By Lonnie Hugh Skinner

William Byron, in the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevy, was fastest and will start on the front row.

Byron had a lap of 28.774 seconds in Saturday’s qualifying session, about eight-hundredths of a second ahead of Ryan Preece in second-place.

The front row is followed by three Toyotas in the top five.

Today’s NASCAR starting lineup

 (Saturday’s lap time at the 1.366-mile Darlington Raceway)

1. William Byron, No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet (28.774 seconds)
2. Ryan Preece, No. 60 RFK Racing Ford (28.857)
3. Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota (28.867)
4. Chase Briscoe, No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota (28.878)
5. Bubba Wallace, No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota (28.895)
6. Austin Cindric, No. 2 Team Penske Ford (28.948)
7. Tyler Reddick, No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota (28.954)
8. Kyle Busch, No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet (28.957)
9. Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Team Penske Ford (28.958)
10. Michael McDowell, No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet (28.972)
11. Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota (28.975)
12. Todd Gilliland, No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford (28.986)
13. Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet (28.994)
14. Chris Buescher, No. 17 Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing Ford (28.996)
15. Chase Elliott, No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet (29.000)
16. Zane Smith, No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford (29.008)
17. Christopher Bell, No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota (29.014)
18. Joey Logano, No. 22 Team Penske Ford (29.038)
19. Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet (29.077)
20. Brad Keselowski, No. 6 Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing Ford (29.172)
21. Justin Haley, No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet (29.185)
22. AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet (29.230)
23. Austin Dillon, No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet (29.255)
24. Josh Berry, No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford (29.265)
25. Ross Chastain, No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet (29.284)
26. Noah Gragson, No. 4 Front Row Motorsports Ford (29.292)
27. John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42 Legacy Motor Club Toyota (29.315)
28. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 HYAK Motorsports Chevrolet (29.318)
29. Ty Dillon, No. 10 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet (29.412)
30. Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet (29.457)
31. Cole Custer, No. 41 Haas Factory Team Ford (29.483)
32. Riley Herbst, No. 35 23XI Racing Toyota (29.525)
33. Alex Bowman, No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet (29.572)
34. Erik Jones, No. 43 Legacy Motor Club Toyota (29.617)
35. Cody Ware, No. 51 Rick Ware Racing Ford (29.757)
36. Shane van Gisbergen, No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet (29.928)
37. Austin Hill, No. 33 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet (30.070)
38. JJ Yeley, No. 44 NY Racing Team Chevrolet (30.314)

COURTESY NASCAR COMMUNICATIONS