BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — Joey Logano has won his first career pole with the top qualifying lap at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Logano posted a lap at 124.630 mph to earn the first starting spot for Sunday’s race.
Kurt Busch has qualified second with a lap at 123.857. Dave Blaney qualified third at 123.849.
The top five was rounded out by four-time defending champion Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon.
Michael Waltrip entered the race for the first time since the season-opening Daytona 500 and made the race in a car owned by Prism Motorsports. Also making the race was Casey Mears and Terry Cook.
It will be Mears’ first start this season.
