Cars have officially been on track for the first time in 2026! The Cup guys went for qualifying laps at Bowman Gray Stadium on Wednesday afternoon. Here is how they stacked up.
Kyle Larson from Hendrick Motorsports wins the pole. The top 20 are locked into the Clash, with the highest-finishing driver of 2025, not locked in, being Alex Bowman, is locked in on provisional. The top two finishers of the Last Chance Qualifiers will round out the 23-car field.
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| 1 | Kyle Larson |
| 2 | William Byron |
| 3 | Ty Gibbs |
| 4 | Chase Briscoe |
| 5 | Christopher Bell |
| 6 | Denny Hamlin |
| 7 | Bubba Wallace |
| 8 | Chris Buescher |
| 9 | Ross Chastain |
| 10 | Tyler Reddick |
| 11 | Chase Elliott |
| 12 | Carson Hocevar |
| 13 | Kyle Busch |
| 14 | Joey Logano |
| 15 | Austin Dillon |
| 16 | Ryan Blaney |
| 17 | Shane van Gisbergen |
| 18 | Ryan Preece |
| 19 | Connor Zilisch |
| 20 | Daniel Suarez |
| 21 | Josh Berry |
| 22 | Michael McDowell |
| 23 | Austin Cindric |
| 24 | Corey LaJoie |
| 25 | Alex Bowman |
| 26 | Riley Herbst |
| 27 | Cody Ware |
| 28 | AJ Allmendinger |
| 29 | Cole Custer |
| 30 | John Hunter Nemechek |
| 31 | Todd Gilliland |
| 32 | Ty Dillon |
| 33 | Noah Gragson |
| 34 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. |
| 35 | Zane Smith |
| 36 | Erik Jones |
| 37 | Chad Finchum |
| 38 | Burt Myers |
