NASCAR practice and qualifying results from Texas Motor Speedway
NASCAR Cup Series drivers will take the green flag tomorrow in Fort Worth, Texas. Now, the field is rolling to the 1.5-mile of Texas Motor Speedway for a round of practice and qualifying.
View the NASCAR starting lineup for Texas Motor Speedway below.
Texas Menu
Dirt: Apr 30
Truck: Prac/Qual | Race
O’Reilly: Prac/Qual
Cup: Prac/Qual
Bubba Wallace has crashed late in practice and he won’t take part in qualifying. Austin Dillon also will not make a qualifying lap as the team is making an engine change.
Carson Hocevar will start from the pole position. He turned a laptime at 28.222 seconds in NASCAR qualifying.
Texas Motor Speedway
Starting Lineup
May 3, 2026
NASCAR Cup Series
Pos | Driver | Best Time
1. Carson Hocevar
28.222
2. Daniel Suarez
28.225
3. Chris Buescher
28.275
4. Denny Hamlin
28.304
5. Chase Briscoe
28.304
6. Kyle Busch
28.330
7. Christopher Bell
28.353
8. Tyler Reddick
28.359
9. Alex Bowman
28.364
10. Ty Gibbs
28.396
11. Kyle Larson
28.411
12. Connor Zilisch
28.430
13. Austin Cindric
28.442
14. Chase Elliott
28.454
15. William Byron
28.467
16. Ross Chastain
28.507
17. Corey Heim
28.520
18. Riley Herbst
28.537
19. Michael McDowell
28.548
20. Ryan Preece
28.552
21. Erik Jones
28.579
22. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
28.606
23. Joey Logano
28.618
24. Josh Berry
28.619
25. Brad Keselowski
28.656
26. AJ Allmendinger
28.662
27. Cole Custer
28.676
28. Noah Gragson
28.694
29. Cody Ware
28.726
30. Shane van Gisbergen
28.738
31. Ryan Blaney
28.754
32. Todd Gilliland
28.772
33. John Hunter Nemechek
28.774
34. Zane Smith
28.833
35. Ty Dillon
29.134
36. Chad Finchum
30.613
37. Bubba Wallace
No Time
38. Austin Dillon
No Time
Texas Motor Speedway
Practice Results
May 2, 2026
NASCAR Cup Series
Pos | Driver | Best Time
1. William Byron
28.527
2. Michael McDowell
28.646
3. Corey Heim
28.675
4. John Hunter Nemechek
28.690
5. Bubba Wallace
28.711
6. Erik Jones
28.731
7. Denny Hamlin
28.767
8. Austin Cindric
28.777
9. Kyle Larson
28.803
10. Daniel Suarez
28.872
11. Tyler Reddick
28.896
12. Chris Buescher
28.901
13. Chase Briscoe
28.903
14. Ross Chastain
28.903
15. Connor Zilisch
28.906
16. Chase Elliott
28.906
17. Joey Logano
28.921
18. Christopher Bell
28.924
19. Cole Custer
28.934
20. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
28.959
21. AJ Allmendinger
28.973
22. Carson Hocevar
28.982
23. Ty Gibbs
28.993
24. Ryan Preece
29.003
25. Ryan Blaney
29.024
26. Cody Ware
29.082
27. Josh Berry
29.091
28. Kyle Busch
29.107
29. Ty Dillon
29.124
30. Brad Keselowski
29.145
31. Noah Gragson
29.177
32. Shane van Gisbergen
29.185
33. Alex Bowman
29.190
34. Todd Gilliland
29.283
35. Riley Herbst
29.299
36. Zane Smith
29.533
37. Austin Dillon
29.988
38. Chad Finchum
30.892
