NASCAR Cup Richmond starting lineup: Ryan Blaney takes pole position
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The grid is set for Saturday night's NASCAR Cup Series race at Richmond Raceway. Team Penske's Ryan Blaney earned pole position in the No. 12 Ford, running a fast lap of 22.225s. He will share the front row with Chase Briscoe in the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, who missed the pole by 0.050s.
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"I appreciate the cloud," said Blaney after practice. "I think a handful of us got the benefit of the cloud. We had a really good day. I thought our car was decent in practice. Qualifying is always super tough here. After running 50 or 60 laps in practice here, you're going to go out and run about three seconds faster than what your last lap was. You just hope you hit it right. The No. 12 car was great ... I'm excited for tomorrow. It's going to be a fun night under the lights. Hopefully we got something for them."
Josh Berry qualified third, Ty Gibbs fourth, and William Byron fifth. Ryan Preece, Bubba Wallace, Christopher Bell, Brad Keselowski, and Joey Logano filled out the remainder of the top ten.
Qualifying recap
The first lap was the 'money' lap as the tires fell off too much to make the second lap worth it. Keselowski set the early benchmark at a 22.491s, and held P1 until RFK Racing teammate Ryan Preece set a 22.435s lap.
They remained 1-2 for a bit, but Berry was the next driver to take provisional pole, going much faster with a 22.281s lap. It was then Briscoe who eclipsed Berry by just 0.006s, and finally Blaney who went out near the very end of the session.
There were no incidents and 35 of the 36 entries put down a lap. Cody Ware, who spun in practice, did not.
Austin Cindric entered this race with the 16th and final spot inside the Chase field, and he will start 23rd.
NASCAR Cup Richmond Lineup
cla # driver manufacturer time gap mph 112 Ryan BlaneyFord22.225 121.485219 Chase BriscoeToyota22.2750.050121.212321 Josh BerryFord22.2810.056121.179454 Ty GibbsToyota22.2950.070121.103524 William ByronChevrolet22.3470.122120.822660 Ryan PreeceFord22.4350.210120.348723 Bubba Wallace Toyota22.4500.225120.267820 Christopher BellToyota22.4590.234120.21996 Brad KeselowskiFord22.4910.266120.0481022 Joey LoganoFord22.4950.270120.0271188 Connor ZilischChevrolet22.5100.285119.9471242 John Hunter NemechekToyota22.5140.289119.925139 Chase ElliottChevrolet22.5240.299119.8721411 Denny HamlinToyota22.5320.307119.8301516 AJ AllmendingerChevrolet22.5460.321119.755163 Austin DillonChevrolet22.5750.350119.6011735 Riley HerbstToyota22.5770.352119.591181 Ross ChastainChevrolet22.5790.354119.5801917 Chris BuescherFord22.6060.381119.437207 Daniel SuarezChevrolet22.6220.397119.3532143 Erik JonesToyota22.6310.406119.3052277 Carson HocevarChevrolet22.6320.407119.300232 Austin CindricFord22.6550.430119.1792438 Zane SmithFord22.6650.440119.1262548 Alex BowmanChevrolet22.6840.459119.0272671 Michael McDowellChevrolet22.6900.465118.9952734 Todd GillilandFord22.7120.487118.8802847 Ricky Stenhouse JrChevrolet22.7240.499118.8172941 Cole CusterChevrolet22.7260.501118.807305 Kyle LarsonChevrolet22.7420.517118.7233197 Shane van GisbergenChevrolet22.7730.548118.5613245 Tyler ReddickToyota22.7760.551118.5463333 Austin HillChevrolet22.7800.555118.5253410 Ty DillonChevrolet22.7890.564118.478354 Noah GragsonFord22.8580.633118.1213666 Josh BilickiFord23.3021.077115.8703751 Cody WareChevrolet
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