Final qualifying update: Joey Logano finished with the fastest lap in the second round of qualifying and claimed pole position. Austin Cindric joins him on the front row. Christopher Bell spun out on his second round qualifying lap. The top ten in the starting lineup will be as follows, with the full starting lineup at the bottom of the page.
- Joey Logano
- Austin Cindric
- Ryan Blaney
- Brad Keselowski
- Aric Almirola
- Kevin Harvick
- Chris Buescher
- Chase Briscoe
- Kyle Larson
- Christopher Bell
First round update: Every driver got their opportunity and all but one finished their qualifying lap. BJ McLeod spun out on his qualifying lap and will start at the back of the pack. The ten fastest that advance to the second round are as follows:
- Ryan Blaney
- Joey Logano
- Aric Almirola
- Brad Keselowski
- Chris Buescher
- Chase Briscoe
- Christopher Bell
- Kyle Larson
- Austin Cindric
- Kevin Harvick
UPDATE: Qualifying got started at 11:36 a.m. ET.
The NASCAR Cup Series will be in Atlanta, Georgia for this weekend’s races. The 2023 Ambetter Health 400 will take place on Sunday, March 19 at 3 p.m. ET on Fox. Qualifying for the race will run on Saturday, March 18. It will be an early day for the Cup Series as qualifying starts at 11:35 a.m. ET on FS1.
The Atlanta Motor Speedway will use the single-lap qualifying format. Instead of splitting the field into two groups, every driver will run a single lap and the top ten finishers will advance to the second round. Those ten drivers will then compete for pole position.
Kyle Larson and defending race winner William Byron head into qualifying as +900 favorites to win Sunday’s race at DraftKings Sportsbook. Kyle Busch follows at +1000. Chase Briscoe claimed pole position a year ago and is +4000 to win the race this year.
Here is the full entry list for Sunday’s Ambetter Health 400 Cup Series race. We’ll update it with the full starting lineup as qualifying wraps.
2023 Ambetter Health 400 starting lineup
| Pos. | Driver | Car # |
|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Driver | Car # |
| 1 | Joey Logano | 22 |
| 2 | Austin Cindric | 2 |
| 3 | Ryan Blaney | 12 |
| 4 | Brad Keselowski | 6 |
| 5 | Aric Almirola | 10 |
| 6 | Kevin Harvick | 4 |
| 7 | Chris Buescher | 17 |
| 8 | Chase Briscoe | 14 |
| 9 | Kyle Larson | 5 |
| 10 | Christopher Bell | 20 |
| 11 | Kyle Busch | 8 |
| 12 | William Byron | 24 |
| 13 | Michael McDowell | 34 |
| 14 | Austin Dillon | 3 |
| 15 | Alex Bowman | 48 |
| 16 | Denny Hamlin | 11 |
| 17 | Tyler Reddick | 45 |
| 18 | Ross Chastain | 1 |
| 19 | Bubba Wallace | 23 |
| 20 | Justin Haley | 31 |
| 21 | Josh Berry | 9 |
| 22 | Noah Gragson | 42 |
| 23 | Todd Gilliland | 38 |
| 24 | Ryan Preece | 41 |
| 25 | Daniel Suarez | 99 |
| 26 | Ty Dillon | 77 |
| 27 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 47 |
| 28 | Erik Jones | 43 |
| 29 | Martin Truex Jr | 19 |
| 30 | A.J. Allmendinger | 16 |
| 31 | Corey Lajoie | 7 |
| 32 | Cody Ware | 51 |
| 33 | Harrison Burton | 21 |
| 34 | J.J. Yeley | 15 |
| 35 | Ty Gibbs | 54 |
| 36 | B.J. McLeod | 78 |