BRISTOL, Tennessee — Denny Hamlin has won the pole for Saturday night’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Bristol Motor Speedway. Hamlin turned a lap at 207.555kph around the 0.86-km bullring in Friday qualifying to put his Toyota in the top starting spot at Bristol for the first time of his career. It was good enough to hold off five-time Bristol winner Kurt Busch, who qualified second with a lap of 207.235kph. It’s the seventh front-row starting spot of the season for Busch, who is suddenly a hot commodity on the free-agent market. Carl Edwards qualified third and was followed by Brian Vickers and Matt Kenseth as Toyota drivers took three of the top five spots. — AP