NASCAR: 2022 Darlington playoff qualifying – Full starting lineup

Keep tabs on Saturday’s qualifying session for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series playoff-opening Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway.

The Cook Out Southern 500 is scheduled to open up the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs this Sunday night at Darlington Raceway, and qualifying for the race is scheduled to take place this afternoon.

Aside from the qualifying session for last year’s season finale at Phoenix Raceway, this is the first qualifying session for a playoff race since the 2019 season, as qualifying was largely canceled during the 2020 and 2021 seasons.

As a result, it is the first playoff race set to utilize the new qualifying format. It is a single-car qualifying session, and drivers are split up into two groups based on the results of the most recent race at Daytona International Speedway.

The order is determined by the qualifying formula (full breakdown here), though the playoff drivers (and playoff entries, in the case of 23XI Racing’s Bubba Wallace) are all guaranteed to qualify at the end of their respective groups.

Each driver is set to make a single-lap qualifying attempt, and the fastest five drivers from each group are set to advance to the second round, which also utilizes a single-car format.

Those 10 drivers are then set to make another single-lap qualifying attempt, and those attempts will determine the top 10 in the starting lineup.

The remainder of the starting lineup will be determined by the first round speeds, regardless of the group in which they were recorded.

Follow along with our live qualifying updates for the 2022 Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway.

Round 1, Group 1 – Qualified

Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Manufacturer – Speed (Miles per hour)
1st – Joey Logano – #22, Team Penske, Ford – 168.723
2nd – Kyle Larson – #5, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 168.711
3rd – Bubba Wallace – #45, 23XI Racing, Toyota – 168.44
4th – Austin Cindric – #2, Team Penske, Ford – 168.388
5th – Ryan Blaney – #12, Team Penske, Ford – 168.066
6th – Erik Jones – #43, Petty GMS Motorsports, Chevrolet – 167.197
7th – Martin Truex Jr. – #19, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 166.942
8th – Kevin Harvick – #4, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 166.834
9th – Chase Briscoe – #14, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 166.636
10th – Aric Almirola – #10, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 166.118
11th – Chase Elliott – #9, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 165.877
12th – Daniel Hemric – #16, Kaulig Racing, Chevrolet – 165.872
13th – Brad Keselowski – #6, RFK Racing, Ford – 165.799
14th – Harrison Burton – #21, Wood Brothers Racing, Ford – 165.654
15th – Ty Dillon – #42, Petty GMS Motorsports, Chevrolet – 165.281
16th – Cole Custer – #41, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 165.015
17th – Todd Gilliland – #38, Front Row Motorsports, Ford – 164.832
18th – Corey LaJoie – #7, Spire Motorsports, Chevrolet – 164.507

Round 1, Group 2 – Qualified

Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Manufacturer – Speed (Miles per hour)
1st – Christopher Bell – #20, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 169.713
2nd – William Byron – #24, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 169.631
3rd – Kyle Busch – #18, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 169.094
4th – Michael McDowell – #34, Front Row Motorsports, Ford – 168.804
5th – Tyler Reddick – #8, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet – 168.752
6th – Denny Hamlin – #11, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 168.474
7th – Ross Chastain – #1, Trackhouse Racing Team, Chevrolet – 168.255
8th – Austin Dillon – #3, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet – 167.43
9th – Justin Haley – #31, Kaulig Racing, Chevrolet – 167.317
10th – Alex Bowman – #48, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 166.97
11th – Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – #47, JTG Daugherty Racing, Chevrolet – 166.574
12th – Ty Gibbs – #23, 23XI Racing, Toyota – 166.236
13th – Landon Cassill – #77, Spire Motorsports, Chevrolet – 165.71
14th – Chris Buescher – #17, RFK Racing, Ford – 165.654
15th – Cody Ware – #51, Rick Ware Racing, Ford – 164.694
16th – J.J. Yeley – #15, Rick Ware Racing, Ford – 164.672
17th – B.J. McLeod – #78, Live Fast Motorsports, Ford – 163.354
18th – Daniel Suarez – #99, Trackhouse Racing Team, Chevrolet – 0

Round 2 – Qualified

Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Manufacturer – Speed (Miles per hour)
1st – Joey Logano – #22, Team Penske, Ford – 168.521
2nd – Christopher Bell – #20, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 168.469
3rd – William Byron – #24, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 168.186
4th – Tyler Reddick – #8, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet – 167.853
5th – Kyle Busch – #18, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 167.705
6th – Austin Cindric – #2, Team Penske, Ford – 167.63
7th – Kyle Larson – #5, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 167.55
8th – Bubba Wallace – #45, 23XI Racing, Toyota – 167.066
9th – Ryan Blaney – #12, Team Penske, Ford – 166.998
10th – Michael McDowell – #34, Front Row Motorsports, Ford – 166.885

Full starting lineup

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

Tune in to USA Network at 6:00 p.m. ET tomorrow evening for the live broadcast of the Cook Out Southern 500 from Darlington Raceway. Begin a free trial of FuboTV now!