Ryan Blaney, the recent Cup champion who came within 0.003 seconds of Daniel Suárez, won the pole position to lead the field to green. Ford drivers own nine of the first 10 starting positions in Sunday’s race — including all four members of the Team Penske/Wood Brothers Racing alliance on the front two rows.

HAMPTON, Ga. — Ryan Blaney will start on the pole for Sunday’s Cup race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, as Fords took 10 of the top 11 spots in qualifying. Blaney earned his 11th career pole — and first at Atlanta — with a lap of 179.371 mph around the 1.54-mile speedway.

Ryan Blaney posted the fastest lap in Saturday\\\"s Busch Light Pole Qualifying at Atlanta Motor Speedway at 179.371 mph in the No. 12 Team Penske Ford. Right behind him was a trio of Team Penske-affiliated teammates in Austin Cindric (179.

NASCAR Cup Series' Ryan Blaney gets the pole position after Saturday’s qualifying session for Sunday's Ambetter Health 400 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Atlanta Motor Speedway has become a "restricted speed" track which makes it prone to upset winners. Similar to the Daytona 500.

Ryan Blaney won his first pole position of the season – 11th of his career – Saturday morning at Atlanta Motor Speedway – his two Team Penske teammates, Austin

With a lap of 30.908 seconds, Ryan Blaney won the pole for Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.