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July 22, 2026

Qualifying orders for 2026 Indianapolis Motor Speedway, IRP


It’s another split-squad type of weekend as the NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series visit the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway, while the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series heads to the not-too-far-away Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park. See qualifying orders for all three series below.

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Cup Series
Qualifying will occur at 1:30 p.m. ET on Saturday (truTV), with practice at 1 p.m. ET on Friday (truTV).

Pos.Car No.DriverMetric ScoreGroup
162* Casey Mears41.9001
278* Daniel Dye(i)40.7001
367* Corey Heim(i)39.8001
421Josh Berry35.4001
588Connor Zilisch #32.9001
616AJ Allmendinger32.5001
733Austin Hill(i) (133)32.1001
847Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.31.9001
951Cody Ware31.1001
1041Cole Custer29.5001
1142John Hunter Nemechek29.5001
124Noah Gragson27.1001
1348Alex Bowman26.9001
141Ross Chastain25.2001
153Austin Dillon24.5001
1671Michael McDowell22.8001
1738Zane Smith22.6001
1845Tyler Reddick21.6001
1910Ty Dillon20.5001
2035Riley Herbst20.1001
2143Erik Jones20.1002
2217Chris Buescher16.7002
2320Christopher Bell16.3002
242Austin Cindric14.6002
259Chase Elliott13.4002
2634Todd Gilliland12.5002
275Kyle Larson12.3002
2860Ryan Preece12.1002
2924William Byron12.0002
3077Carson Hocevar11.2002
316Brad Keselowski10.6002
327Daniel Suárez9.6002
3312Ryan Blaney8.6002
3423Bubba Wallace8.1002
3597Shane van Gisbergen7.7002
3622Joey Logano5.2002
3719Chase Briscoe4.5002
3854Ty Gibbs4.0002
3911Denny Hamlin1.7002

O’Reilly Auto Parts Series
Qualifying will occur at noon ET on Saturday (The CW), with practice on Friday at noon ET (The CW App).

Pos.Car No.DriverMetric Score
155Joey Gase36.700
247Dawson Cram36.600
338JJ Yeley36.500
427Jeb Burton34.100
524Harrison Burton31.000
642Nathan Byrd30.200
792Preston Pardus29.200
854Taylor Gray27.000
902Ryan Ellis26.300
109Ross Chastain(i)25.500
1141Sam Mayer25.300
1232Rajah Caruth24.300
1317Corey Day24.200
1445Lavar Scott23.700
1531Blaine Perkins22.100
1653Blake Lothian (153)21.000
1787Nick Sanchez20.200
1819Brent Crews #19.500
192Jesse Love19.400
2000Sheldon Creed19.000
2121Austin Hill17.800
2244Brennan Poole17.600
2348Patrick Staropoli #17.500
2407Josh Bilicki17.100
2539Ryan Sieg16.000
2626Dean Thompson15.800
278Sammy Smith15.600
2891Mason Maggio15.500
2928Kyle Sieg14.900
3051Jeremy Clements13.300
310Garrett Smithley10.800
3296Anthony Alfredo8.600
3318William Sawalich7.000
3420Brandon Jones7.000
3588Chase Elliott(i)6.900
3699Parker Retzlaff5.400
371Carson Kvapil2.300
387Justin Allgaier1.000

Craftsman Truck Series
Qualifying will occur at 4:05 p.m. ET on Friday (FS1), with practice at 3 p.m. ET (FS1).

Pos.Truck No.DriverMetric Score
169Jonathan Shafer41.600
290Justin Carroll41.300
393Cassten Everidge40.100
456Timmy Hill39.800
527Toni Breidinger36.500
676Spencer Boyd33.100
72Jackson Macenko33.000
822Derek Lemke31.900
933Frankie Muniz31.400
1081Kris Wright29.700
1114Mini Tyrrell #27.700
1210Corey LaJoie27.200
1316Justin Haley24.800
1425Conor Daly24.000
1513Cole Butcher #23.800
1644Andres Perez De Lara22.100
179Grant Enfinger21.700
1877Nick Sanchez(i)21.600
1912Brenden Queen #20.400
2026Dawson Sutton19.000
2115Tanner Gray18.900
2218Tyler Ankrum18.400
2319Daniel Hemric17.900
2442Parker Eatmon15.900
2598Jake Garcia14.500
2662Michael Christopher, Jr.13.500
2799Ben Rhodes13.400
281Gavan Boschele13.400
295Harrison Burton(i)10.800
3052Stewart Friesen10.400
3188Ty Majeski10.300
3211Kaden Honeycutt8.300
3317Giovanni Ruggiero6.600
347Connor Mosack6.100
3545Landen Lewis5.600
3691Christian Eckes4.600
3734Layne Riggs1.700
3838Chandler Smith1.600

* Required to qualify on time
# denotes series rookie
(i) denotes ineligible for driver points