NASCAR Cup Series Las Vegas starting lineup: Bell snags pole
The starting lineup has been set for the third round of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Christopher Bell claimed his first Cup Series pole, beating out reigning series champion Kyle Larson on the front row.
Kyle Busch was the only driver to not set a time after crashing in practice earlier in the day. There were no incidents during qualifying.
Denny Hamlin and Kyle Larson claimed victory at LVMS in the two races there last year. Brad Keselowski has the most wins of all active drivers there, taking the checkered flag in 2014, 2016 and 2018.
| Pos. | Driver |
| 1 | Christopher Bell |
| 2 | Kyle Larson |
| 3 | Austin Cindric |
| 4 | Chase Briscoe |
| 5 | Chase Elliott |
| 6 | Joey Logano |
| 7 | Tyler Reddick |
| 8 | Denny Hamlin |
| 9 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. |
| 10 | Austin Dillon |
| 11 | Ryan Blaney |
| 12 | Martin Truex Jr. |
| 13 | Alex Bowman |
| 14 | William Byron |
| 15 | Brad Keselowski |
| 16 | Daniel Hemric |
| 17 | Bubba Wallace |
| 18 | Ross Chastain |
| 19 | Harrison Burton |
| 20 | Aric Almirola |
| 21 | Daniel Suarez |
| 22 | Michael McDowell |
| 23 | Erik Jones |
| 24 | Cole Custer |
| 25 | Kevin Harvick |
| 26 | Greg Biffle |
| 27 | Chris Buescher |
| 28 | Justin Haley |
| 29 | Corey LaJoie |
| 30 | Todd Gilliland |
| 31 | Kurt Busch |
| 32 | Ty Dillon |
| 33 | Cody Ware |
| 34 | Josh Bilicki |
| 35 | BJ McLeod |
| 36 | Garrett Smithley |
| 37 | Kyle Busch |
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