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May 6, 2026

Qualifying orders for 2026 Watkins Glen International


The NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series head north to New York’s Finger Lakes region for their annual stops at Watkins Glen International. Below are the qualifying orders and groups for all three series.

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Cup Series
Group qualifying will occur at 2:10 p.m. ET on Saturday, with practice earlier in the day at 1 p.m. ET (Prime Video).

POSITIONNUMBERDRIVERMETRICGROUP
178* Katherine Legge40.71
241Cole Custer35.31
366* Josh Bilicki(i)34.81
451Cody Ware31.51
522Joey Logano31.01
620Christopher Bell30.51
734Todd Gilliland29.91
821Josh Berry29.61
94Noah Gragson29.21
1054Ty Gibbs27.31
1110Ty Dillon26.71
125Kyle Larson26.21
1371Michael McDowell25.81
1442John Hunter Nemechek23.71
151Ross Chastain23.61
1616AJ Allmendinger23.51
178Kyle Busch21.81
1838Zane Smith21.71
1988Connor Zilisch #21.41
2019Chase Briscoe20.92
213Austin Dillon20.72
2247Ricky Stenhouse Jr.20.52
2397Shane van Gisbergen17.62
2435Riley Herbst16.12
2543Erik Jones15.02
262Austin Cindric15.02
2760Ryan Preece13.42
286Brad Keselowski11.82
2948Alex Bowman10.82
3023Bubba Wallace9.62
3124William Byron8.62
327Daniel Suárez8.42
3312Ryan Blaney8.22
3477Carson Hocevar6.72
3517Chris Buescher5.02
3645Tyler Reddick3.12
3711Denny Hamlin2.02
389Chase Elliott1.62

O’Reilly Auto Parts Series
Group qualifying will occur at 11:35 a.m. ET on Friday, with practice earlier in the day at 10:30 a.m. ET (The CW App).

POSITIONNUMBERDRIVERMETRICGROUP
150Preston Pardus41.91
235TBA39.21
342TBA35.71
487Austin Green34.11
591Carson Kvapil31.11
628Kyle Sieg30.01
755Joey Gase29.81
853Derek White29.61
90Alex Labbe29.51
1032Ross Chastain(i)28.91
1102Ryan Ellis27.61
1217Corey Day27.41
1307Josh Bilicki27.31
1454Taylor Gray26.71
1531Blaine Perkins24.11
1627Jeb Burton23.91
1724Harrison Burton22.91
1892Alex Guenette(i)22.51
1945Lavar Scott #21.41
2048Patrick Staropoli19.12
2144Brennan Poole18.82
221Connor Zilisch16.82
2326Dean Thompson16.62
2496Anthony Alfredo15.32
2518William Sawalich14.42
2639Ryan Sieg14.32
279Shane van Gisbergen(i)13.72
2851Jeremy Clements13.32
298Sammy Smith11.82
3021Austin Hill7.92
312Jesse Love7.52
3220Brandon Jones7.42
3399Parker Retzlaff6.82
3441Sam Mayer6.32
3519Brent Crews #5.22
3600Sheldon Creed5.12
377Justin Allgaier1.72
3888Rajah Caruth1.32

Craftsman Truck Series
Group qualifying will occur at 12:05 p.m. ET on Friday, with practice earlier in the day at 11 a.m. ET (FS2).

POSITIONNUMBERDRIVERMETRICGROUP
120Toni Breidinger58.71
269Dystany Spurlock41.01
371Connor Zilisch(i)40.11
456Timmy Hill39.21
54Shane van Gisbergen(i)38.91
613Cole Butcher #32.31
742Tyler Reif31.21
881Kris Wright30.41
99Grant Enfinger29.01
1044Andrés Pérez28.21
112Jackson Lee27.81
1262Wesley Slimp27.71
1315Tanner Gray25.91
1422Natalie Decker25.31
1533Stephen Mallozzi25.11
1698Jake Garcia25.11
1716Justin Haley24.01
1810Corey LaJoie23.51
1976Spencer Boyd23.31
2014Mini Tyrell #23.12
2126Dawson Sutton18.72
2252Stewart Friesen17.82
235Adam Andretti15.52
2412Brenden Queen #14.82
2518Tyler Ankrum14.72
2625AJ Allmendinger(i)14.62
2717Gio Ruggiero11.92
2819Daniel Hemric10.32
2988Ty Majeski9.62
3045Ross Chastain(i)9.32
3191Christian Eckes8.62
3238Chandler Smith8.22
3399Ben Rhodes6.22
3434Layne Riggs5.72
351Brent Crews(i)4.62
3677Carson Hocevar(i)3.12
3711Kaden Honeycutt2.72
387Connor Mosack1.72

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

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