NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Martinsville Watch FREE Live Stream Online & Listen: Live Coverage STARTING GRID

Today at 1:00 p.m. ET on Fox Sports 1 NASCAR's season picks up at Martinsville Speedway, where Joey Logano sits atop the pole of a race that can be live streamed free by clicking this link.

Martinsville is a challenging track for any driver, so Logano was very pleased with his performance during qualifying. You win anything at Martinsville, it's a big deal," Logano said.

Qualifying also treated Chase Elliot well. Elliot will be taking over the legendary Jeff Gordon's car next year, and he ran well in qualifying to ensure himself a spot in this race. "That was goal No. 1 for us. Big relief. We're excited," Elliot said, while also noting that 27th position isn't exactly the greatest place to begin a race.

"I don't know how I feel about being excited being 27th, but at the same time I'm really excited to make our first Cup race. Just crazy how much different of a world this is on this side of things, being timed so close."

Elliot also talked about gaining as much as possible from the limited action he will see this season so that when he takes over for Gordon full time he will be prepared. "Obviously we want to go as fast as we can for as long as possible. No, we don't want to aim to not do well. We want to do the best we can and make the most of these races and try to gain as much knowledge as possible.

"To have an opportunity to go run five races doesn't seem like a lot, but at the end of the day it really is if you can get in all five and make those laps."

STARTING GRID

1 Joey Logano Ford 98.461 mph
2 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 98.328 mph
3 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet 98.048 mph
4 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 97.613 mph
5 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 97.583 mph
6 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 97.468 mph
7 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 97.463 mph
8 Matt Kenseth Toyota 97.392 mph
9 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 97.282 mph
10 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet 97.262 mph
11 Carl Edwards Toyota 97.177 mph
12 Brad Keselowski Ford 97.038 mph
13 Paul Menard Chevrolet 97.387 mph
14 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 97.302 mph
15 Denny Hamlin Toyota 97.267 mph
16 Danica Patrick Chevrolet 97.267 mph
17 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 97.257 mph
18 Aric Almirola Ford 97.237 mph
19 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 97.222 mph
20 David Ragan Toyota 96.800 mph
21 Justin Allgaier Chevrolet 96.790 mph
22 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 96.760 mph
23 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford 96.558 mph
24 Casey Mears Chevrolet 97.312 mph
25 Greg Biffle Ford 96.983 mph
26 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 96.944 mph
27 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 25 96.919 mph
28 Michael Annett Chevrolet 46 96.899 mph
29 David Gilliland Ford 96.666 mph
30 Clint Bowyer Toyota 96.617 mph
31 Josh Wise Ford 96.607 mph
32 Jeb Burton Toyota 96.494 mph
33 Brett Moffitt Toyota 96.357 mph
34 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 96.298 mph
35 Chris Buescher Ford 96.259 mph
36 Trevor Bayne Ford 6 96.254 mph
37 Cole Whitt Ford N/A
38 Sam Hornish Jr. Ford N/A
39 Alex Bowman Chevrolet N/A
40 Mike Bliss Ford N/A
41 Alex Kennedy Chevrolet N/A
42 J.J. Yeley Toyota N/A
43 Matt DiBenedetto Toyota N/A

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