NASCAR Martinsville Xfinity 500 - Full Qualifying Results

Full results from qualifying at Martinsville, Race 9 of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs

29 Oct 2022

2022 Martinsville Xfinity 500 - Qualifying Results
Pos	Driver	Team	Manufacturer
1	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet
2	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet
3	Chase Briscoe	Stewart Haas Racing	Ford
4	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford
5	Cole Custer	Stewart Haas Racing	Ford
6	Brad Keselowski	RFK Racing	Ford
7	Daniel Suarez	TrackHouse Racing	Chevrolet
8	Kevin Harvick	Stewart Haas Racing	Ford
9	Ross Chastain	TrackHouse Racing	Chevrolet
10	Harrison Burton	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford
11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota
12	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford
13	Michael McDowell	Front Row Motorsports	Ford
14	Corey LaJoie	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet
15	Aric Almirola	Stewart Haas Racing	Ford
16	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet
17	Noah Gragson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet
18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota
19	Todd Gilliland	Front Row Motorsports	Ford
20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota
21	AJ Allmendinger	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet
22	Chris Buescher	RFK Racing	Ford
23	Erik Jones	Petty GMS Motorsports	Chevrolet
24	Bubba Wallace	23XI Racing	Toyota
25	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet
26	Ty Gibbs	23XI Racing	Toyota
27	Martin Truex Jr	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota
28	Tyler Reddick	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet
29	Justin Haley	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet
30	Austin Cindric	Team Penske	Ford
31	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet
32	Ty Dillon	Petty GMS Motorsports	Chevrolet
33	Landon Cassill	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet
34	BJ McLeod	Live Fast Motorsports	Ford
35	JJ Yeley	Rick Ware Racing	Ford
36	Cody Ware	Rick Ware Racing	Ford

Kyle Larson continued his wave of momentum today at Martinsville, earning pole position for tomorrow's penultimate race of the season. Hendrick Motorsports swept the front row with Chase Elliott joining Larson up front for the start of the race. This is the fourth pole of the season for Larson, the 14th of his career, and his first at Martinsville.

Row 2 features a pair of playoff drivers in Chase Briscoe and Ryan Blaney. Ross Chastain (9th) was the only other playoff driver to advance to the final round of qualifying. Denny Hamlin just missed out on advancing, getting bumped by his friend Chastain as the final car to qualify in the first round. The driver of the No. 11 Toyota starts 11th, alongside Joey Logano, who already has a spot in the championship four next weekend.

Three of the remaining seven playoff drivers will advance to the championship next weekend at Phoenix. At least two drivers will advance based on points, which can be earned at the two stage breaks during the race. Any tie-breakers will be determined by number of race wins this season, and the best race result from this round of the playoffs.

Christopher Bell had a moment during his qualifying run that cost him dearly. He will start 20th tomorrow in his No. 20 Camry, which is exactly where he finished in the spring race here earlier this year. Sitting 33 points below the cutline, Bell is likely going to need to win the race in order to advance. He already did it once this year, finding victory in a must-win situation at the Charlotte Roval.

The only other playoff driver starting behind Bell is William Byron. He too had a slip during his qualifying run that has him starting near the back of the pack in 25th position. Going into the race, Byron is 5 points above the cutline, but he will likely drop as soon as the green flag waves.

Previous Martinsville winners

2022 - William Byron

2021 - Alex Bowman

2021 - Martin Truex Jr

2020 - Chase Elliott

2020 - Martin Truex Jr

2019 - Martin Truex Jr

2019 - Brad Keselowski

2018 - Joey Logano

2018 - Clint Bowyer

2017 - Kyle Busch

2017 - Brad Keselowski