Joey Logano wins NASCAR Cup Series pole at EchoPark Speedway on tiebreaker
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HAMPTON, Ga.—Joey Logano led an armada of Fords into the top eight starting spot for Saturday night’s Quaker State 400 at EchoPark Speedway (7 p.m. ET on TNT, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
Logano clocked in at 30.979 seconds (178.960 mph) in Friday’s qualifying session to secure his first Busch Light Pole Award of the season, his third at EchoPark and the 32nd of his career.
Logano matched the time posted earlier by Josh Berry of Wood Brothers Racing, but the driver of the No. 22 Team Penske Ford got the nod for the pole on an owner points tiebreaker.
Ryan Blaney posted the third fastest lap at 178.937 mph, followed by Austin Cindric at 178.626 mph, as Team Penske drivers and the Penske affiliate Wood Brothers locked out the first two rows for Sunday’s race, the opening round of the 32-driver In-Season Challenge.
Logano faces ninth-place qualifier Alex Bowman in the first round.
“Being up front and controlling this race is the name of the game,” said Logano, who won last year’s second Atlanta race, which was held in September. “If you can get up there and solidify the top position, I feel like you can stay there. The thing is, there are a lot of ‘What ifs?’ that play out in this race, a lot of cautions that may be timed in a different way, where it can jumble up the field.
“It’s hard to say you’re going to be leading every lap… The good thing is that we controlled what we could today. I’m super proud of Team Penske, Roush Yates (Engines), Ford, obviously to keep our Mustangs up there. It really shows the ability to repeat from car to car, which is really hard to do.
“We tied with the 21 (Berry) and the other cars were within a couple hundredths of a second.”
Ryan Preece, Brad Keselowski, Cole Custer and Zane Smith completed the Ford sweep of the top eight starting spots.
Bowman drove the fastest Chevrolet to ninth on the grid, and Pocono Raceway winner Chase Briscoe was 10th in the quickest Toyota.
Denny Hamlin, top seed in the In-Season Challenge, qualified 33rd but expects his No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota to fare better in race trim. Nevertheless, Hamlin starts 19 spots behind Ty Dillon, the driver he has to beat to advance to the second round of the tournament.
Briscoe, the second seed, starts 17 positions ahead of close friend Noah Gragson, his first-round opponent.
Qualifying was interrupted by a 30-minute lightning hold, but no rain hit the track despite storms in the area.
NASCAR Cup Series
Starting Line Up by Row
EchoPark Speedway
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Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Friday, 6/27/2025 @ 06:48 PM Eastern
Driver Date Time Speed
Track Race Record: Dale Earnhardt 11/12/95 3:03:03 163.633
Pos Car Driver Team Time Speed
Row 1: 1 22 Joey Logano Autotrader Ford 30.979 178.960
2 21 Josh Berry DEX Imaging Ford 30.979 178.960
Row 2: 3 12 Ryan Blaney Advance Auto Parts Ford 30.983 178.937
4 2 Austin Cindric Menards/Quaker State Ford 31.037 178.626
Row 3: 5 60 Ryan Preece Solomon Plumbing Ford 31.130 178.092
6 6 Brad Keselowski Consumer Cellular Ford 31.153 177.960
Row 4: 7 41 Cole Custer HaasTooling.com Ford 31.155 177.949
8 38 Zane Smith Aaron's Lucky Dog Ford 31.160 177.920
Row 5: 9 48 Alex Bowman Ally Chevrolet 31.203 177.675
10 19 Chase Briscoe Bass Pro Shops Toyota 31.210 177.635
Row 6: 11 5 Kyle Larson HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 31.237 177.482
12 3 Austin Dillon Bass Pro Shops/Winchester Chevrolet 31.242 177.453
Row 7: 13 17 Chris Buescher Kroger/Cinnamon Toast Crunch Ford 31.247 177.425
14 10 Ty Dillon Mark III Employee Benefits Chevrolet 31.265 177.323
Row 8: 15 9 Chase Elliott NAPA/Children's Chevrolet 31.284 177.215
16 54 Ty Gibbs Sonic/Grillo's Pickles Toyota 31.298 177.136
Row 9: 17 34 Todd Gilliland Rinnai Tankless Water Heaters Ford 31.302 177.113
18 24 William Byron Axalta Chevrolet 31.310 177.068
Row 10: 19 42 John Hunter Nemechek Pye Barker Fire & Safety Toyota 31.315 177.040
20 35 Riley Herbst # Tree Top Toyota 31.315 177.040
Row 11: 21 16 AJ Allmendinger LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevrolet 31.329 176.961
22 7 Justin Haley Gainbridge Chevrolet 31.329 176.961
Row 12: 23 45 Tyler Reddick Upper Deck Toyota 31.331 176.949
24 23 Bubba Wallace Leidos Toyota 31.353 176.825
Row 13: 25 01 Corey LaJoie(i) Schluter Systems Ford 31.356 176.808
26 43 Erik Jones Dollar Tree Toyota 31.358 176.797
Row 14: 27 4 Noah Gragson Zep Ford 31.376 176.696
28 20 Christopher Bell Rheem Toyota 31.405 176.532
Row 15: 29 8 Kyle Busch SENIX Chevrolet 31.407 176.521
30 77 Carson Hocevar Chili's Ride the 'Dente Chevrolet 31.409 176.510
Row 16: 31 99 Daniel Suarez Quaker State Chevrolet 31.446 176.302
32 71 Michael McDowell Delaware Life Chevrolet 31.462 176.213
Row 17: 33 11 Denny Hamlin King's Hawaiian Toyota 31.463 176.207
34 1 Ross Chastain Wendy's Fresh Way to Frosty Chevrolet 31.484 176.089
Row 18: 35 88 Shane Van Gisbergen # WeatherTech Chevrolet 31.485 176.084
36 87 Connor Zilisch(i) Red Bull Chevrolet 31.500 176.000
Row 19: 37 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hungry Jack Chevrolet 31.537 175.794
38 78 BJ McLeod(i) Pigeon Forge Racing Coaster Chevrolet 31.550 175.721
Row 20: 39 51 Cody Ware Jacob Construction Ford 31.564 175.643
40 66 David Starr(i) WNB Factory Ford 34.113 162.519
Did Not Qualify: None.
Manufacturer Starting Lineup DNQs Manufacturer Starting Lineup DNQs
Chevrolet 17 0 Ford 14 0
Toyota 9 0
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
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