Phoenix Starting Lineup: November 2021 (NASCAR Cup Series)

NASCAR qualifying results from Phoenix Raceway

This weekend, the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series season comes to a close. The 1-mile track of Phoenix Raceway hosts the championship round in Arizona.

View the 2021 Phoenix starting lineup for the NASCAR Cup Series below.

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Championship 4 Drivers: Kyle Larson, Chase Elliott, Denny Hamlin and Martin Truex Jr.

Ahead of qualifying, the field rolled through the inspection line. Three of the four playoff drivers failed tech, twice. Per the rules, Denny Hamlin, Kyle Larson and Martin Truex Jr have had a crew member ejected.

Related: NASCAR inspection issues at Phoenix Raceway (November 2021)

Phoenix
Qualifying Report

The sun is setting behind the grandstands as qualifying begins. The track will likely pick up pace toward the end of this session.

Timmy Hill is the third car on the track. However, he’s lost power on his get up to speed lap. He returns to the pit lane without beginning a timed lap.

Cole Custer is quickest so far as the first of two groups has concluded.

NASCAR Qualifying Times (Group A) : 1. Custer (26.533); 2. DiBenedetto (26.544); 3. Almirola (26.568); 4. Newman (26.576); 5. Stenhouse Jr (26.594);

Group B

All four championship drivers are a part of group B. Chase Elliott is the first of the playoff drivers to make a run, he’s the 24th car on the track. Elliott is loose on entry in turn one. He has to lift off turn four, that will mess up both laps. However, Elliott still jumps to the top of the board with his first of two laps.

Hamlin is the 33rd car on the track and the second of the playoff drivers. Hamlin runs faster on his first lap, 7th so far. He pushed up the banking in turn three on his second lap but still grabbed 4th.

Martin Truex Jr is the 37th car on the track and the 3rd of the playoff drivers. He’s 11th, worst of the playoff drivers so far.

Kyle Larson is the 38th car on the track and the last of the playoff drivers. Larson runs high on his warm up lap to build speed coming to the green. Larson to the pole on lap 1!

Kyle Larson will start from the pole position at Phoenix Raceway!

Kyle Larson - NASCAR garage
AVONDALE, ARIZONA – NOVEMBER 06: Crew members work on the #5 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, driven by Kyle Larson in the garage area during qualifying for the NASCAR Cup Series Championship at Phoenix Raceway on November 06, 2021 in Avondale, Arizona. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

Phoenix Raceway
Starting Lineup
November 7, 2021
NASCAR Cup Series

Pos | Driver

1. Kyle Larson
26.116

2. Chase Elliott
26.289

3. William Byron
23.307

4. Ryan Blaney
26.315

5. Kurt Busch
26.327

6. Denny Hamlin
26.361

7. Cole Custer
26.432

8. Christopher Bell
26.433

9. Kevin Harvick
26.434

10. Joey Logano
26.436

11. Brad Keselowski
26.469

12. Martin Truex Jr
26.494

13. Kyle Busch
26.502

14. Matt DiBenedetto
26.544

15. Alex Bowman
26.544

16. Ross Chastain
26.544

17. Daniel Suarez
26.558

18. Aric Almirola
26.568

19. Ryan Newman
26.576

20. Tyler Reddick
26.592

21. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
26.594

22. Chase Briscoe
26.623

23. Austin Dillon
26.649

24. Corey LaJoie
26.652

25. Bubba Wallace
26.665

26. Chris Buescher
26.683

27. Erik Jones
26.722

28. Michael McDowell
26.811

29. Justin Haley
26.812

30. Anthony Alfredo
26.906

31. Ryan Preece
26.921

32. BJ McLeod
27.181

33. Cody Ware
27.560

34. Joey Gase
27.716

35. Quin Houff
27.861

36. David Starr
27.874

37. Josh Bilicki
27.887

38. Garrett Smithley
28.243

39. Timmy Hill
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