Hamlin, who has won the last three races held on concrete tracks, is in good position to make it four in a row at the 1.33-mile speedway.
On a blistering hot day, Hamlin was the last driver to go out in the final round but still managed to lay down the fastest lap of the day at 160.354 mph to edge his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Christopher Bell for the pole (159.845 mph).
