NASCAR qualifying order for Cup Series at Texas in May 2026
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The NASCAR Cup Series is set to arrive at Texas Motor Speedway for its 11th race of the 2026 season. It is the only date in Texas, as NASCAR visits the venue once per season. In 2025, Carson Hocevar won the pole for the Cup Series race at Texas, marking his first and final pole position during the season.
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First, the Cup Series needs to qualify for the event in Texas, and the qualifying format is simple. Every driver will make a one-lap run, with the overall lap times determining the starting lineup. There will only be one round, and the groups do not matter in setting the starting lineup by the inside or outside rows. The metric system determines the qualifying order.
Below, you can check out the NASCAR qualifying order and groups for the 2026 Würth 400 at Texas this weekend!
NASCAR Cup Series qualifying order for Texas (May 2026):
(Qualifying Order)
- No. 67 Corey Heim
- No. 41 Cole Custer
- No. 22 Joey Logano
- No. 21 Josh Berry
- No. 66 Chad Finchum
- No. 5 Kyle Larson
- No. 71 Michael McDowell
- No. 23 Bubba Wallace
- No. 88 Connor Zilisch
- No. 24 William Byron
- No. 12 Ryan Blaney
- No. 35 Riley Herbst
- No. 51 Cody Ware
- No. 19 Chase Briscoe
- No. 54 Ty Gibbs
- No. 42 John Hunter Nemechek
- No. 6 Brad Keselowski
- No. 43 Erik Jones
- No. 3 Austin Dillon
- No. 97 Shane van Gisbergen
- No. 10 Ty Dillon
- No. 16 AJ Allmendinger
- No. 60 Ryan Preece
- No. 4 Noah Gragson
- No. 8 Kyle Busch
- No. 20 Christopher Bell
- No. 34 Todd Gilliland
- No. 7 Daniel Suárez
- No. 48 Alex Bowman
- No. 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
- No. 11 Denny Hamlin
- No. 2 Austin Cindric
- No. 1 Ross Chastain
- No. 45 Tyler Reddick
- No. 38 Zane Smith
- No. 9 Chase Elliott
- No. 17 Chris Buescher
- No. 77 Carson Hocevar
This article originally appeared on Motorsports Wire: NASCAR qualifying order for Cup Series at Texas in May 2026