Joey Logano and the No. 22 Autotrader Ford Fusion will start Sunday’s Food City 500 from the sixth position after posting a lap time of 15.071 seconds and a speed of 127.317 mph in Friday’s qualifying session at Bristol Motor Speedway. Logano was the fastest driver in the first two rounds of qualifying, but fought a loose racecar in the final session. The field will have two more practice sessions on Saturday before the 500-lap event on Sunday afternoon.

“It’s nice. On the outside is gonna be good,” said Logano. “It’s frustrating when you win the first two rounds and then you don’t really make it happen on the third one. It’s frustrating because you feel like you’ve got the pole sitting right here with the Autotrader Fusion, but I just got too loose in the last round. Half the battle is you’re trying not to wreck and then you’re also trying to go fast. I felt like I lost a lot in three and four just trying to keep the back from spinning around. It’s still not that bad. I’m mad at sixth, so at least that’s a good problem to have.”

The Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway will air live Sunday, April 19 at 1:00 p.m. ET on FOX. Race coverage will also be broadcast live on the Performance Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Channel 90.

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