Kurt Busch wins Atlanta pole, qualifying results for QuikTrip 500

Kyle Busch was the fastest of the 40 cars which will take the green flag for Sunday’s QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway but he failed post qualifying inspection leaving his brother Kurt to earn the pole.

Cars struggled to keep the handling coming off of turn four, in Friday’s qualifying session.

Jimmie Johnson is the most recent Atlanta winner in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Sunday’s race will consist of 325 laps for 500 miles. FOX will have television coverage of the race beginning at 1:00 pm ET with the green flag waiving at 1:16 pm ET.

Kyle Busch will start 39th. It’s worth mentioning that Bobby Labonte won the 2001 race from that position the furthest a winner has ever come from at Atlanta.

NASCAR Qualifying Results from Atlanta

1. Kurt Busch
2. Jamie McMurray
3. Trevor Bayne
4. Ryan Newman
5. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
6. Kevin Harvick
7. Carl Edwards
8. Austin Dillon
9. Martin Truex Jr.
10. Brian Scott
11. Kasey Kahne
12. Denny Hamlin
13. Matt Kenseth
14. Greg biffle
15. Casey Mears
16. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
17. Brad Keselowski
18. Ty Dillon
19. Jimmie Johnson
20. Kyle Larson
21. Paul Menard
22. AJ Allmendinger
23. Ryan Blaney
24. Chase Elliott
25. Danica Patrick
26. Joey Logano
27. Aric Almirola
28. Clint Bowyer
29. Landon Cassill
30. Regan Smith
31. Chris Buescher
32. Michael McDowell
33. David Ragan
34. Michael Annett
35. Matt Dibenedetto
36. Cole Whitt
37. Josh Wise
38. Jeffrey Earnhardt
39. Kyle Busch – DQ