159
24    24    Jeff Gordon    Axalta Chevrolet    14.992    127.988
Row 13:    25    47    AJ Allmendinger    Bush's Grillin Beans Chevrolet    14.925    128.563
26    9    Sam Hornish Jr.    Blue Emu Ford    14.961    128.253
Row 14:    27    34    Brett Moffitt #    No Escape Ford    14.970    128.176
28    13    Casey Mears    GEICO Chevrolet    15.000    127.920
Row 15:    29    27    Paul Menard    Knauf/Menards Chevrolet    15.014    127.801
30    95    Michael McDowell    Thrivent Financial Ford    15.037    127.605
Row 16:    31    43    Aric Almirola    Smithfield Ford    15.042    127.563
32    10    Danica Patrick    GoDaddy Chevrolet    15.045    127.537
Row 17:    33    35    Cole Whitt    Speed Stick Ford    15.054    127.461
34    32    Josh Wise    Visone RV Parts Ford    15.065    127.368
Row 18:    35    46    Michael Annett    Pilot/Flying J Chevrolet    15.080    127.241
36    7    Alex Bowman    Accell Construction Chevrolet    15.084    127.208
Row 19:    37    38    David Gilliland    Cash Cash Ford    Owner Points
38    23    JJ Yeley(i)    VooDoo BBQ & Grill Toyota    Owner Points
Row 20:    39    40    Landon Cassill(i)    Carsforsale.com Chevrolet    Owner Points
40    14    Tony Stewart    Bass Pro Shops/Mobil 1 Chevrolet    Owner Points
Row 21:    41    98    Timmy Hill(i)    Premium Motorsports Ford    Owner Points
42    83    Matt DiBenedetto #    Cosmo Motors Toyota    Owner Points
Row 22:    43    33    Mike Bliss(i)    Chevrolet    Owner Points
Did Not Qualify:    # 30 Travis Kvapil(i); # 26 Jeb Burton #; # 62 Reed Sorenson. 
Manufacturer    Starting Lineup    DNQs    Manufacturer    Starting Lineup    DNQs
Chevrolet    21    2    Toyota    8    1
Ford    14    0
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series