Joey Logano is on pole for the Hollywood Casino 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway tomorrow, Sept. 27! The crazy part? He got it because Friday’s qualifying session was totally rained out, forcing officials to set the lineup by the rule book metric. Talk about a curveball!
Logano Rides the Rainout to the Front
Logano, driving the No. 22 Team Penske Ford, snagged the top spot and he is absolutely on fire lately. Just last week, on September 19, he celebrated a win at the Bass Pro Shops Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway. Before that, he took the Cook Out 400 at Richmond Raceway on August 15. The guy knows how to win, and now he’s got the best starting position for Kansas. Can he keep that insane momentum going from the front row? You bet he’s gonna try!
Blaney’s Bristol Fallout Hits Hard at Kansas
But while Logano is up front, Ryan Blaney is staring down a long road. He’s set to start way back in 25th position, all thanks to an incident with Carson Hocevar last week at Bristol. That contact clearly had consequences beyond the track, with the metric rule kicking him way down the order. Hocevar, meanwhile, is starting a respectable fourth in his No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet. It just shows how one moment can totally shift the game, especially when Mother Nature decides to mess with qualifying.
So, get ready for some serious racing tomorrow at Kansas. Logano has a huge advantage leading the pack, but you know Blaney in the No. 12 Team Penske Ford is gonna be driving with a chip on his shoulder, trying to climb out of that 25th spot. This Hollywood Casino 400 race on Sept. 27 is going to be wild!
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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