NASCAR lineup at Atlanta: Starting order, pole for Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 based on random draw

Tom Gatto

NASCAR lineup at Atlanta: Starting order, pole for Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 based on random draw image

Chase Elliott hit the lottery in his home state Thursday night. The Georgia native drew the No. 1 spot for Sunday's Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in a random selection.

Aric Almirola will join Elliott on the front row. The Stewart-Haas driver is still looking for his first top-five finish of the season. His best finish was seventh for the weeknight Darlington race in May.

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Joey Logano, Kyle Busch and Clint Bowyer drew the rest of the top five. Logano and Elliott possibly being nose to tail for the start of the race at the 1.54-mile AMS could be interesting. Elliott slid into Logano while the two drivers were battling for the win with three laps to go at Bristol Motor Speedway on Sunday. Both cars wrecked, which allowed Brad Keselowski to steal the win.

Logano and Elliott discussed the crash after the race, with Logano later telling FS1 he was not pleased that Elliott didn't immediately apologize for causing the crash.

Who won the pole for the NASCAR race at Atlanta?

Chase Elliott drew the No. 1 position in a random draw of the series' top 12 teams based on owner points. This is the second pole of the Cup Series season for Elliott. He qualified first at Phoenix in March in the last race before the Series shut down for COVID-19.

The Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 is scheduled for Sunday, June 7, at with the green flags scheduled for 3:25 p.m. ET (Fox, PRN) at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

NASCAR starting lineup at Atlanta

Start Driver Car No. Team
1 Chase Elliott 9 Hendrick Motorsports
2 Aric Almirola 10 Stewart-Haas Racing
3 Joey Logano 22 Team Penske
4 Kyle Busch 18 Joe Gibbs Racing
5 Clint Bowyer 14 Stewart-Haas Racing
6 Brad Keselowski 2 Team Penske
7 Ryan Blaney 12 Team Penske
8 Alex Bowman 88 Hendrick Motorsports
9 Kevin Harvick 4 Stewart-Haas Racing
10 Denny Hamlin 11 Joe Gibbs Racing
11 Martin Truex Jr. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing
12 Kurt Busch 1 Chip Ganassi Racing
13 Chris Buescher 17 Roush Fenway Racing
14 Erik Jones 20 Joe Gibbs Racing
15 Jimmie Johnson 48 Hendrick Motorsports
16 Austin Dillon 3 Richard Childress Racing
17 Ryan Newman 6 Roush Fenway Racing
18 John Hunter Nemechek 38 Front Row Motorsports
19 Matt Kenseth 42 Chip Ganassi Racing
20 William Byron 24 Hendrick Motorsports
21 Matt DiBenedetto 21 Wood Brothers Racing
22 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 JTG Daugherty Racing
23 Bubba Wallace 43 Richard Petty Motorsports
24 Tyler Reddick 8 Richard Childress Racing
25 Corey LaJoie 32 Go Fas Racing
26 Joey Gase 51 Petty Ware Racing
27 Christopher Bell 95 Leavine Family Racing
28 Ty Dillon 13 Germain Racing
29 Ryan Preece 37 JTG Daugherty Racing
30 JJ Yeley 77 Spire Motorsports
31 Cole Custer 41 Stewart-Haas Racing
32 Josh Bilicki 27 Rick Ware Racing
33 Brennan Poole 15 Premium Motorsports
34 Garrett Smithley 53 Rick Ware Racing
35 Quin Houff 00 StarCom Racing
36 Michael McDowell 34 Front Row Motorsports
37 Daniel Suarez 96 Gaunt Brothers Racing
38 Timmy Hill 66 Motorsports Business Management
39 B.J. McLeod 78 B.J. McLeod Motorsports
40 Reed Sorenson 7 Tommy Baldwin Racing

Tom Gatto

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Tom Gatto joined The Sporting News as a senior editor in 2000 after 12 years at The Herald-News in Passaic, N.J., where he served in a variety of roles including sports editor, and a brief spell at APBNews.com in New York, where he worked as a syndication editor. He is a 1986 graduate of the University of South Carolina.