NASCAR lineup at Richmond: Starting order, pole for Toyota Owners 400 after qualifying

Tom Gatto

NASCAR lineup at Richmond: Starting order, pole for Toyota Owners 400 after qualifying image

NASCAR is short-track racing this weekend with a trip to historic Richmond Raceway. The field for the Toyota Owners 400 was set Saturday with two rounds of single-lap qualifying runs.

A familiar driver finished on top of the speed chart, and the pole win gives him a big boost as he looks for his first win at the 0.75-mile track.

Sunday's race will be the seventh race of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season. Will we see a seventh different winner? The lineup might offer some clues.   

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Who won the pole for the NASCAR race at Richmond?

Ryan Blaney nabbed his second pole in as many races and third pole of the season with a 119.782 mph lap in the 10-car final round of qualifying. William Byron, who took the other spot in the front row, qualified at 119.585 mph.

Blaney is very pleased to be able to start up front.

"Track position means a lot here," he said, per NASCAR.com. "Especially how my past history is here, I need all the track position I can get." His best finish at Richmond is 10th in the 2021 fall race.

Starting lineup for Richmond race

The three NASCAR manufacturers — Ford (Ryan Blaney), Chevrolet (William Byron) and Toyota (Kyle Busch) — are all represented in the lineup's top three spots.

In all, 37 drivers will line up for the start of the Toyota Dealers 400 at Richmond Raceway.

Starting pos.DriverCar No.Team
1Ryan Blaney12Team Penske
2William Byron24Hendrick Motorsports
3Kyle Busch18Joe Gibbs Racing
4Chase Briscoe14Stewart-Haas Racing
5Erik Jones43Petty GMS Motorsports
6Martin Truex Jr.19Joe Gibbs Racing
7Kevin Harvick4Stewart-Haas Racing
8Ross Chastain1TrackHouse Racing
9Christopher Bell20Joe Gibbs Racing
10Aric Almirola10Stewart-Haas Racing
11Joey Logano22Team Penske
12Cole Custer41Stewart-Haas Racing
13Denny Hamlin11Joe Gibbs Racing
14Daniel Suarez99TrackHouse Racing
15Chase Elliott9Hendrick Motorsports
16Tyler Reddick8Richard Childress Racing
17Harrison Burton21Wood Brothers Racing
18Chris Buescher17Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing
19Brad Keselowski6Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing
20Austin Cindric2Team Penske
21Kyle Larson5Hendrick Motorsports
22Todd Gilliland38Front Row Motorsports
23Landon Cassill77Spire Motorsports
24Michael McDowell34Front Row Motorsports
25Austin Dillon3Richard Childress Racing
26AJ Allmendinger16Kaulig Racing
27Kurt Busch4523XI Racing
28Alex Bowman48Hendrick Motorsports
29Bubba Wallace2323XI Racing
30Ty Dillon42Petty GMS Motorsports
31Corey LaJoie7Spire Motorsports
32Ricky Stenhouse Jr.47JTG Daugherty Racing
33Cody Ware51Rick Ware Racing
34BJ McLeod78Live Fast Motorsports
35JJ Yeley15Rick Ware Racing
36Justin Haley31Kaulig Racing
37Greg Biffle44NY Racing Team

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.