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On Sunday, the NASCAR Cup Series will make its return to Texas Motor Speedway, the site of Chase Elliott’s most recent victory last spring. And on the surface, Elliott rolls up to Fort Worth in as good a form as he’s had in a while. He currently ranks fourth in the Cup standings, tracking for his first placement that high since he made the Championship 4 in 2022. He’s coming off a top-five finish last week at Talladega, and he hasn’t finished outside the Top 20 in any of his 10 starts so far in 2025. Elliott is also tied with Tyler Reddick for the sixth-highest odds (+1000) to win this year’s Cup championship, according to DraftKings, which puts him squarely in the mix to win his second career title — surpassing his father, Bill, whose sole title came in 1988.

Under the hood of all that, however, is a fascinating change in how Elliott has achieved his recent success.

RELATED: Texas schedule | Cup Series standings

In previous years, Elliott was a threat to win most weekends. From 2018 to 2022, he took 18 checkered flags in 180 races — good for a 10.0% winning percentage, second only to Kevin Harvick at 12.8%. He never had a season with fewer than two wins — winning three or more races four times and five or more races on two occasions. And during that span, he never went longer than 26 races without a victory, usually recording his wins after waits of fewer than 15 starts:

neil paine chart

More recently, however, Elliott has found Victory Lane a lot harder to drive to. Starting late in the 2022 season, he embarked on what would eventually be a 42-race winless streak before winning the 2024 Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400 at Texas last April. And any hopes that would break the seal on another stretch of frequent Elliott wins were misplaced — after this past weekend, Elliott is on a 37-race winless streak dating back to that victory at Texas a year ago. For those not keeping track, that means Elliott has won just one of his past 80 Cup starts, a stretch that is verging on matching the 1 win he had in his first 99 career races.

Overall, since the start of 2023, Elliott has a mere 1.3% winning percentage, far from that 10% figure from the preceding five seasons. This is reflective of a general trend of fewer high-tier performances from the No. 9 car in recent seasons. Expand things to look at other finishes, and only 28% of Elliott’s races have ended with him in the top five and 53% within the top 10, compared with rates of 36% and 55%, respectively, earlier on:
neil paine chart

At the same time, Elliott has all but eliminated the really bad outings from his stat sheet. During that 2018-2022 period, he finished outside the top 20 in 22% of his starts — and outside the top 30 in 12% of them. From 2023-2025, by comparison, only 12% of Elliott’s races have seen him finish outside the top 20, and 9% outside the top 30. Even as his week-to-week ceiling has appeared to lower, the floor on Elliott’s performances has seemed to rise, making him a model of consistency: He almost never suffers a bad day.

We can see this shift in Elliott’s strength as a driver by examining his rankings across various stats. Specifically, let’s look at three numbers: Average Finish, Average Driver Rating and my Adjusted Points+ Index (which assigns drivers exponentially more points for higher finishes, scaled to a Cup Series average of 100). The first of the three rewards consistency more, while giving less upside to winning — it treats the difference between first and fifth the same as between 21st and 25th. The second rewards consistent dominance throughout races, if not at the end of them in terms of finishes. And the third gives disproportionate rewards to high finishes, making minimal distinctions between finishes outside the top 20.

During Elliott’s heyday for winning races, he generally (though not always) tended to rank more highly in Driver Rating and Adjusted Points+ than Average Finish, indicating that he was dominating on his best days, even if his results were occasionally dragged down by bad luck or inconsistency. Starting in 2023, however, his rankings in Driver Rating and Adjusted Points+ began to dip well below his rank in Average Finish, where he was the No. 1 driver in the sport last season and ranks third this year — despite sitting fifth in Adjusted Points+ and ninth in Driver Rating:

neil paine chartMeanwhile, other Elliott indicators are trending toward less dominance as well. After going a combined 333-207 head-to-head (a 61.7% winning percentage) in races against his Hendrick Motorsports teammates from 2018-2022, he fell to 51-36 (58.6%) in 2023, 54-54 (50.0%) last season and is 12-18 (40.0%) this year. That’s tracking to be his first losing season head-to-head versus teammates since going 4-16 (20.0%) in a partial schedule driving the No. 25 car during his rookie Cup season of 2015 at age 19.

What are we supposed to make of all this? Certainly, the change in risk/reward balance hasn’t left Elliott’s standings placement any worse for ware. Again, he sits comfortably in fourth place, trailing only a couple of teammates — William Byron and Kyle Larson — plus Denny Hamlin. And he will be a threat to win at plenty of locations coming up on the Cup calendar: He ranks No. 7 this weekend in projected Driver Rating according to my track-scouting system, which ought to also correlate with good projections at similar tracks in Kansas, Charlotte and Michigan. Then comes a stretch with three road courses in five races, a theoretical bonus for a driver who at one time was known as the best regular road-racer in NASCAR.

But while piling up solid points days is good in and of itself, especially during the regular season (when the standings reward a steady hand at the wheel), Elliott’s championship potential will probably ride on whether he can consistently find that winning gear again — a surprising turn of events for a driver who made victories look routine just a few years ago.

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Chase Elliott arrives at Texas Motor Speedway this weekend with an outlook that feels vaguely familiar while also vacillating between the varied emotions that have defined his season.

NASCAR’s seven-time most popular driver is mired in a 37-race winless streak in points events that is the second-longest of his career. The longest was the 42-race drought he snapped in the April 14, 2024 race at Texas by hanging on for a victory through two overtimes.

RELATED: Texas schedule | Chase Elliott gear

Asked whether he’s frustrated about returning to Texas in virtually the same position or encouraged about being the defending winner, Elliott smiled and said, “I guess both.”

“Well, the good news was it went well,” he said of the 19th career victory that wound up being his only win in 2024. “The bad news was it was 12 months ago. A lot changes in a year, and things that we are working on behind the scenes, whether a setup path or a race strategy path or whatever it is, that is going to outweigh something that went on 12 months ago.

“It’s hard to reflect that far back and think that, ‘Oh, we’ll just do what we did last year,’ and that’s going to be perfect because most of the time that’s not the case. … The lessons that we’ve learned lately are likely more applicable than those 12-plus months ago.”

Indeed, car setups and track conditions rarely stay constant enough for past results to be an accurate predictor of future success. But Elliott has remained remarkably consistent despite being absent from Victory Lane.

He is the only driver to have finished in the top 20 of the first 10 races, and he’s fourth in points despite having no stage wins. Assessing his 2025 results, the Hendrick Motorsports star sees the glass as both half-full and half-empty.

“I’m somewhat happy,” the 2020 Cup champion said. “No different than anyone else on our team. We want more. I think we’re capable of more. And we just have high expectations. We are proud of those good runs that we’ve had, but we know that there’s more in the tank. The season’s still very early, and I’ve seen enough high spots to kind of give me hope.”

Elliott does have a checkered flag, having dominated The Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium in early February. Since winning the exhibition season opener, the highlights were fourths at Circuit of The Americas and Martinsville (where he led a race-high 42 laps). An eighth at Darlington was “a good step in the right direction.”

But the team’s less heralded performances have him nearly as optimistic. In the season’s first three points races at Daytona, Atlanta and COTA, the No. 9 team worked feverishly to repair damage from incidents and salvage a result.

“Our team does a really good job of just trying to piece stuff together,” Elliott said. “It just comes down to those guys being prepared on pit road for toe-link changes or needing to patch together body pieces. A lot of that stuff comes from, from their preparation and hard work throughout the week to just make sure that they’re ready for those types of circumstances that can be thrown at them. So that is the only reason why we didn’t finish outside the top 20 at those races. It’d be great to pair that with some really good results and race wins.”

Texas should be a good opportunity. Elliott’s breakthrough Xfinity Series victory came at the track as a rookie on the way to a 2014 championship. That was among the earliest of several memorable moments with sponsor NAPA, and his No. 9 will carry a special paint scheme at Texas to honor the company’s 100th anniversary.

“Everyone knows they’ve been a huge piece of my career and a vital piece of the puzzle to my career even becoming a career,” Elliott said. “I really can’t say enough about them and what they’ve done for me and my family and everyone at Hendrick Motorsports as well. I think we’ve all kind of become a part of one another’s families over the years, and it’s been a really nice and natural fit. It wouldn’t even feel right to go race without them at this point.”

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ARLINGTON, Va. — Few race wins carry the honor and prestige the Coca-Cola 600 provides. Christopher Bell learned that firsthand Wednesday.

Eleven months after winning the 2024 iteration of the NASCAR Cup Series’ Memorial Day Weekend staple at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Bell ventured to Arlington National Cemetery to partake in a sobering wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

Bell’s grandfather served in World War II, and his uncle served in the Vietnam War. Bell had never visited the cemetery himself, but received advice from his father, David, who had.

“He’s been here several times,” Bell said, “and he told me that you don’t understand what privilege you’re gonna have to be able to participate in the wreath ceremony, witness the changing of the guards. He tried to explain to me the precision of the guards and how disciplined they are, but it really can’t be put into words.

“It puts things in perspective. It makes you understand that there are much bigger things in this world. Just special to me.”

MORE: Cup schedule | Cup standings

Arrival to the expansive grounds immediately signals the gravity of the landscape, where more than 400,000 fallen Americans who served their country lay at rest. According to its website, between 27 and 30 funerals are conducted per day across its sweeping 639 acres. The weight of the visit was not lost on Bell, the defending winner of the Memorial Day feature race.

“It reminds you that it is a memorial day,” he said. “All of these people here have paid the price and given us the freedom that we have in the United States of America. I think it becomes easy for Memorial Day to turn into a holiday and celebrating it for the wrong reasons. Coming here, visiting Arlington, is just a reminder that we have a Memorial Day for a reason, and we have this amazing country for a reason, and it just makes you thankful and puts everything in perspective.

“It just hits hard whenever you see how many people are here and how many people have paid the ultimate price for us to live in the country that we live in and to have the freedoms we have. It’s the greatest nation in the world, and this is a friendly reminder that freedom isn’t free.”

From left, Morgan Bell, Christopher Bell, Col. Mike Binetti and Mike Burch at Arlington National Amphitheater.
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Bell’s day at Arlington began just outside the Memorial Amphitheater, where he and wife Morgan were introduced to Col. Mike Binetti, Chief of Staff of the Arlington National Cemetery. Their first stop was at the headstone of First Lieutenant Audie L. Murphy, a World War II veteran recognized as the most decorated combat soldier of the second World War.

The Bells, joined by Joe Gibbs Racing team president Dave Alpern and Speedway Motorsports Chief Operations Officer Mike Burch, were later escorted to the Tomb of the Unknown Solider, where Bell and Burch received instructions for the laying of the wreath inside the Memorial Amphitheater’s artifacts room. At 11 a.m. ET, clock bells rang to signal the changing of the guard, which the Bells, Burch and Alpern watched from the steps leading down to tomb. The wreath was placed seamlessly before Burch and Bell stepped away, and the somber silence was soon replaced by an equally solemn playing of “Taps.”

“It was nerve-wracking, just to try and match the guards’ precision,” Bell said. “And I didn’t do it. I didn’t. I don’t think anybody can. But you want to pay respect and be the most precise and disciplined person you can be. It was just impressive. It was very impressive to see the guards and see their discipline. It hits hard. It really does.”

Upon conclusion of the ceremony, Bell and Co. were directed back inside the artifacts room and debriefed, asking more questions about the guards, their precision, their 21-step march and more. Now in their summer hours, the guards change shifts every 30 minutes. The sweltering heat, however, can make that feel far hotter.

Suddenly, there was a friendly snapback to reality, though. Sgt. 1st Class Jesse Zafft, who in July will move from funeral grounds to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier as Sergeant of the Guard, is an avid NASCAR fan originally from South Dakota. After long discussions about the ceremonies and history of the tomb, Zafft took his opportunity to ask Bell: “You give Denny any crap about Talladega?”

Bell laughed and took that chance to introduce Zafft to Alpern as the team president, joking that he gave Hamlin a slap on the wrist after a bump from the No. 11 car spun Bell into the inside wall after a Stage 1 restart last Sunday at Talladega.

“That was really cool that he watched the race,” Bell said with a smile. “It was a good lighthearted moment after — it’s hard to be lighthearted here in the Arlington Cemetery. So that was cool.”

Bell became the fifth defending winner of the Coke 600 to have the honor of visiting the cemetery and laying the wreath, joining past winners Brad Keselowski, Kyle Larson, Denny Hamlin and Ryan Blaney. Though there are some four weeks before the series returns to the 1.5-mile Charlotte track, Bell already has a repeat trip to Victory Lane in mind for Sunday, May 25 (6 p.m. ET, Prime Video, PRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

“There’s no place I’d rather be than Charlotte Motor Speedway on Memorial Day Weekend,” Bell said. “It’s not just another event. They make it special, and it is truly one of the best and (most) special events of the year. Charlotte Motor Speedway on Memorial Day weekend, it’s second to none. It’s a dream come true that I even get to participate in that event, let alone win. It’s a big deal.”

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Connor Zilisch, driver of the No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, will not compete in this weekend’s race at Texas Motor Speedway after a hard wreck on the final lap last week at Talladega Superspeedway.

JR Motorsports released the following statement Wednesday afternoon: “Kyle Larson will sub for Connor Zilisch behind the wheel of the No. 88 Chevrolet this weekend at Texas Motor Speedway as Zilisch continues to recover from a lower back injury sustained last weekend at Talladega.”

On Thursday, the team confirmed that NASCAR has granted Zilisch a playoff waiver, and he remains qualified for the 2025 playoffs after his win earlier this season at Circuit of The Americas.

Leading last Saturday’s race at Talladega on the final lap, Zilisch got turned down the backstretch after a push from Jesse Love, spinning hard into the inside wall nose first.

A screen grab showing Connor Zilisch's wreck

The impact was enormous, as pictured above, but Zilisch exited the car under his own power before getting evaluated and released from the infield care center. He gave a post-race interview on The CW after being cleared, saying “I’m OK. … Very grateful to drive safe JR Motorsports race cars.”

RELATED: Texas schedule | Xfinity standings | Zilisch driver page

Zilisch has a win at Circuit of The Americas and three top 10s in his rookie season, and he is sixth in driver points. His average running position (10.8) is fifth best in the series through 11 races.

Saturday’s Andy’s Frozen Custard 300 at Texas is set for 2 p.m. ET (The CW, PRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Bowman Gray Stadium’s Twin 25 races saw one driver flex some early-season muscle, and another snap a long winless streak as Brandon Ward and Jason Myers took home trophies.

Ward won the pole for the first Twin 25 as he cruised to victory. The “Madhouse Scramble” format for the second race led Jason Myers to get back to the winner’s circle for the first time since Aug. 2023.

Cagy veterans Mike Speeney and Tim Brown share the points lead thanks to consistent finishes.  Speeney has finished every race he’s entered in the same spot – fourth – and Brown has finished in the top ten in all three events buoyed by two top-three finishes in his first two starts.

This Saturday, May 3, the Brad’s Golf Car’s Modified Series drivers will deal with the random-draw qualifying format as they go the distance once again in the Kevin Powell Motorsports 100. This format could put the faster cars in jeopardy as they’ll have to fight their way toward the front.

Fans can buy tickets online and find parking information at www.bowmangrayracing.com. Adult tickets are $12 and kids ages 6-11 get in for $2.

Gates open at 6 p.m., and racing starts at 8 p.m.

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Here’s what’s happening in the world of NASCAR with Talladega Superspeedway in the rearview and Texas Motor Speedway (Sun., 3:30 p.m. ET, FS1) up next.

1. How Talladega dramatically changed playoff fortunes

Cindric’s win last Sunday tightened up the playoff bubble, but how will DQs affect Preece, Logano? 

We’re only two and a half months through the season, but with Austin Cindric’s triumph at Talladega, it now feels like the playoff picture is beginning to ramp up with both Josh Berry and Cindric securing postseason berths as outsiders looking in coming into 2025.

Six of 16 playoff tickets have been punched so far with Kyle Larson, Denny Hamlin and Christopher Bell snagging multiple checkered flags already. Daytona 500 winner William Byron, Cindric and Berry each have one with 10 races complete. Cindric’s victory moved him up eight spots in the Cup standings to 14th, overtaking Preece, AJ Allmendinger and Kyle Busch.

Allmendinger has shown the speed to contend for one of the coveted 16 playoff positions so far this season, but finished 24th at Talladega to pin him to the last provisional spot on the grid — just six points ahead of Busch.

This year is shaping up to be a similar predicament as last season for Busch. Winless and so close, yet so far at the same time. The two-time champ turned in a season-best performance at Circuit of The Americas to score his lone top five this year but has only scored one top-10 result in the last five races (Darlington). With three straight points-paying 1.5-mile ovals coming up (Texas, Kansas, Charlotte), that will likely be the all-telling sign of where the No. 8 RCR Chevrolet team will end up come September.

MORE: How Preece, Logano shake out in standings after DQs

As for Preece and Logano, two top-five results were stripped away after their respective disqualifications post-race, and comfortable points positions went out the window.

The original runner-up finish for the No. 60 RFK Racing driver would’ve been a career-best for Preece, solidifying him as a true bid stealer as the race to September amplifies, but collecting just one point from Talladega now puts him 19th on the grid and 14 points off the provisional elimination line.

Without a top five thus far, stage points and that fifth-place finish would’ve been a huge shot in the arm for the defending Cup Series championship No. 22 team, but these odd-numbered years continue to snakebite the camp and three-time titleholder. Now Logano is flirting with his worst season since his rookie campaign in 2009 when he had an average finish of 20th. After 10 races this year, that number stands at 19.7. Logano’s become accustomed to being an opportunist and striking when least expected, but the No. 22 needs to find the speed first.

hamlin spins at texas motor speedway
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2. What surprises await in Lone Star State?

The three Next Gen races at Texas Motor Speedway so far have all produced drama; will the same occur Sunday?

Whether in the playoffs or a return to its spring date, something’s in the Fort Worth, Texas, water whenever the Cup Series visits the 1.5-miler in the Next Gen car.

From a mid-race lightning delay to multiple drivers wrecking from the lead, the 2022 playoff race produced 16 cautions with Christopher Bell and Chase Elliott bowing out of the event early. Not to mention, Tyler Reddick, who had been eliminated from the playoffs in an earlier round, went on to win the race.

A year later, it was the battle of Bubba Wallace and Kyle Larson in a heated tilt for the race lead late at Texas when the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports driver spun in Turn 1 on the inside of Wallace, taking Larson out of the race. The No. 23 23XI driver nearly won his way into the Round of 8, but was passed by William Byron in the closing laps as the No. 24 driver went on to score the Hendrick organization’s 300th Cup Series victory.

The most recent edition at Texas saw a total of 16 cautions again, with eight coming in the final stage.

Larson lost a wheel during Stage 2, Alex Bowman and Bell crashed early in the race and the event saw multiple overtimes. In a hard-fought battle during one of the two OT restarts, Denny Hamlin got loose and wrecked just behind Chase Elliott as the No. 9 cleared the No. 11 in Turns 3 and 4. Elliott went on to snap an over-year-long winless streak that would be his lone victory of 2024.

MORE: 38 cars entered in Sunday’s race at Texas

Elliott once again finds himself in the midst of another drought with his last victory coming at Texas. That race was almost 13 months ago, and while the No. 9 driver and 2020 champion is sitting pretty in points (fourth), we know how tight a driver’s playoff position can get when more and more unique winners emerge (ask Martin Truex Jr. in 2022).

Then, there are drivers like Wallace looking for redemption after letting a win slip by them at the intermediate track. Sure, the winners at Texas have been chalk more than not, but with the flair for unpredictability, don’t be surprised if another win like Berry’s at Las Vegas throws the next twist in the playoff picture.

texas motor speedway general view
Jared C. Tilton | Getty Images

3. Cindric on fiery words from Logano: ‘There’s some areas we need to discuss’

Coming off his win at Talladega, Austin Cindric gave his point-of-view of the Stage 2 finish on Sunday that left Team Penske teammate Joey Logano furious with Cindric.

4. Look out for a Texas-sized show from No. 48

Still seeking his first win of 2025, Alex Bowman’s recent performances in the last seven 1.5-mile races could put him in a great spot to be in the mix to win Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway. (Credit: Racing Insights)

DateTrackStartFinish
May 5, 2024Kansas18th7th
May 26, 2024Charlotte6th9th
Sept. 29, 2024Kansas12th6th
Oct. 20, 2024Las Vegas3rd5th
Oct. 27, 2024Homestead11th7th
March 16, 2025Las Vegas6th7th
March 23, 2025Homestead1st2nd

5. Catch the pack — news and notes from around the garage

Paint Scheme Preview: 2025 Texas Motor Speedway

Hauler Talk: Talladega wall will look different when NASCAR returns in fall

Logano ‘surprised’ by Chipper Jones’ rant; discusses DQ, Cindric disagreement at Talladega

Logano blasts Cindric over radio after ‘Dega mix-up; No. 22 driver responds

NASCAR Insights: Chastain prevents Toyotas from capitalizing at Talladega

Getting his flowers: Austin Cindric’s quest to be the best reaches Talladega heights

Power Rankings: With doubters dampened, Wallace set to close out a Texas win? 

texas general view
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The NASCAR Cup Series, Xfinity Series and Truck Series were all in action this weekend at Texas Motor Speedway. Bookmark this page and come back often for your race-week essentials — from links to qualifying order, average practice speeds, results and more.

NASCAR Cup Series

Race day: Sunday at 3:30 p.m. ET on FS1. The categories listed below will be filled out with links as the information is available.

Tires: Nine sets for the race, plus one set for practice and one set for qualifying. The qualifying set rolls over into the race. 

Entry list
Qualifying order
Practice Results
Practice Lap Averages
Practice Lap Times
Qualifying Results
Pit Stalls
Stage 1 Results
Stage 2 Results
Race Results

NASCAR Xfinity Series

Race day: Saturday at 2 p.m. ET on The CW. The categories listed below will be filled out with links as the information is available.

Tires: Six sets

Entry list
Qualifying order
Practice Results (CANCELED)
Practice Lap Averages (CANCELED)
Practice Lap Times (CANCELED)
Qualifying Results (CANCELED, set by rule book)
Pit Stalls
Stage 1 Results
Stage 2 Results
Race Results

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series

Race day: Friday at 8 p.m. ET on FS1. The categories listed below will be filled out with links as the information is available.

Tires: Five sets

Entry list
Qualifying order
Practice Results (CANCELED)
Practice Lap Averages (CANCELED)
Practice Lap Times (CANCELED)
Qualifying Results (CANCELED, set by rule book)
Pit Stalls
Stage 1 Results
Stage 2 Results
Race Results

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The NASCAR Cup Series makes its annual trip to Texas Motor Speedway, with qualifying set for Saturday at 12:10 p.m. ET on Prime Video. Qualifying will be one lap and one round.

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

The qualifying order below is determined via metric that combines the previous race finish by owner (70%) and current owner points position (30%).

The race itself is at 3:30 p.m. ET on Sunday. Watch the race on FS1 or listen on MRN Radio or SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

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

Pos. Car No. Drivers Metric Score Group
1 66 Chad Finchum 41.9 1
2 6 Brad Keselowski 34.8 1
3 51 Cody Ware 32.5 1
4 62 Jesse Love(i) 32.2 1
5 60 Ryan Preece 32 1
6 22 Joey Logano 30.9 1
7 88 Shane Van Gisbergen # 30.8 1
8 42 John Hunter Nemechek 28.8 1
9 12 Ryan Blaney 28.3 1
10 17 Chris Buescher 28 1
11 20 Christopher Bell 26 1
12 7 Justin Haley 25.6 1
13 35 Riley Herbst # 25.3 1
14 10 Ty Dillon 24.8 1
15 21 Josh Berry 24.5 1
16 8 Kyle Busch 23.7 1
17 43 Erik Jones 21.6 1
18 16 AJ Allmendinger 21.3 1
19 38 Zane Smith 20.2 1
20 34 Todd Gilliland 19.6 2
21 41 Cole Custer 19.3 2
22 54 Ty Gibbs 18.5 2
23 1 Ross Chastain 17.3 2
24 11 Denny Hamlin 15.6 2
25 19 Chase Briscoe 14.4 2
26 3 Austin Dillon 14.2 2
27 99 Daniel Suarez 13.8 2
28 47 Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. 13.5 2
29 71 Michael McDowell 13.4 2
30 4 Noah Gragson 12.1 2
31 45 Tyler Reddick 11.6 2
32 77 Carson Hocevar 10.2 2
33 23 Bubba Wallace 7.7 2
34 48 Alex Bowman 7.6 2
35 9 Chase Elliott 4.7 2
36 2 Austin Cindric 3.7 2
37 24 William Byron 2.4 2
38 5 Kyle Larson 2 2

 

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The NASCAR Xfinity Series hits Texas Motor Speedway this weekend, with qualifying Friday at 6:05 p.m. ET on The CW App.

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

Forty drivers are vying for 38 spots, meaning two cars will fail to qualify for the 200-lap show.

The qualifying order below is determined via metric that combines the previous race finish by owner (70%) and current owner points position (30%). Qualifying will be one lap and one round.

The Xfinity Series races the Andy’s Frozen Custard 300 on Saturday at 2 p.m. ET (The CW, PRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

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

Pos. Car No. Drivers Metric Score Group
1 74 Dawson Cram 41.9 1
2 92 CJ McLaughlin 41.6 1
3 14 Garrett Smithley 39.2 1
4 35 Joey Gase 36.2 1
5 32 Katherine Legge(i) 35.8 1
6 18 William Sawalich # 34.9 1
7 4 Parker Retzlaff 33.5 1
8 17 Corey Day 33.2 1
9 45 Mason Massey 30.9 1
10 39 Ryan Sieg 28.8 1
11 5 Kris Wright 27 1
12 11 Josh Williams 26.9 1
13 53 Mason Maggio 25.8 1
14 19 Riley Herbst(i) 25.8 1
15 28 Kyle Sieg 24.5 1
16 51 Jeremy Clements 24.5 1
17 91 Josh Bilicki 23.3 1
18 16 Christian Eckes # 23.2 1
19 8 Sammy Smith 22.9 1
20 20 Brandon Jones 22 1
21 88 Connor Zilisch # 21 2
22 71 Ryan Ellis 19.9 2
23 44 Brennan Poole 19.3 2
24 70 Leland Honeyman 18.7 2
25 26 Dean Thompson # 18 2
26 7 Nick Leitz 16.5 2
27 48 Nick Sanchez # 15.3 2
28 1 Carson Kvapil # 13.7 2
29 54 Taylor Gray 12.8 2
30 31 Blaine Perkins 12.7 2
31 42 Anthony Alfredo 11.4 2
32 10 Daniel Dye # 11.2 2
33 99 Matt DiBenedetto 11 2
34 41 Sam Mayer 10.7 2
35 0 Sheldon Creed 9.6 2
36 25 Harrison Burton 9.5 2
37 27 Jeb Burton 4.4 2
38 2 Jesse Love 3.6 2
39 7 Justin Allgaier 3.1 2
40 21 Austin Hill 1.3 2

 

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The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series makes its annual stop at Texas Motor Speedway this weekend with qualifying set for Friday at 3:40 p.m. ET on FS2.

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

The qualifying order below is determined via metric that combines the previous race finish by owner (70%) and current owner points position (30%). Qualifying will be one lap and just one round.

The Truck Series will take to the track for the SpeedyCash.com 250 on Friday at 8 p.m. ET (FS1, NASCAR Racing Network Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

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

Pos. Car No. Drivers Metric Score Group
1 20 Stefan Parsons 40.1 1
2 2 Cody Dennison 32.4 1
3 42 Matt Mills 28.5 1
4 22 Josh Reaume 27 1
5 99 Ben Rhodes 26.3 1
6 66 Luke Fenhaus 25.1 1
7 33 Frankie Muniz # 24.8 1
8 15 Tanner Gray 24.4 1
9 98 Ty Majeski 23.8 1
10 52 Stewart Friesen 23.6 1
11 88 Matt Crafton 22.8 1
12 5 Toni Breidinger # 21 1
13 26 Dawson Sutton 20.5 1
14 7 Carson Hocevar(i) 19.6 1
15 2 Nathan Byrd 18.8 1
16 44 Bayley Currey 18.5 1
17 76 Spencer Boyd 18.3 2
18 1 Brandon Jones(i) 18.2 2
19 77 Andres Perez De Lara # 14.1 2
20 7 Nicholas Sanchez(i) 13 2
21 81 Connor Mosack # 12.9 2
22 17 Giovanni Ruggiero # 10.6 2
23 91 Jack Wood 10.3 2
24 38 Chandler Smith 9.7 2
25 34 Layne Riggs 9.2 2
26 71 Rajah Caruth 7.9 2
27 45 Kaden Honeycutt 7.2 2
28 9 Grant Enfinger 6.2 2
29 11 Corey Heim 5.9 2
30 13 Jake Garcia 3.8 2
31 19 Daniel Hemric 3.3 2
32 18 Tyler Ankrum 1.6 2