​The NASCAR Cup Series heads to EchoPark Speedway in the Atlanta area this weekend for the Quaker State 400 on Sunday night. Before the starting lineup for this race is decided, Cup Series qualifying takes place on Saturday to set the grid. Notably, this is a drafting-track weekend, so there will be no Cup Series practice sessions. Cars will roll out of the garage and onto the track right at 4:30 PM ET, with all 38 drivers competing in a single-group format.
Here’s a look at the NASCAR Cup Series qualifying order for Saturday at EchoPark, listed by position, driver, and metric score:
1. BJ McLeod — 40.700
2. Chad Finchum (i) — 40.400
3. Connor Zilisch — 37.100
4. Austin Hill — 34.900
5. Josh Berry — 32.700
6. Cole Custer — 31.900
7. Cody Ware — 31.800
8. Noah Gragson — 28.200
9. Ryan Preece — 27.200
10. Michael McDowell — 26.600
11. Zane Smith — 26.500
12. Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. — 26.000
13. Tyler Reddick — 25.800
14. Kyle Larson — 25.600
15. Austin Dillon — 25.500
16. John Hunter Nemechek — 24.200
17. Ty Dillon — 23.900
18. Shane Van Gisbergen — 21.700
19. Brad Keselowski — 20.700
20. Ross Chastain — 19.200
21. Todd Gilliland — 18.700
22. Carson Hocevar — 18.100
23. AJ Allmendinger — 17.600
24. Erik Jones — 15.600
25. Chris Buescher — 15.400
26. Riley Herbst — 14.200
27. Joey Logano — 13.800
28. Austin Cindric — 13.600
29. Daniel Suárez — 13.100
30. Alex Bowman — 11.900
31. Chase Elliott — 9.200
32. Bubba Wallace — 8.100
33. Ty Gibbs — 6.800
34. William Byron — 6.400
35. Ryan Blaney — 5.800
36. Christopher Bell — 4.400
37. Chase Briscoe — 3.100
38. Denny Hamlin — 2.400
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