Joey Logano will lead the field to the green flag on Sunday in the Irish Hills of Michigan.
The driver of the No. 22 Team Penske Ford scored the pole for the Pure Michigan 400 after posting a time of 35.697 and a speed of 201.698 mph.
“I was surprised after the first couple of rounds when we weren’t as fast as the last time we were here,” Logano said. “We were eighth going into the final round, but we made great adjustments to find a little bit more speed out of this thing. I was down there waiting and Todd (Gordon) said ‘Take it!’ So I said ‘Yeah, I am going to take it.’ So I got pumped up and I had the attitude that we were going to grab it or we were going to crash. It worked out well.”
It’s his 17th career pole in 279 career Sprint Cup Series starts, third of 2016, third at Michigan International Speedway and his 18th top-10 start of the season.
Jimmie Johnson will start second in his No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet after posting a time of 35.728 and a speed of 201.523 mph.
“We keep stacking pennies and making this car better and better,” Johnson said. “My hat’s off to everyone at Hendrick Motorsports and all the hard work they’re putting into things. Great practice and great qualifying. We need some more practice sessions tomorrow and roll them into a good race.”
It’s his 10th top-10 start of the season and 20th in 30 races at Michigan.
Denny Hamlin will start third in his No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota after posting a time of 35.747 and a speed of 201.416 mph.
“It was good and my runs were good – all of them were good,” Hamlin said of his qualifying runs. “Just really, just a little off obviously. That was the closest we were to the fastest speed. We were one of the top cars in every session and can’t really complain, no real balance complaints, just a little off on speed really.”
It’s his 22nd top-10 start of the season and 11th top-10 start at Michigan.
Kevin Harvick will start fourth in his No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet after posting a time of 35.753 and a speed of 201.382 mph. Chase Elliott will round out the top-five starters in his No. 24 HMS Chevrolet after posting a time of 35.767 and a speed of 201.303 mph.
Alex Bowman will start sixth in his No. 88 HMS Chevrolet. Ryan Blaney will start seventh in his No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford. Jamie McMurray will start eighth in his No. 1 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet. Carl Edwards will start ninth in his No. 19 JGR Toyota. Ryan Newman will round out the top-10 starters in his No. 31 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet.
Kasey Kahne will start 11th and Kyle Larson will round out the 12 drivers that made the final round of qualifying.
Forty cars were entered, so nobody was sent home.
Twenty-two Chevrolet’s, 11 Ford’s and seven Toyota’s will comprise the 40-car field in Sunday’s race.
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