NASCAR Qualifying Results: Penske cars struggle as playoff rivals dominate at Las Vegas

After a close-fought NASCAR Cup Series qualifying session, Denny Hamlin will start Sunday's South Point 400 from pole position as he looks to get closer to securing his long-awaited first championship.

The Joe Gibbs Racing star set the fastest lap of all 38 drivers at Las Vegas Motor Speedway with a blistering lap, enough to beat out the other seven remaining playoff drivers, five of whom will line up directly behind him in second to sixth places.

However, none of those top six are Team Penske's playoff stars, with JGR locking out the top three and Hendrick Motorsports providing the next three cars in line.

Joey Logano will start ninth, with Hamlin's 23XI drivers Bubba Wallace and Tyler Reddick splitting him from the remaining postseason pack after he narrowly squeezed in at the end of last Sunday's elimination race .

Ryan Blaney is the sole playoff driver outside the top ten, setting the 14th fastest time to leave a potentially crucial gap at the start of the race. .

Chris Buescher, Christopher Bell, Chase Elliott and William Byron rounded out the top five, with Kyle Larson the last of that six-car run of playoff contenders in sixth.

With that said, let's take a look at the full results and times below!

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