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The 2022 NASCAR season opens in two weeks with the Daytona 500, but ahead of that we get an exhibition race in a football stadium! The Busch Light Clash is scheduled for Sunday at the LA Coliseum and qualifying for the race begins a day earlier.
The 36 drivers currently entered in the field will get practice time on Saturday at 12:30 p.m. ET, and that will be followed by the first of three stages of the qualifying process. There will be single-car qualifying at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday on FS1, qualifying heat runs on Sunday 3 p.m. on FOX, and last-chance qualifiers at approximately 4:10 p.m. on FOX. The race follows on Sunday at 6 p.m. on FOX.
The single-car qualifying on Saturday will feature the field of drivers competing for positioning in Sunday’s four qualifying heats. The four fastest qualifiers will be on the pole for each heat race. The rest of the field will be filled using the single-car qualifying times. The fifth through eighth fastest will be in the second spot of each heat, the ninth through twelfth fastest will be in the third spot of each heat, and so forth.
Each heat race will run 25 laps and the top four finishers in each heat will advance to the Clash race, filling the first 16 positions on the grid. The remaining drivers that fail to qualify in the heat runs will be eligible for one of the two last-chance qualifying racers. The top three finishes from each of the two LCQs will fill out positions 17 through 22. The 23rd and final position will go to the driver with the highest finish in the 2021 points standings who did not otherwise advance to The Clash.
Entry list
2022 Busch Light Clash qualifying heats, starting lineups
| Heat (Pos) | Car No. | Driver | Team | Qualifying time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heat (Pos) | Car No. | Driver | Team | Qualifying time |
| 1(1) | 18 | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | 13.745 |
| 1(2) | 99 | Daniel Suarez | TrackHouse Racing Team | 13.952 |
| 1(3) | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | JTG Daugherty Racing | 13.962 |
| 1(4) | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Team Penske | 14.007 |
| 1(5) | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | 14.053 |
| 1(6) | 10 | Aric Almirola | Stewart-Haas Racing | 14.151 |
| 1(7) | 78 | BJ McLeod | Live Fast Motorsports | 14.235 |
| 1(8) | 38 | Todd Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports | 14.304 |
| 1(9) | 1 | Ross Chastain | Trackhouse Racing Team | 14.451 |
| 2(1) | 8 | Tyler Reddick | Richard Childress Racing | 13.761 |
| 2(2) | 41 | Cole Custer | Stewart-Haas Racing | 13.953 |
| 2(3) | 21 | Harrison Burton | Wood Brothers Racing | 13.965 |
| 2(4) | 48 | Alex Bowman | Hendrick Motorsports | 14.014 |
| 2(5) | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 23XI Racing | 14.076 |
| 2(6) | 3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing | 14.157 |
| 2(7) | 14 | Chase Briscoe | Stewart-Haas Racing | 14.247 |
| 2(8) | 6 | Brad Keselowski | Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing | 14.305 |
| 2(9) | 19 | Martin Truex Jr. | Joe Gibbs Racing | 14.466 |
| 3(1) | 31 | Justin Haley | Kaulig Racing | 13.891 |
| 3(2) | 9 | Chase Elliott | Hendrick Motorsports | 13.954 |
| 3(3) | 24 | William Byron | Hendrick Motorsports | 13.973 |
| 3(4) | 20 | Christopher Bell | Joe Gibbs Racing | 14.023 |
| 3(5) | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | Kaulig Racing | 14.12 |
| 3(6) | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Stewart-Haas Racing | 14.158 |
| 3(7) | 17 | Chris Buescher | Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing | 14.251 |
| 3(8) | 7 | Corey LaJoie | Spire Motorsports | 14.326 |
| 3(9) | 51 | Cody Ware | Rick Ware Racing | 14.471 |
| 4(1) | 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske | 13.949 |
| 4(2) | 5 | Kyle Larson | Hendrick Motorsports | 13.957 |
| 4(3) | 34 | Michael McDowell | Front Row Motorsports | 13.978 |
| 4(4) | 77 | Landon Cassill | Spire Motorsports | 14.05 |
| 4(5) | 2 | Austin Cindric | Team Penske | 14.148 |
| 4(6) | 43 | Erik Jones | Petty GMS Racing | 14.194 |
| 4(7) | 15 | Ryan Preece | Rick Ware Racing | 14.277 |
| 4(8) | 45 | Kurt Busch | 23XI Racing | 14.437 |
| 4(9) | 42 | Ty Dillon | Petty GMS Racing | 14.532 |