NASCAR: 2022 Phoenix playoff qualifying – Full starting lineup

Keep tabs on Saturday’s qualifying session for Sunday afternoon’s NASCAR Cup Series Championship 4 race at Phoenix Raceway.

The 2022 NASCAR Cup Series championship is set to be decided in this Sunday afternoon’s Championship 4 race at Phoenix Raceway.

There are four drivers eligible to win the championship heading into this 312-lap race around the four-turn, 1.058-mile (1.703-kilometer) Avondale, Arizona oval, and the highest finisher among them is slated to be crowned champion.

Those four drivers are Team Penske’s Joey Logano, Joe Gibbs Racing’s Christopher Bell, Trackhouse Racing Team’s Ross Chastain, and Hendrick Motorsports’ Chase Elliott.

Logano, the 2018 champion, is a two-time winner at Phoenix Raceway (November 2016 and March 2020), and Elliott, the 2020 champion, won there in November 2020 to secure his first title.

In each of the first eight seasons of the Championship 4, the champion has been the winner of the season finale.

Hendrick Motorsports’ Kyle Larson won last year’s championship with a Championship 4 victory at Phoenix Raceway, but he was eliminated in this year’s round of 12. Stewart-Haas Racing’s Chase Briscoe, who was eliminated in the round of 8, won the race at Phoenix Raceway back in March.

Qualifying groups for Sunday’s season finale were determined by the results of the most recent race at Martinsville Speedway, and the order was solidified by the qualifying formula, which you can read more about here.

The remaining four championship contenders were not factored into that formula until all of the non-championship contenders were taken care of.

The qualifying session is a single-car, single-lap session in which the top five drivers in each of two groups in the opening round advance to the second round to battle for the pole position. Round two speeds determine the top 10 in the starting lineup, while the remainder of the lineup is based on round one speeds, irrespective of group.

Follow along with our live qualifying updates for the NASCAR Cup Series Championship 4.

Round 1, Group 1 – Qualified

Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Manufacturer – Speed (Miles per hour)
1st – Ty Gibbs – #23, 23XI Racing, Toyota – 134.6
2nd – Kevin Harvick – #4, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 134.484
3rd – Harrison Burton – #21, Wood Brothers Racing, Ford – 134.444
4th – Chase Elliott – #9, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 134.288
5th – Ryan Blaney – #12, Team Penske, Ford – 134.188
6th – Austin Cindric – #2, Team Penske, Ford – 133.958
7th – A.J. Allmendinger – #16, Kaulig Racing, Chevrolet – 133.929
8th – Brad Keselowski – #6, RFK Racing, Ford – 133.814
9th – Michael McDowell – #34, Front Row Motorsports, Ford – 133.615
10th – Denny Hamlin – #11, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 133.289
11th – Kyle Busch – #18, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 133.259
12th – Alex Bowman – #48, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 133.21
13th – Ross Chastain – #1, Trackhouse Racing Team, Chevrolet – 133.018
14th – Justin Haley – #31, Kaulig Racing, Chevrolet – 132.984
15th – Daniel Suarez – #99, Trackhouse Racing Team, Chevrolet – 132.773
16th – Erik Jones – #43, Petty GMS Motorsports, Chevrolet – 132.227
17th – Cody Ware – #51, Rick Ware Racing, Ford – 129.88
18th – Garrett Smithley – #15, Rick Ware Racing, Ford – 129.557

Round 1, Group 2 – Qualified

Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Manufacturer – Speed (Miles per hour)
1st – Chase Briscoe – #14, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 135.252
2nd – Joey Logano – #22, Team Penske, Ford – 135.095
3rd – Cole Custer – #41, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 134.399
4th – William Byron – #24, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 134.363
5th – Kyle Larson – #5, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 134.223
6th – Tyler Reddick – #8, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet – 134.173
7th – Martin Truex Jr. – #19, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 134.098
8th – Aric Almirola – #10, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 133.963
9th – Austin Dillon – #3, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet – 133.944
10th – Christopher Bell – #20, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 133.924
11th – Chris Buescher – #17, RFK Racing, Ford – 133.67
12th – Bubba Wallace – #45, 23XI Racing, Toyota – 133.23
13th – Corey LaJoie – #7, Spire Motorsports, Chevrolet – 132.915
14th – Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – #47, JTG Daugherty Racing, Chevrolet – 132.631
15th – Todd Gilliland – #38, Front Row Motorsports, Ford – 132.081
16th – Ty Dillon – #42, Petty GMS Motorsports, Chevrolet – 131.907
17th – B.J. McLeod – #78, Live Fast Motorsports, Ford – 130.619
18th – Landon Cassill – #77, Spire Motorsports, Chevrolet – 126.698

Round 2 – Qualified

Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Manufacturer – Speed (Miles per hour)
1st – Joey Logano – #22, Team Penske, Ford – 134.389
2nd – Ryan Blaney – #12, Team Penske, Ford – 134.373
3rd – Chase Briscoe – #14, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 134.203
4th – Kyle Larson – #5, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 133.844
5th – Chase Elliott – #9, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 133.437
6th – Harrison Burton – #21, Wood Brothers Racing, Ford – 133.279
7th – Kevin Harvick – #4, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 133.057
8th – William Byron – #24, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 132.89
9th – Cole Custer – #41, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 132.719
10th – Ty Gibbs – #23, 23XI Racing, Toyota – 132.475

Full starting lineup

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

Tune in to NBC at 3:00 p.m. ET on Sunday, November 6 for the live broadcast of the NASCAR Cup Series Championship from Phoenix Raceway. Begin a free trial of FuboTV now if you have not already done so!