HAMPTON -- Joey Logano's week just keeps getting better.
Logano, the defending Daytona 500 winner, took the pole for Sunday's Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway after topping Friday night's chaotic qualifying session that saw only 34 cars take to the track to post a qualifying time.
Logano's lap of 22.447 seconds (194.683 mph) in the No. 22 Ford was enough to knock Kevin Harvick off the top spot for his ninth-career Coors Light Pole Award.
Harvick held on for second with a lap of 28.608 (193.792), followed by Jamie McMurray, Denny Hamlin and Carl Edwards.
Logano's pole is his career-best start ever at Atlanta, where he used to race Legends cars with David Ragan and Reed Sorenson.
"It's been an amazing few weeks if you think about the Daytona 500 and everything that comes along with that, and then coming down here to Atlanta and starting first is special, especially for me here at this race track," said Logano. "I remember sitting in the corner and watching drivers up here talking about their qualifying run and racing Legends cars out front here for years, so there are a lot of memories here.
"Hopefully, we'll finish where we start. Everything is going well and we're just trying to keep the old train rolling here. It's going great and we'll see what happens on Sunday."
Friday's opening round only saw 34 of the 47 entrants making onto the track before the 15-minute session ended after several teams failed to make to through pre-qualifying inspection
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