AUSTIN, Texas – Alex Bowman led the Hendrick Motorsports charge in Saturday’s NASCAR Cup Series qualifying session at Circuit of The Americas.
The driver was fifth overall after wheeling his No. 48 Ally Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 around the 3.41-mile road course in the second of two rounds. It will be Bowman’s third top-10 start in six races in 2022. He has not qualified outside the top 15 this season.
Defending race winner Chase Elliott will start 12th, followed by Hendrick Motorsports teammate Kyle Larson in 13th. Coming off his first win of the year last weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway, William Byron qualified 24th at COTA.
Ryan Blaney earned the pole position.
On Sunday, Hendrick Motorsports will seek its record-extending 26th points-paying race win on a road course. The team also holds the road-course records for Cup Series pole positions (21), stage wins (12), top-five finishes (74), top-10s (130) and laps led (2,020).
Catch all the twists and turns from Circuit of The Americas on Sunday at 3:30 p.m. ET on FOX, PRN Radio and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.