Starting Lineup for NASCAR Cup Race at Circuit of The Americas

After trouble with his qualifying attempt, Elliott, the inaugural winner at COTA, was able to rebound to third on the grid with a time of 98.358 sec.

Carson Hocevar, coming off his best career finish of second last weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway, slotted to fourth on the grid with a 98.453 sec. lap time.

Daniel Suárez (98.482 sec.) was fastest in Group 1 and will start fifth over Trackhouse Racing teammate Shane Van Gisbergen (98.519 sec.).

Kyle Larson, Kyle Busch, Ross Chastain, and Todd Gilliland round out the top 10 starting spots.

Connor Zilisch’s bid for three poles in three NASCAR debuts falls short. His time of 98.928 sec. will put him 14th in his first career Cup Series start.

Sunday’s race on the new course layout will air on Fox, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90 at 2:30 p.m. CT.

NASCAR Cup Series Qualifying Results
EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix
Circuit of The Americas

1. 45, Tyler Reddick, 98.076 sec.

2. 23, Bubba Wallace, 98.300 sec.

3. 9, Chase Elliott, 98.358 sec.

4. 77, Carson Hocevar, 98.453 sec.

5. 99, Daniel Suárez, 98.482 sec.

6. 88, Shane Van Gisbergen (#), 98.519 sec.

7. 5, Kyle Larson, 98.579 sec.

8. 8, Kyle Busch, 98.589 sec.

9. 1, Ross Chastain, 98.702 sec.

10. 34, Todd Gilliland, 98.718 sec.

11. 11, Denny Hamlin, 98.740 sec.

12. 16, AJ Allmendinger, 98.785 sec.

13. 54, Ty Gibbs, 98.848 sec.

14. 87, Connor Zilisch (i), 98.928 sec.

15. 24, William Byron, 99.098 sec.

16. 71, Michael McDowell, 99.184 sec.

17. 4, Noah Gragson, 99.205 sec.

18. 19, Chase Briscoe, 99.210 sec.

19. 20, Christopher Bell, 99.215 sec.

20. 38, Zane Smith, 99.237 sec.

21. 48, Alex Bowman, 99.239 sec.

22. 47, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 99.369 sec.

23. 22, Joey Logano, 99.426 sec.

24. 17, Chris Buescher, 99.456 sec.

25. 12, Ryan Blaney, 99.490 sec.

26. 6, Brad Keselowski, 99.541 sec.

27. 3, Austin Dillon, 99.550 sec.

28. 60, Ryan Preece, 99. 774 sec.

29. 7, Justin Haley, 99. 850 sec.

30. 41, Cole Custer, 99. 902 sec.

31. 35, Riley Herbst (#), 99.932 sec.

32. 43, Erik Jones, 99.991 sec.

33. 42, John Hunter Nemechek, 100.044 sec.

34. 10, Ty Dillon, 100.062 sec.

35. 21, Josh Berry, 100.291 sec.

36. 2, Austin Cindric, 100.702 sec.

37. 51, Cody Ware, 102.062 sec.

(#) denotes rookie.
(i) denotes ineligible for championship points.