No. 2 Nascar Ford To Start Second At Las Vegas Fall 2022 Race

October 16, 2022 1:30 am

While his time came just short of earning the pole position, Austin Cindric will take the green flag from second place in the No. 2 Nascar Ford Mustang at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Cindric wheeled the No. 2 Ford around the 1.5-mile asphalt oval in 29.302 seconds at 184.288 mph. Comparatively, pole winner Tyler Reddick ran his No. 8 Chevy Camaro ZL1 around the track in 29.252 seconds at 184.288 mph. It’s worth noting that Cindric failed to advance the No. 2 Nascar Ford into the Round of 8 in the Playoffs and was eliminated after last weekend’s race at the Charlotte Roval.

Ryan Blaney’s No. 12 Mustang will start fourth, while Joey Logano’s No. 22 Mustang will start fifth. Harrison Burton’s No. 21 Mustang will start in eighth.

Several Nascar Ford teams have been penalized as of late. The No. 41 Mustang of Cole Custer was nailed for purposefully manipulating last week’s Roval race in order to help his teammate, Chase Briscoe, advance into the Round of 8 in the No. 14 Mustang. Additionally, Kevin Harvick’s No. 4 Mustang was penalized for modification of a single-source part. The team recently announced it would not attempt to appeal this penalty.

However, no drivers were penalized during qualifying on Saturday and everyone was able to make a lap.

The race at Las Vegas will begin at 2:30 p.m. EST on October 16^th, 2022.

Nascar Cup Series Qualifying Results, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, October 15, 2022
Pos	Vehicle	Driver	Team	Time	Speed
1	8	Tyler Reddick	ALSCO Chevrolet	29.252	184.603
2	2	Austin Cindric #	Autotrader Ford	29.302	184.288
3	24	William Byron (P)	RaptorTough.com Chevrolet	29.344	184.024
4	12	Ryan Blaney (P)	Menards/Knauf Ford	29.354	183.961
5	22	Joey Logano (P)	Pennzoil Ford	29.400	183.673
6	99	Daniel Suarez	Kid Rock's Honky Tonk Chevrolet	29.469	183.243
7	20	Christopher Bell (P)	Rheem – Opteon Toyota	29.474	183.212
8	21	Harrison Burton #	DEX Imaging Ford	29.523	182.908
9	45	Bubba Wallace	McDonald's Toyota	29.665	182.033
10	3	Austin Dillon	BssProShops/TRACKEROffRd Chevrolet	29.711	181.751
11	1	Ross Chastain (P)	Tootsies Orchid Lounge Chevrolet	29.468	183.250
12	17	Chris Buescher	Castrol Ford	29.495	183.082
13	4	Kevin Harvick	GEARWRENCH Ford	29.509	182.995
14	5	Kyle Larson (P)	HendrickCars.com Chevrolet	29.517	182.945
15	34	Michael McDowell	Love's Travel Stops Ford	29.606	182.395
16	14	Chase Briscoe (P)	Code 3 Associates Ford	29.617	182.328
17	48	Noah Gragson(i)	Ally/Koker's Garage Chevrolet	29.626	182.272
18	18	Kyle Busch	M&M's Toyota	29.634	182.223
19	23	Ty Gibbs(i)	MoneyLion Toyota	29.638	182.199
20	9	Chase Elliott (P)	Hooters Chevrolet	29.656	182.088
21	16	AJ Allmendinger(i)	Celsius Chevrolet	29.658	182.076
22	43	Erik Jones	FOCUSfactor Chevrolet	29.667	182.020
23	10	Aric Almirola	Smithfield Ford	29.693	181.861
24	41	Cole Custer	Feeding America/Wow Wow Ford	29.720	181.696
25	6	Brad Keselowski	King's Hawaiian Ford	29.743	181.555
26	15	JJ Yeley(i)	ConectUS Kyocera Ford	29.847	180.923
27	19	Martin Truex Jr.	Bass Pro Shops Toyota	29.857	180.862
28	31	Justin Haley	LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevrolet	29.918	180.493
29	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Kona Brewing Co Big Wave Chevrolet	29.947	180.319
30	7	Corey LaJoie	OpTic Gaming Chevrolet	29.982	180.108
31	11	Denny Hamlin (P)	FedEx Office Toyota	30.001	179.994
32	77	Landon Cassill(i)	Voyager: Crypto for All Chevrolet	30.063	179.623
33	42	Ty Dillon	Lucky 29 Vodka Chevrolet	30.307	178.177
34	51	Cody Ware	Nurtec ODT UBCF Ford	30.378	177.760
35	38	Todd Gilliland #	Ruedebusch Dev. & Construction Ford	30.386	177.713
36	78	BJ McLeod(i)	Pala Casino Spa Resort Ford	30.581	176.580