The starting lineup for Sunday’s Folds of Honor Quik Trip 500 NASCAR Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway (3 p.m. ET on FOX, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) has been set.

Chase Elliott will start on the pole and be joined by Aric Almirola on the front row to lead the field to green for the 325-lap, 500.5-mile race.

The lineup for the race was determined by live draw and aired on FS1’s “Race Hub.” The parameters for the live draw were as follows:

• Positions 1-12 determined by a random draw from charter teams in those positions in team owner points
• Positions 13-24: Random draw among charter teams in those positions in owner points
• Positions 25-36: Random draw among charter teams in those positions in owner points
• Positions 37-40 will be filled out by open, non-chartered teams in order of owner points

With this being a 1.5-mile track, we’ve seen nine different winners in the last nine races on intermediates. It all started last June 30 at the Chicagoland Speedway with Alex Bowman. Then, Kentucky Speedway (Kurt Busch), Las Vegas in the Fall (Martin Truex Jr), Kansas (Denny Hamlin), Texas (Kevin Harvick), Homestead (Kyle Busch) and Las Vegas this year (Joey Logano) and Charlotte (Brad Keselowski/Chase Elliott).

Out of the last 68 races on 1.5-mile tracks, 56 of them have been won by a handful of drivers. Martin Truex Jr. (12) leads them but Kevin Harvick (10), Jimmie Johnson (10), Brad Keselowski (10), Kyle Busch (8) and Joey Logano (7) have been at their best on intermediate race tracks.

If this trend is to continue, someone like Byron, Johnson, Jones, Blaney, Bowyer or Almirola are the best options to do so.

Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 Starting Lineup

Row 1: Chase Elliott, Aric Almirola

Row 2: Joey Logano, Kyle Busch

Row 3: Clint Bowyer, Brad Keselowski

Row 4: Ryan Blaney, Alex Bowman

Row 5: Kevin Harvick, Denny Hamlin

Row 6: Martin Truex Jr., Kurt Busch

Row 7: Chris Buescher, Erik Jones

Row 8: Jimmie Johnson, Austin Dillon

Row 9: Ryan Newman, John Hunter Nemechek R

Row 10: Matt Kenseth, William Byron

Row 11: Matt DiBenedetto, Ricky Stenhouse Jr

Row 12: Bubba Wallace, Tyler Reddick R

Row 13: Corey LaJoie, Joey Gase

Row 14: Christopher Bell R, Ty Dillon

Row 15: Ryan Preece, JJ Yeley

Row 16: Cole Custer R, Josh Billicki

Row 17: Brennan Poole R, Garrett Smithley

Row 18: Quin Houff R, Michael McDowell

Row 19: Daniel Suarez, Timmy Hill

Row 20: BJ McLeod, Reed Sorenson