Darlington Qualifying Order: September 2023 (NASCAR)

NASCAR qualifying order for Darlington Raceway

This weekend, NASCAR unloads in Darlington, South Carolina. The 1.366-mile of Darlington Raceway will host the NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series.

View the NASCAR qualifying order for Darlington below.

This race marks the beginning of the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs. 16 drivers are in the championship battle, in three races, four will be eliminated.

The metric for the qualifying order is a combination of factors:

-Finishing order from last points race

-Fastest lap from last points race

-Overall point standings

-Playoff drivers run last in each group

Darlington Raceway
Qualifying Order
September 2023
NASCAR Cup Series

Pos | Driver | Metric Score

1. JJ Yeley
37.350

2. Ryan Newman
33.400

3. Harrison Burton
30.050

4. Ty Gibbs
29.750

5. BJ McLeod
28.450

6. Ryan Preece
26.050

7. Ty Dillon
22.050

8. Erik Jones
19.700

9. Corey LaJoie
16.800

10. Aric Almirola
13.000

11. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
22.050

12. Kyle Larson
19.200

13. Kevin Harvick
14.850

14. Ross Chastain
13.400

15. Michael McDowell
12.100

16. Christopher Bell
11.200

17. William Byron
8.100

18. Brad Keselowski
4.450

Group B

19. Carson Hocevar
33.450

20. Chase Briscoe
31.550

21. Austin Dillon
29.950

22. Austin Cindric
29.350

23. Todd Gilliland
26.650

24. AJ Allmendinger
23.500

25. Justin Haley
20.400

26. Daniel Suarez
18.600

27. Alex Bowman
13.200

28. Ryan Blaney
27.150

29. Tyler Reddick
20.500

30. Denny Hamlin
18.850

31. Martin Truex Jr
14.050

32. Bubba Wallace
12.550

33. Chase Elliott
11.650

34. Joey Logano
10.550

35. Kyle Busch
5.700

36. Chris Buescher
4.150

Darlington Raceway
Qualifying Order
September 2023
NASCAR Xfinity Series

Pos | Driver | Metric Score

1. Timmy Hill
41.350

2. Kyle Larson
39.250

3. Matt Mills
37.400

4. Stefan Parsons
37.200

5. Dawson Cram
37.100

6. Ross Chastain
35.350

7. Corey Heim
34.750

8. Joe Graf Jr
31.900

9. Patrick Emerling
31.100

10. Brennan Poole
30.550

11. Chad Finchum
30.200

12. Ryan Ellis
30.100

13. Kyle Weatherman
28.700

14. Rajah Caruth
27.900

15. Brandon Jones
26.300

16. Jeb Burton
25.400

17. Blaine Perkins
24.250

18. Jeremy Clements
23.700

19. Josh Williams
22.500

20. Kaz Grala
21.100

21. Riley Herbst
20.900

22. Trevor Bayne
20.200

23. Chandler Smith
18.750

24. Kyle Sieg
18.350

25. Brett Moffitt
18.250

26. Sammy Smith
17.800

27. Austin Hill
15.900

28. John Hunter Nemechek
15.500

29. Parker Retzlaff
15.400

30. Anthony Alfredo
14.300

31. Ryan Sieg
12.850

32. Sam Mayer
11.750

33. Josh Berry
11.700

34. Justin Haley
11.700

35. Daniel Hemric
9.200

36. Parker Kligerman
7.400

37. Sheldon Creed
7.250

38. Cole Custer
7.050

39. Justin Allgaier
2.700

Links

Darlington Raceway | NASCAR

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