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NASCAR starting lineup: William Byron claims pole for Dixie Vodka 400 race

We’ve got updates as qualifying settles the starting lineup for Sunday’s Dixie Vodka 400 at the Miami-Homestead Speedway.

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Update 11:57 a.m. ET William Byron takes the pole for the Dixie Vodka 400. Here’s the entire Top 10:

  1. William Byron 32.454
  2. Christopher Bell .049
  3. Chase Elliott .05
  4. JH Nemecheck .08
  5. Kyle Larson .097
  6. Ty Gibbs .102
  7. Tyler Reddick .16
  8. Chris Buescher .173
  9. Brad Keselowski .208
  10. AJ Allmendinger .297

Update 11:30 a.m. ET Kyle Larson takes down Group B, with William Byron (.198), Ty Gibbs (.231), Chris Buescher (.258), and AJ Allmendinger (.304) round out the rest of the advancing group. The best 10 now get back on the track to set the top of the field.

Update 11:13 a.m. ET Group A is finished, and John Hunter Nemecheck (32.253 seconds) had the fastest time. Christopher Bell (.063), Tyler Reddick (.101), Brad Keselowski (.111), and Chase Elliott (.183) round out the Top 5, and they’ll be back to set to place the first five rows after Group B qualifying.


The NASCAR Cup Series will be in Homestead, Florida for its race this weekend. The Homestead-Miami Speedway will host the 2022 Dixie Vodka 400 on Sunday, October 23. On Saturday, we will see the practice and qualifying sessions take place. Practice will be at 10:05 a.m. ET with qualifying following at 10:50 a.m. ET and both will be able to be live streamed on the NBC Sports App.

This track will utilize the one-lap qualifying format on Saturday. The drivers will be separated into two groups, and each group will have a 15-minute practice period. Then, the drivers in Group A will run a single-car, one-lap qualifier, with the five fastest drivers advancing to the final round. This process will be repeated in Group B, with their five fastest drivers also advancing to the final round of qualifying. The 10 remaining drivers will then run a new single-car, one-lap qualifier to determine the first five rows of the starting lineup for Sunday. The fastest driver in the final round will earn the pole position for the race.

Joey Logano and Tyler Reddick have the best odds to win the pole position at DraftKings Sportsbook installed at +700. They are followed by Kyle Larson (+800), Christopher Bell (+900) and Denny Hamlin (+900).

Reddick has (+700) odds to win the race on Sunday. Hamlin (+800), Ryan Blaney (+900), Larson (+900), and Logano (+1000) follow with the best odds to take the checkered flag.

Here is the full entry list for Sunday’s 2022 Dixie Vodka 400 Series race. We’ll update it with the full starting lineup as qualifying wraps.

2022 Dixie Vodka 400 Entry List

Pos. Driver Time
Pos. Driver Time
1 William Byron 32.454
2 Christopher Bell 32.503
3 Chase Elliott 32.504
4 John H. Nemechek 32.534
5 Kyle Larson 32.551
6 Ty Gibbs 32.556
7 Tyler Reddick 32.614
8 Chris Buescher 32.627
9 Brad Keselowski 32.662
10 Aj Allmendinger 32.751
11 Kyle Busch 32.401
12 Martin Truex Jr 32.405
13 Ryan Blaney 32.424
14 Denny Hamlin 32.448
15 Justin Haley 32.448
16 Kevin Harvick 32.476
17 Joey Logano 32.482
18 Michael Mcdowell 32.498
19 Chase Briscoe 32.531
20 Ross Chastain 32.534
21 Harrison Burton 32.552
22 Erik Jones 32.605
23 Daniel Suárez 32.609
24 Noah Gragson 32.617
25 Cole Custer 32.669
26 Austin Cindric 32.728
27 Ricky Stenhouse Jr 32.734
28 Aric Almirola 32.761
29 Todd Gilliland 32.776
30 Ty Dillon 32.796
31 Corey Lajoie 32.854
32 Austin Dillon 32.973
33 Landon Cassill 33.124
34 Jj Yeley 33.127
35 Bj Mcleod 33.38
36 Cody Ware 33.615