NASCAR: 2022 Daytona 500 – Full starting lineup

Following the Bluegreen Vacations Duels, the starting lineup for the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season-opening Daytona 500 is set.

After Wednesday night’s single-car qualifying session for the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season-opening Daytona 500, the front row for the 64th running of the “Great American Race” was set.

Hendrick Motorsports’ Kyle Larson took the pole position for this 200-lap race around the four-turn, 2.5-mile (4.023-kilometer) high-banked Daytona International Speedway oval in Daytona Beach, Florida behind the wheel of his #5 Chevrolet, and teammate Alex Bowman qualified alongside him on the front row in second place behind the wheel of his #48 Chevrolet.

Additionally, two drivers of non-chartered entries who were not guaranteed to compete in the 40-car race locked themselves in, leaving four others to battle for the final two spots. The two drivers who locked in were Beard Motorsports’ Noah Gragson and Team Hezeberg’s Jacques Villeneuve.

Thursday night’s Bluegreen Vacations Duels, two 60-lap races for which the starting lineups were set by Wednesday night’s single-car qualifying session, solidified the entire Daytona 500 lineup (behind the top two).

After Hendrick Motorsports swept the front row on Wednesday night, RFK Racing swept the Bluegreen Vacations Duels, with team co-owner Brad Keselowski winning the first one behind the wheel of his #6 Ford and teammate Chris Buescher winning the second behind the wheel of his #17 Ford.

So Keselowski is set to start the Daytona 500 in third place alongside Buescher in fourth.

Additionally, The Money Team Racing’s Kaz Grala pulled off a stellar comeback to race his way in, passing and eliminating MBM Motorsports’ J.J. Yeley on the final lap. NY Racing Team’s Greg Biffle also raced his way in, eliminating MBM Motorsports’ Timmy Hill.

With these two drivers racing their way in, this solidified Gragson’s starting position as 39th and Villeneuve’s as 40th (both on speed).

MBM Motorsports ended up being the only team left on the outside looking in, and they were left on the outside looking in with both of their drivers. This wasn’t completely unexpected after Yeley finished in 41st place on speed ahead of Hill in 42nd on Wednesday night. Both drivers finished well below 40th.

Next up, the main event.

The only car set to drop to the rear thus far is the #22 Team Penske Ford of Joey Logano after he wrecked from the lead on the final lap of the second Duel. His official starting position is 20th place after he ended up being scored in ninth, but the #22 team will be going to a backup car.

Here is the full starting lineup for the 2022 Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway.

Starting Lineup
1st – Kyle Larson
2nd – Alex Bowman
3rd – Brad Keselowski
4th – Chris Buescher
5th – Austin Cindric
6th – Michael McDowell
7th – Ryan Blaney
8th – Harrison Burton
9th – Chase Briscoe
10th – Kyle Busch
11th – Chase Elliott
12th – Christopher Bell
13th – Erik Jones
14th – Martin Truex Jr.
15th – Tyler Reddick
16th – Bubba Wallace
17th – Kurt Busch
18th – Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
19th – Ross Chastain
20th – Joey Logano
21st – Daniel Suarez
22nd – Kevin Harvick
23rd – William Byron
24th – Corey LaJoie
25th – Justin Haley
26th – Ty Dillon
27th – Landon Cassill
28th – Greg Biffle
29th – Todd Gilliland
30th – Denny Hamlin
31st – Cole Custer
32nd – Cody Ware
33rd – Daniel Hemric
34th – David Ragan
35th – Kaz Grala
36th – Austin Dillon
37th – B.J. McLeod
38th – Aric Almirola
39th – Noah Gragson
40th – Jacques Villeneuve

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