NASCAR at Bristol 2016 Qualifying Results: Race Order, Final Times and Reaction

Friday's qualifying for the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway set the field for Sunday's race, which will be led by Carl Edwards, who won his second consecutive pole.

Toyota Racing congratulated him on Twitter:

Here are the qualifying results and Sunday's race order:

Start	Driver	Time
1	Carl Edwards	14.991
2	Matt Kenseth	15.059
3	Joey Logano	15.086
4	Denny Hamlin	15.132
5	Kyle Busch	15.162
6	Jimmie Johnson	15.173
7	Kevin Harvick	15.215
8	Martin Truex Jr.	15.226
9	AJ Allmendinger	15.251
10	Trevor Bayne	15.251
11	Kasey Kahne	15.261
12	Brad Keselowski	15.266
CUT 2
13	Jamie McMurray	15.291
14	Paul Menard	15.294
15	Austin Dillon	15.297
16	Casey Mears	15.299
17	Ryan Newman	15.307
18	Ryan Blaney	15.310
19	Chase Elliott	15.334
20	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	15.344
21	Chris Buescher	15.351
22	Aric Almirola	15.353
23	Greg Biffle	15.400
24	David Ragan	15.417
CUT 1
25	Kyle Larson	15.226
26	Kurt Busch	15.249
27	Brian Scott	15.256
28	Landon Cassill	15.268
29	Regan Smith	15.272
30	Matt DiBenedetto	15.278
31	Michael McDowell	15.316
32	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	15.325
33	Danica Patrick	15.350
34	Ty Dillon	15.427
35	Josh Wise	15.444
36	Clint Bowyer	15.456
37	Jeffrey Earnhardt	15.561
38	Reed Sorenson	15.569
39	Cole Whitt	15.625
40	Michael Annett	15.694

Joe Gibbs Racing continued its domination at short tracks, especially at Bristol, as a driver from the team won the pole for the sixth time in the last seven races.

That's not all, as USA Today's Jeff Gluck pointed out:

At Bristol Motor Speedway, concrete corners gave drivers a conundrum Friday. 

Following Xfinity Series practice, plenty of rubber remained on the track. With the lower portions of the track black, Sprint Cup drivers could try to test their luck by going higher on the track and picking up more speed, or they could stay down low and try using the best route possible.

Edwards, who won the pole at Texas Motor Speedway last week, and runner-up Joey Logano traded places in the first round Friday.

Penske Racing's Logano finished ahead of Edwards and his Joe Gibbs Racing teammates, Denny Hamlin, Matt Kenseth and Kyle Busch.

Ty Dillon had to scramble to get a qualifying lap in, as he had difficulties dealing with the rubber-filled track down low. He made contact with the apron before spinning out and skidding into the right rear of Landon Cassill.

Fox Sports 1 showed Dillon's issues:

Dillon and Cassill were able to make repairs to their cars, but both were cut after the first round.

With Edwards in second place in the second round of qualifying, Logano again squeaked in front of him, taking the No. 2 spot behind only Busch.

If history suggested anything, it was imperative for drivers to make it past the second round. Each of the past 10 race winners at Bristol started from a top-12 position.

That should make AJ Allmendinger feel better about his clinching of the final spot in the second round after Jamie McMurray, the last driver of the round, finished just one-thousandth of a second behind him.

Allmendinger will start Sunday's race in ninth place.

In the third round, though, Edwards got the best of Logano after putting up a time better than 15 seconds. Logano will start third, and Kenseth will be in second.

With a few laps under their belts, drivers will know how to approach the 500 laps at Bristol in terms of tire usage. With that amount of racing, there is going to be a lot of rubber on the track Sunday, so the Food City 500 will be a constant search for clean lanes.