Posted October 15, 2022 by Jonathan Fjeld Cup

Tyler Reddick earns timely Cup pole at Las Vegas

Tyler Reddick talks with the media in the Las Vegas Motor Speedway media center following the announcement that he will drive the No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota in 2023, replacing Kurt Busch (Photo by Jonathan Fjeld/TRE)

LAS VEGAS — Hot on the heels of being named to the No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota in 2023, Tyler Reddick won the pole for Sunday’s South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

For Reddick, it is his fourth career NASCAR Cup Series pole, his third of 2022 and his second on an oval. He also won the pole at Indianapolis in July and Kansas in September and started 7th at Las Vegas in March.

Austin Cindric will share the front row with Reddick, as they did at Indianapolis in July. Cindric has also started on the front row at Fontana and Gateway this year.

Behind Reddick and Cindric were William Byron, Ryan Blaney, Joey Logano, Daniel Suarez, Christopher Bell, Harrison Burton, Bubba Wallace and Austin Dillon, who rounded out the top 10 starters.

The Round of 8 playoff drivers qualified as follows: Byron (3rd), Blaney (4th), Logano (5th), Bell (6th), Ross Chastain (11th), Chase Briscoe (16th), Chase Elliott (20th), Denny Hamlin (31st)

Non-playoff driver Harrison Burton starts in 8th, which ties his best career Cup start. Burton also started 8th in the Daytona 500.