NASCAR lineup at Talladega: Starting order, pole for GEICO 500 after qualifying

Tom Gatto

NASCAR lineup at Talladega: Starting order, pole for GEICO 500 after qualifying image

Talladega is the site for race No. 10 of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season. The starting order for Sunday's GEICO 500 was set via two rounds of qualifying Saturday morning.

Thirty-nine drivers tried their hand at earning the pole position. The fastest 10 from the first round of qualifying advanced to the final round.  

Brad Keselowski won the 'Dega spring race in 2021. Bubba Wallace collected his first career Cup Series win in the fall race. Where will they start the 2022 spring event? 

And who will be leading the field to the green flag on Sunday afternoon? Here's a look at the pole winner and starting lineup for this weekend's race.

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Who won the pole for the NASCAR race at Talladega?

Christopher Bell secured the pole position at Talladega with a 180.928 lap on the superspeedway. He just came in ahead of fellow Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Martin Truex Jr., who was 0.081 seconds back.

This is the second pole position Bell has secured in his Cup Series career. Earlier in 2022, he won the pole at the Pennzoil 400 with a time of 29.561 on the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. He finished that race in 10th.

Starting lineup for Talladega race

The starting order for the GEICO 500 was secured by drivers posting the fastest lap times on the Talladega Superspeedway. Here's the lineup for Sunday's race.

Starting pos.DriverCar No.Team
1Christopher Bell20Joe Gibbs Racing
2Martin Truex Jr.19Joe Gibbs Racing
3Daniel Hemric16Kaulig Racing
4Daniel Suarez99TrackHouse Racing
5Kyle Larson5Hendrick Motorsports
6Kurt Busch4523XI Racing
7Denny Hamlin11Joe Gibbs Racing
8William Byron24Hendrick Motorsports
9Bubba Wallace2323XI Racing
10Tyler Reddick8Richard Childress Racing
11Justin Haley31Kaulig Racing
12Kyle Busch18Joe Gibbs Racing
13Joey Logano22Team Penske
14Austin Dillon3Richard Childress Racing
15Brad Keselowski6Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing
16Erik Jones43Petty GMS Motorsports
17Chase Briscoe14Stewart-Haas Racing
18Austin Cindric2Team Penske
19Ross Chastain1TrackHouse Racing
20Ty Dillon42Petty GMS Motorsports
21Michael McDowell34Front Row Motorsports
22Ryan Blaney12Team Penske
23Aric Almirola10Stewart-Haas Racing
24Kevin Harvick4Stewart-Haas Racing
25Harrison Burton21Wood Brothers Racing
26Ricky Stenhouse Jr.47JTG Daugherty Racing
27Alex Bowman48Hendrick Motorsports
28Chase Elliott9Hendrick Motorsports
29Cole Custer41Stewart-Haas Racing
30Chris Buescher17Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing
31Noah Gragson62Beard Motorsports
32Todd Gilliland38Front Row Motorsports
33Corey LaJoie7Spire Motorsports
34Cody Ware51Rick Ware Racing
35Greg Biffle44NY Racing Team
36David Ragan15Rick Ware Racing
37BJ McLeod78Live Fast Motorsports
38JJ Yeley55Motorsports Business Management
39Landon Cassill77Spire Motorsports

Tom Gatto

Tom Gatto joined The Sporting News as a senior editor in 2000 after 12 years at The Herald-News in Passaic, N.J., where he served in a variety of roles including sports editor, and a brief spell at APBNews.com in New York, where he worked as a syndication editor. He is a 1986 graduate of the University of South Carolina.