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NASCAR Cup at COTA qualifying results: Blaney takes pole
The grid has been set for the NASCAR Cup Series at Circuit of the Americas.
Edited: Mar 26, 2022, 8:03 PM
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Team Penske's Ryan Blaney will start from pole position with Trackhouse Racing's Daniel Suarez alongside. This will be Blaney's eighth career pole and his second of the 2022 season.
This will be Suarez's fourth front row start of his career and his first since September, 2019. There was just 0.026s between the two drivers on the time charts.
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Cla # Driver Manufacturer Laps Time Gap Interval Mph 1 12 
Ryan Blaney Ford 1 2'12.343 92.759 2 99 
Daniel Suarez Chevrolet 3 2'12.369 0.026 0.026 92.741 3 41 Cole Custer Ford 2 2'12.471 0.128 0.102 92.669 4 8 Tyler Reddick Chevrolet 3 2'12.552 0.209 0.081 92.613 5 48 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 1 2'12.656 0.313 0.104 92.540 6 22 Joey Logano Ford 1 2'12.892 0.549 0.236 92.376 7 20 Christopher Bell Toyota 1 2'12.912 0.569 0.020 92.362 8 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 1 2'13.051 0.708 0.139 92.265 9 31 Justin Haley Chevrolet 2 2'13.566 1.223 0.515 91.910 10 2 Austin Cindric Ford 2 2'13.940 1.597 0.374 91.653
Group A qualifying results
Cla # Driver Manufacturer Laps Time Gap Interval Mph 1 41 Cole Custer Ford 1 2'11.832 93.119 2 2 Austin Cindric Ford 4 2'11.935 0.103 0.103 93.046 3 31 Justin Haley Chevrolet 4 2'12.250 0.418 0.315 92.824 4 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 3 2'12.490 0.658 0.240 92.656 5 12 Ryan Blaney Ford 3 2'12.632 0.800 0.142 92.557 6 45 Kurt Busch Toyota 4 2'12.669 0.837 0.037 92.531 7 5 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 1 2'12.698 0.866 0.029 92.511 8 9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 3 2'12.698 0.866 0.000 92.511 9 14 Chase Briscoe Ford 3 2'12.782 0.950 0.084 92.452 10 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 4 2'12.790 0.958 0.008 92.447 11 19 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 3 2'12.994 1.162 0.204 92.305 12 4 Kevin Harvick Ford 4 2'13.164 1.332 0.170 92.187 13 16 A.J. Allmendinger Chevrolet 1 2'13.297 1.465 0.133 92.095 14 23 Bubba Wallace Toyota 2 2'13.682 1.850 0.385 91.830 15 6 Brad Keselowski Ford 3 2'14.149 2.317 0.467 91.510 16 38 Todd Gilliland Ford 3 2'14.324 2.492 0.175 91.391 17 50 Kaz Grala Chevrolet 3 2'14.476 2.644 0.152 91.288 18 51 Cody Ware Ford 3 2'15.584 3.752 1.108 90.542 19 15 Joey Hand Ford
Group B qualifying results
Cla # Driver Manufacturer Laps Time Gap Interval Mph 1 99 Daniel Suarez Chevrolet 1 2'11.787 93.150 2 8 Tyler Reddick Chevrolet 1 2'12.276 0.489 0.489 92.806 3 20 Christopher Bell Toyota 3 2'12.410 0.623 0.134 92.712 4 22 Joey Logano Ford 1 2'12.538 0.751 0.128 92.622 5 48 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 3 2'12.777 0.990 0.239 92.456 6 1 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 3 2'12.801 1.014 0.024 92.439 7 21 Harrison Burton Ford 3 2'13.263 1.476 0.462 92.119 8 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 3 2'13.352 1.565 0.089 92.057 9 17 Chris Buescher Ford 3 2'13.356 1.569 0.004 92.054 10 24 William Byron Chevrolet 4 2'13.922 2.135 0.566 91.665 11 10 Aric Almirola Ford 3 2'14.137 2.350 0.215 91.518 12 34 Michael McDowell Ford 3 2'14.164 2.377 0.027 91.500 13 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Chevrolet 3 2'14.255 2.468 0.091 91.438 14 43 Erik Jones Chevrolet 3 2'14.411 2.624 0.156 91.332 15 7 Corey Lajoie Chevrolet 3 2'14.492 2.705 0.081 91.277 16 42 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 4 2'14.531 2.744 0.039 91.250 17 77 Josh Bilicki Chevrolet 3 2'15.307 3.520 0.776 90.727 18 27 
Loris Hezemans Ford 3 2'15.660 3.873 0.353 90.491 19 66 Boris Said Ford 3 2'18.038 6.251 2.378 88.932 20 78 Andy Lally Ford
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