Well, it doesn’t get closer than that — at least not under the current scoring system.
Joey Logano will lead the field to green in Saturday’s Quaker State 400 Available at Walmart at EchoPark Speedway, after posting the EXACT SAME lap time as defacto teammate Josh Berry. Team Penske drivers Ryan Blaney and Austin Cindric will start third and fourth. Ryan Preece rounded out the top-five.
Starting Lineup:
| Pos | # | Driver | Team | Time | Diff | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske AutoTrader Ford | 30.979 | 0.000 | 178.960 |
| 2 | 21 | Josh Berry | Wood Brothers Racing DEX Imaging Ford | 30.979 | 0.000 | 178.960 |
| 3 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Team Penske Advance Auto Parts Ford | 30.983 | 0.004 | 178.937 |
| 4 | 2 | Austin Cindric | Team Penske Menards / Quaker State Ford | 31.037 | 0.058 | 178.626 |
| 5 | 60 | Ryan Preece | RFK Racing Solomon Plumbing Ford | 31.130 | 0.151 | 178.092 |
| 6 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | RFK Racing Consumer Cellular Ford | 31.153 | 0.174 | 177.960 |
| 7 | 41 | Cole Custer | Haas Factory Team HaasTooling.com Ford | 31.155 | 0.176 | 177.949 |
| 8 | 38 | Zane Smith | Front Row Motorsports Aaron's Lucky Dog Ford | 31.160 | 0.181 | 177.920 |
| 9 | 48 | Alex Bowman | Hendrick Motorsports Ally Pride Chevrolet | 31.203 | 0.224 | 177.675 |
| 10 | 19 | Chase Briscoe | Joe Gibbs Racing Bass Pro Shops Toyota | 31.210 | 0.231 | 177.635 |
| 11 | 5 | Kyle Larson | Hendrick Motorsports HendrickCars.com Chevrolet | 31.237 | 0.258 | 177.482 |
| 12 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing Bass Pro Shops / Winchester Chevrolet | 31.242 | 0.263 | 177.453 |
| 13 | 17 | Chris Buescher | RFK Racing Cinnamon Toast Crunch Ford | 31.247 | 0.268 | 177.425 |
| 14 | 10 | Ty Dillon | Kaulig Racing Mark III Employee Benefits Chevrolet | 31.265 | 0.286 | 177.323 |
| 15 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Hendrick Motorsports NAPA / Children's Chevrolet | 31.284 | 0.305 | 177.215 |
| 16 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing Sonic / Grillo's Pickles Toyota | 31.298 | 0.319 | 177.136 |
| 17 | 34 | Todd Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports Rinnai Ford | 31.302 | 0.323 | 177.113 |
| 18 | 24 | William Byron | Hendrick Motorsports Axalta Chevrolet | 31.310 | 0.331 | 177.068 |
| 19 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Pye Barker Fire & Safety Toyota | 31.314 | 0.335 | 177.045 |
| 20 | 35 | Riley Herbst | 23XI Racing Tree Top Toyota | 31.315 | 0.336 | 177.040 |
| 21 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | Kaulig Racing LeafFilter Chevrolet | 31.329 | 0.350 | 176.961 |
| 22 | 7 | Justin Haley | Spire Motorsports Gainbridge Chevrolet | 31.329 | 0.350 | 176.961 |
| 23 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | 23XI Racing Upper Deck Toyota | 31.331 | 0.352 | 176.949 |
| 24 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 23XI Racing Leidos Toyota | 31.353 | 0.374 | 176.825 |
| 25 | 01 | Corey LaJoie | Rick Ware Racing Schluter Systems Ford | 31.356 | 0.377 | 176.808 |
| 26 | 43 | Erik Jones | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Dollar Tree Toyota | 31.358 | 0.379 | 176.797 |
| 27 | 4 | Noah Gragson | Front Row Motorsports Zep Ford | 31.376 | 0.397 | 176.696 |
| 28 | 20 | Christopher Bell | Joe Gibbs Racing Rheem Toyota | 31.405 | 0.426 | 176.532 |
| 29 | 8 | Kyle Busch | Richard Childress Racing SENIX Chevrolet | 31.407 | 0.428 | 176.521 |
| 30 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | Spire Motorsports Chili's Ride The Dente Chevrolet | 31.409 | 0.430 | 176.510 |
| 31 | 99 | Daniel Suarez | Trackhouse Racing Quaker State Chevrolet | 31.446 | 0.467 | 176.302 |
| 32 | 71 | Michael McDowell | Spire Motorsports Delaware Life Chevrolet | 31.462 | 0.483 | 176.213 |
| 33 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing King's Hawaiian Toyota | 31.463 | 0.484 | 176.207 |
| 34 | 1 | Ross Chastain | Trackhouse Racing Wendy's Chevrolet | 31.484 | 0.505 | 176.089 |
| 35 | 88 | Shane Van Gisbergen | Trackhouse Racing WeatherTech Chevrolet | 31.485 | 0.506 | 176.084 |
| 36 | 87 | Connor Zilisch | Trackhouse Racing Red Bull Chevrolet | 31.500 | 0.521 | 176.000 |
| 37 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse | HYAK Motorsports Hungry Jack Chevrolet | 31.537 | 0.558 | 175.794 |
| 38 | 78 | BJ McLeod | Live Fast Motorsports Pigeon Forge Racing Coaster Chevrolet | 31.550 | 0.571 | 175.721 |
| 39 | 51 | Cody Ware | Rick Ware Racing Jacob Construction Ford | 31.564 | 0.585 | 175.643 |
| 40 | 66 | David Starr | Garage 66 WNB Factory Ford | 34.113 | 3.134 | 162.519 |
