Denny Hamlin won the first superspeedway pole of his career for Sunday’s Geico 500 at Talladega on Sunday, April 23. The race will be live streamed on fuboTV (free trial).

Hamlin, a three-time Daytona 500 winner and two-time winner at Talladega, turned a Saturday lap at 180.642 mph to put his Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota in the top starting spot.

“I was well aware that I’ve never gotten a superspeedway pole,” Hamlin said of the statistic. He has won 36 poles in his career.

Hamlin bumped Aric Almirola in a Ford from Stewart-Haas Racing and Ty Gibbs, Hamlin’s teammate at JGR. Chase Briscoe of SHR qualified fourth and was followed by Ryan Blaney of Team Penske. JGR drivers Christopher Bell and and Martin Truex were sixth and seventh, while reigning Cup champion Joey Logano of Penske was eighth.

Kyle Larson, winner last week at Martinsville Speedway, qualified ninth for Hendrick Motorsports and was the only Chevrolet driver to crack the top 10. Chris Buescher in a Ford from Roush Fenway Racing rounded out the top 10.

Ross Chastain, winner of this race a year ago, qualified 23rd for Trackhouse Racing. Chase Elliott, the Talladega winner in October who is making his second consecutive start after missing six with a broken leg, qualified 29th.

Asked what would classify Sunday at Talladega as a good race, William Byron acknowledged the spectacular crashes common to the track would “probably help.”

“If I were watching on TV, I’d probably want it to be chaotic and unpredictable and have different people crashing,” Byron said.

When is the Geico 500 at Talladega?

Talladega is set for 2 p.m. (3 p.m. ET) on Sunday, April 23.

Streaming options

FuboTV

The game will be live streamed on fuboTV, which offers a free trial. The most basic of plans is the “fubo pro” package, which comprises 146-plus channels for $74.99 per month. Like all cord-cutting alternatives, there are plenty of options, especially for sports. It comes with more than 1,000 hours of cloud-based DVR, and up to 10 screens at once.

There is also the “fubo elite” package, which comprises 205-plus channels for $84.99 per month. It comes with fuboExtra (48 more channels) and News Plus (11 more channels). Plus, more than 1,000 hours of cloud-based DVR, and up to 10 screens at once.

The “fubo premiere” package is “fubo elite” with the addition of Showtime for $94.99 per month.

What TV channel is game on?

The Geico 500 at Talladega will be broadcast on Fox.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.