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!
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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