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No. 5 Nascar Camaro Starting On Front Row For Darlington 2022 Spring Race

The No. 5 Nascar Camaro ZL1 driven by Kyle Larson will start on the front row next to the No. 22 Nascar Ford Mustang of Joey Logano at Darlington Raceway. However, Larson’s No. 5 team was penalized for failing pre-qualifying inspection and has lost pit selection for Sunday’s race.

Larson’s No. 5 Camaro laid down a best qualifying lap time of 28.887 seconds, topping out at 170.236 mph around the one-mile asphalt oval speedway. He was bested only by Logano’s time of 28.805 seconds in the No. 22 Nascar Mustang, whose top speed was 170.72 mph.

Three Toyota teams account for the rest of the top five. The No. 20 Toyota TRD Camry of Christopher Bell will start third, the No. 19 Camry of Martin Truex Jr. will start fourth, and Kyle Busch’s No. 18 Camry will start fifth.

The Cup Series sanctioning body did not specify what caused Larson’s No. 5 Camaro to fail inspection, which caused him to lose pit selection and have his car chief ejected, but will get to keep his starting position. Alex Bowman, driver of the No. 48 Nascar Camaro, was also penalized for failing pre-qualifying inspection, along with the Ford teams of Kevin Harvick in the No. 4 Mustang and Michael McDowell in the No. 34 Mustang.

Dover winner Chase Elliott’s No. 9 Camaro suffered damage in practice ahead of Sunday’s race, as an issue with the car’s left rear tire caused him to spin, critically damaging his No. 9 machine. He will move to a backup car as a result, and will start 34th when the green flag drops on May 8th at 3 p.m. ET.

Nascar Cup Series Qualifying Results, Darlington Raceway, May 7, 2022
Pos Car Number Driver Team Time Speed Car
1 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 28.805 170.72 Ford Mustang
2 5 Kyle Larson Hendrickcars.com Chevrolet 28.887 170.236 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
3 20 Christopher Bell SiriusXM Toyota 28.958 169.818 Toyota TRD Camry
4 19 Martin Truex Jr. Auto-Owners Insurance Toyota 29.048 169.292 Toyota TRD Camry
5 18 Kyle Busch M&M's Toyota 29.061 169.216 Toyota TRD Camry
6 45 Kurt Busch McDonald's Throwback Toyota 29.077 169.123 Toyota TRD Camry
7 12 Ryan Blaney Advance Auto Parts Ford 29.106 168.955 Ford Mustang
8 1 Ross Chastain Coca-Cola Chevrolet 29.126 168.839 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
9 24 William Byron Axalta Chevrolet 29.161 168.636 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
10 8 Tyler Reddick 3CHI Chevrolet 29.193 168.451 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
11 43 Erik Jones FOCUSfactor Chevrolet 29.125 168.845 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
12 10 Aric Almirola Haas Automation/Smithfield Ford 29.146 168.723 Ford Mustang
13 14 Chase Briscoe Mahindra Tractors Ford 29.153 168.682 Ford Mustang
14 3 Austin Dillon Huk Performance Fishing Chevrolet 29.198 168.422 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
15 48 Alex Bowman Ally Throwback Chevrolet 29.221 168.29 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
16 34 Michael McDowell Navage Nasal Care Ford 29.343 167.59 Ford Mustang
17 23 Bubba Wallace MoneyLion Toyota 29.349 167.556 Toyota TRD Camry
18 17 Chris Buescher Socios.com Ford 29.359 167.499 Ford Mustang
19 2 Austin Cindric # Menards/Libman Ford 29.381 167.373 Ford Mustang
20 99 Daniel Suarez Coca-Cola Chevrolet 29.384 167.356 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
21 42 Ty Dillon Petty GMS Chevrolet 29.411 167.203 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
22 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Express Toyota 29.431 167.089 Toyota TRD Camry
23 6 Brad Keselowski Socios.com Ford 29.437 167.055 Ford Mustang
24 16 Daniel Hemric(i) AGI by Athletic Greens Chevrolet 29.475 166.84 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
25 21 Harrison Burton # DEX Imaging Ford 29.481 166.806 Ford Mustang
26 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Kroger/Nature Valley Chevrolet 29.555 166.388 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
27 38 Todd Gilliland # Black's Tire Ford 29.599 166.141 Ford Mustang
28 41 Cole Custer HaasTooling.com Ford 29.661 165.793 Ford Mustang
29 31 Justin Haley LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevrolet 29.662 165.788 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
30 7 Corey LaJoie Stacking Pennies Chevrolet 29.838 164.81 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
31 51 Cody Ware Nurtec ODT Ford 30.054 163.625 Ford Mustang
32 15 JJ Yeley(i) Ollie's Bargain Outlet Ford 30.191 162.883 Ford Mustang
33 77 Landon Cassill(i) Voyager: Crypto for All Chevrolet 30.367 161.939 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
34 9 Chase Elliott NAPA Chevrolet 0 0 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
35 4 Kevin Harvick Rheem Chasing a Cure Ford 0 0 Ford Mustang
36 78 BJ McLeod Ford 0 0 Ford Mustang

#- Rookie
i – Points ineligible
* – Part-time driver

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Alexandra is a Colorado-based journalist with a passion for all things involving horsepower, be it automotive or equestrian.

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Comments

  1. I’ll still put my money on the Camaro teams to WIN again..

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  2. nascar needs to kick toyota out they are not an American company and they line nascars pockets to run cheated up cars

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