Joey Logano wins third-straight pole at Martinsville

Joey Logano is the newest qualifying master at Martinsville.

Logano, who swept the pole positions at Martinsville in 2015, will start first for the third-straight time at the half-mile track on Sunday. Logano’s lap of 97.043 MPH just edged out Kasey Kahne, who will start second. Brian Vickers, Paul Menard and Ryan Newman round out the top five.

Logano has never won at Martinsville. He finished third in the spring race in 2015 and a famous 37th in the fall race after he was punted into the wall by Matt Kenseth as revenge for a spin that happened two weeks earlier at Kansas. Logano led a combined 315 laps in both those races and had the best car throughout the fall race. He was in first when Kenseth took him out of contention.

40 cars are attempting the race so no one misses out. Here’s how they’ll line up.

1. Joey Logano
2. Kasey Kahne
3. Brian Vickers
4. Paul Menard
5. Ryan Newman
6. AJ Allmendinger
7. Kyle Busch
8. Denny Hamlin
9. Matt Kenseth
10. Chase Elliott
11. Brad Keselowski
12. Ryan Blaney
13. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
14. Greg Biffle
15. Jamie McMurray
16. Martin Truex Jr.
17. Kyle Larson
18. Casey Mears
19. Kevin Harvick
20. Aric Almirola
21. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
22. David Ragan
23. Kurt Busch
24. Jimmie Johnson
25. Carl Edwards
26. Brian Scott
27. Michael McDowell
28. Danica Patrick
29. Austin Dillon
30. Clint Bowyer
31. Cole Whitt
32. Trevor Bayne
33. Landon Cassill
34. Regan Smith
35. Matt DiBenedetto
36. Chris Buescher
37. Joey Gase
38. Michael Annett
39. Josh Wise
40. Reed Sorenson