​The NASCAR Cup Series is set to arrive at Iowa Speedway for its 23rd race of the 2026 season. It is the only date at Iowa, as NASCAR only goes to the venue once per year. In 2025, Chase Briscoe won the pole for the Cup Series race at Iowa, marking his sixth of seven pole positions during the season.First, the Cup Series needs to qualify for the event at Iowa, and the qualifying format is simple. Every driver will make a one-lap run, with the overall lap times determining the starting lineup. There will only be one round, and the groups do not matter in setting the starting lineup by the inside or outside rows. The metric system determines the qualifying order.Below, you can check out the NASCAR qualifying order and groups for the 2026 Iowa Corn 350 at Iowa this weekend!NASCAR Cup Series qualifying order for Iowa (August 2026):(Qualifying Order)No. 88 Connor ZilischNo. 51 Cody WareNo. 35 Riley HerbstNo. 33 Austin HillNo. 10 Ty DillonNo. 42 John Hunter NemechekNo. 5 Kyle LarsonNo. 3 Austin DillonNo. 9 Chase ElliottNo. 4 Noah GragsonNo. 43 Erik JonesNo. 16 AJ AllmendingerNo. 23 Bubba WallaceNo. 34 Todd GillilandNo. 1 Ross ChastainNo. 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.No. 48 Alex BowmanNo. 12 Ryan BlaneyNo. 71 Michael McDowellNo. 41 Cole CusterNo. 24 William Byron Jr.No. 38 Zane SmithNo. 97 Shane Van GisbergenNo. 7 Daniel SuarezNo. 21 Josh BerryNo. 2 Austin CindricNo. 60 Ryan PreeceNo. 17 Chris BuescherNo. 6 Brad KeselowskiNo. 54 Ty GibbsNo. 77 Carson HocevarNo. 45 Tyler ReddickNo. 22 Joey LoganoNo. 19 Chase BriscoeNo. 20 Christopher BellNo. 11 Denny HamlinNASCAR odds for Cup Series race at Iowa in August 2026This article originally appeared on Motorsports Wire: NASCAR qualifying order for Cup Series at Iowa in August 2026