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Practice to Qualifying

NASCAR Cup Series

Cook Out Southern 500

Darlington Raceway

September 4th, 2022

Race #27 of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series Season

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Denny Hamlin enters his car during qualifying — Darlington, South Carolina - September 3rd, 2022: Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 Sport Clips Haircuts Toyota, enters his car during qualifying for the NASCAR Cup Series Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway. Photo by Jared C Tilton | Getty Images

Driver	Car #	Make	RNK 1	SPD 1	ST	SPD Q	AVG ST	+/-
Ross Chastain	1	Chevrolet	8	165.710	12	168.255	18	+6
Aric Almirola	10	Ford	13	164.865	22	166.118	14	-8
Denny Hamlin	11	Toyota	9	165.514	11	168.474	9	-2
Ryan Blaney	12	Ford	21	164.397	9	166.998	8	-1
Chase Briscoe	14	Ford	24	164.161	19	166.636	17	-2
JJ Yeley	15	Ford	28	163.272	33	164.672	33	+0
Daniel Hemric	16	Chevrolet	25	163.942	24	165.872	26	+2
Chris Buescher	17	Ford	32	162.910	27	165.654	19	-8
Kyle Busch	18	Toyota	23	164.254	5	167.705	12	+7
Martin Truex Jr	19	Toyota	5	166.057	17	166.942	10	-7
Austin Cindric	2	Ford	1	167.699	6	167.630	17	+11
Christopher Bell	20	Toyota	15	164.815	2	168.469	12	+10
Harrison Burton	21	Ford	11	165.181	28	165.654	26	-2
Joey Logano	22	Ford	10	165.186	1	168.521	10	+9
Ty Gibbs	23	Toyota	33	162.678	21	166.236	14	-7
William Byron	24	Chevrolet	2	166.495	3	168.186	11	+8
Austin Dillon	3	Chevrolet	30	163.029	13	167.430	16	+3
Justin Haley	31	Chevrolet	26	163.381	14	167.317	24	+10
Michael McDowell	34	Ford	17	164.628	10	166.885	17	+7
Todd Gilliland	38	Ford	35	161.164	31	164.832	27	-4
Kevin Harvick	4	Ford	27	163.294	18	166.834	15	-3
Cole Custer	41	Ford	7	165.956	30	165.015	25	-5
Ty Dillon	42	Chevrolet	20	164.424	29	165.281	23	-6
Erik Jones	43	Chevrolet	3	166.484	15	167.197	22	+7
Bubba Wallace	45	Toyota	22	164.270	8	167.066	13	+5
Ricky Stenhouse Jr	47	Chevrolet	6	166.045	20	166.574	26	+6
Alex Bowman	48	Chevrolet	12	165.092	16	166.970	16	+0
Kyle Larson	5	Chevrolet	19	164.523	7	167.550	8	+1
Cody Ware	51	Ford	31	162.953	32	164.694	32	+0
Brad Keselowski	6	Ford	18	164.611	25	165.799	11	-14
Corey Lajoie	7	Chevrolet	29	163.159	34	164.507	28	-6
Landon Cassill	77	Chevrolet	34	162.153	26	165.710	30	+4
BJ McLeod	78	Ford	36	156.577	35	163.354	34	-1
Tyler Reddick	8	Chevrolet	4	166.360	4	167.853	9	+5
Chase Elliott	9	Chevrolet	14	164.854	23	165.877	17	-6
Daniel Suarez	99	Chevrolet	16	164.804	36	0.000	23	-13

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2 Years (4 races)

Cautions: 7.8 DN
Caution Laps: 46.7 UP
Lead Changes: 19.8 UP
Passes: 3,244.0 UP
Race Speed: 121.995 mph UP

5 Years (11 races)

Cautions: 8.3 DN
Caution Laps: 45.7 DN
Lead Changes: 17.8 UP
Passes: 2,776.0 UP
Race Speed: 121.974 mph DN

10 Years (16 races)

Cautions: 8.9
Caution Laps: 47.8
Lead Changes: 17.7
Passes: 2,585.0
Race Speed: 123.4 mph

Qualifying Fast Facts

Darlington Raceway
73rd Annual Cook Out Southern 500
Busch Pole Award Pole Winner: Joey Logano
Age: 32
Team : No. 22 - Shell Pennzoil Ford
Owner: Roger Penske
Crew Chief: Paul Wolfe
Joey Logano won the Pole Award for the 73rd Annual Cook Out Southern 500 with a lap of 29.181 seconds, 168.521 mph.
This is his 24th pole in 498 NASCAR Cup Series races.
This is his second pole and 14th top-10 start in 2022.
This is his second pole in 18 races at Darlington Raceway.
Christopher Bell (second) posted his 17th top-10 start of 2022 and his second in seven races at Darlington Raceway.
William Byron (third) posted his sixth top-10 start at Darlington Raceway. It is his 11th in 27 races this season.
Austin Cindric (sixth) was the fastest qualifying rookie.