Starting positions for the nascar race today

Joey Logano won the pole for the Cook Out Southern 500 in qualifying on Saturday, posting a lap of 29.181 seconds (168.521 MPH) in the final round of qualifying and then withstanding a final charge by Christopher Bell to claim the pole by nine one thousandths of a second. Logano's pole is his second of the 2022 season, both of which have come at Darlington -- Logano won the pole for the track's Goodyear 400 in May, which he went on to win.

In winning the pole for the Southern 500, Logano became the first driver to win the pole for both Darlington races in a single season since Sterling Marlin did so in 1992. Coincidentally, Marlin's sweep of Darlington's poles came with the same car number and manufacturer that Logano now drives -- Marlin drove the No. 22 Ford Thunderbird for NASCAR Hall of Famer Junior Johnson.

While eight playoff drivers qualified in the top 10, there was one playoff driver who did not get to make a qualifying run at all. Daniel Suarez's No. 99 Chevrolet failed pre-qualifying tech inspection three times, meaning that Suarez was disallowed from making a qualifying attempt and will have to serve a pass-through pit road penalty at the start of the race tomorrow.

Suarez has also had a crewmember ejected from the race weekend and has lost pit selection, as has B.J. McLeod whose car failed tech inspection twice.

Cook Out Southern 500 starting lineup

1. #22 - Joey Logano
2. #20 - Christopher Bell
3. #24 - William Byron
4. #8 - Tyler Reddick
5. #18 - Kyle Busch
6. #2 - Austin Cindric (R)
7. #5 - Kyle Larson
8. #45 - Bubba Wallace
9. #12 - Ryan Blaney
10. #34 - Michael McDowell
11. #11 - Denny Hamlin
12. #1 - Ross Chastain
13. #3 - Austin Dillon
14. #31 - Justin Haley
15. #43 - Erik Jones
16. #48 - Alex Bowman
17. #19 - Martin Truex Jr.
18. #4 - Kevin Harvick
19. #14 - Chase Briscoe
20. #47 - Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
21. #23 - Ty Gibbs
22. #10 - Aric Almirola
23. #9 - Chase Elliott
24. #16 - Daniel Hemric
25. #6 - Brad Keselowski
26. #77 - Landon Cassill
27. #17 - Chris Buescher
28. #21 - Harrison Burton (R)
29. #42 - Ty Dillon
30. #41 - Cole Custer
31. #38 - Todd Gilliland (R)
32. #51 - Cody Ware
33. #15 - J.J. Yeley
34. #7 - Corey LaJoie
35. #78 - B.J. McLeod
36. #99 - Daniel Suarez
    

Aric Almirola won the pole for the Bass Pro Shops Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway on Friday evening, earning the top starting spot with a lap of 14.946 (mph). Almirola's pole is his first of the 2022 season and the fourth of his career.

Almirola became the latest non-playoff driver to steal the show in recent weeks, as he looks to follow up on wins by non-playoff drivers Erik Jones and Bubba Wallace in the opening two races of the Round of 16. Almirola was able to hold off playoff driver and Stewart-Haas Racing teammate Chase Briscoe, who qualified second as he looks to avoid playoff elimination.

Friday's practice session preceding qualifying featured an inconvenience for one playoff driver that nearly turned disastrous for two. During Group B practice, Kyle Busch went for a self-spin in Turns 1 and 2, then barely avoided getting hit by the oncoming Austin Cindric. Cindric's evasive maneuver prevented damage to either car, but Busch only managed a 21st-place qualifying run.

Eight of the top 10 qualifiers, including Briscoe in second through Cindric in ninth, were playoff drivers. Daniel Suarez starts deepest of all playoff drivers in 29th.

Bass Pro Shops Night Race starting lineup

1. #10 - Aric Almirola
2. #14 - Chase Briscoe
3. #48 - Alex Bowman
4. #11 - Denny Hamlin
5. #5 - Kyle Larson
6. #12 - Ryan Blaney
7. #4 - Kevin Harvick
8. #20 - Christopher Bell
9. #2 - Austin Cindric (R)
10. #6 - Brad Keselowski
11. #41 - Cole Custer
12. #1 - Ross Chastain
13. #16 - A.J. Allmendinger
14. #45 - Bubba Wallace
15. #22 - Joey Logano
16. #24 - William Byron
17. #8 - Tyler Reddick
18. #34 - Michael McDowell
19. #31 - Justin Haley
20. #17 - Chris Buescher
21. #18 - Kyle Busch
22. #19 - Martin Truex Jr.
23. #9 - Chase Elliott
24. #43 - Erik Jones
25. #23 - Ty Gibbs
26. #47 - Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
27. #21 - Harrison Burton (R)
28. #3 - Austin Dillon
29. #99 - Daniel Suarez
30. #38 - Todd Gilliland (R)
31. #7 - Corey LaJoie
32. #51 - Cody Ware
33. #78 - B.J. McLeod
34. #42 - Ty Dillon
35. #77 - Landon Cassill
36. #15 - J.J. Yeley
    

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