NASCAR announces qualifying change for Atlanta

NASCAR announced a qualifying change Thursday across all three national series participating at Atlanta Motor Speedway this weekend, beginning with NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying on Friday at 5:45 p.m. ET (FOX Sports 1).

The vehicles will be assigned to pit stalls, and they will park nose in. Once the vehicle backs up and starts rolling, it cannot stop and must proceed to the track. The vehicles may go one at a time or in a group, but they must keep rolling once they start.

This change was put in effect for last week's NASCAR XFINITY and Camping World Truck Series qualifying sessions at Daytona International Speedway. Like last week's change, this week's rule update is specific to this weekend's racing at Atlanta.

In addition to two races being held on Saturday, two qualifying session will be held as well. XFINITY Coors Light Pole Qualifying will roll off Saturday at 9:10 a.m. ET for the Hisense 250, which will be run at 2 p.m. ET. Camping World Truck Keystone Light Pole Qualifying starts at 10:40 a.m. ET with the race at 5:30 p.m. ET.

Both qualifying sessions and both races can be seen on FOX Sports 1 in addition to final Sprint Cup practice at noon ET.

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