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NASCAR Atlanta 2016: Lineup, starting grid for Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500

Denny Hamlin looks to build off his Daytona 500 win last weekend, as the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup season moves on to Atlanta for the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 on Sunday.

Hamlin, who won the closest Daytona 500 in history one week ago, will start in 12th position Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Hamlin won at Atlanta in 2012 and finished third at the track in 2014.

Kurt Busch won the pole position for Sunday with a top qualifying speed of 191.582 mph, and he's trying for a second career win at the event, having also won way back in 2002. Busch finished in 10th place last week in Daytona.

It looked for a moment during Friday's qualifying that Kurt Busch would have to start behind his brother Kyle, but Kyle Busch failed a technical inspection by NASCAR inspectors, bumping him down to starting in 39th position, last in the field on Sunday.

Kyle Busch, last year's Sprint Cup champion, won Atlanta in 2013.

Fox will televise Sunday's Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 beginning at 12:30 p.m., with full race coverage starting at 1 p.m. Mike Joy will call the race play-by-play with Jeff Gordon, Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds as analysts.

Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 starting lineup

Position Driver Make Speed
1 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 191.582
2 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 190.130
3 Trevor Bayne Ford 189.987
4 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 189.961
5 Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. Ford 189.863
6 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 189.779
7 Carl Edwards Toyota 189.766
8 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 189.681
9 Martin Truex, Jr. Toyota 189.364
10 Brian Scott Ford 188.591
11 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 187.196
12 Denny Hamlin Toyota 190.385
13 Matt Kenseth Toyota 190.260
14 Greg Biffle Ford 190.182
15 Casey Mears Chevrolet 190.150
16 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Chevrolet 189.818
17 Brad Keselowski Ford 189.144
18 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 189.138
19 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 188.790
20 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 188.719
21 Paul Menard Chevrolet 188.713
22 A.J. Allmendinger Chevrolet 188.636
23 Ryan Blaney Ford 187.449
24 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 189.390
25 Danica Patrick Chevrolet 189.079
26 Joey Logano Ford 189.041
27 Aric Almirola Ford 188.565
28 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 188.028
29 Landon Cassill Ford 187.837
30 Regan Smith Chevrolet 187.392
31 Chris Buescher Ford 187.120
32 Michael McDowell Chevrolet 185.903
33 David Ragan Toyota 185.778
34 Michael Annett Chevrolet 185.617
35 Matt DiBenedetto Toyota 185.499
36 Cole Whitt Chevrolet 184.039
37 Josh Wise Chevrolet 183.820
38 Jeffrey Earnhardt Ford 180.769
39 Kyle Busch Toyota No speed