NASCAR Cup Series: Joey Logano takes pole for 2019 FireKeepers Casino 400
By Asher Fair
Joey Logano took his second pole position of the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season for the season’s 15th race, the FireKeepers Casino 400, at Michigan International Speedway.
Team Penske’s Joey Logano took his second pole position of the 36-race NASCAR Cup Series season for the season’s 15th race, the FireKeepers Casino 400, at Michigan International Speedway and his first pole position since he took the pole position for the season’s sixth race at Martinsville Speedway back in late March.
Logano took the pole position for this 200-lap race around the four-turn, 2.0-mile (3.219-kilometer) Michigan International Speedway oval in Brooklyn, Michigan by recording a top lap time of 38.474 seconds (187.139 miles per hour) in the single-car qualifying session for this race in his #22 Ford. This pole position is Ford’s seventh and Team Penske’s third of the season.
Logano led a top three Ford sweep of the speed chart in this qualifying session, as Stewart-Haas Racing teammate Aric Almirola and Kevin Harvick qualified in second and third place in their #10 Ford and #4 Ford, respectively.
More from NASCAR Cup Series
- NASCAR Cup Series: New team set to compete in 2024
- NASCAR: Surprising name continuously linked to new seat
- NASCAR driver at risk of missing the Daytona 500?
- NASCAR set for rare appearance last seen 13 years ago
- NASCAR team adds third car, names driver for 2024 Daytona 500
Joe Gibbs Racing’s Denny Hamlin was the highest qualifying Toyota driver for this race. He qualified in fourth place in his #11 Toyota ahead of two other Ford drivers, Stewart-Haas Racing’s Clint Bowyer and Wood Brothers Racing’s Paul Menard. Bowyer and Menard qualified in fifth and sixth in their #14 Ford and #21 Ford, respectively.
Chip Ganassi Racing’s Kurt Busch was the highest qualifying Chevrolet driver for this race. He qualified in seventh place in his #1 Chevrolet ahead of three other Ford drivers, Team Penske’s Brad Keselowski, Stewart-Haas Racing’s Daniel Suarez and Roush Fenway Racing’s Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
Keselowski, Suarez and Stenhouse Jr., qualified in eighth, ninth and 10th place in their #2 Ford, #41 Ford and #17 Ford, giving Ford drivers eight of the top 10 positions on the starting grid for this race following a dominant qualifying session.
Here are the full qualifying results for the 2019 FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway.
Qualifying Results
1st – Joey Logano
2nd – Aric Almirola
3rd – Kevin Harvick
4th – Denny Hamlin
5th – Clint Bowyer
6th – Paul Menard
7th – Kurt Busch
8th – Brad Keselowski
9th – Daniel Suarez
10th – Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
11th – Daniel Hemric
12th – Austin Dillon
13th – Ryan Blaney
14th – Erik Jones
15th – Kyle Busch
16th – Martin Truex Jr.
17th – Chase Elliott
18th – Ryan Newman
19th – Jimmie Johnson
20th – Alex Bowman
21st – William Byron
22nd – Kyle Larson
23rd – Michael McDowell
24th – David Ragan
25th – Ty Dillon
26th – Matt Tifft
27th – Darrell Wallace Jr.
28th – Ryan Preece
29th – Matt DiBenedetto
30th – Landon Cassill
31st – Chris Buescher
32nd – Corey LaJoie
33rd – Kyle Weatherman
34th – Josh Bilicki
35th – Quin Houff
36th – Garrett Smithley
Top 10 NASCAR drivers of all-time. dark. Next
Fox Sports 1’s live broadcast of the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season’s 15th race, the FireKeepers Casino 400, from Michigan International Speedway is set to begin tomorrow afternoon at 2:00 p.m. ET.