NASCAR at Phoenix 2017 Qualifying Results: Race Order, Final Times and Reaction

Joey Logano will be on the pole for the 2017 Camping World 500 on Sunday at Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Arizona, after posting the best time in the final round of qualifying Friday.

Ryan Blaney, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kyle Larson and Jamie McMurray are set to round out the top five for the fourth race of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series campaign. Current points leader Brad Keselowski will start sixth.

Here's a look at the complete set of qualifying results, per NASCAR.com:

Position	Driver	Car No.	Best Time
1	Joey Logano	22	26.216
2	Ryan Blaney	21	26.301
3	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	88	26.319
4	Kyle Larson	42	26.344
5	Jamie McMurray	1	26.412
6	Brad Keselowski	2	26.433
7	Chase Elliott	24	26.441
8	Erik Jones	77	26.444
9	Kyle Busch	18	26.485
10	Kasey Kahne	5	26.498
11	Kurt Busch	41	26.502
12	Matt Kenseth	20	26.530
-	Eliminated in Round 2	-	-
13	Clint Bowyer	14	26.523
14	Jimmie Johnson	48	26.544
15	Ty Dillon	13	26.548
16	Martin Truex Jr.	78	26.562
17	Austin Dillon	3	26.587
18	Paul Menard	27	26.598
19	Denny Hamlin	11	26.634
20	AJ Allmendinger	47	26.663
21	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	17	26.672
22	Ryan Newman	31	26.702
23	Kevin Harvick	4	26.772
24	Trevor Bayne	6	26.787
-	Eliminated in Round 1	-	-
25	Michael McDowell	95	26.888
26	Danica Patrick	10	26.908
27	Daniel Suarez	19	26.913
28	Aric Almirola	43	26.973
29	Landon Cassill	34	27.005
30	Matt DiBenedetto	32	27.028
31	Corey Lajoie	83	27.055
32	Cole Whitt	72	27.061
33	Chris Buescher	37	27.065
34	David Ragan	38	27.081
35	Reed Sorenson	15	27.262
36	Gray Gaulding	23	27.379
37	Derrike Cope	55	27.861
38	Jeffrey Earnhardt	33	28.118
39	Timmy Hill	51	28.437

Logano, who won the Can-Am 500 at Phoenix last November, saved his tires by taking fewer runs during the first two rounds, and the strategy paid off. And he needed every bit of that strong final run to edge Blaney by less than a tenth of a second.

He celebrated the qualifying victory on social media:

"

Pole at @PhoenixRaceway!!!!

— Joey Logano (@joeylogano) March 18, 2017"

Blaney will join him on the front row. The Wood Brothers Racing rising star has put together a promising start to the 2017 season with a pair of early top-10 finishes at Daytona and Las Vegas. He's in position to keep the positive vibes alive this week.

Chris Knight‏ of Catchfence provided reaction from the driver of the No. 21 car after the qualifying effort:

Surprisingly, Kevin Harvick got eliminated in the second round of qualifying. The Stewart-Haas Racing star has been dominant in the Camping World 500 with four career victories, including three consecutive dating back to 2014.

Jordan McAbee‏ of Fantasy Racing Online believes it's a sign of things to come:

Yet, it's impossible to look past Harvick's success in this race. No other active driver has won it more than once—Jeff Gordon won it twice prior to retiring—so it will be interesting to see whether he can come from to the middle of the pack to extend his winning streak to four years.

Logano, Earnhardt Jr. and Keselowski figure to represent the other top contenders Sunday afternoon, but nobody should be surprised if the No. 4 machine finds a way to capture the checkered flag once again.