{"id":1856,"date":"2021-11-27T16:33:30","date_gmt":"2021-11-27T08:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/?p=1856"},"modified":"2021-11-27T16:33:30","modified_gmt":"2021-11-27T08:33:30","slug":"nascars-knockout-series-brings-back-qualifying-with-new-format-for-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/?p=1856","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR&#8217;S Knockout: Series brings back qualifying with new format for 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> close <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/931\/524\/nascar-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Kyle Larson on becoming the 2021 Nascar champion\" data-v-13907676> Video <\/p>\n<h4 class=\"title\" data-v-13907676>Kyle Larson on becoming the 2021 Nascar champion<\/h4>\n<p data-v-13907676>Kyle Larson joins &#8216;Fox &amp; Friends&#8217; to discuss his experience winning the Nascar championship and gives credit to his pit crew for being a part of his big victory<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">NASCAR is bringing back practice and qualifying to all of its races in 2022 after suspending both for the majority of events since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/640\/320\/nascar-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Kyle Larson won the pole for the season finale at Phoenix during a two-lap qualifying session.\"> <\/p>\n<p>\n      Kyle Larson won the pole for the season finale at Phoenix during a two-lap qualifying session.<br \/>\n      (Sean Gardner\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Four different knockout-style qualifying formats will be used at the four track types the three NASCAR Cup Series visits.<\/p>\n<p>Most oval tracks will hold single lap qualifying with the field split into two groups and the top five from each advancing to a final round that will set the pole. Two laps will be run at the short Martinsville, Bristol, Richmond and Dover tracks.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/640\/320\/talladega.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"The top 10 drivers from the first round of qualifying on superspeedways will move on to a pole round.\"> <\/p>\n<p>\n      The top 10 drivers from the first round of qualifying on superspeedways will move on to a pole round.<br \/>\n      (Jeff Robinson\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>A single first round will be used at Daytona and Talladega superspeedways with the top 10 advancing to the pole round.<\/p>\n<p>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/p>\n<p>Road courses will feature two 15-minute sessions with half the field on the track simultaneously and the top five advancing to a 10-minute pole-qualifying session.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/640\/320\/bristol-dirt.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"The Bristol Dirt race will feature four heat races that will set the field for the main event.\"> <\/p>\n<p>\n      The Bristol Dirt race will feature four heat races that will set the field for the main event.<br \/>\n      (Chris Graythen\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>The Bristol Dirt race in April will use a unique format with the results of four heat races of 10, 10, 10, and nine cars setting the field for Sunday&#8217;s main event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>close Video Kyle Larson on becoming the 2021 Nascar champion Kyle Larson joins &#8216;Fox &amp; Friends&#8217; to discuss his experience winning the Nascar championship and gives credit to his pit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1857,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1856"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}