NASCAR: Atlanta starting lineup – Chase Elliott on pole

Chase Elliott is set to start from the pole position for the second time in the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

A random draw based on groupings determined by owner points resulted in Hendrick Motorsports’ Chase Elliott landing his second pole position of the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season for his home race, Sunday’s Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

The 24-year-old Dawsonville, Georgia native and driver of the #9 Chevrolet also took the pole position for the race at Phoenix Raceway back on Sunday, March 8 before the 2020 season was halted for 10 weeks as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

This Sunday’s 325-lap race around the four-turn, 1.54-mile (2.478-kilometer) Atlanta Motor Speedway oval in Hampton, Georgia was scheduled to have been run the week after the race at Phoenix Raceway. But on Friday, March 13, two days before the green flag was slated to fly, the season was suspended.

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Elliott is set to be joined on the front row this Sunday by Stewart-Haas Racing’s Aric Almirola in second place in his #10 Ford, marking Almirola’s second consecutive front row start.

Team Penske’s Joey Logano and Joe Gibbs Racing’s Kyle Busch are set to share the second row in third and fourth place in their #22 Ford and #18 Toyota, respectively, while Stewart-Haas Racing’s Clint Bowyer and Team Penske’s Brad Keselowski are set to share the third row in fifth and sixth in their #14 Ford and #2 Ford, respectively.

Team Penske’s Ryan Blaney is set to start in seventh place in his #12 Ford alongside Hendrick Motorsports’ Alex Bowman in eighth in his #88 Chevrolet while Stewart-Haas Racing’s Kevin Harvick is set to start in ninth in his #4 Ford alongside Joe Gibbs Racing’s Denny Hamlin in 10th in his #11 Toyota.

Here is the full starting lineup for the 2020 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Starting lineup
1st – Chase Elliott
2nd – Aric Almirola
3rd – Joey Logano
4th – Kyle Busch
5th – Clint Bowyer
6th – Brad Keselowski
7th – Ryan Blaney
8th – Alex Bowman
9th – Kevin Harvick
10th – Denny Hamlin
11th – Martin Truex Jr.
12th – Kurt Busch
13th – Chris Buescher
14th – Erik Jones
15th – Jimmie Johnson
16th – Austin Dillon
17th – Ryan Newman
18th – John Hunter Nemechek
19th – Matt Kenseth
20th – William Byron
21st – Matt DiBenedetto
22nd – Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
23rd – Bubba Wallace
24th – Tyler Reddick
25th – Corey LaJoie
26th – Joey Gase
27th – Christopher Bell
28th – Ty Dillon
29th – Ryan Preece
30th – J.J. Yeley
31st – Cole Custer
32nd – Josh Bilicki
33rd – Brennan Poole
34th – Garrett Smithley
35th – Quin Houff
36th – Michael McDowell
37th – Daniel Suarez
38th – Timmy Hill
39th – B.J. McLeod
40th – Reed Sorenson

Tune in to Fox at 3:00 p.m. ET this Sunday for the live broadcast of the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season’s 10th race from Atlanta Motor Speedway.