Today at 1:00 p.m. ET on Fox Sports 1 NASCAR's season picks up at Martinsville Speedway, where Joey Logano sits atop the pole of a race that can be live streamed free by clicking this link.
Martinsville is a challenging track for any driver, so Logano was very pleased with his performance during qualifying. You win anything at Martinsville, it's a big deal," Logano said.
Qualifying also treated Chase Elliot well. Elliot will be taking over the legendary Jeff Gordon's car next year, and he ran well in qualifying to ensure himself a spot in this race. "That was goal No. 1 for us. Big relief. We're excited," Elliot said, while also noting that 27th position isn't exactly the greatest place to begin a race.
"I don't know how I feel about being excited being 27th, but at the same time I'm really excited to make our first Cup race. Just crazy how much different of a world this is on this side of things, being timed so close."
Elliot also talked about gaining as much as possible from the limited action he will see this season so that when he takes over for Gordon full time he will be prepared. "Obviously we want to go as fast as we can for as long as possible. No, we don't want to aim to not do well. We want to do the best we can and make the most of these races and try to gain as much knowledge as possible.
"To have an opportunity to go run five races doesn't seem like a lot, but at the end of the day it really is if you can get in all five and make those laps."
STARTING GRID
1
Joey Logano
Ford
98.461 mph
2
Ryan Newman
Chevrolet
98.328 mph
3
Martin Truex Jr.
Chevrolet
98.048 mph
4
Jeff Gordon
Chevrolet
97.613 mph
5
Jimmie Johnson
Chevrolet
97.583 mph
6
Tony Stewart
Chevrolet
97.468 mph
7
Kyle Larson
Chevrolet
97.463 mph
8
Matt Kenseth
Toyota
97.392 mph
9
Kasey Kahne
Chevrolet
97.282 mph
10
AJ Allmendinger
Chevrolet
97.262 mph
11
Carl Edwards
Toyota
97.177 mph
12
Brad Keselowski
Ford
97.038 mph
13
Paul Menard
Chevrolet
97.387 mph
14
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Chevrolet
97.302 mph
15
Denny Hamlin
Toyota
97.267 mph
16
Danica Patrick
Chevrolet
97.267 mph
17
Kevin Harvick
Chevrolet
97.257 mph
18
Aric Almirola
Ford
97.237 mph
19
Jamie McMurray
Chevrolet
97.222 mph
20
David Ragan
Toyota
96.800 mph
21
Justin Allgaier
Chevrolet
96.790 mph
22
Austin Dillon
Chevrolet
96.760 mph
23
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
Ford
96.558 mph
24
Casey Mears
Chevrolet
97.312 mph
25
Greg Biffle
Ford
96.983 mph
26
Kurt Busch
Chevrolet
96.944 mph
27
Chase Elliott
Chevrolet
25
96.919 mph
28
Michael Annett
Chevrolet
46
96.899 mph
29
David Gilliland
Ford
96.666 mph
30
Clint Bowyer
Toyota
96.617 mph
31
Josh Wise
Ford
96.607 mph
32
Jeb Burton
Toyota
96.494 mph
33
Brett Moffitt
Toyota
96.357 mph
34
Landon Cassill
Chevrolet
96.298 mph
35
Chris Buescher
Ford
96.259 mph
36
Trevor Bayne
Ford
6
96.254 mph
37
Cole Whitt
Ford
N/A
38
Sam Hornish Jr.
Ford
N/A
39
Alex Bowman
Chevrolet
N/A
40
Mike Bliss
Ford
N/A
41
Alex Kennedy
Chevrolet
N/A
42
J.J. Yeley
Toyota
N/A
43
Matt DiBenedetto
Toyota
N/A
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