Alex Bowman Snags Second Cup Pole of Year; Stenhouse to Start 2ndAlex Bowman took his second pole of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season and seventh pole of his career in Saturday's qualifying session for the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway.
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