Tyler Reddick drove the No. 8 Nascar Camaro ZL1 to the pole position during qualifying for the Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on October 15th, 2022.
Reddick laid down a lap time of 29.252 second around the 1.5-mile oval speedway at 184.603 mph, outdueling the No. 2 Ford Mustang of Austin Cindric, who had a time of 29.302 seconds at 184.288 mph. Interestingly, Reddick’s pole-winning time came a short time after his team, Richard Childress Racing, announced that it would part ways with the driver upon the conclusion of the 2022 Cup Series season.
“It’s pretty awesome,” Reddick said simply of his fourth career Cup Series pole position.
The next best Nascar Chevy will start in third place: the No. 24 Camaro of William Byron. Other than that, Daniel Suarez, driver of the No. 99 Camaro, will take the green flag from sixth, and Austin Dillon’s No. 3 Camaro will start 10th.
Meanwhile, the No. 48 Camaro will once again be driven by Noah Gragson in place of Alex Bowman, who suffered a concussion several weeks ago. He announced that he will sit out at least the next three Cup Series races, tapping Gragson as his replacement. Gragson will take the No. 48 Camaro to the green flag in 17th. Bowman won the last time the Cup Series visited Las Vegas.
No drivers were penalized during qualifying on Saturday and everyone was able to make a lap.
The race at Las Vegas will begin at 2:30 p.m. EST on October 16th, 2022.
| Pos | Vehicle | Driver | Team | Time | Speed | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Tyler Reddick | ALSCO Chevrolet | 29.252 | 184.603 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Austin Cindric # | Autotrader Ford | 29.302 | 184.288 | ||
| 3 | 24 | William Byron (P) | RaptorTough.com Chevrolet | 29.344 | 184.024 | ||
| 4 | 12 | Ryan Blaney (P) | Menards/Knauf Ford | 29.354 | 183.961 | ||
| 5 | 22 | Joey Logano (P) | Pennzoil Ford | 29.400 | 183.673 | ||
| 6 | 99 | Daniel Suarez | Kid Rock's Honky Tonk Chevrolet | 29.469 | 183.243 | ||
| 7 | 20 | Christopher Bell (P) | Rheem – Opteon Toyota | 29.474 | 183.212 | ||
| 8 | 21 | Harrison Burton # | DEX Imaging Ford | 29.523 | 182.908 | ||
| 9 | 45 | Bubba Wallace | McDonald's Toyota | 29.665 | 182.033 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Austin Dillon | BssProShops/TRACKEROffRd Chevrolet | 29.711 | 181.751 | ||
| 11 | 1 | Ross Chastain (P) | Tootsies Orchid Lounge Chevrolet | 29.468 | 183.250 | ||
| 12 | 17 | Chris Buescher | Castrol Ford | 29.495 | 183.082 | ||
| 13 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | GEARWRENCH Ford | 29.509 | 182.995 | ||
| 14 | 5 | Kyle Larson (P) | HendrickCars.com Chevrolet | 29.517 | 182.945 | ||
| 15 | 34 | Michael McDowell | Love's Travel Stops Ford | 29.606 | 182.395 | ||
| 16 | 14 | Chase Briscoe (P) | Code 3 Associates Ford | 29.617 | 182.328 | ||
| 17 | 48 | Noah Gragson(i) | Ally/Koker's Garage Chevrolet | 29.626 | 182.272 | ||
| 18 | 18 | Kyle Busch | M&M's Toyota | 29.634 | 182.223 | ||
| 19 | 23 | Ty Gibbs(i) | MoneyLion Toyota | 29.638 | 182.199 | ||
| 20 | 9 | Chase Elliott (P) | Hooters Chevrolet | 29.656 | 182.088 | ||
| 21 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger(i) | Celsius Chevrolet | 29.658 | 182.076 | ||
| 22 | 43 | Erik Jones | FOCUSfactor Chevrolet | 29.667 | 182.020 | ||
| 23 | 10 | Aric Almirola | Smithfield Ford | 29.693 | 181.861 | ||
| 24 | 41 | Cole Custer | Feeding America/Wow Wow Ford | 29.720 | 181.696 | ||
| 25 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | King's Hawaiian Ford | 29.743 | 181.555 | ||
| 26 | 15 | JJ Yeley(i) | ConectUS Kyocera Ford | 29.847 | 180.923 | ||
| 27 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr. | Bass Pro Shops Toyota | 29.857 | 180.862 | ||
| 28 | 31 | Justin Haley | LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevrolet | 29.918 | 180.493 | ||
| 29 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Kona Brewing Co Big Wave Chevrolet | 29.947 | 180.319 | ||
| 30 | 7 | Corey LaJoie | OpTic Gaming Chevrolet | 29.982 | 180.108 | ||
| 31 | 11 | Denny Hamlin (P) | FedEx Office Toyota | 30.001 | 179.994 | ||
| 32 | 77 | Landon Cassill(i) | Voyager: Crypto for All Chevrolet | 30.063 | 179.623 | ||
| 33 | 42 | Ty Dillon | Lucky 29 Vodka Chevrolet | 30.307 | 178.177 | ||
| 34 | 51 | Cody Ware | Nurtec ODT UBCF Ford | 30.378 | 177.760 | ||
| 35 | 38 | Todd Gilliland # | Ruedebusch Dev. & Construction Ford | 30.386 | 177.713 | ||
| 36 | 78 | BJ McLeod(i) | Pala Casino Spa Resort Ford | 30.581 | 176.580 |
- # – Rookie
- i – Points ineligible
- * – Part-time driver
- P – Playoffs eligible
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Comments
Curious? Why are there 9 # Playoff Driver’s listed? Is Kyle Larson back in the chase? That would be cool! IMO!! 👍
Curious? Why are there 9 # Playoff Driver’s listed? Is Kyle Larson back in the chase? That would be cool!
Good for Chevy…let’s see how long it will take for the Chevy team to blow its spot by being tagged for its routine refusal to abide by the tules.
Camarade!!!!!!!!
The 6th gen Camaro chassis is so good. There is nothing better than Camaro’s handling. Mustangs and Challengers win drag races and 1/4 mile, Camaros dominate at the track.