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March 18, 2026

Qualifying orders for 2026 Darlington Raceway spring races


The NASCAR Cup Series, O’Reilly Auto Parts Series and Craftsman Truck Series converge on Darlington Raceway this weekend for a tripleheader at the “Lady in Black.” Below are the qualifying orders for all three series:

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Cup Series
Single-car qualifying will take place at 3:40 p.m. ET on Saturday, with practice earlier in the day at 2:30 p.m. ET (Prime Video).

POSITIONNUMBERDRIVERMETRICGROUP
166* Timmy Hill(i)40.41
251Cody Ware34.41
334Todd Gilliland33.11
488Connor Zilisch #32.91
521Josh Berry31.31
610Ty Dillon30.61
797Shane Van Gisbergen30.01
84Noah Gragson29.41
941Cole Custer29.11
1047Ricky Stenhouse Jr.29.01
1148Justin Allgaier(i)28.31
128Kyle Busch26.21
1335Riley Herbst23.01
1471Michael McDowell22.41
152Austin Cindric22.31
1616AJ Allmnedinger22.21
1743Erik Jones22.11
1842John Hunter Nemechek21.01
1977Carson Hocevar19.91
201Ross Chastain17.92
217Daniel Suárez17.72
223Austin Dillon15.62
2338Zane Smith15.52
2422Joey Logano13.82
2519Chase Briscoe13.42
2612Ryan Blaney12.12
2760Ryan Preece11.62
286Brad Keselowski10.62
2945Tyler Reddick9.42
305Kyle Larson7.02
3117Chris Buescher6.92
3223Bubba Wallace6.92
3354Ty Gibbs6.52
3420Christoper Bell4.62
3524William Byron4.52
369Chase Elliott2.92
3711Denny Hamlin1.92

O’Reilly Auto Parts Series
Single-car qualifying will take place at 1:05 p.m. ET on Saturday, with practice earlier in the day at noon ET (The CW App).

POSITIONNUMBERDRIVERMETRICGROUP
135TBA41.61
274Dawson Cram40.71
330Myatt Snider40.41
45TBA36.31
525Nick Sanchez35.91
696Anthony Alfredo33.41
742Nathan Byrd32.31
855TBA31.11
926Dean Thompson30.41
1054Taylor Gray30.11
1102Ryan Ellis29.41
1239Ryan Sieg29.11
1391Mason Maggio28.61
1441Sam Mayer28.11
1545Lavar Scott #26.31
1687Austin Green25.01
1751Jeremy Clements24.01
1807Josh Bilicki23.91
1927Jeb Burton23.41
2092Josh Williams22.61
2124Harrison Burton22.42
2231Blaine Perkins21.72
2348Patrick Staropoli #20.42
240Garrett Smithley19.22
2544Brennan Poole18.82
2628Kyle Sieg16.72
2732Rajah Caruth16.02
289Ross Chastain(i)13.12
2920Brandon Jones13.02
3018William Sawalich11.42
3199Parker Retzlaff11.42
3217Corey Day8.02
3321Austin Hill7.92
341Carson Kvapil7.02
358Sammy Smith5.32
362Jesse Love4.82
3719Christopher Bell(i)4.72
3800Sheldon Creed3.62
397Justin Allgaier3.12
4088Kyle Larson(i)1.92

Craftsman Truck Series
Single-car qualifying will take place at 4:35 p.m. ET on Friday, with practice earlier in the day at 3:30 p.m. ET (FS2)

POSITIONNUMBERDRIVERMETRICGROUP
190Justin Carroll41.01
293Caleb Costner40.71
356Timmy Hill33.81
426Dawson Sutton33.61
576Spencer Boyd33.41
633Frankie Muniz29.71
722Josh Reaume29.31
862Christopher Bell(i)28.81
914Mini Tyrrell #27.71
1018Tyler Ankrum27.11
112Clayton Green24.01
129Grant Enfinger23.81
131William Sawalich(i)22.21
1452Stewart Friesen22.11
1512Brendan Queen #21.91
1615Tanner Gray21.51
1781Kris Wright20.51
185Corey Heim20.31
1917Gio Ruggiero19.32
2098Jack Garcia18.92
2110AJ Allmendinger(i)17.62
2242Conner Jones17.22
2313Cole Butcher #16.72
2491Christian Eckes15.02
2519Daniel Hemric13.42
2616Justin Haley13.22
2725Corey LaJoie(i)12.92
287Connor Mosack9.72
2977Carson Hocevar(i)9.42
3044Andrés Pérez De Lara7.92
3111Kaden Honeycutt6.22
3245Ross Chastain(i)5.42
3338Chandler Smith3.12
3499Ben Rhodes3.02
3588Ty Majeski2.92
3634Layne Riggs2.82

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

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