NASCAR: 2022 Texas playoff qualifying – Full starting lineup

Keep tabs on Saturday afternoon’s qualifying session for Sunday afternoon’s NASCAR Cup Series playoff race at Texas Motor Speedway.

The second round of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs, the round of 12, is scheduled to get underway on Sunday afternoon at Texas Motor Speedway with the AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 500.

There are 12 drivers still eligible to win this year’s championship entering this 334-lap race around the four-turn, 1.5-mile (2.414-kilometer) Fort Worth, Texas oval, the first of three races in the round of 12. There are still 12 teams eligible to win the owner title as well, though one team’s driver is not a playoff driver.

The single-car qualifying session for the round of 12 opener is set to utilize the format that has been used for most races since the start of the 2022 season.

While the qualifying formula (full details here) is still used to determine the qualifying order, there is one small difference: the drivers/teams still in contention for the championship are set to qualify at the end of whichever group they are in.

Which drivers are in which group is determined by the results of the most recent playoff race at Bristol Motor Speedway.

After each driver makes a single-lap qualifying attempt in round one, the fastest five drivers in each group advance to the second round. All 10 of those drivers make another single-lap attempt.

The speeds from the second round determine the top 10 in the starting lineup, while the speeds from the first round determine the rest of the lineup, irrespective of the group in which they were set.

Follow along with our live updates for the AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.

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Round 1, Group 1 – Qualified

Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Manufacturer – Speed (Miles per hour)
1st – Tyler Reddick – #8, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet – 188.857
2nd – Kyle Larson – #5, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 188.383
3rd – Joey Logano – #22, Team Penske, Ford – 188.324
4th – Brad Keselowski – #6, RFK Racing, Ford – 188.166
5th – Denny Hamlin – #11, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 188.003
6th – Chris Buescher – #17, RFK Racing, Ford – 187.741
7th – Ryan Blaney – #12, Team Penske, Ford – 187.709
8th – Ty Gibbs – #23, 23XI Racing, Toyota – 187.266
9th – Bubba Wallace – #45, 23XI Racing, Toyota – 187.169
10th – Christopher Bell – #20, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 186.445
11th – Aric Almirola – #10, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 185.669
12th – Erik Jones – #43, Petty GMS Motorsports, Chevrolet – 185.331
13th – Todd Gilliland – #38, Front Row Motorsports, Ford – 185.249
14th – Justin Haley – #31, Kaulig Racing, Chevrolet – 184.546
15th – Ty Dillon – #42, Petty GMS Motorsports, Chevrolet – 184.269
16th – Garrett Smithley – #15, Rick Ware Racing, Ford – 183.045
17th – B.J. McLeod – #78, Live Fast Motorsports, Ford – 181.549
18th – Cody Ware – #51, Rick Ware Racing, Ford – 0

Round 1, Group 2 – Qualified

Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Manufacturer – Speed (Miles per hour)
1st – William Byron – #24, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 188.89
2nd – Austin Dillon – #3, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet – 188.048
3rd – Daniel Suarez – #99, Trackhouse Racing Team, Chevrolet – 188.029
3th – Chase Elliott – #9, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 188.029
5th – Michael McDowell – #34, Front Row Motorsports, Ford – 188.016
6th – Austin Cindric – #2, Team Penske, Ford – 187.82
7th – Ross Chastain – #1, Trackhouse Racing Team, Chevrolet – 187.806
8th – Martin Truex Jr. – #19, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 187.331
9th – Alex Bowman – #48, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 187.259
10th – Kyle Busch – #18, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 187.24
11th – Harrison Burton – #21, Wood Brothers Racing, Ford – 187.169
12th – Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – #47, JTG Daugherty Racing, Chevrolet – 186.567
13th – Kevin Harvick – #4, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 186.245
14th – Cole Custer – #41, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 185.88
15th – Noah Gragson – #16, Kaulig Racing, Chevrolet – 185.548
16th – Corey LaJoie – #7, Spire Motorsports, Chevrolet – 185.122
17th – Chase Briscoe – #14, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 185.052
18th – Landon Cassill – #77, Spire Motorsports, Chevrolet – 177.749

Round 2 – Qualified

Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Manufacturer – Speed (Miles per hour)
1st – Brad Keselowski – #6, RFK Racing, Ford – 188.99
2nd – Joey Logano – #22, Team Penske, Ford – 188.805
3rd – William Byron – #24, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 188.805
4th – Tyler Reddick – #8, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet – 188.39
5th – Michael McDowell – #34, Front Row Motorsports, Ford – 188.029
6th – Chase Elliott – #9, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 187.95
7th – Austin Dillon – #3, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet – 187.546
8th – Denny Hamlin – #11, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 186.987
9th – Kyle Larson – #5, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 186.233
10th – Daniel Suarez – #99, Trackhouse Racing Team, Chevrolet – 185.401

Full starting lineup

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

Tune into USA Network at 3:30 p.m. ET tomorrow afternoon for the live broadcast of the NASCAR Cup Series round of 12 playoff race from Texas Motor Speedway. If you haven’t yet begun a free trial of FuboTV, do so now!