NASCAR Beginning Lineup for Sunday's Cook dinner Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway - AthlonSports.com

NASCAR Starting Lineup for Sunday's Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway — Joey Logano gained the pole for the 2022 NASCAR Cup Collection playoff opener at Darlington Raceway.

The NASCAR Cup Collection opens its 10-race playoff on Sunday, Sept. 4 at Darlington Raceway with the operating of the Cook dinner Out Southern 500. Sixteen (16) drivers are eligible to compete for the championship, a quantity that will probably be whittled right down to 4 by Phoenix Raceway in early November.

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Listed here are the 16 drivers who certified for this 12 months’s postseason, cut up up by the staff they drive for.

Hendrick Motorsports (4): Alex Bowman, William Byron, Chase Elliott, Kyle Larson

Joe Gibbs Racing (3): Christopher Bell, Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin

Group Penske (3): Ryan Blaney, Austin Cindric, Joey Logano

Richard Childress Racing (2): Austin Dillon, Tyler Reddick

Stewart-Haas Racing (2): Chase Briscoe, Kevin Harvick

Trackhouse Racing Group (2): Ross Chastain, Daniel Suarez

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Within the proprietor’s championship playoff, the No. 45 Toyota (pushed now by Bubba Wallace over the ultimate 10 races) replaces Group Penske’s No. 12 and Ryan Blaney within the 16-car discipline. Kurt Busch, the full-time driver of the No. 45, waived his playoff eligibility after getting sidelined by a concussion at Pocono Raceway earlier this month.

The drivers have a difficult postseason debut at Darlington, a uniquely formed 1.367-mile oval that hosted the game’s first 500-mile race in 1950. The Southern 500 is one in all NASCAR’s crown jewel occasions, a real take a look at of driver talent and tire administration round this egg-shaped observe.

The totally different radiuses of turns 1 and a couple of versus 3 and 4 imply your automobile isn’t dealing with completely right here. Hitting the wall is sort of a certainty over the course of 500 miles; it’s simply whether or not you may hold that Darlington Stripe from hampering the velocity of your racecar.

Might Darlington winner Joey Logano earned the pole for this race, his second of the season. Eight of the highest 9 qualifiers are eligible for the championship whereas the ninth, Bubba Wallace, is preventing for that proprietor’s title.

Simply 36 vehicles confirmed as much as try this 12 months’s Southern 500, all of whom had a assured spot within the discipline. That left the Cup Collection 4 wanting its most 40-car grid for the primary time since Richmond Raceway in mid-August.

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

(R) – Rookie
(i) – Ineligible to gather Cup Collection factors
(P) – Playoff driver

Qualifying Notes

Joey Logano (first) earned the pole and is searching for a season sweep at Darlington Raceway. Logano has by no means gained the Southern 500.
Christopher Bell (second) was the highest-qualifying Toyota. Bell was the one Toyota driver to complete inside the highest 10 in the course of the Might race held at Darlington.
William Byron (third) is searching for his first top-5 end since Martinsville in April. The best-qualifying Chevrolet driver was main late in the course of the Might occasion earlier than Logano bumped Byron’s No. 24 automobile out of the way in which to win.
Austin Cindric (sixth) was the highest-qualifying rookie driver within the discipline. He’s additionally the one freshman to make this 12 months’s playoff.
Kyle Larson (seventh) has by no means gained at Darlington regardless of three runner-up finishes in his final 4 begins on the observe. He has 686 profession laps led in 9 begins.
Bubba Wallace (eighth) replaces Kurt Busch within the No. 45 automobile at 23XI Racing. Wallace switched numbers so as to run for the proprietor’s championship because the staff’s lone remaining full-time driver.
Ty Gibbs (twenty first) continues to sub for the injured Kurt Busch at 23XI Racing however has had his quantity switched to 23.
JJ Yeley (thirty third) replaces David Ragan behind the wheel of the Rick Ware Racing Ford. Ragan scored a ninth-place end for the staff at Daytona however is just operating a restricted schedule this season.
Daniel Suarez (thirty sixth) was not allowed to qualify after failing pre-race inspection 3 times. He should additionally do a pass-through penalty at the beginning of the race for the infraction, dropping automobile chief Eddie D’Hondt Jr.