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NASCAR Cup Michigan
Joey Logano beats Almirola for Michigan Cup pole
Joey Logano earned his second pole of the 2019 Monster Energy Cup Series season, edging Aric Almirola by just 0.019 seconds at Michigan International Speedway.
Nick DeGroot
Edited: Jun 8, 2019, 5:28 PM
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Logano's lap of 187.139mph was fastest of all after the single-car qualifying session, earning the Team Penske driver his 22nd career pole and fourth at Michigan.
"Such a huge advantage to be on the front row here at Michigan and how important it is to have a pole here in Ford's backyard and Roger's backyard to have a good run here," Logano told FS1.
"Glad we can deliver so far at least in qualifying. Hopefully in the race this Shell Pennzoil Ford has as much speed and handling to be able to stay up there."
Ford locked out the front row with Stewart-Haas Racing's Aric Almirola timing in second at 187.047mph.
"I feel good about it," said Almirola. "Obviously we have a lot of speed. These Ford Mustangs are really fast.
Kevin Harvick, Denny Hamlin and Clint Bowyer rounded out the top-five.
Pocono race winner Kyle Busch qualified down in 15th, running an identical lap time to Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Martin Truex Jr.
Prior to qualifying, Truex's No. 19 Toyota twice failed inspection. As a result, the team's lead engineer was ejected for the remainder of the weekend.
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Cla # Driver Manufacturer Laps Time Gap Interval Mph 1 22 
Joey Logano Ford 1 38.474 187.139 2 10 Aric Almirola Ford 1 38.493 0.019 0.019 187.047 3 4 Kevin Harvick Ford 1 38.522 0.048 0.029 186.906 4 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 1 38.526 0.052 0.004 186.887 5 14 Clint Bowyer Ford 1 38.549 0.075 0.023 186.775 6 21 Paul Menard Ford 1 38.573 0.099 0.024 186.659 7 1 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 1 38.590 0.116 0.017 186.577 8 2 Brad Keselowski Ford 1 38.605 0.131 0.015 186.504 9 41 
Daniel Suarez Ford 1 38.612 0.138 0.007 186.471 10 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford 1 38.620 0.146 0.008 186.432 11 8 Daniel Hemric Chevrolet 1 38.632 0.158 0.012 186.374 12 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 1 38.639 0.165 0.007 186.340 13 12 Ryan Blaney Ford 1 38.661 0.187 0.022 186.234 14 20 Erik Jones Toyota 1 38.705 0.231 0.044 186.022 15 19 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 1 38.714 0.240 0.009 185.979 16 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 1 38.714 0.240 0.000 185.979 17 9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 1 38.732 0.258 0.018 185.893 18 6 Ryan Newman Ford 1 38.792 0.318 0.060 185.605 19 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 1 38.793 0.319 0.001 185.600 20 88 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 1 38.878 0.404 0.085 185.195 21 24 William Byron Chevrolet 1 38.925 0.451 0.047 184.971 22 34 Michael McDowell Ford 1 38.927 0.453 0.002 184.962 23 42 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 1 38.927 0.453 0.000 184.962 24 38 David Ragan Ford 1 38.963 0.489 0.036 184.791 25 13 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 1 39.030 0.556 0.067 184.473 26 36 Matt Tifft Ford 1 39.040 0.566 0.010 184.426 27 43 Darrell Wallace Jr. Chevrolet 1 39.122 0.648 0.082 184.040 28 47 Ryan Preece Chevrolet 1 39.191 0.717 0.069 183.716 29 95 Matt DiBenedetto Toyota 1 39.271 0.797 0.080 183.341 30 00 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 1 39.274 0.800 0.003 183.327 31 37 Chris Buescher Chevrolet 1 39.296 0.822 0.022 183.225 32 32 Corey Lajoie Ford 1 39.401 0.927 0.105 182.736 33 51 Kyle Weatherman Chevrolet 1 39.801 1.327 0.400 180.900 34 52 Josh Bilicki Ford 1 40.177 1.703 0.376 179.207 35 77 Quin Houff Chevrolet 1 40.271 1.797 0.094 178.789 36 15 Garrett Smithley Chevrolet 1 40.435 1.961 0.164 178.064
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