NASCAR: 2022 Las Vegas – Full starting lineup, updates

Keep tabs on Saturday’s qualifying session for the Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the third race of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season.

For the first time since September 2019, a qualifying session is set to take place for a NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Las Vegas Motor Speedway, which is set to host this Sunday afternoon’s Pennzoil 400, hosted the second race on the 36-race 2020 schedule on Sunday, February 23. But it was the second of only four races prior to the unexpected 10-week hiatus caused by COVID-19-related restrictions, and qualifying was rained out.

After the series returned in mid-May, qualifying sessions were effectively canceled for the rest of the season, and they only returned in a limited capacity in 2021.

But in 2022, they are back on a full-time basis, and with a different format.

This format debuted last weekend at Auto Club Speedway. Drivers are separated into two groups, based on the previous race’s results (odd finishers in one group, even finishers in the other), and each driver gets a single-lap qualifying run, one driver at a time.

The top five drivers in each group then advance to the final round. The 10 drivers who advance to this next round all get an additional single-lap qualifying run — again, one driver at a time. The results of this round determine the top 10 in the starting lineup. The rest of the starting lineup is determined by the results of the first round.

Who will take the pole position for the 267-lap race around the four-turn, 1.5-mile (2.414-kilometer) oval in Las Vegas, Nevada? Follow along with our qualifying updates.

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Full starting lineup

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

Round 2

Qualified (Round 2)

Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Manufacturer – Speed (miles per hour)
1st – Christopher Bell – #20, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 182.673
2nd – Kyle Larson – #5, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 182.014
3rd – Austin Cindric – #2, Team Penske, Ford – 181.794
4th – Chase Briscoe – #14, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 181.733
5th – Chase Elliott – #9, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 181.72
6th – Joey Logano – #22, Team Penske, Ford – 181.348
7th – Tyler Reddick – #8, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet – 181.202
8th – Denny Hamlin – #11, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 181.196
9th – Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – #47, JTG Daugherty Racing, Chevrolet – 179.76
10th – Austin Dillon – #3, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet – 179.724

Round 1

Qualified (Group 1)

Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Manufacturer – Speed (miles per hour)
1st – Christopher Bell – #20, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 181.482
2nd – Tyler Reddick – #8, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet – 181.391
3rd – Chase Elliott – #9, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 181.196
4th – Austin Dillon – #3, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet – 180.935
5th – Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – #47, JTG Daugherty Racing, Chevrolet – 180.451
6th – William Byron – #24, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 180.024
7th – Aric Almirola – #10, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 178.725
8th – Daniel Suarez – #99, Trackhouse Racing Team, Chevrolet – 178.696
9th – Erik Jones – #43, Petty GMS Motorsports, Chevrolet – 178.518
10th – Cole Custer – #41, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 177.883
11th – Kevin Harvick – #4, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 177.819
12th – Chris Buescher – #17, RFK Racing, Ford – 176.887
13th – Justin Haley – #31, Kaulig Racing, Chevrolet – 176.875
14th – Todd Gilliland – #38, Front Row Motorsports, Ford – 175.976
15th – Kurt Busch – #45, 23XI Racing, Toyota – 175.821
16th – Ty Dillon – #42, Petty GMS Motorsports, Chevrolet – 175.456
17th – Cody Ware – #51, Rick Ware Racing, Ford – 173.105
18th – B.J. McLeod – #78, Live Fast Motorsports, Ford – 168.718

Qualified (Group 2)

Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Manufacturer – Speed (miles per hour)
1st – Kyle Larson – #5, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 182.352
2nd – Chase Briscoe – #14, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 181.238
3rd – Austin Cindric – #2, Team Penske, Ford – 181.214
4th – Denny Hamlin – #11, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 181.202
5th – Joey Logano – #22, Team Penske, Ford – 181.044
6th – Ryan Blaney – #12, Team Penske, Ford – 180.947
7th – Martin Truex Jr. – #19, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 180.699
8th – Alex Bowman – #48, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 180.252
9th – Brad Keselowski – #6, RFK Racing, Ford – 179.814
10th – Daniel Hemric – #16, Kaulig Racing, Chevrolet – 179.402
11th – Bubba Wallace – #23, 23XI Racing, Toyota – 179.122
12th – Ross Chastain – #1, Trackhouse Racing Team, Chevrolet – 179.051
13th – Harrison Burton – #21, Wood Brothers Racing, Ford – 178.832
14th – Michael McDowell – #34, Front Row Motorsports, Ford – 178.619
15th – Greg Biffle – #44, NY Racing Team, Chevrolet – 177.241
16th – Corey LaJoie – #7, Spire Motorsports, Chevrolet – 176.309
17th – Josh Bilicki – #77, Spire Motorsports, Chevrolet – 171.964
18th – Garrett Smithley – #15, Rick Ware Racing, Ford – 166.6
19th – Kyle Busch – #18, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 0

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