Kevin Harvick flexed his new Ford muscle with Stewart-Haas Racing, winning the pole for the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta.
On pole day in Atlanta, Georgia, the Fords flexed their muscles once more. After Kurt Busch carried Stewart-Haas Racing to their first Daytona 500 win, Kevin Harvick powered the team to their first pole position with Ford for Sunday’s Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500.
Harvick held off the winners of the previous two rounds of qualifying, Ryan Newman and Kyle Busch, to earn the top spot. Newman, who will start second in Sunday’s race at Atlanta, is one pole short of breaking Buddy Baker’s record for most poles at AMS.
The drama early in qualifying surrounded what happened back in the garage. Many teams had a hard time passing through all the aspects of pre-qualifying inspection, leading to a number of cars not making out onto pit road to make an attempt. Drivers including Michael McDowell, Jeffrey Earnhardt, Derrike Cope, Cody Ware, and Cole Whitt never made it out onto the 1.5-mile oval.
Here is the starting lineup for Sunday’s Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta:
- Kevin Harvick, Ford, Stewart-Haas Racing
- Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, Richard Childress Racing
- Kyle Busch, Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, Roush-Fenway Racing
- Brad Keselowski, Ford, Team Penske
- Joey Logano, Ford, Team Penske
- Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, Chip Ganassi Racing
- Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, Chip Ganassi Racing
- Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, Furniture Row Racing
- Denny Hamlin, Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing
- Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports
- Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports
- Kurt Busch, Ford, Stewart-Haas Racing
- Ryan Blaney, Ford, Wood Brothers Racing
- Trevor Bayne, Ford, Roush-Fenway Racing
- Matt Kenseth, Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing
- Paul Menard, Chevrolet, Richard Childress Racing
- Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports
- Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, Richard Childress Racing
- A.J. Allmendinger, Chevrolet, JTG-Daugherty Racing
- Daniel Suarez, Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing
- Matt DiBenedetto, Ford, Go Fas Racing
- Erik Jones, Toyota, Furniture Row Racing
- Danica Patrick, Ford, Stewart-Haas Racing
- Clint Bowyer, Ford, Stewart-Haas Racing
- Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, Germain Racing
- Landon Cassill, Ford, Front Row Motorsports
- Chris Buescher, Chevrolet, JTG-Daugherty Racing
- Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports
- Aric Almirola, Ford, Richard Petty Motorsports
- Gray Gaulding, Toyota, BK Racing
- Corey LaJoie, Toyota, BK Racing
- Reed Sorenson, Toyota, Premium Motorsports
- David Ragan, Ford, Front Row Motorsports
- Jeffrey Earnhardt, Chevrolet, Circle Sport-TMG Racing
- Michael McDowell, Chevrolet, Leavine Family Racing
- Cole Whitt, Ford, Tri-Star Motorsports
- Derrike Cope, Toyota, Premium Motorsports
- Cody Ware, Chevrolet, Rick Ware Racing
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Be sure to tune in for the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 live from the Atlanta Motor Speedway, Sunday on your local FOX affiliate. Tomorrow, the Camping World Truck Series and Xfinity Series will take to the speedway for a doubleheader, live on FS1.