The beginning lineup for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Collection race at Atlanta Motor Speedway was set by making use of the statistical method NASCAR is utilizing for almost all of its 2021 races.
Drivers’ beginning positions for the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 (3 p.m. ET; Fox, TSN, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) had been based mostly on 4 components:
- Driver’s ending place from the earlier race (25 %)
- Automotive proprietor’s ending place from the earlier race (25 %)
- Crew proprietor factors rating (35 %)
- Quickest lap from the earlier race (15 %)
Beneath is the beginning lineup for Sunday’s NASCAR race on the 1.5-mile observe at Atlanta, which was set with out qualifying.
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Who gained the pole for the NASCAR race at Atlanta?
Denny Hamlin, the Cup Collection level chief after 5 races, is the pole-sitter based mostly on the mathematics. His Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Martin Truex Jr., final weekend’s winner at Phoenix, will begin second.
Hamlin leads the collection with 4 top-five finishes and three stage wins, however he has but to win a race this season.
The remainder of the highest 10 after Hamlin and Truex: Joey Logano (Crew Penske), Brad Keselowski (Crew Penske), Chase Elliott (Hendrick Motorsports), Kyle Larson (Hendrick Motorsports), Kevin Harvick (Stewart-Haas Racing), Christopher Bell (Joe Gibbs Racing), William Byron (Hendrick Motorsports) and Ryan Blaney (Crew Penske).
NASCAR beginning lineup at Atlanta
The beginning lineup for Sunday’s race at Atlanta was decided by way of a mathematical method NASCAR adopted late within the 2020 season. The method produced this beginning lineup for Sunday’s NASCAR race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500:
| Beginning pos. | Driver | Automotive No. | Crew |
| 1 | Denny Hamlin | 11 | Joe Gibbs Racing |
| 2 | Martin Truex Jr. | 19 | Joe Gibbs Racing |
| 3 | Joey Logano | 22 | Crew Penske |
| 4 | Brad Keselowski | 2 | Crew Penske |
| 5 | Chase Elliott | 9 | Hendrick Motorsports |
| 6 | Kyle Larson | 5 | Hendrick Motorsports |
| 7 | Kevin Harvick | 4 | Stewart-Haas Racing |
| 8 | Christopher Bell | 20 | Joe Gibbs Racing |
| 9 | William Byron | 24 | Hendrick Motorsports |
| 10 | Ryan Blaney | 12 | Crew Penske |
| 11 | Kurt Busch | 1 | Chip Ganassi Racing |
| 12 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 47 | JTG Daugherty Racing |
| 13 | Austin Dillon | 3 | Richard Childress Racing |
| 14 | Alex Bowman | 48 | Hendrick Motorsports |
| 15 | Bubba Wallace | 23 | 23XI Racing |
| 16 | Aric Almirola | 10 | Stewart-Haas Racing |
| 17 | Chris Buescher | 17 | Roush Fenway Racing |
| 18 | Michael McDowell | 34 | Entrance Row Motorsports |
| 19 | Kyle Busch | 18 | Joe Gibbs Racing |
| 20 | Matt DiBenedetto | 21 | Wooden Brothers Racing |
| 21 | Ross Chastain | 42 | Chip Ganassi Racing |
| 22 | Erik Jones | 43 | Richard Petty Motorsports |
| 23 | Ryan Preece | 37 | JTG Daugherty Racing |
| 24 | Chase Briscoe | 14 | Stewart-Haas Racing |
| 25 | Daniel Suarez | 99 | TrackHouse Racing Crew |
| 26 | Justin Haley | 77 | Spire Motorsports |
| 27 | Cole Custer | 41 | Stewart-Haas Racing |
| 28 | Ryan Newman | 6 | Roush Fenway Racing |
| 29 | Tyler Reddick | 8 | Richard Childress Racing |
| 30 | Corey LaJoie | 7 | Spire Motorsports |
| 31 | BJ McLeod | 78 | Stay Quick Motorsports |
| 32 | Anthony Alfredo | 38 | Entrance Row Motorsports |
| 33 | Cody Ware | 51 | Petty Ware Racing |
| 34 | James Davison | 15 | Rick Ware Racing |
| 35 | Quin Houff | 00 | StarCom Racing |
| 36 | Joey Gase | 53 | Rick Ware Racing |
| 37 | Josh Bilicki | 52 | Rick Ware Racing |
| 38 | Timmy Hill | 66 | Motorsports Enterprise Administration |
| 39 | Austin Cindric | 33 | Crew Penske |
