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How Ford's dominant qualifying at Atlanta could make for a tough race weekend for Toyota, Chevy

Ford dominance in qualifying at drafting tracks isn't exactly breaking news — outside of Chase Briscoe's shock pole in the Daytona 500 for Toyota (later overshadowed by inspection issues found with the mounting of the rear spoiler), Ford has earned the top spot on the grid in ten of the last 11 drafting races.

This week, Ryan Blaney earned another pole position for the Blue Oval for Sunday's Atlanta race, beating his Team Penske teammate Austin Cindric by just 0.002s. It was an impressive showing for Penske with the Penske-aligned Wood Brothers Racing team in third with Josh Berry and reigning series champion Joey Logano in fourth (and with no webbed glove this time). 

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