Team Penske's Ryan Preece took the pole position for Sunday's Freeway Insurance 500 at Phoenix Raceway, which is set to be the first NASCAR Cup Series playoff race at Phoenix that is not the championship finale since 2019. Blaney has won back-to-back races at Phoenix.
Blaney earned the pole position for this 312-lap race around the four-turn, 1.022-mile (1.645-kilometer) Avondale, Arizona oval by recording a top lap speed of 137.143 miles per hour behind the wheel of his No. 12 Ford during Saturday's qualifying session, which was just the third playoff qualifying session of the year not to be rained out.
Teammate Joey Logano, whom Blaney beat to the top spot by 0.032 seconds, is set to start beside him on the front row behind the wheel of his No. 22 Ford.
Championship leader Kyle Larson qualified 22nd, placing him lower than 12 of the other 15 title contenders.
Here's a look at the full starting lineup for Sunday's Freeway Insurance 500 at Phoenix. Note that pre-race penalties are not factored into the chart below.
Full NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup at Phoenix
Order | Driver |
|---|---|
1 | Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Team Penske Ford |
2 | Joey Logano, No. 22 Team Penske Ford |
3 | Chase Briscoe, No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota |
4 | Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota |
5 | Christopher Bell, No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota |
6 | Tyler Reddick, No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota |
7 | Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota |
8 | Michael McDowell, No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet |
9 | Josh Berry, No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford |
10 | William Byron, No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet |
11 | Ross Chastain, No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet |
12 | Connor Zilisch, No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet |
13 | Todd Gilliland, No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford |
14 | Daniel Suarez, No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet |
15 | Austin Cindric, No. 2 Team Penske Ford |
16 | Chase Elliott, No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet |
17 | Chris Buescher, No. 17 RFK Racing Ford |
18 | Brad Keselowski, No. 6 RFK Racing Ford |
19 | Riley Herbst, No. 35 23XI Racing Toyota |
20 | Zane Smith, No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford |
21 | A.J. Allmendinger, No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet |
22 | Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet |
23 | Bubba Wallace, No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota |
24 | Austin Dillon, No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet |
25 | Shane van Gisbergen, No. 97 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet |
26 | Ryan Preece, No. 60 RFK Racing Ford |
27 | Cole Custer, No. 41 Haas Factory Team Chevrolet |
28 | Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet |
29 | Erik Jones, No. 43 Legacy Motor Club Toyota |
30 | Noah Gragson, No. 4 Front Row Motorsports Ford |
31 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet |
32 | John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42 Legacy Motor Club Toyota |
33 | Ty Dillon, No. 10 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet |
34 | Alex Bowman, No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet |
35 | Austin Hill, No. 33 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet |
36 | Corey Heim, No. 67 23XI Racing Toyota |
37 | Cody Ware, No. 51 Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet |
Sunday's Freeway Insurance 500 is the 10th and final race of the year set to be shown live on USA Network, with the broadcast set to begin at 3:00 p.m. ET. All three races remaining on the schedule beyond this weekend are set to be shown live on NBC, so begin a free trial of FuboTV now and don't miss any of the action from this year's championship battle!
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