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Joey Logano sweeps top starting spots at Michigan

Joey Logano led 138 laps in winning at Michigan in June (Getty Images)
Joey Logano led 138 laps in winning at Michigan in June (Getty Images)

Can Joey Logano win from the pole again at Michigan?

Logano got his second pole of the season Friday during qualifying for Sunday’s race at Michigan. He started first at the track in June and won the race, leading 138 of the race’s 200 laps.

“I was surprised after the first couple of rounds when we weren’t as fast as the last time we were here,” Logano said about Friday’s three-round qualifying session. “We were eighth going into the final round but great adjustments to find a little bit more speed out of this thing. I was down there waiting and [crew chief 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.”

Sunday’s race at Michigan will use the same lower-downforce rules tweaks that the Cup Series experimented with at the track in June. The reductions in downforce are expected to be used for the entire 2017 season.

Here’s how the field will line up behind Logano.

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

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