will lead the sector to the inexperienced flag in Sunday night time’s NASCAR Cup race, driving the No. 12 Ford. That is Blaney’s 14th profession pole and his second of the 2026 season.
Blaney’s pole lap was 30.815s, 0.036s away from Penske teammate , who will be part of him on the entrance row within the No. 22 Workforce Penske Ford.
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And whereas he was proud of the pole, Blaney is aware of there are nonetheless a variety of unknowns with no observe this weekend.
“How it should react tomorrow within the race, in site visitors, because the monitor adjustments, and as you get laps on the tires — all that,” stated Blaney. “You hope you could have an honest deal with on, however the aim at present was to attempt to qualify the very best we may, and we had been ready to try this. So, I respect everybody on this #12 automobile for bringing me a quick automobile. It is nice to have a Workforce Penske entrance row. That half is nice, and I am wanting ahead tomorrow to see what now we have within the draft.”
will begin third, fourth, and fifth. , , , , and crammed out the rest of the highest ten.
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Spherical 1
It was a really windy and scorching day at EchoPark Speedway, and people difficult situations shortly led to a difficulty as Chad Finchum spun within the No. 66 automobile proper as qualifying obtained underway.
That was the one incident, although some automobiles did shoot up the monitor as they struggled for stability.
On the high of the charts, it was Penske excellent with all three automobiles 1-2-3 in Spherical 1 of qualifying. Chastain was the best Chevrolet, and no Toyotas superior as they prioritized race setup over qualifying pace. All JGR and 23XI automobiles certified twentieth or worse, with down in twenty eighth and thirty first.
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Spherical 2Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Workforce Penske Ford
Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Workforce Penske Ford
A. Dillon was the tenth and closing driver to advance into the second spherical of qualifying, beating the top-qualifying Toyota of in eleventh. There was simply 0.002s between them for the ultimate switch spot.
Within the closing spherical, the tenth-fastest driver from Spherical 1 went out first, so it was Dillon setting the brand new benchmark within the battle for pole.
Larson then bested Dillon, however solely by 0.002s. He held the highest spot till Penske arrived, with each Blaney and Logano overtaking him on the pace charts.
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2026 NASCAR Cup Atlanta Beginning Lineup
1
12
Ford
30.815
179.912
2
22
Ford
+0.036
30.851
179.702
3
5
Chevrolet
+0.087
30.902
179.406
4
3
Chevrolet
+0.089
30.904
179.394
5
7
Chevrolet
+0.095
30.910
179.359
6
48
Chevrolet
+0.118
30.933
179.226
7
9
Chevrolet
+0.122
30.937
179.203
8
2
Ford
+0.124
30.939
179.191
9
1
Chevrolet
+0.161
30.976
178.977
10
6
Ford
+0.204
31.019
178.729
11
43
Toyota
+0.212
31.027
178.683
12
97
Chevrolet
+0.216
31.031
178.660
13
17
Ford
+0.250
31.065
178.465
14
77
Chevrolet
+0.259
31.074
178.413
15
47
Chevrolet
+0.265
31.080
178.378
16
10
Chevrolet
+0.268
31.083
178.361
17
Wooden Brothers Racing
21
Ford
+0.280
31.095
178.292
18
71
Chevrolet
+0.285
31.100
178.264
19
60
Ford
+0.294
31.109
178.212
20
19
Toyota
+0.297
31.112
178.195
21
34
Ford
+0.304
31.119
178.155
22
23
Toyota
+0.314
31.129
178.098
23
54
Toyota
+0.334
31.149
177.983
24
42
Toyota
+0.361
31.176
177.829
25
TrackHouse Racing
88
Chevrolet
+0.384
31.199
177.698
26
24
Chevrolet
+0.390
31.205
177.664
27
16
Chevrolet
+0.397
31.212
177.624
28
11
Toyota
+0.443
31.258
177.363
29
35
Toyota
+0.453
31.268
177.306
30
33
Chevrolet
+0.469
31.284
177.215
31
45
Toyota
+0.491
31.306
177.091
32
20
Toyota
+0.504
31.319
177.017
33
41
Chevrolet
+0.508
31.323
176.995
34
38
Ford
+0.516
31.331
176.949
35
51
Chevrolet
+0.600
31.415
176.476
36
4
Ford
+0.648
31.463
176.207
37
78
Chevrolet
+0.928
31.743
174.653
38
66
Ford
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