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August 6, 2025

NASCAR Cup Series qualifying order for Watkins Glen International


The NASCAR Cup Series next competes at Watkins Glen International this weekend, with qualifying set for Saturday at 1:10 p.m. ET on truTV.

QUALIFYING ORDER: Cup Series | Xfinity Series | Craftsman Truck Series

Saturday’s qualifying session will consist of one round, split into two 20-minute groups. The groups below are determined via a metric that combines the previous race finish by owner (70%) and current owner points position (30%).

The race itself will occur on Sunday (2 p.m. ET, USA, HBO Max, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

MORE: How to watch NASCAR on USA | Weekend schedule

# denotes series rookie
(i) denotes ineligible for driver points

Pos.Car No.DriverMetric ScoreGroup
144J.J. Yeley(i)42.51
287Connor Zilisch(i)40.41
378Katherine Legge39.81
466Josh Bilicki(i)37.91
510Ty Dillon34.11
638Zane Smith33.31
751Cody Ware33.21
834Todd Gilliland32.81
935Riley Herbst #31.51
1047Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.30.91
114Noah Gragson30.51
1288Shane van Gisbergen #29.21
1341Cole Custer28.11
1499Daniel Suárez26.81
1571Michael McDowell25.81
167Justin Haley24.81
175Kyle Larson20.81
1854Ty Gibbs19.81
198Kyle Busch18.81
2017Chris Buescher18.71
2143Erik Jones18.42
2216AJ Allmendinger18.02
2311Denny Hamlin17.72
2442John Hunter Nemechek16.52
253Austin Dillon15.42
2621Josh Berry15.42
2745Tyler Reddick15.12
2820Christopher Bell13.42
292Austin Cindric12.92
3077Carson Hocevar12.22
311Ross Chastain11.92
329Chase Elliott10.42
3322Joey Logano9.92
346Brad Keselowski7.82
3548Alex Bowman7.62
3660Ryan Preece7.42
3723Bubba Wallace7.22
3812Ryan Blaney4.92
3919Chase Briscoe3.82
4024William Byron1.02

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