Saturday night is the final race of the NASCAR Cup Series regular season, with the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway determining the final spots in The Chase. Before we get to the racing on Saturday under the lights, we’ve not NASCAR qualifying today to determine the starting lineup.
Cup Series qualifying today is particularly intriguing for two reasons. First, 41 entrants means that one car won’t qualify for Saturday night’s race. The biggest storyline, of course, is that the new rules package is in place and teams weren’t allowed to practice beforehand. Drivers have also made it clear how important starting position tomorrow could be.
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With that in mind, here’s the NASCAR qualifying order today at Daytona for the Cup Series.
NASCAR Cup Series Qualifying Order at Daytona
| Pos. | Drivers | Metric Score |
| 1 | (*) Casey Mears | 41.900 |
| 2 | (*) Joey Gase(i) | 41.000 |
| 3 | (*) Daniel Dye | 40.700 |
| 4 | (*) Gray Gaulding(i) | 40.100 |
| 5 | (*) Corey Heim(i) | 39.500 |
| 6 | Connor Zilisch | 35.000 |
| 7 | Riley Herbst | 31.900 |
| 8 | Cody Ware | 31.400 |
| 9 | Ross Chastain | 30.900 |
| 10 | John Hunter Nemechek | 30.400 |
| 11 | Austin Dillon | 30.200 |
| 12 | Ty Dillon | 29.100 |
| 13 | Erik Jones | 29.100 |
| 14 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 28.000 |
| 15 | Austin Hill | 26.400 |
| 16 | Cole Custer | 25.300 |
| 17 | William Byron | 24.600 |
| 18 | AJ Allmendinger | 22.700 |
| 19 | Todd Gilliland | 21.600 |
| 20 | Chase Briscoe | 20.000 |
| 21 | Chase Elliott | 19.900 |
| 22 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 18.800 |
| 23 | Alex Bowman | 18.000 |
| 24 | Michael McDowell | 17.500 |
| 25 | Carson Hocevar | 16.600 |
| 26 | Noah Gragson | 16.300 |
| 27 | Zane Smith | 16.300 |
| 28 | Daniel Suarez | 15.800 |
| 29 | Chris Buescher | 15.600 |
| 30 | Brad Keselowski | 13.100 |
| 31 | Austin Cindric | 12.900 |
| 32 | Joey Logano | 12.500 |
| 33 | Ryan Preece | 11.400 |
| 34 | Josh Berry | 11.100 |
| 35 | Tyler Reddick | 6.800 |
| 36 | Bubba Wallace | 5.600 |
| 37 | Kyle Larson | 5.600 |
| 38 | Denny Hamlin | 5.200 |
| 39 | Ty Gibbs | 5.100 |
| 40 | Christopher Bell | 4.300 |
| 41 | Ryan Blaney | 1.300 |
What time is NASCAR qualifying today?
Qualifying for the NASCAR Cup Series at Daytona International Speedway is at 2:00 PM PT/5:00 PM ET.
What channel is NASCAR qualifying today?
NASCAR Cup Series qualifying tonight is on truTV.
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