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Three Nascar Ford Mustang To Start In Top Five At Martinsville 2022

Aric Almirola will start second at Martinsville Speedway in the No. 10 Nascar Ford Mustang for Saturday’s Cup Series race. Almirola was only barely bested by Chase Elliott, driver of the No. 9 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1.

Almirola’s No. 10 Mustang sped around the asphalt oval in just 19.799 seconds with a top speed of 95.641 mph. Elliott’s No. 9 Camaro posted a qualifying time of 19.694 seconds and a top speed of 96.151 mph. Almirola leads a Nascar Ford trio in the top five, followed by the No. 41 Mustang of Cole Custer in third and the No. 17 Mustang in fourth. William Byron, who drives the No. 24 Camaro, will start fifth.

It’s worth noting that this is Almirola’s final season behind the wheel of a Cup Series racecar, as he will retire at the conclusion of the 2022 season.

Alex Bowman, driver of the No. 48 Camaro, will start 15th. Bowman took the win in dramatic fashion the last time the Cup Series visited this track back in November 2021, bumping Denny Hamlin’s No. 11 Toyota TRD Camry out of the way to the checkered flag.

Meanwhile, the No. 16 Nascar Camaro driven by AJ Allmendinger was not allowed to qualify after failing pre-qualifying inspection multiple times. Allmendinger will be forced to serve a pass-through penalty once the green flag drops at Martinsville Speedway, and has had an engineer ejected from the weekend’s activities. Allmendinger’s No. 16 machine was the only one that failed inspection more than once.

The green flag at Martinsville will drop at 7:30 p.m. ET on April 9th, weather permitting. The field will be paced by the series’ first-ever fully electric pace truck, a 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning.

Nascar Qualifying Results, Martinsville Speedway, April 8, 2022
Pos Car Number Driver Team Time Speed Car
1 9 Chase Elliott LLumar Chevrolet 19.694 96.151 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
2 10 Aric Almirola Smithfield Spirals Ford 19.799 95.641 Ford Mustang
3 41 Cole Custer HaasTooling.com Ford 19.808 95.598 Ford Mustang
4 17 Chris Buescher Fastenal Ford 19.85 95.395 Ford Mustang
5 24 William Byron RaptorTough.com Chevrolet 19.893 95.189 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
6 4 Kevin Harvick Subway Ford 19.941 94.96 Ford Mustang
7 20 Christopher Bell Yahoo! Toyota 19.965 94.846 Toyota TRD Camry
8 5 Kyle Larson HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 20.003 94.666 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
9 6 Brad Keselowski Fastenal Ford 20.015 94.609 Ford Mustang
10 38 Todd Gilliland # Cross Country Adjusting Ford 20.062 94.387 Ford Mustang
11 18 Kyle Busch M&M's Crunchy Cookie Toyota 19.775 95.757 Toyota TRD Camry
12 12 Ryan Blaney Advance Auto Parts Ford 19.789 95.69 Ford Mustang
13 2 Austin Cindric # Menards/Moen Ford 19.79 95.685 Ford Mustang
14 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 19.792 95.675 Ford Mustang
15 48 Alex Bowman Ally Chevrolet 19.863 95.333 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
16 34 Michael McDowell Navage Nasal Care Ford 19.863 95.333 Ford Mustang
17 31 Justin Haley LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevrolet 19.867 95.314 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
18 45 Kurt Busch McDonald's/Money Lion Toyota 19.901 95.151 Toyota TRD Camry
19 14 Chase Briscoe Mahindra Tractors Ford 19.904 95.137 Ford Mustang
20 19 Martin Truex Jr. Bass Pro Shops Toyota 19.937 94.979 Toyota TRD Camry
21 23 Bubba Wallace DoorDash Toyota 19.965 94.846 Toyota TRD Camry
22 8 Tyler Reddick 3CHI Chevrolet 19.982 94.765 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
23 3 Austin Dillon Get Bioethanol Chevrolet 19.986 94.746 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
24 43 Erik Jones FOCUSfactor Chevrolet 19.996 94.699 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
25 11 Denny Hamlin Sport Clips Haircuts Toyota 20.083 94.289 Toyota TRD Camry
26 7 Corey LaJoie Built.com Chevrolet 20.095 94.232 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
27 1 Ross Chastain GoPro Chevrolet 20.1 94.209 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
28 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Kroger/Louisiana Hot Sauce Chevrolet 20.113 94.148 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
29 21 Harrison Burton # Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford 20.134 94.05 Ford Mustang
30 99 Daniel Suarez GoPro Chevrolet 20.145 93.999 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
31 77 Josh Bilicki(i) Zeigler Auto Group Chevrolet 20.269 93.423 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
32 15 JJ Yeley(i) Ford 20.494 92.398 Ford Mustang
33 78 BJ McLeod Epilepsy Foundation Ford 20.545 92.168 Ford Mustang
34 42 Ty Dillon Chevyliners.com Chevrolet 20.591 91.963 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
35 51 Cody Ware Nurtec ODT Ford 21.021 90.081 Ford Mustang
36 16 AJ Allmendinger(i) Action Industries Chevrolet 0 0 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1

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Alexandra is a Colorado-based journalist with a passion for all things involving horsepower, be it automotive or equestrian.

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