NASCAR Qualifying Order: COTA (2026)

Qualifying orders for St. Petersburg and Circuit of the Americas

NASCAR is rolling into two different tracks this weekend. COTA in Austin, Texas will host the NASCAR Cup Series and O’Reilly Series. St. Petersburg, Florida will host the NASCAR Truck Series for the first time.

View the NASCAR qualifying orders below.

NASCAR TV schedule for COTA / St. Petersburg (2026)

NASCAR Cup Series
Qualifying Order
COTA

Pos | Driver | Metric Score

1. Jesse Love
58.700

2. Ty Gibbs
35.800

3. Josh Berry
34.100

4. Connor Zilisch
32.100

5. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
31.800

6. Kyle Busch
31.000

7. Austin Dillon
30.500

8. Riley Herbst
30.000

9. Kyle Larson
28.700

10. Todd Gilliland
28.000

11. Cody Ware
27.300

12. Austin Cindric
26.000

13. Alex Bowman
25.700

14. Erik Jones
25.500

15. Cole Custer
24.400

16. Christopher Bell
24.000

17. William Byron
23.500

18. Michael McDowell
20.000

19. John Hunter Nemechek
19.000

Group B

20. Denny Hamlin
17.200

21. Ty Dillon
16.300

22. Brad Keselowski
14.600

23. Joey Logano
14.400

24. AJ Allmendinger
13.800

25. Chris Buescher
13.500

26. Noah Gragson
13.400

27. Ryan Preece
10.500

28. Ryan Blaney
9.400

29. Shane van Gisbergen
9.000

30. Chase Elliott
8.600

31. Zane Smith
6.400

32. Bubba Wallace
6.200

33. Chase Briscoe
5.900

34. Daniel Suarez
5.600

35. Ross Chastain
5.400

36. Carson Hocevar
4.000

37. Tyler Reddick
1.000

COTA - NASCAR Xfinity Series
COTA (Photo: NASCAR Xfinity Series)

NASCAR O’Reilly Series
Qualifying Order
COTA

Pos | Driver | Metric Score

1. Shane van Gisbergen
59.000

2. Preston Pardus
58.700

3. Harrison Burton
36.500

4. Kyle Sieg
36.200

5. Austin J Hill
36.100

6. Ryan Sieg
32.800

7. Baltazar Leguizamon
30.700

8. Blaine Perkins
30.600

9. Jeremy Clements
30.500

10. Josh Williams
30.000

11. Carson Kvapil
29.900

12. Anthony Alfredo
28.900

13. Brent Crews
27.600

14. Lavar Scott
27.400

15. Justin Allgaier
24.900

16. Connor Zilisch
24.800

17. Sammy Smith
24.000

18. William Sawalich
22.700

19. Austin Green
22.200

20. Sage Karam
21.800

Group B

21. Tyler Gonzalez
21.200

22. Alex Labbe
19.100

23. JJ Yeley
18.900

24. Ryan Ellis
18.700

25. Jeb Burton
17.200

26. Brennan Poole
17.200

27. Dean Thompson
15.800

28. Josh Bilicki
15.000

29. Patrick Staropoli
13.300

30. Brandon Jones
12.100

31. Sam Mayer
10.600

32. Taylor Gray
9.900

33. Austin Hill
8.700

34. Nick Sanchez
6.900

35. Ross Chastain
6.300

36. Rajah Caruth
6.200

37. Corey Day
5.500

38. Jesse Love
4.700

39. Parker Retzlaff
2.900

40. Sheldon Creed
1.600

St. Petersburg Grand Prix - Indycar Series
St. Petersburg Grand Prix – Indycar Series
NASCAR Truck Series
Qualifying Order
St. Petersburg

Pos | Driver | Metric Score

1. Timmy Hill
41.300

2. Ben Maier
40.700

3. Daniel Hemric
33.700

4. Dawson Sutton
32.600

5. Derek White
30.800

6. Christian Eckes
30.000

7. Cole Butcher
29.500

8. Tanner Gray
28.200

9. Layne Riggs
27.600

10. Nathan Nicholson
26.600

11. Carter Fartuch
25.700

12. Grant Enfinger
24.400

13. Jackson Lee
24.300

14. Frankie Muniz
24.100

15. Ty Majeski
22.300

16. Mini Tyrrell
19.600

17. Kris Wright
19.500

18. Kaden Honeycutt
18.600

Group B

19. Tyler Reif
17.600

20. Stewart Friesen
17.000

21. Colin Braun
15.800

22. Brenden Queen
14.800

23. Andres Perez De Lara
14.700

24. Tyler Ankrum
14.300

25. Daniel Dye
14.200

26. Justin Haley
12.400

27. Adam Andretti
11.700

28. Jake Garcia
10.900

29. Landen Lewis
8.100

30. Wesley Slimp
6.800

31. Dario Franchitti
5.600

32. Chandler Smith
4.500

33. Ben Rhodes
4.300

34. James Hinchcliffe
3.800

35. Giovanni Ruggiero
3.000

36. Connor Mosack
1.300

Links

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