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congratulations thank you appreciate it for the fifth time this year Michael McDow will lead the field to green and while we're talking about important numbers McDow becomes the first driver since Bill Elliott back in the mid 1980s to win four consecutive polls at drafting tracks that's pretty cool and if you're going to do it in Atlanta right you think about The Elliots and Georgia such a connection you see how the playoff drivers kind of sprinkled through the front six rows they don't dominate the front as we see at other tracks Chase OT back there in row eight Chris busher Ross Chastain both those guys coming here not in the playoffs kazlowski gives on and you're looking for those little yellow tags that designate the playoff drivers Christopher Bell Daniel Suarez back there on row 15 and this is only the second time that Denny will start lost hi I'm Parker cerman for more access like this from Pit Road be sure to click and subscribe to the Motorsports at NBC YouTube channel are you ready for the Nascar Cup series playoffs to begin well that's what's happening right here right now as we welcome you back to Atlanta Motor Speedway it's time for qualifying in the cup series yes top 16 were determined last weekend in Darlington we're ready to go here in Atlanta here's a specialist in qualifying on these kind of tracks Michael McDow in the Blaster 34 for front row Motorsports is it going to be another front row appearance here today in Atlanta the question I had for you Steve is do you want to sit on the pole here and when I ask that clearly everybody wants to go as fast as they can go right but with the summer look how fast that is with the summer heat that Kyle bus just talked about and potentially the track getting more slick can you go too fast and get your car in a situation where it doesn't drive well and then you can't do the things you need to do tomorrow we don't know the answer I don't think but that is that would be my concern if I was driving that 34 is this thing too fast is Todd Gill and his teammate and the tracker is just running away down in the green Todd lid laps here earlier in the year in just the second race on the season so that'll be positive memories as he comes to the line to Steve's Point almost half a second to the better and look at that front row WS one and two Dent Wizard they should set up somewhere on Pit Road there's a few cars tomorrow in the middle of the race they're going to need a little help the Dent Wizard I think Dent would be a I don't know if the Dent Wizard could fix what's going to happen here tomorrow get ready SL as we get ready for Ryan blay look at that 3/10 to the good well look at boom P1 there's some phenomenal speed that's how you do it if you're in the playoffs good job P1 [Music] watch the Speed that's what makes this track so amazing 178 at the end of the straightaway it's only going to slow down to 174 in the middle of the corner 173 right there at the tightest part of the corner and Kyle Larson slots himself into the fourth position that pushes one of his teammates Alex Bowman out and here's how it shook out the playoff drivers in yellow yeah Ryan blay you know Michael McDow has been the guy who got a beat for the pole Ryan blay and Pinsky brought some speed Joy Lano in third in this top 10 Showdown next up it's Josh Barry and he's looking good so far he's in the green Austin Dylan went a little bit quicker than he did in round one Josh Bary same thing a little bit quicker and it's going to be quick enough to go to the top Stevie off to a good start in the green very good you can see the speed of the 38 brings the speed to the line gives a little back though here in 1 and two and now here this is where those temperatures of the engine so important it's a second run how much air do they have moving through the engine verse the four it's close it looks good at this end of the racetrack I don't believe there's enough straightaway to give it back it's actually trending a bigger Advantage gillan's going to lead Froggy's Way to the Top he sure does this front row team we we talk a lot about the three in a row out of McDow but whatever they have Works across both cars 600s of a second off at the moment it's kind of stabilized it's going to stay there it's going away just a little bit and Gillan stays on top lagano 5ifth I think this is the one well they probably both have poor Gillan nervous but his own teammate beat him at Daytona I know he's shaking his head already he knows what's coming yeah we spent a lot of time with Todd U really really good young man I've know him for a long time he and Harrison spent a lot of time racing together and uh it's fun you know experiencing it with them right experiencing the opportunity to sit on the pole getting beaten by a teammate having those conversations watching Young Drivers go through these experiences kind of make let you relive it again and he's saying come on Michael you're not going to be my teammate next year let me have this pole position as mcdal who won the poll here last time out he's won the last three polls on drafting style tracks he's a specialist the Daytona 500 winner and he's in the green another hand kind of blocking that opening but to your point Jeff quickly back on the wheel for turns three and four and look at it track in the middle of the corner that's either rear travel just in the corner or the car rolling the corner so well but a huge lap it's a repeat so far of Daytona McDow gilland on the front row for front row Motorsports going to be close definitely on the front row again great work everybody Todd Gillan says he's done it to me again the 12 is not making time it's losing time just fractions of a second but it's not going to be and it's going to be another pole position for front row Motorsports that even 31 second lap by Ryan blay Michael McDow has done it again fifth career Poll for the front row Motorsports Ford driver oh my God it's so close so close not a sweep of the front row for the teammates but Michael McDow will St from the pole again who would have thought for this guy who started out his racing career in open wheelers that he would turn out to be a drafting track specialist and a Daytona 500 winner let's hear from him here's Kim and with this pole win he ties Carl Kyle Larson for the most on the season at five polls earned how good did that lap feel uh it's just great I'm just so proud of everybody at front row um we knew we'd have a shot based on Daytona we sat on the poll here earlier but uh to get this blaster Ford Mustang uh it's fifth poll of the year uh we still got Talladega ahead too so uh we're trying to win the most polls Watkins Glenn's coming up so just keep fighting hard but uh really proud of the effort outright speed you have we know that but handling matters here at Atlanta tomorrow things will be way different in the draft conditions a little bit different as well what do you have for tomorrow you know that's one thing I think we've done well is uh even here in the spring we l a lot of laps our car drove really well and uh we were up front all day and had Daytona we had a lot of speed and obviously crashed there at the end so it hasn't been a compromise you know our qualifying effort hasn't hurt our race effort um we just got a lot of speed in these Ford Mustang so it's been uh pretty wild congratulations thank you appreciate it for the fifth time this year Michael McDow will lead the field to green and while we're talking about important numbers McDow becomes the first driver since Bill Elliot back in the mid 1980s to win four consecutive polls at drafting tracks that's pretty cool and if you're going to do it in Atlanta right you think about The Elliots and Georgia such a connection you see how the playoff drivers kind of sprinkled through the front six rows they don't dominate the front as we see at other tracks Chase Elliot back there in row eight Chris busher Ross Chastain both those guys coming here not in the playoffs kazlowski gives on and you're looking for those little yellow tags that designate the playoff drivers Christopher Bell Daniel Suarez back there on Road 15 and this is only the second time that Denny will start last hi I'm Parker cigman for more access like this from Pit Road be sure to click and subscribe to the Motorsports at NBC YouTube channel are you ready for the Nascar Cup series playoffs to begin well that's what's happening right here right now as we welcome you back to Atlanta Motor Speedway it's time for qualifying in the cup series yes top 16 were determined last weekend in Darlington where ready to go here in Atlanta is's a specialist on in qualifying on these kind of tracks Michael McDow in the Blaster 34 for front row Motorsports is it going to be another front row appearance here today in Atlanta the question I have for you Steve is do you want to sit on the pole here and when I ask that clearly everybody wants to go as fast as they can go right but with the summer look how fast that is with the summer heat that Kyle bus just talked about and potentially the track getting more slick can you go too fast and get your car in a situation where it doesn't drive well and then you can't do the things you need to do tomorrow uh we don't know the answer I don't think but that is that would be my concern if I was driving that 34 is this thing too fast his Todd gilland his teammate and the tracker is just running away down in the green Todd laps here earlier in the year in just the second race on the season so that'll be positive memories as he comes to the line to Steve's Point almost half a second to the better and look at that front row fors one and two Dent Wizard they should set up somewhere on Pit Road there's a few cars tomorrow in the middle of the race are going to need a little help the Dent Wizard I think Dent would be a I don't know if the Dent Wizard could fix what's going to happen here tomorrow get ready as we get ready for Ryan Blain look at that 3/10 to the good well look at boom P1 there's some phenomenal speed that's how you do it if you're in the playoffs good job P1 watch the Speed that's what makes this track so amazing 178 at the end of the straightaway it's only going to slow down to 174 in the middle of the corner 173 right there at the tightest part of the [Music] corner and Kyle Larson slots himself into the fourth position that pushes one of his teammates Alex Bowman out and here's how it shook out the playoff drivers in yellow yeah Ryan blay you know Michael mow has been the guy who got to beat for the pole Ryan blay and Pinsky brought some speed Jo legado in third in this top 10 Showdown next up it's Josh Barry and he's looking good so far he's in the green Austin Dylan went a little bit quicker than he did in round one Josh Mary same thing a little bit quicker and it's going to be quick enough to go to the top Stevie off to a good start in the green very good you can see the raw speed of the 38 brings the speed to the line gives a little back though here in one and two and now here this is where those temperatures of the engine so important it's a second run how much air do they have moving through the engine verse the four it's close it looks good at this end of the race TR track I don't believe there's enough straightaway to give it back it's actually trending a bigger Advantage gillan's going to LEAP Froggy's Way to the Top he sure does this front row team we talk a lot about the three in a row out of McDow but whatever they have Works across both cars 600s of a second off at the moment it's kind of stabilized it's going to stay there it's going away just a little B and Gillan stays on top legano fifth I think this is the one well they probably both have poor Gillan nervous but his own teammate beat him at Daytona know he's shaking his head already he knows what's coming yeah we spent a lot of time with Todd uh really really good young man doning for a long time he in haris and spent a lot of time racing together and uh it's fun you know experiencing it with them right experiencing the opportunity to sit on the pole getting beaten by a teammate having those conversations watching Young Drivers go through these experiences kind of make let you relive it again and he's saying come on Michael you're not going to be my teammate next year let me have this pole position as mcdal who won the poll here last time out he's won the last three polls on drafting style tracks he's a specialist the Daytona 500 winner and he's in the green another hand kind of blocking that opening but to your point Jeff quickly back on the wheel for turns three and four and look at it track in the middle of the corner that's either rear travel just in the corner or the car rolling the corner so well but a huge lap it's a repeat so far of Daytona McDow gilland on the front row for front row Motorsports going to be close definitely on the front row again great work everybody Todd Gillan says he's done it to me again the 12 12 is not making time it's losing time just fractions of a second but it's not going to be and it's going to be another pole position for front row Motorsports that even 31 second lap by Ryan blay Michael McDow has done it again fifth career Poll for the front row Motorsports Ford driver oh my God it's so close so close not a sweep of the front row for the teammates but Michael McDow will start from the pole again who would have thought for this guy who started out his racing career in open wheelers that he would turn out to be a drafting track specialist and a Daytona 500 winner let's hear from him he's K and with this pole win he ties Carl Kyle Larson for the most on the season at five polls earned how good did that lap feel uh it's just great I'm just so proud of everybody at front row um we knew we'd have a shot based on Daytona we sat on the poll here earlier but uh to get this Blaster at Ford Mustang uh it's fifth poll of the year uh we still got Talladega ahead too so uh we're trying to win the most polls Watkins Glenn's coming up so just keep fighting hard but uh really proud of the effort outright speed you have we know that but handling matters here at Atlanta tomorrow things will be way different in the draft conditions a little bit different as well what do you have for tomorrow you know that's one thing I think we've done well is uh even here in the spring we l a lot of laps our car drove really well and uh we were up front all day and at Daytona we had a lot of speed and obviously crashed there at the end so it hasn't been a compromise you know our qualifying effort hasn't hurt our race effort um we just got a lot of speed in these for Mustang so it's been uh pretty wild congratulations thank you appreciate it for the fifth time this year Michael McDow will lead the field to green and while with to talking about important numbers McDow becomes the first driver since Bill Elliott back in the mid 1980s to win four consecutive polls at drafting tracks that's pretty cool and if you're going to do it in Atlanta right you think about The Elliots and Georgia such a connection you see how the playoff drivers kind of sprinkled through the front six rows they don't dominate the front as we see at other tracks Chase Elliot back there in row eight Chris busher Ross Chastain both those guys coming here not in the playoffs kazlowski gives on and you're looking for those little yellow tags that designate the playoff drivers Christopher Bell Daniel Suarez back there on row 15 and this is only the second time that Denny will start lost hi I'm Parker cerman for more access like this from Pit Road be sure to click and subscribe to the Motorsports at NBC YouTube channel are you ready for the Nascar Cup Series play play to begin well that's what's happening right here right now as we welcome you back to Atlanta Motor Speedway it's time for qualifying in the cup series yes top 16 were determined last weekend in Darlington we're ready to go here in Atlanta is a specialist on in qualifying on these kind of tracks Michael McDow in the Blaster 34 for front row Motorsports is it going to be another front row appearance here today in Atlanta the question I had for you Steve is do you want to sit on the pole here and when I ask that clearly everybody wants to go as fast as they can go right but with the summer look how fast that is with the summer heat that Kyle bus just talked about and potentially the track getting more slick can you go too fast and get your car in a situation where it doesn't drive well and then you can't do the things you need to do tomorrow we don't know the answer I don't think but that is that would be my concern if I was driving that 34 is this thing too fast here's Todd Gill and his teammate and the tracker is just running away down in the green Todd lid laps here earlier in the year in just the second race on the season so that'll be positive memories as he comes to the line to Steve's Point almost half a second to the better and look at that front row forwards one and two Dent Wizard they should set up somewhere on Pit Road there's a few cars tomorrow in the middle of the race they going to need the Dent Wizard I think Dent would be a I don't know if the Dent Wizard could fix what's going to happen here tomorrow get ready flat as we get ready for Ryan blay look at that 3/10 to the good well look at the boom P1 there's some phenomenal speed that's how you do it if you're in the playoffs good job P1 watch the Speed that's what makes this track so amazing 178 at the end of the straightaway it's only going to slow down 174 in the middle of the corner 173 right there at the tightest part of the [Music] corner and Kyle Larson slots himself into the fourth position that pushes one of his teammates Alex Bowman out and here's how it shook out the playoff drivers in yellow yeah Ryan blay you know Michael M has been the guy got a beat for the pole Ryan blay and Pinsky brought some speed joy lado in third in this top 10 Showdown next up is Josh Barry and he's looking good so far he's in the green Austin Dyan went a little bit quicker than he did in round one Josh Barry same thing a little bit quicker and it's going to be quick enough to go to the top Stevie off to a good start in the green very good you can see the raw speed of the 38 brings the speed to the line gives a little back though here in one and two and now here this is where those temperatures of the engine so important it's a second run how much air do they have moving through the engine verse the four it's close it looks good at this end of the racetrack I don't believe there's enough straightaway to give it back it's actually trending a bigger Advantage gillan's going to lead Froggy's Way to the Top he sure does this front row team we talk a lot about the three in a row out of McDow but whatever they have Works across both cars 600s of a second off at the moment it's kind of stabilized it's going to stay there it's going away just a little bit and Gillan stays on top lagano 5ifth I think this is the one well they probably both have poor Gillan nervous but his own teammate beat him at Daytona I know he's shaking his head already he knows what's coming yeah we spent a lot of time with Todd uh really really good young man know for a long time he and Harrison spent a lot of time racing together and uh it's fun you know experiencing it with them right experiencing the opportunity to sit on the pole getting beaten by a teammate having those conversations watching Young Drivers go through these experiences kind of make let you relive it again and he's saying come on Michael you're not going to be my teammate next year let me have this poll position as mcdal who won the poll here last time out he's won the last three polls on drafting style tracks he's a specialist the Daytona 500 winner and he's in the green another hand kind of blocking that opening but to your point Jeff quickly back on the wheel for turns three and four and look at it track in the middle of the corner that's either rear travel just in the corner or the car rolling the corner so well but a huge lap it's a repeat so far of Daytona McDow Gill on the front row for front row Motorsports going to be close definitely on the front row again great work everybody Todd gilland says he's done it to me again the 12 is not making time it's losing time just fractions of a second but it's not going to be and it's going to be another pole position for front row Motorsports that even 31 second lap by Ryan blay Michael mcdal has done it again fifth career Poll for the front row Motorsports Ford driver oh my God it's so close so close not a sweep of the front row for the teammates but Michael McDow will start from the pole again who would have thought for this guy who started out his racing career in open wheelers that he would turn out to be a drafting track specialist and a Daytona 500 winner let's hear from him here's Kim and with this pole win he ties Carl Kyle Larson for the most on the season at five polls earned how good did that lap feel uh it's just great I'm just so proud everybody at front row um we knew we'd have a shot based on Daytona we sat on the poll here earlier but uh to get this Blaster Ford Mustang uh it's fifth poll of the year uh we still got Talladega ahead too so uh we're trying to win the most polls Walkins gl's coming up so just keep fighting hard but uh really proud of the effort outright speed you have we know that but handling matters here at Atlanta tomorrow things will be way different in the draft conditions a little bit different as well what do you have for tomorrow you know that's one thing I think we've done well is uh even here in the spring we l a lot of laps our car drove really well and uh we were up front all day and at Daytona we had a lot of speed and obviously crashed there at the end so it hasn't been a compromise you know our qualifying effort hasn't hurt our race effort um we just got a lot of speed in these for Mustang so it's been uh pretty wild congratulations thank you appreciate it for the fifth time this year Michael McDow will lead the field to green and while we're talking about important numbers McDow becomes the first driver since Bill Elliott back in the mid 1980s to win four consecutive polls at drafting tracks that's pretty cool and if you're going to do it in Atlanta right you think about The Elliots and Georgia such a connection you see how the playoff drivers kind of sprinkled through the front rows they don't dominate the front as we see at other tracks Chase Elliot back there in row eight Chris busher Ross Chastain but those guys coming here not in the playoffs kazlowski gives on and you're looking for those little yellow tags that designate the playoff drivers Christopher Bell Daniel Suarez back there on row 15 and this is only the second time that Denny will start last hi I'm Parker cigman for more access like this from Pit Road be sure to click and subscribe to the Motorsports at NBC YouTube channel are you ready for the Nascar Cup series playoffs to begin well that's what's happening right here right now as we welcome you back to Atlanta Motor Speedway it's time for qualifying in the cup series yes top 16 were determined last weekend in Darlington we're ready to go here in Atlanta here's a specialist in qualifying on these kind of tracks Michael McDow in the last to 34 for front row Motorsports is it going to be another front row appearance here today in Atlanta the question I have for you Steve is do you want to sit on the pole here and when I ask that clearly everybody wants to go as fast as they can go right but with the summer look how fast that is with the summer heat that Kyle bus just talked about and potentially the track getting more slick can you go too fast and get your car in a situation where it doesn't drive well and then you can't do the things you need to do tomorrow uh we don't know the answer I don't think but that is that would be my concern if I was driving that 34 is this thing too fast here's Todd Gill and his teammate and the tracker is just running away down in the green Todd lid laps here earlier in the year in just the second race on the season so that'll be positive memories as he comes to the line to Steve Point almost half a second to the better and look at that front row forwards one and two Dent Wizard they should set up somewhere on Pit Road there's a few cars tomorrow in the middle of the race are going to need a little help the Dent Wizard I think Dent would be a I don't know if the Dent Wizard could fix what's going to happen here tomorrow get ready as we get ready for Ryan blay look at that 3/10 to the good well look at boom he won there's some phenomenal speed that's how you doing if you're in the playoffs good job P1 watch the Speed that's what makes this track so amazing 178 at the end of the straightaway it's only going to slow down to 174 in the middle of the corner 173 right there at the tightest part of the corner and Kyle Larson slots himself into the fourth position and that pushes one of his teammates Alex Bowman out and here's how it shook out the play drivers in yellow yeah Ryan blay you know Michael mcow has been the guy who got a beat for the pole Ryan blay and Pinsky brought some speed Joy Lano in third in this top 10 Showdown next up it's Josh Barry and he's looking good so far he's in the green Austin Dylan went a little bit quicker than he did in round one Josh Bary same thing a little bit quicker and it's going to be quick enough to go to the top Stevie off to a good start in the green very good you can see the raw speed of the 38 brings the speed to the line gives a little back though here in one and two and now here this is where those temperatures of the engine so important it's a second run how much air do they have moving through the engine verse the four it's close it looks good at this end of the RAC trck I don't believe there's enough straightaway to give it back it's actually trending a bigger Advantage gillan's going to LEAP Froggy's Way to the Top he does this front row team we talk a lot about the three in a row out of McDow but whatever they have Works across both cars 600s of a second off at the moment it's kind of stabilized it's going to stay there it's going away just a little bit and Gillan stays on top lagano fifth I think this is the one well they probably both have poor Gill and nervous but his own teammate beat him at Daytona I know he's shaking his head already he knows what's coming yeah we spent a lot of time with Todd uh really really good young man I've know him for a long time he and Harrison spent a lot of time racing together and uh it's fun you know experiencing it with them right experiencing the opportunity to sit on the pole getting beaten by a teammate having those conversations watching Young Drivers go through these experiences kind of make let you relive it again and he's saying come on Michael you're not going to be my teammate next year let me have this pole position as mcdal who won the poll here last time out he's won the last three polls on drafting style tracks he's a specialist the Daytona 500 winner and he's in the green another hand kind of blocking that opening but to your point Jeff quickly back on the wheel for turns three and four and look at it track in the middle of the corner that's either rear travel just in the corner or the car rolling the corner so well but a huge lap it's a repeat so far of Daytona McDow gilland on the front row for front row Motorsports going to be close definitely on the front row again great work everybody Todd Gillan says he's done it to me again the 12 is not making time it's losing time just fractions of a second but it's not going to be and it's going to be another pole position for front row Motorsports that even 31 second lap by Ryan blay Michael McDow has done it again fifth career Poll for the front row Motorsports Ford driver oh my God it's so close so close a sweep of the front row for the teammates but Michael McDow will start from the pole again who would have thought for this guy who started out his racing career in open wheelers that he would turn out to be a drafting track specialist and a Daytona 500 winner let's hear from him here's Kim and with this pole win he ties Carl Kyle Larson for the most on the season at five polls earned how good did that La Field uh it's just great I'm just so proud of everybody at front row um we knew we'd have a shot based on Daytona we sat on the poll here earlier but uh to get this Blaster at Ford Mustang it's fifth poll of the year uh we still got Talladega ahead too so uh we're trying to win the most polls Watkins Glenn's coming up so just keep fighting hard but uh really proud of the effort outright speed you have we know that but handling matters here at Atlanta tomorrow things will be way different in the draft conditions a little bit different as well what do you have for tomorrow you know that's one thing I think we've done well is even here in the spring we let a lot our car drove really well and we were up front all day and at Daytona we had a lot of speed and obviously crashed there at the end so it hasn't been a compromise you know our qualifying effort hasn't hurt our race effort um we just got a lot of speed in these board Mustang so it's been uh pretty wild congratulations thank you appreciate it for the fifth time this year Michael mcdal will lead the field to green and while we're talking about important numbers mcdal becomes the first driver since Bill Elliot back in the mid 1980s to win four consecutive polls atting tracks that's pretty cool and if you're going to do it in Atlanta right you think about The Elliots and Georgia such a connection you see of playoff drivers kind of sprinkled through the front six rows they don't dominate the front as we see at other tracks Chase Elliot back there in row8 Chris busher Ross Chastain both those guys coming here not in the playoffs cuz lski gives on and you're looking for those little yellow tags that designate the play off drivers Christopher Bell Daniel Suarez back there on row 15 and this is only the second time that Denny will start lost hi I'm Parker cerman for more access like this from Pit Road be sure to click and subscribe to the Motorsports at NBC YouTube channel are you ready for the Nascar Cup series playoffs to begin well that's what's happening right here right now as we welcome you back to Atlanta Motor Speedway it's time for qualifying in the cup series yes top 16 were determined last weekend in Darlington we're ready to go here in Atlanta here's a specialist on in qualifying on these kind of tracks Michael McDow in the Blaster 34 for front row Motorsports is it going to be another front row appearance here today in Atlanta the question I have for you Steve is do you want to sit on the pole here and when I ask that clearly everybody wants to go as fast as they can go right but with the summer look how fast that is with the summer heat that Kyle bus just talked about and potentially the track getting more slick can you go too fast and get your car in a situation where it doesn't drive well and then you can't do the things you need to do tomorrow uh we don't know the answer I don't think but that is that would be my concern if I was driving that 34 is this thing too fast here's Todd Gill and his teammate and the tracker is just running away down in the green Todd LD laps here earlier in the year in just the second race on the season so that'll be positive memories as he comes to the line to Steve's Point almost half a second to the better and look at that front row forwards one and two Dent Wizard they should set up somewhere on Pit Road there's a few cars tomorrow in the middle of the race they going to need a little help the Dent Wizard I think Dent would be a I don't know if the Dent Wizard could fix what's going to happen here tomorrow get as we get ready for Ryan blay look at that 3/10 to the good well look at boom P1 there's some phenomenal speed that's how you do it if you're in the playoffs good job P1 watch the Speed that's what makes this track so amazing 178 at the end of the straightaway it's only going to slow down to 174 in the middle of the corner 173 right there at the tightest part of the corner and Kyle Larson slots himself into the fourth position and that pushes one of his teammates Alex Bowman out and here's how it shook out the playoff drivers in yellow yeah Ryan blay you know Mel mdow been the guy who got a beat for the pole Ryan blay and Pensky brought some speed Jo lado in third in this top 10 Showdown next up is Josh Barry and he's looking good so far he's in the green aylan went a lot of quicker than he did in round one Josh Barry same thing a little bit quicker and it's going to be quick enough to go to the top Stevie off to a good start in the green very good you can see the raw speed of the 38 brings the speed to the line gives a little back though here in one and two and now here this is where those temperatures of the engine so important it's a second run how much air do they have moving through the engine verse the four it's close it looks good at this end of the racetrack I don't believe there's enough straightaway to give it back it's actually trending a bigger Advantage gillan's going to LEAP Froggy's Way to the Top he sure does this front row team we talk a lot about the three in a row out of McDow but whatever they have Works across both cars 600s of a second off at the [Music] moment it's kind of stabilized it's going to stay there it's going away just a little bit and Gillan stays on top lagano 5ifth I think this is the one well they probably both have poor Gillan nervous but his own teammate beat him at Dayton I know he's shaking his head already he knows what's coming yeah we spent a lot of time with Todd uh really really good young man doning for a long time he and Harrison spent a lot of time racing together and uh it's fun you know experiencing it with them right experiencing the opportunity to sit on the pole getting beaten by a teammate having those conversations watching Young Drivers go through these experiences kind of make let you relive it again and he's saying come on Michael you're not going to be my teammate next year let me have this poll position as mcdal who won the poll here last time out he's won the last three polls on drafting style tracks he's a specialist of Daytona 500 winner and he's in the green another hand kind of blocking that opening but to your point Jeff quickly back on the wheel for turns three and four and look at it track in the middle of the corner that's either rear travel just in the corner or the car rolling the corner so well but a huge lap it's a repeat so far of Daytona McDow gilland on the front row for front row Motorsports going to be close definitely on the front row again great work everybody Todd Gillan says he's done it to me again the 12 is not making time it's losing time just fractions of a second but it's not going to be and it's going to be another pole position for front row Motorsports that even 31 second lap by Ryan blay Michael McDow has done it again fifth career poll for the front row Motorsports Ford driver oh my God it's so close so close not a sweep of the front row for the teammates but Michael McDow will start from the pole again who would have thought for this guy who started out his racing career in open wheelers that he would turn out to be a drafting track specialist and a Daytona 500 winner let's hear from him here's Kim and with this Paul win he ties Carl Kyle Larson for the most on the season at five polls earned how good did that lap feel uh it's just great I'm just so proud of everybody at front row um we knew we'd have a shot based on Daytona we sat on the poll here earlier but uh to get this Blaster Ford Mustang uh it's fifth poll of the year uh we still got Talladega ahead too so uh we're trying to win the most polls Watkins Glenn's coming up so just keep fighting hard but uh really proud of the effort outright speed you have we know that but handling matters here at Atlanta tomorrow things will be way different in the draft conditions a little bit different as well what do you have for tomorrow you know that's one thing I think we've done well is uh even here in the spring we led a lot of laps our car drove really well and uh we were up front all day and at Daytona we had a lot of speed and obviously crashed there at the end so it hasn't been a compromise you know our qualifying effort hasn't hurt our race effort um we just got a lot of speed in these for Mustang so it's been uh pretty wild congratulations thank you appreciate it for the fifth time this year Michael McDow will lead the field to green and while we're talking about important numbers McDow becomes the first driver since Bill Elliott back in the mid 1980s to win four consecutive polls at drafting tracks that's pretty cool and if you're going to do it in Atlanta right you think about The Elliots and Georgia such a connection you see how the playoff drivers kind of sprinkled through the front six rows they don't dominate the front as we see at other tracks Chase OT back there in row eight Chris busher Ross but those guys coming here not in the playoffs kazlowski gives are and you're looking for those little yellow tags that designate the playoff drivers Christopher Bell Daniel Suarez back there on row 15 and this is only the second time that Denny will start last hi I'm Parker cigman for more access like this from Pit Road be sure to click and subscribe to the Motorsports at NBC YouTube channel are you ready for the Nascar Cup series playoffs to begin well that's what's happening right here right now as we welcome you back to Atlanta Motor Speedway it's time for qualifying in the cup series yes top 16 were determined last weekend in Darlington we're ready to go here in Atlanta is a specialist in qualifying on these kind of tracks Michael McDow in the Blaster 34 for front row Motorsports is it going to be another front row appearance here today in Atlanta the question I have for you Steve is do you want to sit on the pole here and when I ask that clearly everybody wants to go as fast as they can go right but with the summer look how fast that is with the summer heat that Kyle bus just talked about and potentially the track getting more slick can you go too fast and get your car in a situation where it doesn't drive well and then you can't do the things you need to do tomorrow uh we don't know the answer I don't think but that is that would be my concern if I was driving that 34 is this thing too fast here's Todd gilland his teammate and the tracker is just running away down in the green Todd lid laps here earlier in the year in just the second race on the season so that'll be positive memories as he comes to the line to Steve's Point almost half a second to the better and look at that front row fors one and two Dent Wizard they should set up somewhere on Pit Road there's a few cars tomorrow in the middle of the race are going to need a little help the Dent Wizard I think Dent would be a I don't know if the Dent Wizard could fix what's going to happen here tomorrow get ready as we get ready for Ryan blay look at that 310 to the good well look at boom he won there's some phenomenal speed that's how you do it if you're in the playoffs good job P1 watch the Speed that's what makes this track so amazing 178 at the end of the straightaway it's only going to slow down to 174 in the middle of the corner 173 right there at the tightest part of the corner and Kyle Larson slots himself into the fourth position that pushes one of his teammates Alex Bowman out and here's how it shook out the playoff drivers in yellow yeah Ryan blay you know Michael mcow has been the guy who got a beat for the pole Ryan blay and Pinsky brought some speed joy lado in third in this top 10 Showdown next up is Josh Barry and he's looking good so far he's in the green Austin Dylan went a little bit quicker than he did in round one Josh mury same thing a little bit quicker and it's going to be quick enough to go to the top Stevie off to a good start in the grain very good you can see the raw speed of the 38 brings the speed to the line gives a little back though here in 1 and two and now here this is where those temperatures of the engine so important it's a second run how much air do they have moving through the engine verse the four it's close it looks good at this end of the racetrack I don't believe there's enough straightaway to give it back it's actually trending a bigger Advantage gillan's going to lead Froggy's Way to the Top he sure does this front row team we talk a lot about the three in a row out of McDow but whatever they have Works across both cars 600s of a second off at the moment it's kind of stabilized it's going to stay there it's going away just a little bit and Gillan stays on top lagano fifth I think this is the one well they probably both have poor Gillan nervous but his own teammate beat him at Daytona I know he's shaking his head already he knows what's coming yeah we spent a lot of time with Todd uh really really good young man doning for a long time he and Harrison spent a lot of time racing together and uh it's fun you know experiencing it with them right experiencing the opportunity to sit on the pole getting beaten by a teammate having those conversations watching Young Drivers go through these experiences kind of make let you relive it again and he's saying come on Michael you're not going to be my teammate next year let me have this this pole position as mcdal who won the poll here last time out he's won the last three polls on drafting style tracks he's a specialist the Daytona 500 winner and he's in the green another hand kind of blocking that opening but to your point Jeff quickly back on the wheel for turns three and four and look at it track in the middle of the corner that's either rear travel just in the corner or the car rolling the corner so well but a huge huge lap it's a repeat so far of Daytona McDow gilland on the front row for front row Motorsports going to be close definitely on the front row again great work everybody Todd Gillan says he's done it to me again the 12 is not making time it's losing time just fractions of a second but it's not going to be and it's going to be another pole position for front row Motorsports that even 31 second lap by Ryan blay Michael McDow has done it again fifth career Poll for the front row Motorsports Ford driver oh my God it's so close so close not a sweep of the front row for the teammates but Michael mcdal will St from the pole again who would have thought for this guy who started out his racing career in open wheelers that he would turn out to be a drafting track specialist and a Daytona 500 winner let's hear from him here's Kim and with this pole win he ties Carl Kyle Larson for the most on the season at five polls earned how good did that lap field uh it's just great I'm just so proud of everybody at front row um we knew we'd have a shot based on Daytona we sat on the poll here earlier but uh to get this Blaster at Ford Mustang uh it's fifth poll of the year uh we still got Tal ahead too so uh we're trying to win the most polls Watkins Glenn's coming up so just keep fighting hard but really proud of the effort outright speed you have we know that but handling matters here at Atlanta tomorrow things will be way different in the draft conditions a little bit different as well what do you have for tomorrow you know that's one thing I think we've done well is uh even here in the spring we led a lot of laps our car drove really well and uh we were up front all day and at Daytona we had a lot of speed and obviously crashed there at the end so hasn't been a compromise you know our qualifying effort hasn't hurt our race effort um we just got a lot of speed in these SP Mustang so it's been uh pretty wild congratulations thank you appreciate it for the fifth time this year Michael McDow will lead the field to green and while we're talking about important numbers mcdal becomes the first driver since Bill Elliott back in the mid 1980s to win four consecutive polls at drafting tracks that's pretty cool and if you're going to do it in Atlanta right you think about The Elliots and Georgia such a connection you see how the playoff drivers kind of sprinkled through the front six rows they don't dominate the front as we see at other tracks Chase Elliot back there in row eight Chris busher Ross Chastain both those guys coming here not in the playoffs kazlowski gives on and you're looking for those little yellow tags that designate the playoff drivers Christopher Bell Daniel Suarez back there on row 15 and this is only the second time that Denny will start last hi I'm Parker cigman for more access like this from Pit Road be sure to click and subscribe to the Motorsports at NBC YouTube channel are you ready for the Nascar Cup series playoffs to begin well that's what's happening right here right now as we welcome you back to Atlanta Motor Speedway it's time for qualifying in the cup series yes top 16 were determined last weekend in Darlington we're ready to go here in Atlanta is's a specialist in ifying on these kind of tracks Michael McDow in the Blaster 34 for front row Motorsports is it going to be another front row appearance here today in Atlanta the question I have for you Steve is do you want to sit on the pole here and when I ask that clearly everybody wants to go as fast as they can go right but with the summer look how fast that is with the summer heat that Kyle bus just talked about and potentially the track getting more more slick can you go too fast and get your car in a situation where it doesn't drive well and then you can't do the things you need to do tomorrow uh we don't know the answer I don't think but that is that would be my concern if I was driving that 34 is this thing too fast here is Todd Gill and his teammate and the tracker is just running away down in the green Todd lid laps here earlier in the year in just the second race on the SE season so that'll be positive memories as he comes to the line to Steve's Point almost half a second to the better and look at that front row fors one and two Dent Wizard they should set up somewhere on Pit Road there's a few cars tomorrow in the middle of the race they're going to need a little help the Dent Wizard I think Dent would be a I don't know if the Dent Wizard could fix what's going to happen here tomorrow get ready SL as we get ready for Ryan blay look at that 3/10 to the good well look at boom P1 there's some phenomenal speed that's how you do it if you're in the playoffs good job P1 watch the Speed that's what makes this track so amazing 178 at the end of the straightaway it's only going to slow down to 174 in the middle of the corner 173 right there at the tightest part of the [Music] corner and Kyle Larson slots himself into the fourth position that pushes one of his teammates Alex Bowman out out and here's how it shook out the playoff drivers in yellow yeah Ryan blay you know Michael mow has been the guy who got a beat for the pole Ryan blay and Pinsky brought some speed Joy Lano in third in this top 10 Showdown next up is Josh Barry and he's looking good so far he's in the green Austin Dylan went a little bit quicker than he did in round one Josh Mary same thing a little bit quicker and it's going to be quick enough to go to the top Stevie off to a good start in the green very good you can see the raw speed of the 38 brings the speed to the line gives a little back though here in one and two and now here this is where those temperatures of the engine so important it's a second run how much air do they have moving through the engine verse the four it's close it looks good at this end of the RAC trck I don't believe there's enough straightaway to give it back it's actually trending a bigger advant AG gillan's going to LEAP Froggy's Way to the Top he sure does this front row team we talk a lot about the three in a row out of McDow but whatever they have Works across both cars 600s of a second off at the moment it's kind of stabilized it's going to stay there it's going away just a little bit and Gillan stays on top lagano 5ifth I think this is the one well they probably both have poor Gill and nervous but his own teammate beat him at Daytona I know he's shaking his head already he knows what's coming yeah we spent a lot of time with Todd U really really good young Manon him for a long time he and Harrison spent a lot of time racing together and uh it's fun you know experiencing it with them right experiencing the opportunity to sit on the pole getting beaten by a teammate having those conversations watching Young Drivers go through these experiences kind of make let you relive it again and he's saying come on Michael you're not going to be my teammate next year let me have this pole position as mcdal who won the poll here last time out he's won the last three polls on drafting style tracks he's a specialist the Daytona 500 winner and he's in the green another hand kind of blocking that opening but to your point Jeff quickly back on the wheel for turns three and four and look at it track in the middle of the corner that's either rear travel just in the corner or the car rolling the corner so well but a huge lap it's a repeat so far of Daytona McDow gilland on the front row for front row Motorsports going to be close definitely on the front row again great work everybody Todd Gillan says he's done it to me again the 12 is not making time it's losing time just fractions of a second but it's not going to be and it's going to be another pole position for front row Motorsports that even 31 second lap by Ryan blay Michael McDow has done it again fifth career Poll for the front row Motorsports Ford driver oh my God it's so close so close not a sweep of the front row for the teammates but Michael McDow will St from the pole again who would have thought for this guy who started out his racing career in open wheelers that he would turn out to be a drafting track specialist and a Daytona 500 winner let's hear from him here's Kim and with this pull win he ties car Kyle Larson for the most on the season at five polls earned how good did that lap feel uh it's just great I'm just so proud of everybody at front row um we knew we'd have a shot based on Daytona we sat on the pole here earlier but uh to get this Blaster at Ford Mustang uh it's fifth