NASCAR 2022 at Austin: Qualifying order for EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas

The first road course of the 2022 NASCAR season kicks off with the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas.

The race is scheduled to be held on Sunday, March 27th, at the Grade 1 FIA-specification 3.4-mile-long. The green flag will drop at 3:30 p.m. EST and the action will be aired live on FOX and PRN.

Before every NASCAR race, a qualifying session is conducted to determine the starting grid for the main event. The cars are positioned on the grid according to their best finishing time in the qualifying session.

The EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix will feature 39 drivers. Just like the other NASCAR Cup Series races, practice sessions will open the racing weekend on Saturday at 10 a.m. EST on FS1.

The practice session will be followed by a qualifying session on the same day at 11 a.m. EST.

Like Phoenix and Las Vegas, the practice session is scheduled for 15 minutes for each group.

While the qualifying rules will remain the same, single-lap qualifying for the 39-drivers will be divided into two groups. The fastest five cars from each group will qualify for the second round to battle for the pole.

On Twitter, Bob Pockrass highlighted the qualifying order at Circuit of the Americas, stating that:

“Qualifying groups for COTA. Each group gets 15 minutes then top-5 from each group to final 10-minute round (all series). All cars make Cup (40 max) then 38 for Xfinity and 36 for trucks.”

Hendrick Motorsports' driver Chase Elliott won the inaugural Cup Series race at the Circuit of the Americas in 2021 and will be looking to defend his title.

The action-packed weekend also includes the Camping World Truck Series XPEL 225 at 1 p.m. CST and Xfinity Series Pit Boss 250 at 3:30 p.m. EST on Saturday, March 26th.

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Qualifying Order for NASCAR EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas

The qualifying order for Sunday’s Cup Series race will be as follows:

Position	Car No	Driver	Metric Score	Group
1	50	*Kaz Grala	40.300	A
2	16	AJ Allmendinger	34.400	A
3	41	Cole Custer	31.850	A
4	15	Joey Hand	31.050	A
5	11	Denny Hamlin	29.350	A
6	38	Todd Gilliland	29.150	A
7	51	Cody Ware	27.400	A
8	18	Kyle Busch	25.450	A
9	2	Austin Cindric	23.600	A
10	5	Kyle Larson	22.800	A
11	4	Kevin Harvick	19.150	A
12	23	Bubba Wallace Jr.	16.100	A
13	6	Brad Keselowski	14.600	A
14	31	Justin Haley	13.650	A
15	12	Ryan Blaney	13.000	A
16	14	Chase Briscoe	9.750	A
17	19	Martin Truex Jr.	6.950	A
18	9	Chase Elliott	5.600	A
19	45	Kurt Busch	4.000	A
20	66	*Boris Said	41.350	B
21	27	*Loris Hezemans(i)	39.950	B
22	78	Andy Lally(i)	33.050	B
23	42	Ty Dillon	31.750	B
24	3	Austin Dillon	30.100	B
25	21	Harrison Burton	29.250	B
26	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	28.500	B
27	20	Christopher Bell	26.750	B
28	34	Michael McDowell	24.500	B
29	8	Tyler Reddick	23.450	B
30	77	Josh Bilicki	22.400	B
31	43	Erik Jones	16.800	B
32	10	Aric Almirola	15.550	B
33	17	Chris Buescher	13.950	B
34	7	Corey LaJoie	13.450	B
35	99	Daniel Suarez	10.450	B
36	48	Alex Bowman	8.450	B
37	22	Joey Logano	5.800	B
38	1	Ross Chastain	5.400	B
39	24	William Byron	3.400	B