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September 16, 2026

Qualifying orders for 2026 Bristol Motor Speedway Chase races


The NASCAR Cup Series and O’Reilly Auto Parts Series continue their respective Chases presented by Mobil 1 this weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway, while the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series begins its seven-race Chase. The Cup field features 37 entries, with 39 O’Reilly cars and 37 trucks also entered for the weekend. See the qualifying orders for Bristol here.

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Cup Series
Single-car qualifying will occur at 5:40 p.m. ET on Friday (truTV).

Pos.Car No.DriverMetric Score
166* Josh Bilicki(i)40.100
24Noah Gragson33.000
338Zane Smith33.000
435Riley Herbst32.800
510Ty Dillon31.200
621Josh Berry27.700
747Ricky Stenhouse Jr.26.900
851Cody Ware26.500
933Austin Hill(i)24.000
1034Todd Gilliland23.400
1197Shane van Gisbergen21.200
1271Michael McDowell20.000
1342John Hunter Nemechek18.900
1416AJ Allmendinger18.100
1541Cole Custer17.300
1688Connor Zilisch #15.400
1743Erik Jones15.400
186Brad Keselowski13.800
193Austin Dillon11.700
201Ross Chastain9.200
2148Alex Bowman8.600
2212Ryan Blaney (C)25.700
237Daniel Suárez (C)25.100
249Chase Elliott (C)25.000
2519Chase Briscoe (C)24.800
2617Chris Buescher (C)22.800
2745Tyler Reddick (C)19.000
2860Ryan Preece (C)15.500
2954Ty Gibbs (C)14.400
3020Christopher Bell (C)14.200
3123Bubba Wallace (C)12.800
322Austin Cindric (C)11.200
3377Carson Hocevar (C)8.300
3424William Byron (C)7.300
3511Denny Hamlin (C)6.600
3622Joey Logano (C)4.200
375Kyle Larson (C)1.300

O’Reilly Auto Parts Series
Single-car qualifying will occur at 3:05 p.m. ET on Friday (ESPN Unlimited).

Pos.Car No.DriverMetric Score
143Landon S. Huffman (143)58.700
238JJ Yeley39.800
347Natalie Decker(i)36.600
49Jake Finch33.200
553Carson Ware (153)32.900
624Harrison Burton31.100
787Nick Sanchez30.700
845Lavar Scott #30.600
942Logan Bearden29.800
1055David Starr29.700
1151Jeremy Clements28.000
1207Josh Bilicki27.200
1302Ryan Ellis26.700
140Garrett Smithley25.000
1591Stefan Parsons(i)22.800
1632Andrew Patterson22.100
1792Josh Williams21.900
1831Blaine Perkins21.800
1996Anthony Alfredo20.500
2048Patrick Staropoli #20.300
2144Brennan Poole18.700
2218William Sawalich15.400
2328Kyle Sieg15.000
2439Ryan Sieg14.600
2527Jeb Burton14.200
2626Dean Thompson14.100
2717Corey Day (C)25.800
2821Austin Hill (C)21.800
2920Brandon Jones (C)13.800
3088Rajah Caruth (C)10.100
317Justin Allgaier (C)9.400
328Sammy Smith (C)8.600
3399Parker Retzlaff (C)7.800
3419Brent Crews # (C)7.000
3554Taylor Gray (C)6.700
361Carson Kvapil (C)4.400
3741Sam Mayer (C)3.900
3800Sheldon Creed (C)2.000
392Jesse Love (C)1.900

Craftsman Truck Series
Single-car qualifying will occur at 4:05 p.m. ET on Thursday (FS2).

Pos.Truck No.DriverMetric Score
190Justin Carroll41.600
275Parker Kligerman40.700
32Luke Baldwin39.200
476Caden Kvapil34.800
522Jackson Macenko34.700
681Kris Wright32.500
756Timmy Hill31.100
833Frankie Muniz30.700
926Dawson Sutton25.300
1044Andrés Pérez24.900
114Connor Hall24.700
1214Mini Tyrrell24.500
1325Regan Smith24.300
1415Tanner Gray21.300
1513Cole Butcher20.000
1612Brenden Queen19.700
175Bayley Currey17.800
1810Corey LaJoie17.700
1998Jake Garcia15.200
2042Parker Eatmon13.900
2116Justin Haley12.600
2262William Sawalich(i)8.200
2352Stewart Friesen7.900
2445Landen Lewis (C)25.100
251Nick Leitz (C)24.600
267Connor Mosack (C)22.200
2791Christian Eckes (C)21.400
2817Gio Ruggiero (C)20.300
2999Ben Rhodes (C)16.800
3018Tyler Ankrum (C)16.000
319Grant Enfinger (C)12.700
3288Ty Majeski (C)10.700
3319Daniel Hemric (C)9.500
3477Tristan McKee (C)6.600
3511Kaden Honeycutt (C)2.700
3638Chandler Smith (C)2.300
3734Layne Riggs (C)1.000

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