Logano takes first Cup pole at Bristol

Last year's rookie of the year had been fastest in the morning practice and was able to mirror his performance in qualifying, setting a fastest lap time of 15.396 seconds, at an average speed of 124.630mph.

The 19-year-old also claimed Toyota's first pole position of the year, as he continues to fly the flag for Joe Gibbs Racing as the best placed driver from the team in the standings.

"That was a big deal for us, to get our car up there is definitely very cool," said Logano. "To get your first pole, I never thought it would come here. This is one of my tougher race tracks and I thought I really sucked here but I guess I don't now, so that's pretty exciting to me."

Five-time Bristol winner Kurt Busch came closest to beating Logano's benchmark in his #2 Penske Dodge and he will start from the outside of the front row.

Beside him Dave Blaney was a surprising third, by far the best of the non-guaranteed drivers in his Prism Motorsports Toyota, while reigning champion Jimmie Johnson will start fourth, while still looking for his first Bristol victory.

Fifth was Johnson's Hendrick Motorsports team-mate Jeff Gordon, who will share the third row of the grid with Earnhardt Ganassi's Juan Pablo Montoya.

The fourth row is an all-Roush Fenway one with Matt Kenseth and Carl Edwards, both two-time winners at the track, as the fastest Fords in qualifying.

Marcos Ambrose was ninth after holding pole provisionally in his Michael Waltrip Racing prepared JTG Daugherty Toyota, while team-mate David Reutimann rounded out the top ten.

Casey Mears made the field for the first time this year after switching to Earnhardt Childress power for this weekend, while Max Papis spun on his qualifying run and ended up missing the cut - as did Mike Bliss.

Pos  Driver             Car        Speed    Time     Gap
 1.  Joey Logano        Toyota     124.630  15.396s
 2.  Kurt Busch         Dodge      123.857  15.492s  + 0.096s
 3.  Dave Blaney        Toyota     123.850  15.493s  + 0.097s
 4.  Jimmie Johnson     Chevrolet  123.817  15.497s  + 0.101s
 5.  Jeff Gordon        Chevrolet  123.698  15.512s  + 0.116s
 6.  Juan Montoya       Chevrolet  123.626  15.521s  + 0.125s
 7.  Matt Kenseth       Ford       123.499  15.537s  + 0.141s
 8.  Carl Edwards       Ford       123.403  15.549s  + 0.153s
 9.  Marcos Ambrose     Toyota     123.308  15.561s  + 0.165s
10.  David Reutimann    Toyota     123.269  15.566s  + 0.170s
11.  Tony Stewart       Chevrolet  123.245  15.569s  + 0.173s
12.  Paul Menard        Ford       123.166  15.579s  + 0.183s
13.  Mark Martin        Chevrolet  123.103  15.587s  + 0.191s
14.  Jeff Burton        Chevrolet  122.929  15.609s  + 0.213s
15.  Denny Hamlin       Toyota     122.906  15.612s  + 0.216s
16.  David Gilliland    Ford       122.898  15.613s  + 0.217s
17.  Dale Earnhardt Jr  Chevrolet  122.890  15.614s  + 0.218s
18.  Jamie McMurray     Chevrolet  122.890  15.614s  + 0.218s
19.  Martin Truex Jr    Toyota     122.803  15.625s  + 0.229s
20.  Regan Smith        Chevrolet  122.787  15.627s  + 0.231s
21.  Ryan Newman        Chevrolet  122.701  15.638s  + 0.242s
22.  Sam Hornish Jr     Dodge      122.631  15.647s  + 0.251s
23.  AJ Allmendinger    Ford       122.537  15.659s  + 0.263s
24.  Kasey Kahne        Ford       122.411  15.675s  + 0.279s
25.  Greg Biffle        Ford       122.388  15.678s  + 0.282s
26.  Clint Bowyer       Chevrolet  122.341  15.684s  + 0.288s
27.  Aric Almirola      Chevrolet  122.232  15.698s  + 0.302s
28.  Brian Vickers      Toyota     122.209  15.701s  + 0.305s
29.  Scott Speed        Toyota     122.131  15.711s  + 0.315s
30.  David Ragan        Ford       121.960  15.733s  + 0.337s
31.  David Stremme      Ford       121.574  15.783s  + 0.387s
32.  Robby Gordon       Toyota     121.551  15.786s  + 0.390s
33.  Kevin Harvick      Chevrolet  121.505  15.792s  + 0.396s
34.  Casey Mears        Chevrolet  121.267  15.823s  + 0.427s
35.  Joe Nemechek       Toyota     121.190  15.833s  + 0.437s
36.  Brad Keselowski    Dodge      121.129  15.841s  + 0.445s
37.  Elliott Sadler     Ford       121.106  15.844s  + 0.448s
38.  Kyle Busch         Toyota     121.098  15.845s  + 0.449s
39.  Michael Waltrip    Toyota     121.075  15.848s  + 0.452s
40.  Terry Cook         Dodge      121.060  15.850s  + 0.454s
41.  Travis Kvapil      Ford       120.923  15.868s  + 0.472s
42.  Mike Bliss         Chevrolet  120.452  15.930s  + 0.534s
43.  Max Papis          Toyota     119.820  16.014s  + 0.618s
44.  Bobby Labonte      Chevrolet  118.496  16.193s  + 0.797s
45.  Kevin Conway       Ford       117.949  16.268s  + 0.872s