NASCAR lineup at Kansas: Starting order, pole for AdventHealth 400 after qualifying

Tom Gatto

NASCAR lineup at Kansas: Starting order, pole for AdventHealth 400 after qualifying image

NASCAR hits the halfway point of the Cup Series regular season this weekend with the AdventHealth 400 at Kansas Speedway.

Qualifying for the race took place Saturday with the usual two rounds of single-lap runs. Four Toyotas, three Chevrolets and three Fords made it to the second and final round.   

Here's a look at the pole winner and starting lineup for the 13th race on the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series schedule (3:12 p.m. ET green flag; FS1, TSN3, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).    

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Who won the pole for the NASCAR race at Kansas?

Christopher Bell secured the top spot on the starting grid with a qualifying lap of 179.575 mph. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver now has three pole wins on the season, but so far no race wins. He comes into Sunday's race 10th in the driver point standings.

"We have everything we need to win the races, that is for sure," Bell said, per NASCAR.com. "Our cars are super-fast. I feel like I’ve been driving pretty well, especially the last couple of weeks specifically. We just have to maintain our track position."

Richard Childress Racing's Tyler Reddick will be on the front row with Bell after turning a lap of 178.855 mph.

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Joey Logano, last week's winner at Darlington, will start 34th in a backup car after crashing in practice. Logano's victory was controversial; he shoved William Byron out of the way for the lead just before the white flag. He was retaliating for Byron squeezing him into the wall on a late restart.

Byron said Saturday that he and Logano are not even after that exchange, but he doesn't feel he owes Logano one. Logano, though, said he'll "keep swinging" if Byron wants more.

"He can keep going, but I can promise you I’ll keep going and I’ll go bigger every time," Logano said.

NASCAR lineup at Kansas

A Toyota (Christopher Bell) and a Chevrolet (Tyler Reddick) make up the front row for Sunday's race. Chevy (Kyle Larson), Ford (Austin Cindric) and Toyota (Kurt Busch) complete the top five.

Only the 36 Cup Series charter teams entered the race, meaning another field that is less than full.

Start pos.DriverCar No.Team
1Christopher Bell20Joe Gibbs Racing
2Tyler Reddick8Richard Childress Racing
3Kyle Larson5Hendrick Motorsports
4Austin Cindric2Team Penske
5Kurt Busch4523XI Racing
6Kyle Busch18Joe Gibbs Racing
7Aric Almirola10Stewart-Haas Racing
8Alex Bowman48Hendrick Motorsports
9Martin Truex Jr.19Joe Gibbs Racing
10Ryan Blaney12Team Penske
11Ross Chastain1TrackHouse Racing
12Chase Briscoe14Stewart-Haas Racing
13William Byron24Hendrick Motorsports
14Chase Elliott9Hendrick Motorsports
15Justin Haley31Kaulig Racing
16Cole Custer41Stewart-Haas Racingq
17Ty Dillon42Petty GMS Motorsports
18Denny Hamlin11Joe Gibbs Racing
19Daniel Suarez99TrackHouse Racing
20Corey LaJoie7Spire Motorsports
21Austin Dillon3Richard Childress Racing
22Erik Jones43Petty GMS Motorsports
23Kevin Harvick4Stewart-Haas Racing
24Bubba Wallace2323XI Racing
25Michael McDowell34Front Row Motorsports
26Harrison Burton21Wood Brothers Racing
27JJ Yeley15Rick Ware Racing
28Noah Gragson16Kaulig Racing
29Cody Ware51Rick Ware Racing
30Brad Keselowski6Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing
31Todd Gilliland38Front Row Motorsports
32BJ McLeod78Live Fast Motorsports
33Josh Bilicki77Spire Motorsports
34Joey Logano22Team Penske
35Chris Buescher17Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing
36Ricky Stenhouse Jr.47JTG Daugherty Racing

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.