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Chase Elliott will start from the pole in Sunday’s Cup race at Atlanta Motor Speedway after a random draw Thursday.
Elliott, who won at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 28 and was racing Joey Logano for the lead last weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway before crashing, will be joined on the front row by Aric Almirola.
Logano will start third. Kyle Busch starts fourth. Clint Bowyer starts fifth.
Brad Keselowski, who won last weekend at Bristol, starts sixth in the 40-car field.
Click here for Cup starting lineup
Sunday’s race is scheduled to take the green flag at 3:25 p.m. ET.
The field was determined through a random draw of the following groups:
Positions 1-12: Random draw from charter teams in those positions in owner points
Positions 13-24: Random draw from charter teams in those positions in owner points
Positions 25-36: Random draw from charter teams in those positions in owner points
Positions 37-40: Open teams in order of owners points
- NBC Sports -
Starting lineup
|
#
|
Car
|
Driver
|
Time
|
|
1
|
9
|
Chase Elliott
|
|
|
2
|
10
|
Aric Almirola
|
|
|
3
|
22
|
Joey Logano
|
|
|
4
|
18
|
Kyle Busch
|
|
|
5
|
14
|
Clint Bowyer
|
|
|
6
|
2
|
Brad Keselowski
|
|
|
7
|
12
|
Ryan Blaney
|
|
|
8
|
88
|
Alex Bowman
|
|
|
9
|
4
|
Kevin Harvick
|
|
|
10
|
11
|
Denny Hamlin
|
|
|
11
|
19
|
Martin Truex, Jr.
|
|
|
12
|
1
|
Kurt Busch
|
|
|
13
|
17
|
Chris Buescher
|
|
|
14
|
20
|
Erik Jones
|
|
|
15
|
48
|
Jimmie Johnson
|
|
|
16
|
3
|
Austin Dillon
|
|
|
17
|
6
|
Ryan Newman
|
|
|
18
|
38
|
John Hunter Nemechek
|
|
|
19
|
42
|
Matt Kenseth
|
|
|
20
|
24
|
William Byron
|
|
|
21
|
21
|
Matt DiBenedetto
|
|
|
22
|
47
|
Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.
|
|
|
23
|
43
|
Bubba Wallace
|
|
|
24
|
8
|
Tyler Reddick
|
|
|
25
|
32
|
Corey LaJoie
|
|
|
26
|
51
|
Joey Gase
|
|
|
27
|
95
|
Christopher Bell
|
|
|
28
|
13
|
Ty Dillon
|
|
|
29
|
37
|
Ryan Preece
|
|
|
30
|
77
|
J.J. Yeley
|
|
|
31
|
41
|
Cole Custer
|
|
|
32
|
27
|
Josh Bilicki
|
|
|
33
|
15
|
Brennan Poole
|
|
|
34
|
53
|
Garrett Smithley
|
|
|
35
|
00
|
Quin Houff
|
|
|
36
|
34
|
Michael McDowell
|
|
|
37
|
96
|
Daniel Suarez
|
|
|
38
|
66
|
Timmy Hill
|
|
|
39
|
78
|
B.J. McLeod
|
|
|
40
|
7
|
Reed Sorenson
|
|
|
