NASCAR Qualifying Results: Indianapolis (July 2026)

Indianapolis Motor Speedway starting lineup for the NASCAR Cup Series

This Sunday, NASCAR Cup Series drivers take the green flag in the famed Brickyard 400. Now, teams are rolling to the 2.5-mile of Indianapolis Motor Speedway for a round of qualifying to set the starting grid.

View NASCAR qualifying results for the NASCAR Cup Series below.

Indianapolis Menu
ARCA: Prac/Qual | Race
Truck: Prac/Qual | Race
O’Reilly: Prac | Qual
Cup: Prac | Qual

Indianapolis TV Schedule

Chase Elliott brushes the wall into turn four on his qualifying lap. He still completes the run.

Carson Hocevar will start from the pole position. He turned a laptime at 48.232 seconds in qualifying.

Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Qualifying Results
July 25, 2026
NASCAR Cup Series

Pos | Driver | Best Time

1. Carson Hocevar
48.232

2. Daniel Suarez
48.288

3. Tyler Reddick
48.367

4. Ty Gibbs
48.396

5. Denny Hamlin
48.430

6. Michael McDowell
48.449

7. Corey Heim
48.529

8. Alex Bowman
48.552

9. AJ Allmendinger
48.558

10. Kyle Larson
48.566

11. Chase Briscoe
48.578

12. Cole Custer
48.579

13. Ryan Blaney
48.597

14. Erik Jones
48.633

15. Chris Buescher
48.651

16. Brad Keselowski
48.676

17. John Hunter Nemechek
48.681

18. Riley Herbst
48.706

19. Joey Logano
48.728

20. Austin Dillon
48.728

21. William Byron
48.761

22. Ross Chastain
48.770

23. Christopher Bell
48.837

24. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
48.848

25. Shane van Gisbergen
48.850

26. Josh Berry
48.879

27. Chase Elliott
48.943

28. Ty Dillon
48.948

29. Bubba Wallace
48.950

30. Zane Smith
49.048

31. Connor Zilisch
49.145

32. Austin Hill
49.158

33. Noah Gragson
49.183

34. Ryan Preece
49.238

35. Austin Cindric
49.254

36. Todd Gilliland
49.326

37. Cody Ware
49.431

38. Casey Mears
50.133

39. Danial Dye
50.290

Click here to view practice results and 10-lap averages

Links

Indianapolis Motor Speedway | NASCAR

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