NASCAR starting lineup: Kyle Larson claims pole in qualifying for Toyota Owners 400 in Richmond

Final Group Update: Kyle Larson had the fastest qualifying time in the final round of qualifying and has earned the pole position for Sunday’s race. He will be joined on the front row by Chase Elliott. The rest of the starting lineup can be found in the table below.

Group B Update: Chase Elliott, Bubba Wallace, Austin Cindric, Todd Gilliland, and Martin Truex Jr. were the fastest drivers in Group B and will also advance to the final round of qualifying.

Group A Update: Joey Logano, Kyle Larson, Ross Chastain, Alex Bowman and Ty Gibbs were the five fastest drivers in Group A and have advanced to the final round of qualifying.

Qualifying is upon us at Richmond Raceway. The Xfinity Series wrapped up its ToyotaCare 250 qualifying Saturday morning, and now Cup Series qualifying will get started for the Toyota Owners 400. The Cup Series field will hit the track at 10:30 a.m. ET for practice and then run single-car, two-lap qualifying starting at approximately 11:15 a.m. All Saturday events will air on FS1.

The qualifying will be split into two rounds. The field will be divided in half for the first round. Each driver gets two laps to run their fastest time, and the five fastest in each group will advance to the final round. Those ten drivers will then compete for pole position and the rest of the top ten in the starting lineup.

We’ll be providing updates as the starting lineup is settled. Denny Hamlin won this race in 2022 and is co-favorites to win again at DraftKings Sportsbook with +500 odds. Christopher Bell joins him at the top of the odds list a year removed from a fourth place finish in Richmond. Last year, Hamlin finished 20th at this race and second at the summer Richmond race. Bell finished 20th in the summer race.

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