Ryan Blaney will start from the NASCAR Cup Series pole at EchoPark Speedway, setting the fastest lap of 179.912 mph in the second round of qualifying Saturday (July 11).
It’s Blaney’s second pole of the season and 14th in his career.
It’ll be an all-Team Penske front row, as Joey Logano joins the No. 12 up front, starting in second.
Kyle Larson will start third, while Austin Dillon begins fourth. Daniel Suarez rounds out the top five.
Alex Bowman, Chase Elliott, Austin Cindric, Ross Chastain and Brad Keselowski take starting positions sixth through 10th, respectively.
With 38 cars entered, all made the race.
NASCAR Cup Series Atlanta Qualifying Results
The Quaker State 400 airs Sunday at 7 p.m. ET on TNT Sports.
Joy joined Frontstretch in 2019 as a NASCAR DraftKings writer, expanding to news and iRacing coverage in 2020. She's currently an assistant editor and involved with photos, social media and news editing. A California native, Joy was raised watching motorsports and started watching NASCAR extensively in 2001. She earned her B.A. degree in Liberal Studies at California State University Bakersfield in 2010.
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