HAMPTON, Ga. - As big as winning the DAYTONA 500 is, there's just little time to celebrate when it comes to the NASCAR Cup Series.
So just six days after William Byron drove the Hendrick Motorsports No. 24 Chevrolet to victory lane for the second straight year in the Great American Race, the series was back on track, this time at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Saturday for qualifying.
Alex Bowman led the Hendrick Motorsports contingent in the session and will roll off 13th for Sunday's main event. His teammates weren't far behind with Byron set to start 16th, Kyle Larson 17th and Chase Elliott 19th.
Byron has won twice at Atlanta Motor Speedway since its reconfiguration ahead of the 2022 season. Elliott also has a victory at his home track during that time.
Coverage of Sunday's race will begin at 3 p.m. on Fox.
NASCAR Cup qualifying results, starting grid at Atlanta
- Ryan Blaney, No. 12
- Austin Cindric, No. 2
- Josh Berry, No. 21
- Joey Logano, No. 22
- Todd Gilliland, No. 34
- Kyle Busch, No. 8
- Zane Smith, No. 38
- Chris Buescher, No. 17
- Brad Keselowski, No. 6
- Noah Gragson, No. 4
- Ryan Preece, No. 60
- AJ Allmendinger, No. 16
- Alex Bowman, No. 48 Ally Chevrolet
- Bubba Wallace, No. 23
- Austin Dillon, No. 3
- William Byron, No. 24 Liberty University Chevrolet
- Kyle Larson, No. 5 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet
- Tyler Reddick, No. 45
- Chase Elliott, No. 9 NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet
- Ty Dillon, No. 10
- Justin Haley, No. 7
- John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42
- Cole Custer No. 41
- Michael McDowell, No. 71
- Chase Briscoe, No. 19
- Carson Hocevar, No. 77
- Riley Herbst, No. 35
- Erik Jones, No. 43
- Shane van Gisbergen, No. 88
- Daniel Suarez, No. 99
- Cody Ware, No. 51
- Christopher Bell, No. 20
- Ross Chastain, No. 1
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47
- Corey LaJoie, No. 01
- Ty Gibbs, No. 54
- Denny Hamlin, No. 11
- B.J. McLeod, No. 78
- JJ Yeley, No. 44