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Denny Hamlin has been awarded the pole for the Firekeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway after rain washed out most of the NASCAR Cup Series' scheduled on-track activity scheduled for Saturday. The field only got several minutes of practice in before the rains came, forcing the starting lineup to be set per the NASCAR rule book.

In part by virtue of his win a week ago at Richmond, Austin Dillon will start 10th as he and his team go through the process of appealing NASCAR's decision to invalidate his playoff eligibility after the sanctioning body determined Dillon's rough driving was impermissible in regards to allowing his win to count towards the playoffs. Richard Childress Racing's appeal of Dillon's penalty will be heard Wednesday, according to NBC Sports.

Bubba Wallace, who enters this weekend three points above the playoff cut line, starts the best of all playoff bubble drivers in fifth, followed by Ross Chastain in seventh, defending Michigan winner Chris Buescher in 18th, and Ty Gibbs in 19th. Martin Truex Jr., who holds a 78 point advantage on the cut line, starts 24th after suffering an engine failure a week ago.

Firekeepers Casino 400 starting lineup

  1. #11 - Denny Hamlin
  2. #45 - Tyler Reddick
  3. #20 - Christopher Bell
  4. #5 - Kyle Larson
  5. #23 - Bubba Wallace
  6. #9 - Chase Elliott
  7. #1 - Ross Chastain
  8. #12 - Ryan Blaney
  9. #24 - William Byron
  10. #3 - Austin Dillon
  11. #77 - Carson Hocevar (R)
  12. #99 - Daniel Suarez
  13. #8 - Kyle Busch
  14. #22 - Joey Logano
  15. #6 - Brad Keselowski
  16. #4 - Josh Berry (R)
  17. #34 - Michael McDowell
  18. #17 - Chris Buescher
  19. #54 - Ty Gibbs
  20. #38 - Todd Gilliland
  21. #14 - Chase Briscoe
  22. #48 - Alex Bowman
  23. #2 - Austin Cindric
  24. #19 - Martin Truex Jr.
  25. #10 - Noah Gragson
  26. #41 - Ryan Preece
  27. #71 - Zane Smith (R)
  28. #43 - Erik Jones
  29. #51 - Justin Haley
  30. #47 - Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
  31. #7 - Corey LaJoie
  32. #31 - Daniel Hemric
  33. #42 - John Hunter Nemechek
  34. #21 - Harrison Burton
  35. #16 - A.J. Allmendinger
  36. #15 - Cody Ware