For the fifth time this season and in his career, Michael McDowell will start from the pole position and lead the NASCAR Cup Series to victory on Sunday.
He took the pole awards in Atlanta for the season and also made history.Michael McDowell has now won four consecutive superroad positions. Atlanta-1, Talladega, Daytona-2 and now Atlanta-2. The last driver to achieve four consecutive positions at the speedway was Bill Elliott between 1985 and 1986,Almost 40 years ago.
It is surprising that McDowell did not achieve a single pole position in his career Today, after 27 races, he has five. The speed that Front Row Motorsports has found this season is incredible. Although primarily on high-speed roads, McDowell was also the pole-sitter at Gateway. The promotion to a leading Ford program and the Team Penske alliance paid off.
The fact is that they also surpassed Penske. McDowell’s five poles are more than Ryan Blaney, Joey Logano and Austin Cindric combined (4).
This program is moving in the right direction.The last time the Cup Series was in Atlanta, McDowell won the pole, had a top 10 and Gilliland led the most laps. What will they get this Sunday when the playoffs begin? This FRM organization can play spoilsport from the start.The first race of the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs is a day away.
Michael McDowell, who is not in the playoffs, will lead the group. He will do his best to get another win for the team no. 34 before moving to Spire Motorsports next season Ryan Blaney will start on the front row with Michael McDowell. Ford dominated the race, taking the top five and seven of the top 10.Todd Gilliland, Josh Berry, Austin Cindric, Kyle Larson, Joey Logano, Austin Dillon, William Byron and Chase Briscoe finished on top 10.
Harrison Burton qualified P12 with Noah Gragson P13. After that, Ford experienced a slight drop in speed to P17 where Chris Buescher took off. For the most part, it looks like Sunday will be all about the blue ovals and their dark horse mustangs.Michael McDowell made the first move. Now it’s time to turn this pole position into a checkered flag.
