Joey Logano has scored his third pole of the NASCAR Sprint Cup season with the fastest time in qualifying at Michigan International Speedway.

Logano jumped up the order in the final round of qualifying with a speed of 324.601km/h (201.698mph) to score his 17th career pole. He also won from the pole position in the series’ most recent trip to Michigan in June.

“I was surprised after the first couple of rounds when we weren’t as fast as the last time we were here,” said Logano.

“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 Todd 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.”

Jimmie Johnson will start second with Denny Hamlin and Kevin Harvick set to start on the second row.

Alex Bowman, making his second substitute start for the sidelined Dale Earnhardt Jr., landed the sixth starting spot in the Hendrick Motorsports No. 88 Chevrolet.

Meanwhile at the Xfinity Series race at Road America, Australia’s Owen Kelly will start on the second row after Alex Tagliani scored the pole.

Kelly, who is driving the Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota, is one of the race favourites and is one of three Australians set to start with James Davison set to start from 18th and Kenny Habul one place further back.

QUALIFYING: Pure Michigan 400 – Michigan International Speedway

POS.	CAR #	DRIVER	MAKE	SPONSOR	MPH	TIME	GAP
1	22	Joey Logano		Shell Pennzoil	201.698	35.697	Leader
2	48	Jimmie Johnson		Lowe’s	201.523	35.728	–0.031
3	11	Denny Hamlin		FedEx Office	201.416	35.747	–0.050
4	4	Kevin Harvick		Jimmy John’s Chevrolet SS	201.382	35.753	–0.056
5	24	Chase Elliott		NAPA Auto Parts	201.303	35.767	–0.070
6	88	Alex Bowman		Axalta / University of Michigan	201.207	35.784	–0.087
7	21	Ryan Blaney		Motocraft / Quick Lane Tire + Auto Center	201.202	35.785	–0.088
8	1	Jamie McMurray		Cessna Chevrolet	201.039	35.814	–0.117
9	19	Carl Edwards		ARRIS Surfboard	201.005	35.820	–0.123
10	31	Ryan Newman		Freightliner	200.462	35.917	–0.220
11	5	Kasey Kahne		Farmers Insurance	200.028	35.995	–0.298
12	42	Kyle Larson		Target	199.341	36.119	–0.422
13	20	Matt Kenseth		Dollar General	200.390	35.930	–0.233
14	78	Martin Truex Jr		Furniture Row / Denver Mattress	200.356	35.936	–0.239
15	14	Tony Stewart		Mobil 1 Chevrolet SS	200.323	35.942	–0.245
16	18	Kyle Busch		Interstate Batteries	200.245	35.956	–0.259
17	3	Austin Dillon		Cheerios	200.106	35.981	–0.284
18	2	Brad Keselowski		Miller Lite	200.017	35.997	–0.300
19	41	Kurt Busch		Monster Energy / Haas Automation Chevrolet SS	199.253	36.135	–0.438
20	27	Paul Menard		Sylvania / Menards	199.203	36.144	–0.447
21	34	Chris Buescher		Dockside Logistics	198.912	36.197	–0.500
22	16	Greg Biffle		Roush Performance Ford Fusion	198.791	36.219	–0.522
23	10	Danica Patrick		Aspen Dental Chevrolet SS	198.747	36.227	–0.530
24	6	Trevor Bayne		Advocare Ford Fusion	198.183	36.330	–0.633
25	47	AJ Allmendinger		Kroger/Scott Products	198.265	36.315	–0.618
26	43	Aric Almirola		Smithfield	198.178	36.331	–0.634
27	15	Clint Bowyer		5-Hour Energy	198.129	36.340	–0.643
28	13	Casey Mears		GEICO	197.553	36.446	–0.749
29	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr		Zest Ford Fusion	197.509	36.454	–0.757
30	44	Brian Scott		Twisted Tea	196.105	36.715	–1.018
31	7	Regan Smith		APC Chevrolet	196.084	36.719	–1.022
32	23	David Ragan		Dr. Pepper	196.057	36.724	–1.027
33	38	Landon Cassill		MDS Transport	195.567	36.816	–1.119
34	83	Matt DiBenedetto		Vector Security	195.159	36.893	–1.196
35	95	Michael McDowell		Thrivent Financial	194.458	37.026	–1.329
36	46	Michael Annett		Pilot Flying J	192.838	37.337	–1.640
37	98	Cole Whitt		TBD	192.072	37.486	–1.789
38	30	Josh Wise		Curtis Key Plumbing	191.939	37.512	–1.815
39	55	Reed Sorenson		VYDOX Plus	188.966	38.102	–2.405
40	32	Jeffrey Earnhardt		KeenParts.com / CorvetteParts.net	0.000	0.000	-35.697

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