2026 NASCAR Cup Series Chicagoland Starting Lineup

The return to Chicagoland is going to be damn fun! Saturday afternoon saw the boys of NASCAR’s Cup Series hit the track for qualifying. Two cars did not get to post a lap: Michael McDowell and Cody Ware. The 23XI cars looked damn strong all weekend long and will be led to green by Bubba Wallace in 8th. Denny Hamlin scores his 52nd pole award by just 0.001 seconds over Kyle Larson, and those RFK cars are FAST.

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poscardriverLap Time
111Denny Hamlin30.266
25Kyle Larson30.297
317Chris Buescher30.311
46Brad Keselowski30.322
554Ty Gibbs30.323
617Christopher Bell30.398
719Chase Briscoe30.399
823Bubba Wallace30.420
99Chase Elliott30.424
1024William Byron30.472
1116AJ Allmendinger30.481
1248Alex Bowman30.502
1345Tyler Reddick30.523
1412Ryan Blaney30.528
1577Carson Hocevar30.531
1638Zane Smith30.552
1742John H. Nemechek30.564
1835Riley Herbst30.576
191Ross Chastain30.580
2060Ryan Preece30.629
2188Connor Zilisch30.632
2243Erik Jones30.683
232Austin Cindric30.706
2447Ricky Stenhouse Jr.30.770
253Austin Dillon30.779
267Daniel Suarez30.795
2710Ty Dillon30.813
2867Corey Heim30.827
2934Todd Gilliland30.911
3097Shane van Gisbergen30.961
3122Joey Logano30.996
324Noah Gragson31.021
3341Cole Custer31.074
3421Josh Berry31.155
3533Austin Hill31.171
3644JJ Yeley31.969
3751Cody WareDNF
3871Micahel McDowellDNF

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