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The plans that NASCAR had to hold extended practice at the newly reprofiled Atlanta Motor Speedway were ruined by Mother Nature, as heavy rain forced all on-track activity stopped on Friday. In the interest of giving drivers and teams adequate time to learn the track, that's led to the cancellation of Saturday qualifying and the return of the qualifying algorithm used to determine the starting lineup so often in 2020 and 2021.

To compensate for the lost track time, NASCAR decided to cancel Saturday qualifying in favor of an extended practice session, leading to the starting lineup being set by the NASCAR rulebook. The starting order was determined by a metric accounting for each driver's finish and fastest lap last week at Phoenix as well as their points position.

As a result, Phoenix winner Chase Briscoe will start on the pole for the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500, giving him the first unofficial pole of his Cup career.

Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 starting lineup

  1. #14 - Chase Briscoe
  2. #12 - Ryan Blaney
  3. #22 - Joey Logano
  4. #18 - Kyle Busch
  5. #8 - Tyler Reddick
  6. #9 - Chase Elliott
  7. #1 - Ross Chastain
  8. #4 - Kevin Harvick
  9. #45 - Kurt Busch
  10. #10 - Aric Almirola
  11. #48 - Alex Bowman
  12. #24 - William Byron
  13. #99 - Daniel Suarez
  14. #17 - Chris Buescher
  15. #11 - Denny Hamlin
  16. #2 - Austin Cindric (R)
  17. #3 - Austin Dillon
  18. #42 - Ty Dillon
  19. #23 - Bubba Wallace
  20. #41 - Cole Custer
  21. #5 - Kyle Larson
  22. #31 - Justin Haley
  23. #43 - Erik Jones
  24. #6 - Brad Keselowski
  25. #38 - Todd Gilliland (R)
  26. #19 - Martin Truex Jr.
  27. #20 - Christopher Bell
  28. #47 - Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
  29. #34 - Michael McDowell
  30. #16 - Noah Gragson
  31. #21 - Harrison Burton (R)
  32. #51 - Cody Ware
  33. #7 - Corey LaJoie
  34. #78 - B.J. McLeod
  35. #15 - David Ragan
  36. #77 - Josh Bilicki
  37. #44 - Greg Biffle