NASCAR Cup at COTA qualifying results: Blaney takes pole
The grid has been set for the NASCAR Cup Series at Circuit of the Americas.
Team Penske's Ryan Blaney will start from pole position with Trackhouse Racing's Daniel Suarez alongside. This will be Blaney's eighth career pole and his second of the 2022 season.
This will be Suarez's fourth front row start of his career and his first since September, 2019. There was just 0.026s between the two drivers on the time charts.
| Cla | # | Driver | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Gap | Interval | Mph | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 |  Ryan Blaney |
Ford | 1 | 2'12.343 | 92.759 | |||
| 2 | 99 |  Daniel Suarez |
Chevrolet | 3 | 2'12.369 | 0.026 | 0.026 | 92.741 | |
| 3 | 41 | Cole Custer |
Ford | 2 | 2'12.471 | 0.128 | 0.102 | 92.669 | |
| 4 | 8 | Tyler Reddick |
Chevrolet | 3 | 2'12.552 | 0.209 | 0.081 | 92.613 | |
| 5 | 48 | Alex Bowman |
Chevrolet | 1 | 2'12.656 | 0.313 | 0.104 | 92.540 | |
| 6 | 22 | Joey Logano |
Ford | 1 | 2'12.892 | 0.549 | 0.236 | 92.376 | |
| 7 | 20 | Christopher Bell |
Toyota | 1 | 2'12.912 | 0.569 | 0.020 | 92.362 | |
| 8 | 11 | Denny Hamlin |
Toyota | 1 | 2'13.051 | 0.708 | 0.139 | 92.265 | |
| 9 | 31 | Justin Haley |
Chevrolet | 2 | 2'13.566 | 1.223 | 0.515 | 91.910 | |
| 10 | 2 | Austin Cindric |
Ford | 2 | 2'13.940 | 1.597 | 0.374 | 91.653 |
Group A qualifying results
| Cla | # | Driver | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Gap | Interval | Mph | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 41 | Cole Custer |
Ford | 1 | 2'11.832 | 93.119 | |||
| 2 | 2 | Austin Cindric |
Ford | 4 | 2'11.935 | 0.103 | 0.103 | 93.046 | |
| 3 | 31 | Justin Haley |
Chevrolet | 4 | 2'12.250 | 0.418 | 0.315 | 92.824 | |
| 4 | 11 | Denny Hamlin |
Toyota | 3 | 2'12.490 | 0.658 | 0.240 | 92.656 | |
| 5 | 12 | Ryan Blaney |
Ford | 3 | 2'12.632 | 0.800 | 0.142 | 92.557 | |
| 6 | 45 | Kurt Busch |
Toyota | 4 | 2'12.669 | 0.837 | 0.037 | 92.531 | |
| 7 | 5 | Kyle Larson |
Chevrolet | 1 | 2'12.698 | 0.866 | 0.029 | 92.511 | |
| 8 | 9 | Chase Elliott |
Chevrolet | 3 | 2'12.698 | 0.866 | 0.000 | 92.511 | |
| 9 | 14 | Chase Briscoe |
Ford | 3 | 2'12.782 | 0.950 | 0.084 | 92.452 | |
| 10 | 18 | Kyle Busch |
Toyota | 4 | 2'12.790 | 0.958 | 0.008 | 92.447 | |
| 11 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr. |
Toyota | 3 | 2'12.994 | 1.162 | 0.204 | 92.305 | |
| 12 | 4 | Kevin Harvick |
Ford | 4 | 2'13.164 | 1.332 | 0.170 | 92.187 | |
| 13 | 16 | A.J. Allmendinger |
Chevrolet | 1 | 2'13.297 | 1.465 | 0.133 | 92.095 | |
| 14 | 23 | Bubba Wallace |
Toyota | 2 | 2'13.682 | 1.850 | 0.385 | 91.830 | |
| 15 | 6 | Brad Keselowski |
Ford | 3 | 2'14.149 | 2.317 | 0.467 | 91.510 | |
| 16 | 38 | Todd Gilliland |
Ford | 3 | 2'14.324 | 2.492 | 0.175 | 91.391 | |
| 17 | 50 | Kaz Grala |
Chevrolet | 3 | 2'14.476 | 2.644 | 0.152 | 91.288 | |
| 18 | 51 | Cody Ware |
Ford | 3 | 2'15.584 | 3.752 | 1.108 | 90.542 | |
| 19 | 15 | Joey Hand |
Ford |
Group B qualifying results
| Cla | # | Driver | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Gap | Interval | Mph | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 99 | Daniel Suarez |
Chevrolet | 1 | 2'11.787 | 93.150 | |||
| 2 | 8 | Tyler Reddick |
Chevrolet | 1 | 2'12.276 | 0.489 | 0.489 | 92.806 | |
| 3 | 20 | Christopher Bell |
Toyota | 3 | 2'12.410 | 0.623 | 0.134 | 92.712 | |
| 4 | 22 | Joey Logano |
Ford | 1 | 2'12.538 | 0.751 | 0.128 | 92.622 | |
| 5 | 48 | Alex Bowman |
Chevrolet | 3 | 2'12.777 | 0.990 | 0.239 | 92.456 | |
| 6 | 1 | Ross Chastain |
Chevrolet | 3 | 2'12.801 | 1.014 | 0.024 | 92.439 | |
| 7 | 21 | Harrison Burton |
Ford | 3 | 2'13.263 | 1.476 | 0.462 | 92.119 | |
| 8 | 3 | Austin Dillon |
Chevrolet | 3 | 2'13.352 | 1.565 | 0.089 | 92.057 | |
| 9 | 17 | Chris Buescher |
Ford | 3 | 2'13.356 | 1.569 | 0.004 | 92.054 | |
| 10 | 24 | William Byron |
Chevrolet | 4 | 2'13.922 | 2.135 | 0.566 | 91.665 | |
| 11 | 10 | Aric Almirola |
Ford | 3 | 2'14.137 | 2.350 | 0.215 | 91.518 | |
| 12 | 34 | Michael McDowell |
Ford | 3 | 2'14.164 | 2.377 | 0.027 | 91.500 | |
| 13 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. |
Chevrolet | 3 | 2'14.255 | 2.468 | 0.091 | 91.438 | |
| 14 | 43 | Erik Jones |
Chevrolet | 3 | 2'14.411 | 2.624 | 0.156 | 91.332 | |
| 15 | 7 | Corey Lajoie |
Chevrolet | 3 | 2'14.492 | 2.705 | 0.081 | 91.277 | |
| 16 | 42 | Ty Dillon |
Chevrolet | 4 | 2'14.531 | 2.744 | 0.039 | 91.250 | |
| 17 | 77 | Josh Bilicki |
Chevrolet | 3 | 2'15.307 | 3.520 | 0.776 | 90.727 | |
| 18 | 27 |  Loris Hezemans |
Ford | 3 | 2'15.660 | 3.873 | 0.353 | 90.491 | |
| 19 | 66 | Boris Said |
Ford | 3 | 2'18.038 | 6.251 | 2.378 | 88.932 | |
| 20 | 78 | Andy Lally |
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