​Pole sitter Ryan Blaney and Chase Briscoe will start on the front row for Saturday night’s Cook Out 400 at Richmond Raceway. They were fastest in Friday afternoon’s qualifying.After 23 consecutive races scheduled for Sunday afternoons and a couple of evenings, NASCAR’s Cup Series will race on Saturday night three of the next six events, including the regular-season finale Aug. 29 at Daytona.Richmond Raceway, which measures three-quarters of a mile, is the middle leg of three straight short-track races before Daytona. Iowa (seven-eighths of a mile) was last week and next week brings New Hampshire (one mile).Richmond was a twice-a-year fixture for the Cup Series until last year when it was cut to once race date. Austin Dillon, with six career wins in 13 full-time Cup seasons, has won the last two Richmond races.Lineup for Saturday night NASCAR race at RichmondNASCAR at Richmond and rivalries go hand in hand. 🥊 pic.twitter.com/Mis3wongow— Motorsport (@Motorsport) August 12, 20261. Ryan Blaney22.2252. Chase Briscoe22.2753. Josh Berry22.2814. Ty Gibbs22.2955. William Byron22.3476. Ryan Preece22.4357. Bubba Wallace22.4508. Christopher Bell22.4599. Brad Keselowski22.49110. Joey Logano22.49511. Connor Zilisch22.51012. John Hunter Nemechek22.51413. Chase Elliott22.52414. Denny Hamlin22.53215. AJ Allmendinger22.54616. Austin Dillon22.57517. Riley Herbst22.57718. Ross Chastain22.57919. Chris Buescher22.60620. Daniel Suarez22.62221. Erik Jones22.63122. Carson Hocevar22.63223. Austin Cindric22.65524. Zane Smith22.66525. Alex Bowman22.68426. Michael McDowell22.69027. Todd Gilliland22.71228. Ricky Stenhouse Jr22.72429. Cole Custer22.72630. Kyle Larson22.74231. Shane van Gisbergen22.77332. Tyler Reddick22.77633. Austin Hill22.78034. Ty Dillon22.78935. Noah Gragson22.85836. Josh Bilicki23.30237. Cody WareNo TimeThis article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: NASCAR lineup for Richmond race after qualifying. It’s a Saturday race this week!