NASCAR: 2022 COTA – Full starting lineup, updates

The first road course race of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season is scheduled to take place on Sunday at Circuit of the Americas (COTA).

The sixth venue on the 36-race 2022 NASCAR Cup Series schedule is the first of six road course races: Circuit of the Americas (COTA).

Sunday afternoon’s EchoPark Texas Grand Prix is scheduled to be a 68-lap race around the 20-turn, 3.427-mile (5.515-kilometer) road course in Austin, Texas.

Last year’s race, which was contested in late May and shortened to 54 laps due to rain, was the first ever Cup Series race at COTA. Hendrick Motorsports’ Chase Elliott was the winner.

The track was one of very few tracks to host a qualifying session last year.

This year, the Cup Series qualifying format is a bit different, and those differences aren’t limited to the oval races.

While the road course qualifying format still isn’t a single-car, single-lap format, the drivers are still split up until two groups based on the results of the previous race.

NOTE: For the oval races, the exact order is determined by the qualifying order formula.

The top five drivers from each group advance to the second round, and those 10 drivers then battle for the pole position, setting the top 10 positions in the starting lineup. The rest of the lineup is set by the results of the first round.

Keep tabs on Saturday’s qualifying session below.

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Group 1 – Advanced

Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Manufacturer – Speed (miles per hour)
1st – Cole Custer – #41, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 131.832 seconds (93.119 miles per hour)
2nd – Austin Cindric – #2, Team Penske, Ford – 131.935 seconds (93.046 miles per hour)
3rd – Justin Haley – #31, Kaulig Racing, Chevrolet – 132.25 seconds (92.824 miles per hour)
4th – Denny Hamlin – #11, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 132.49 seconds (92.656 miles per hour)
5th – Ryan Blaney – #12, Team Penske, Ford – 132.632 seconds (92.557 miles per hour)

Group 1 – Not advanced

Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Manufacturer
6th – Kurt Busch – #45, 23XI Racing, Toyota
7th – Chase Elliott – #9, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet
8th – Kyle Larson – #5, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet
9th – Chase Briscoe – #14, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford
10th – Kyle Busch – #18, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota
11th – Martin Truex Jr. – #19, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota
12th – Kevin Harvick – #4, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford
13th – A.J. Allmendinger – #16, Kaulig Racing, Chevrolet
14th – Bubba Wallace – #23, 23XI Racing, Toyota
15th – Brad Keselowski – #6, RFK Racing, Ford
16th – Todd Gilliland – #38, Front Row Motorsports, Ford
17th – Kaz Grala – #50, The Money Team Racing, Chevrolet
18th – Cody Ware – #51, Rick Ware Racing, Ford
19th – Joey Hand – #15, Rick Ware Racing, Ford

Group 2 – Advanced

Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Manufacturer – Speed (miles per hour)
1st – Daniel Suarez – #99, Trackhouse Racing Team, Chevrolet – 131.787 seconds (93.15 miles per hour)
2nd – Tyler Reddick – #8, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet – 132.276 seconds (92.806 miles per hour)
3rd – Christopher Bell – #20, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 132.41 seconds (92.712 miles per hour)
4th – Joey Logano – #22, Team Penske, Ford – 132.538 seconds (92.622 miles per hour)
5th – Alex Bowman – #48, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 132.777 seconds (92.456 miles per hour)

Group 2 – Not advanced

Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Manufacturer
6th – Ross Chastain – #1, Trackhouse Racing Team, Chevrolet
7th – Harrison Burton – #21, Wood Brothers Racing, Ford
8th – Austin Dillon – #3, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet
9th – Chris Buescher – #17, RFK Racing, Ford
10th – William Byron – #24, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet
11th – Aric Almirola – #10, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford
12th – Michael McDowell – #34, Front Row Motorsports, Ford
13th – Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – #47, JTG Daugherty Racing, Chevrolet
14th – Erik Jones – #43, Petty GMS Motorsports, Chevrolet
15th – Corey LaJoie – #7, Spire Motorsports, Chevrolet
16th – Ty Dillon – #42, Petty GMS Motorsports, Chevrolet
17th – Josh Bilicki – #77, Spire Motorsports, Chevrolet
18th – Loris Hezemans – #27, Team Hezeberg, Ford
19th – Boris Said – #66, MBM Motorsports, Ford
20th – Andy Lally – #78, Live Fast Motorsports, Ford

Round 2

Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Manufacturer – Speed (miles per hour)
1st – Ryan Blaney – #12, Team Penske, Ford – 132.343 seconds (92.759 miles per hour)
2nd – Daniel Suarez – #99, Trackhouse Racing Team, Chevrolet – 132.369 seconds (92.741 miles per hour)
3rd – Cole Custer – #41, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 132.471 seconds (92.669 miles per hour)
4th – Tyler Reddick – #8, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet – 132.552 seconds (92.613 miles per hour)
5th – Alex Bowman – #48, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 132.656 seconds (92.54 miles per hour)
6th – Joey Logano – #22, Team Penske, Ford – 132.892 seconds (92.376 miles per hour)
7th – Christopher Bell – #20, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 132.912 seconds (92.362 miles per hour)
8th – Denny Hamlin – #11, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 133.051 seconds (92.265 miles per hour)
9th – Justin Haley – #31, Kaulig Racing, Chevrolet – 133.566 seconds (91.91 miles per hour)
10th – Austin Cindric – #2, Team Penske, Ford – 133.94 seconds (91.653 miles per hour)

Full starting lineup

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

The EchoPark Texas Grand Prix is set to be broadcast live on Fox from Circuit of the Americas beginning at 3:30 p.m. ET tomorrow afternoon, so be sure to start your free trial of FuboTV if you have not yet done so!