The Nascar Chevy teams were bested by both a Ford and Toyota during qualifying for the 2022 Cup Series race at Dover Motor Speedway on Sunday.
Kyle Larson, driver of the No. 5 Next Gen Camaro ZL1, was the fastest Chevy, and will start third after posting a time of 55.552 seconds and a top speed of 159.631 mph around the “Monster Mile.” He’ll start behind the No. 17 Ford Mustang of Chris Buescher, who has the pole thanks to a time of 22.479 seconds, and the No. 11 Toyota TRD Camry of Denny Hamlin in second. Following Larson will be the No. 9 Camaro driven by Chase Elliott. The top five is rounded out by Ryan Blaney, driver of the No. 12 Mustang.
Alex Bowman, driver of the No. 48 Camaro, won the last time the Cup Series visited Dover. He once again showed strength during qualifying, and will start just outside the top five in the sixth position.
Meanwhile, the only team to be penalized for failing pre-qualifying inspection was the No. 42 Nascar Chevy driven by Ty Dillon. Nascar did not disclose the reason the No. 42 machine failed inspection. As a result, Dillon will have to compete without his car chief, Cam Strader, and has lost pit selection as a result.
The Cup Series race at Dover will commence at 3 p.m. ET on Sunday, May 1st.
| Pos | Car Number | Driver | Team | Time | Speed | Car |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 | Chris Buescher | Fastenal Ford | 22.479 | 160.149 | Ford Mustang |
| 2 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | FedEx Office Toyota | 22.536 | 159.744 | Toyota TRD Camry |
| 3 | 5 | Kyle Larson | HendrickCars.com Chevrolet | 22.552 | 159.631 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 4 | 9 | Chase Elliott | NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet | 22.609 | 159.229 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 5 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Menards/Jack Links Ford | 22.617 | 159.172 | Ford Mustang |
| 6 | 48 | Alex Bowman | Ally Chevrolet | 22.626 | 159.109 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 7 | 1 | Ross Chastain | Pitbull Tour 2022 Chevrolet | 22.643 | 158.99 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 8 | 99 | Daniel Suarez | CommScope Chevrolet | 22.708 | 158.534 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 9 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | leidos Toyota | 22.81 | 157.826 | Toyota TRD Camry |
| 10 | 18 | Kyle Busch | M&M's Crunchy Cookie Toyota | 22.859 | 157.487 | Toyota TRD Camry |
| 11 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Hunt Brothers Pizza Ford | 22.547 | 159.666 | Ford Mustang |
| 12 | 2 | Austin Cindric # | Freightliner Ford | 22.592 | 159.348 | Ford Mustang |
| 13 | 15 | Ryan Preece(i) | United Rentals Ford | 22.62 | 159.151 | Ford Mustang |
| 14 | 31 | Justin Haley | LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevrolet | 22.631 | 159.074 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 15 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Kroger/The Frozen Farmer Chevrolet | 22.64 | 159.011 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 16 | 45 | Kurt Busch | Monster Energy Toyota | 22.645 | 158.975 | Toyota TRD Camry |
| 17 | 20 | Christopher Bell | DeWalt Toyota | 22.647 | 158.961 | Toyota TRD Camry |
| 18 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr. | Bass Pro Shops Toyota | 22.682 | 158.716 | Toyota TRD Camry |
| 19 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger(i) | Action Industries Chevrolet | 22.684 | 158.702 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 20 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | Kohler Generators Ford | 22.695 | 158.625 | Ford Mustang |
| 21 | 7 | Corey LaJoie | DuraMAX/Drydene Chevrolet | 22.705 | 158.555 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 22 | 22 | Joey Logano | Shell Pennzoil Ford | 22.734 | 158.353 | Ford Mustang |
| 23 | 14 | Chase Briscoe | Mahindra Tractors Ford | 22.741 | 158.304 | Ford Mustang |
| 24 | 3 | Austin Dillon | BREZTRI Chevrolet | 22.773 | 158.082 | CHevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 25 | 43 | Erik Jones | FOCUSfactor Chevrolet | 22.791 | 157.957 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 26 | 8 | Tyler Reddick | Guaranteed Rate Chevrolet | 22.833 | 157.667 | CHevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 27 | 10 | Aric Almirola | Smithfield/Weis Ford | 22.858 | 157.494 | Ford Mustang |
| 28 | 51 | Cody Ware | Nurtec ODT Ford | 22.895 | 157.24 | Ford Mustang |
| 29 | 34 | Michael McDowell | Navage Nasal Care Ford | 22.905 | 157.171 | Ford Mustang |
| 30 | 41 | Cole Custer | Autodesk/HaasTooling.com Ford | 23.018 | 156.399 | Ford Mustang |
| 31 | 42 | Ty Dillon | Chevyliners.com Chevrolet | 23.19 | 155.239 | CHevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 32 | 78 | BJ McLeod | Superior Logistics Services Ford | 23.803 | 151.241 | Ford Mustang |
| 33 | 24 | William Byron | RaptorTough.com Chevrolet | 0 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
| 34 | 38 | Todd Gilliland # | The Pete Store Ford | 0 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 35 | 21 | Harrison Burton # | DEX Imaging Ford | 0 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 36 | 77 | Josh Bilicki(i) | Zeigler Auto Group Chevrolet | 0 | 0 | CHevrolet Camaro ZL1 |
# – Rookie
i – Points ineligible
* – Part-time driver
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Comments
But they kicked butt in the Xfinity race. 5 out of the top 6. Go team Chevy!!!
The only place that counts is at the checked flag.