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Final Elimination Round Update: Kyle Busch defeats Ryan Blaney and wins the pole position for the 2022 All-Star Race.
Second Elimination Round Update: Ryan Blaney defeats William Byron, and Kyle Busch defeats Kyle Larson to advance to the final round.
First Elimination Round Update: William Byron defeats Aric Almirola, Ryan Blaney defeats Ross Chastain, Kyle Larson defeats Kurt Busch and Kyle Busch defeats Martin Truex Jr.
All-Star Race Qualifying Update: Kurt Busch, Kyle Larson, Martin Truex Jr., Ross Chastain, William Byron, Kyle Busch, Ryan Blaney and Aric Almirola advance to the elimination bracket to determine pole position.
Open Qualifying Update: Tyler Reddick wins the pole for the All-Star Open on Sunday.
The NASCAR Cup Series competition takes a break this weekend, but drivers will still be competing. The circuit is at the Texas Motor Speedway for the annual All-Star Race, which will net the winner a $1 million prize.
The All-Star Race weekend is one of the more complicated weekends on the Cup Series schedule. The race does not feature the entire field of full-time drivers, but rather there are different ways to qualify. 20 drivers have already qualified for the field through Cup Series race wins, season-long titles, and previous All-Star Race wins. The rest of the field will be filled with three drivers from the preceding Open race and the top vote-getter not already in the race.
The starting lineups for Sunday’s Open and All-Star Race will be mostly settled on Saturday evening on FS1. Qualifying for the Open Race starts at approximately 7:35 p.m. ET and features single-car, single-lap qualifying in reverse order of 2022 owner points. All-Star Race qualifying starts at approximately 7:55 p.m. and features a single lap in reverse order of the current 2022 owner points with the top-eight qualifiers advancing to a head-to-head elimination bracket to determine the pole position.
That’s a lot of qualifying going on Saturday evening. Below are the two entry lists. We’ll be updating the lineups
Open entry list
2022 NASCAR All-Star Open starting lineup
| Pos. | Driver | Car # | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Driver | Car # | Time |
| 1 | Tyler Reddick | 8 | 28.88 |
| 2 | Daniel Suarez | 99 | 28.892 |
| 3 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 47 | 28.956 |
| 4 | Erik Jones | 43 | 28.982 |
| 5 | Chris Buescher | 17 | 29.003 |
| 6 | Justin Haley | 31 | 29.028 |
| 7 | Austin Dillon | 3 | 29.11 |
| 8 | Corey LaJoie | 7 | 29.195 |
| 9 | Harrison Burton | 21 | 29.224 |
| 10 | Cole Custer | 41 | 29.226 |
| 11 | Landon Cassill | 77 | 29.287 |
| 12 | Ty Dillon | 42 | 29.396 |
| 13 | Cody Ware | 51 | 29.506 |
| 14 | Todd Gilliland | 38 | 29.749 |
| 15 | Garrett Smithley | 15 | 29.895 |
| 16 | BJ Mcleod | 78 | 29.927 |
All-Star entry list
2022 NASCAR All-Star Race starting lineup
| Pos. | Driver | Car # |
|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Driver | Car # |
| 1 | Kyle Busch | 18 |
| 2 | Ryan Blaney | 12 |
| 3 | William Byron | 24 |
| 4 | Kyle Larson | 5 |
| 5 | Kurt Busch | 45 |
| 6 | Ross Chastain | 1 |
| 7 | Martin Truex Jr. | 19 |
| 8 | Aric Almirola | 10 |
| 9 | Joey Logano | 22 |
| 10 | A.J. Allmendinger | 16 |
| 11 | Chase Briscoe | 14 |
| 12 | Austin Cindric | 2 |
| 13 | Chase Elliott | 9 |
| 14 | Christopher Bell | 20 |
| 15 | Kevin Harvick | 4 |
| 16 | Denny Hamlin | 11 |
| 17 | Bubba Wallace | 23 |
| 18 | Brad Keselowski | 6 |
| 19 | Michael McDowell | 34 |
| 20 | Alex Bowman | 48 |