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NASCAR Qualifying Results: Atlanta goes down to tie-break as Hamlin suffers disaster run

Chris Deeley Saturday 28 June 2025 00:48

An image of NASCAR drivers Kyle Larson and Denny Hamlin

NASCAR qualifying at Atlanta was heavily impacted by the weather in Georgia, with some parts of the running cancelled.

The final round of Xfinity Series qualifying was cancelled on Friday afternoon due to lightning in the area, which also cut into time for Cup Series qualifying – which was limited to one single-lap run.

Joey Logano took pole with a great time of 30.979sec, but it still took a tie-break for him to place first ahead of Josh Berry, who set the same time down to a thousandth of a second but lost out on owner points.

Denny Hamlin joked on social media during the weather delay that the session should be called early for safety, with a nudge and wink to the fact that he'd start right up front if the session wasn't completed.

That would've been a much better result for the recent father, who predicted a 24th place start but who in fact qualified all the way back in 33rd in a 40-man field.

With that said, let’s take a look at Friday's qualifying results in full!

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After qualifying on Friday, here is the starting lineup for Saturday's NASCAR Cup Series race at Atlanta, with the leading lap time and gaps included.

Position	Driver	Car No.	Team	Lap Time / Gap
1	Joey Logano	22	Team Penske Ford	30.979sec
1	Josh Berry	21	Wood Brothers Racing Ford	30.979sec
3	Ryan Blaney	12	Team Penske Ford	+0.004
4	Austin Cindric	2	Team Penske Ford	+0.058
5	Ryan Preece	60	RFK Racing Ford	+0.151
6	Brad Keselowski	6	Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing Ford	+0.174
7	Cole Custer	41	Haas Factory Team Ford	+0.176
8	Zane Smith	38	Front Row Motorsports Ford	+0.181
9	Alex Bowman	48	Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet	+0.224
10	Chase Briscoe	19	Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota	+0.231
11	Kyle Larson	5	Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet	+0.258
12	Austin Dillon	3	Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet	+0.263
13	Chris Buescher	17	Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing Ford	+0.268
14	Ty Dillon	10	Kaulig Racing Chevrolet	+0.286
15	Chase Elliott	9	Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet	+0.305
16	Ty Gibbs	54	Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota	+0.319
17	Todd Gilliland	34	Front Row Motorsports Ford	+0.323
18	William Byron	24	Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet	+0.331
19	John Hunter Nemechek	42	Legacy Motor Club Toyota	+0.336
19	Riley Herbst	35	23XI Racing Toyota	+0.336
21	AJ Allmendinger	16	Kaulig Racing Chevrolet	+0.350
21	Justin Haley	7	Spire Motorsports Chevrolet	+0.350
23	Tyler Reddick	45	23XI Racing Toyota	+0.352
24	Bubba Wallace	23	23XI Racing Toyota	+0.374
25	Corey Lajoie	01	Rick Ware Racing Ford	+0.377
26	Erik Jones	43	Legacy Motor Club Toyota	+0.379
27	Noah Gragson	4	Front Row Motorsports Ford	+0.397
28	Christopher Bell	20	Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota	+0.426
29	Kyle Busch	8	Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet	+0.428
30	Carson Hocevar	77	Spire Motorsports Chevrolet	+0.430
31	Daniel Suarez	99	Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet	+0.467
32	Michael McDowell	71	Spire Motorsports Chevrolet	+0.483
33	Denny Hamlin	11	Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota	+0.484
34	Ross Chastain	1	Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet	+0.505
35	Shane van Gisbergen	88	Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet	+0.506
36	Connor Zilisch	87	Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet	+0.521
37	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	47	HYAK Motorsports Chevrolet	+0.558
38	BJ McLeod	78	Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet	+0.571
39	Cody Ware	51	Rick Ware Racing Ford	+0.585
40	David Starr	66	Garage 66 Ford	+3.134

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