NASCAR Xfinity starting positions for Darlington Raceway
Tomorrow, the NASCAR Xfinity Series takes the green flag in Darlington, South Carolina. Today, they’ll set the starting grid via a round of qualifying.
View the Darlington starting lineup for the NASCAR Xfinity Series below.
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Moments before qualifying, teams took to the track for a brief 20 minute practice session. Noah Gragson topped the session with a 29.828.
16 cars took to the track for qualifying, then the rain came. Officials elected to cancel qualifying and set the grid via the rule book.
The metric score from owner points (35%), last week’s driver finish (25%), owner finish from last week (25%) and last week’s fastest lap (15%) are used to set the starting grid. Ty Gibbs will roll from the pole position.
With 40 cars on the entry list, only 38 start the race. Chase Elliott in the No. 88 and Brennan Poole in the No. 47 will not start. Of the 16 cars that qualified, Elliott was 2nd on the board to Tyler Reddick. Yet, he won’t be taking the green on saturday.
Darlington Starting Lineup
May 7, 2022
NASCAR Xfinity Series
Pos | Driver | Metric Score
1. Ty Gibbs
2.5
2. Josh Berry
2.5
3. Justin Allgaier
3.850
4. Noah Gragson
4.100
5. AJ Allmendinger
6. Brandon Jones
5.400
7. Sam Mayer
5.400
8. Riley Herbst
8.800
9. Ryan Sieg
10.900
10. Sheldon Creed
11.050
11. Daniel Hemric
11.250
12. Austin Hill
12.400
13. Landon Cassill
12.400
14. Anthony Alfredo
14.350
15. Jeb Burton
15.600
16. Brett Moffitt
16.650
17. Brandon Brown
17.450
18. Alex Labbe
19.750
19. Myatt Snider
23.400
20. JJ Yeley
25.600
21. Joe Graf Jr
26.750
22. Jeremy Clements
27.100
23. John Hunter Nemechek
27.950
24. Ryan Vargas
27.950
25. Josh Williams
28.300
26. Kyle Sieg
28.350
27. David Starr
29.700
28. Ryan Truex
29.850
29. Patrick Emerling
31.300
30. Bayley Currey
31.550
31. Kyle Weatherman
31.700
32. Mason Massey
32.000
33. Matt Mills
32.150
34. Tyler Reddick
32.200
35. Stefan Parsons
33.100
36. Tommy Joe Martins
34.000
37. Josh Bilicki
36.050
38. Timmy Hill
36.050
Did Not Qualify
#88 Chase Elliott
40.300
#47 Brennan Poole
41.700
Darlington Practice Results
May 6, 2022
NASCAR Xfinity Series
Pos | Driver
1. Noah Gragson
29.828
2. John Hunter Nemechek
29.841
3. Ty Gibbs
29.910
4. Tyler Reddick
30.015
5. Justin Allgaier
30.052
6. Josh Berry
30.064
7. Chase Elliott
30.081
8. Daniel Hemric
30.109
9. Brandon Jones
30.111
10. Sheldon Creed
30.136
11. Ryan Truex
30.207
12. Riley Herbst
30.288
13. Landon Cassill
30.330
14. Anthony Alfredo
30.386
15. Stefan Parsons
30.388
16. JJ Yeley
30.407
17. Joe Graf Jr
30.451
18. Alex Labbe
30.458
19. Kyle Weatherman
30.468
20. Tommy Joe Martins
30.471
21. Ryan Vargas
30.556
22. Josh Bilicki
30.559
23. Matt Mills
30.581
24. Sam Mayer
30.603
25. Jeb Burton
30.622
26. Brandon Brown
30.622
27. Ryan Sieg
30.627
28. AJ Allmendinger
30.656
29. Brett Moffitt
30.699
30. Brennan Poole
30.718
31. David Starr
30.763
32. Myatt Snider
30.766
33. Austin Hill
30.767
34. Bayley Currey
30.780
35. Josh Williams
30.959
36. Jeremy Clements
31.020
37. Kyle Sieg
31.071
38. Mason Massey
31.078
39. Timmy Hill
31.307
40. Patrick Emerling
31.408
