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Kyle Larson won the pole for Sunday’s Auto Club 400 in Friday qualifying at Auto Club Speedway.
Larson, who has finished second the last three Cup races in a row, also was fastest in Friday’s lone practice.
Check out the full results from Friday’s qualifying session here:
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1
Kyle Larson
Larson is on a roll in his No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet.
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2
Denny Hamlin
Hamlin was second-fastest in Friday’s lone Cup practice.
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3
Brad Keselowski
Prior to winning at ACS in 2015, Keselowski had been downright terrible at the track with an average finish of 23.3 over his first six career starts.
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4
Martin Truex Jr.
Truex Jr. already has one win in the bank this season, but this is not one of his favorite tracks. He’s not only never won here in 16 career starts, but also has never had a single top-five finish.
5
Ryan Newman
Newman is riding high after breaking a 127-race winless streak by going to Victory Lane last Sunday in Phoenix.
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6
Matt Kenseth
With three career wins at ACS, he’s one of the favorites to contend every time he comes here.
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7
Kevin Harvick
Harvick is coming off back-to-back runner-up finishes at Auto Club and would like to move up one spot this Sunday.
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8
Jamie McMurray
Like Larson, his Chip Ganassi Racing teammate, McMurray was quick all day Friday in his No. 1 Chevy.
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9
Kyle Busch
Kyle Busch also owns three wins at ACS and will roll off ninth Sunday.
10
Daniel Suárez
Suárez is still learning in his rookie season, but is coming off a nice run at Phoenix.
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11
Austin Dillon
Dillon is a big fan of Auto Club Speedway after winning the pole for last year’s race. But he’s hoping for better results this time around, as he failed to lead a single lap and finished just 24th a year ago.
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12
Kasey Kahne
Kahne has finished in the top 10 in half of his 20 career starts at the 2-mile track, but not since 2013. He won here in 2006.
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13
Chase Elliott
Elliott enters the race second behind only Larson in the Cup Series points after a strong start to his second season. He’ll start 13th as he narrowly failed to make the final round of qualifying — for the first time this year.
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14
Erik Jones
The Cup rookie is just happy his No. 77 Furniture Row Racing Toyota wasn’t damaged when it was riding in the back of the FRR hauler involved in a hit-and-run accident on the way to Fontana. He will start 14th.
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15
Kurt Busch
Busch’s only win at Auto Club came way back in 2003, but he’s usually good here — as seven career top-five and 12 top-10 finishes attest.
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16
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
Stenhouse Jr. is hoping to build off of last Sunday’s fourth-place finish at Phoenix.
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17
Clint Bowyer
Bowyer continues to try to find his way in his new No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford ride. He’ll start 17th.
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18
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Earnhardt has never won at this track in 24 previous tries and, in fact, his 28 career laps led are the fewest of any current NASCAR track where he’s run more than six races.
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19
Ryan Blaney
Blaney is attempting to continue building on his early-season positive momentum. But he got out late in qualifying after clearing inspection, and did not advance out of Round 2.
20
Chris Buescher
Buescher will start 20th.
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21
Ty Dillon
The Cup rookie is making his first career series start at ACS and will start 21st.
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22
Danica Patrick
Saturday is her birthday. She’s hoping that for a belated present she can better her previous career-best Fontana finish of 14th.
23
Paul Menard
Yes, Menard is still driving in this series. He was 27th in his No. 27 Richard Childress Racing Chevy during Friday’s practice. He made it out of Round 1 in qualifying, but did not make an attempt in Round 2, saving his tires.
24
AJ Allmendinger
Allmendinger will start 24th after making it out of Round 1 of qualifying, but also elected not to make an attempt in Round 2.
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25
Michael McDowell
McDowell narrowly missed advancing out of Round 1 in qualifying and will start 25th.
26
Landon Cassill
Cassill will start 26th Sunday.
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27
David Ragan
Ragan will start 27th.
28
Cole Whitt
Whitt will roll off 28th.
29
Reed Sorenson
Sorenson will start 29th.
30
Corey LaJoie
LaJoie will start 30th and will try to stay out of trouble — which he has had difficulty doing thus far this season.
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31
Aric Almirola
Almirola will start 31st after he aborted his first two qualifying run attempts on Friday, and then was slow on his third.
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32
Jeffrey Earnhardt
Earnhardt, Dale Jr.’s nephew, is set to roll off 32nd.
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33
Derrike Cope
Cope, winner of the 1990 Daytona 500, will start 33rd Sunday.
34
Timmy Hill
Hill will start 34th and can always say he staerted this race in front of the likes of Joey Logano and Jimmie Johnson.
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35
Joey Logano
Logano has yet to win as he prepares to make his 11th career start at ACS. He’ll be trying to do it from the 34th starting position after his car failed to clear pre-qualifying inspection in time on Friday.
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36
Trevor Bayne
Bayne continues to struggle to find the consistency he needs to succeed in the Cup Series. He’ll start 36th Sunday after his car failed to clear inspection in time to get on the track for qualifying.
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37
Jimmie Johnson
The fact that Johnson has won a record six times at ACS makes him a prohibitive favorite in this race. The fact that he spun out during Friday’s lone practice and will start from 37th after skipping qualifying might be cause for concern.
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38
Matt DiBenedetto
DiBenedetto will start next-to-last in the 39-car field after failing to clear inspection in time to qualify.
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39
Gray Gaulding
Gaudling will start last in the 39-car field after being the car with the least number of owner points among the five who did not take the track for qualifying.
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