NASCAR starting order, pole for FireKeepers Casino 400

07.08.2022, 10:43 sportingnews.com

Bubba Wallace turned in a historic qualifying run at Michigan International Speedway on Saturday, earning both his and 23XI Racing's first pole in the NASCAR Cup Series. The driver of the No. 23 Toyota achieved the milestone at an opportune time. He sits outside the projected NASCAR playoff field with just four races remaining before the start of the playoffs. Wallace has yet to secure a win in the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series regular season. What better position to aim for win No. 1 than from the pole? MORE: Watch NASCAR at Michigan live with fuboTV (free trial) P1️⃣ 👊First-career pole for @BubbaWallace and first-ever team pole @23XIRacing! pic.twitter.com/t1wyRRzJd3— NASCAR (@NASCAR) Wallace appears ready to go get his second career Cup Series victory: How about a pole win at Michigan?😮‍💨 pic.twitter.com/EemAwGqQw6— Bubba Wallace (@BubbaWallace) The Sporting News has everything you need to know about qualifying for the FireKeepers Casino 400, and the starting order for the race. Full results here. Bubba Wallace took the pole for Sunday's Michigan race. It is the first pole of his Cup Series career: Pedal down! @BubbaWallace wins the #BuschLightPole for Sunday's race at @MISpeedway! pic.twitter.com/6XaUSCVL0f— NASCAR (@NASCAR) Wallace — currently sitting four spots outside the projected playoff field at 20th overall — has five top-10 finishes, including three straight at New Hampshire, Pocono and Indianapolis. He also started the season with a second-place finish in the Daytona 500. MORE: Tyler Reddick takes the checkered flag in wacky Verizon 200 at the Brickyard Wallace's first pole in the Cup Series might not have come at a better time. This will be his ninth race at Michigan International Speedway; in his eight previous appearances, he has only one top-10 finish (10th in the 2020 FireKeepers Casino 400). Ryan Blaney and Kevin Harvick won this event in 2021 and 2020, respectively. Harvick, it should be noted, also won the Consumers Energy 400, held at the same track a day after winning the FireKeepers asino 400, in 2020). Here is the complete starting lineup for Sunday's FireKeepers Casino 400: