DARLINGTON, S.C. Hendrick Motorsports William Byron drove Chevrolet to its now series-leading fourth NASCAR Cup Series pole of the season Saturday afternoon at Darlington Raceway.

The 27-year-old Charlotte, North Carolina, native clocked-in a best lap of 28.774 seconds, at 170.904 mph, in his No. 24 Axalta Chevrolet to earn the pole position for tomorrows Goodyear 400.

The pole Byrons second at Darlington Raceway and 15th all-time in NASCARs top division makes Byron the first repeat pole winner of the season.

I felt like we had a good plan going into practice, Byron explained. I feel like were always strong here. Its a really good track for our team and myself. We were just trying to find a decent balance there to start. We were a little bit tighter than we wanted to be, so we pitted and worked on it; got it a lot better and finished practice pretty strong, I felt like.

So I had some confidence going into qualifying that wed have a decent lap, at least. I was just was nervous about going early. I just felt like having a little bit of an earlier draw was not ideal, but it seemed like the track temp was starting to go up as well, so it probably wasnt the worst thing.

Ryan Preece will start his RFK Racing Ford outside the front row.

Last weeks winner, Denny Hamlin, will start his Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota third, sharing the second row with teammate Chase Briscoe.

Bubba Wallace will start his 23XI Racing Toyota in fifth.