NASCAR starting lineup: Martin Truex, Jr. wins pole position in Ambetter 301 qualifying

Final results: Martin Truex, Jr. claimed the pole for Sunday’s race. Chase Elliott will join him on the front row. The top ten are as follows, with the full starting lineup at the bottom of the article:

1. Martin Truex, Jr.
2. Chase Elliott
3. Kurt Busch
4. Bubba Wallace
5. Christopher Bell
6. William Byron
7. Aric Almirola
8. Kyle Larson
9. Brad Keselowski
10. Kevin Harvick

Group B results: Kurt Busch, Martin Truex, Jr., Kyle Larson, Kevin Harvick, and Christopher Bell were the five fastest drivers in Group B and advanced to the final round of qualifying.

Group A results: Chase Elliott, William Byron, Bubba Wallace, Aric Almirola, and Brad Keselowski were the five fastest drivers in Group A and advanced to the final round of qualifying.

NASCAR is in New Hampshire for its races this weekend. The Cup Series will run the Ambetter 301 at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, NH on Sunday, July 17. The race will start at 3 p.m. ET on USA, but on Saturday, July 16 we will have qualifying at 12:20 p.m. ET also on USA.

The New Hampshire Motor Speedway utilizes a one-lap qualifying format. There will be a 15-minute warm-up/practice session for all drivers that will be separated into two groups. The drivers in Group A will then run a single-car, one-lap qualifier with the top five fastest drivers advancing to the Final Round of qualifying. The drivers in Group B will repeat the single-car, one-lap qualifier with their top five fastest drivers also advancing to the Final Round. The 10 remaining drivers will then run another single-car, one-lap qualifier to determine the first five rows of the race grid on Sunday. The fastest driver in the Final Round will be awarded the coveted pole position.

Ryan Blaney enters with the best odds to win the pole position installed at +600 at DraftKings Sportsbook. Kyle Busch (+800), Joey Logano (+800), Denny Hamlin (+800) and Chase Briscoe (+1000) round out the top five drivers with the best odds to win the pole position for Sunday’s race.

Chase Elliott has the best odds to win the 2022 Ambetter 301 installed at +700 at DraftKings Sportsbook. He is followed by Kyle Larson (+900), Hamlin (+900), Blaney (+900) and Busch (+900) for the drivers with the top-five odds to take the checkered flag. Aric Almirola won last year’s race and has +3000 odds to repeat as the winner.

Here is the full entry list for Sunday’s Ambetter 301 Cup Series race. We’ll update it with the full starting lineup as qualifying wraps.