NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup, TV schedule and race info for Sunday’s race at WWT Raceway (Gateway)
Tomorrow, the NASCAR Cup Series will take the green flag at World Wide Technology Raceway near Downtown St. Louis, Missouri. Now, the field is rolling to the 1.25-mile oval for a round of practice and qualifying ahead of Sunday’s Enjoy Illinois 300.
View St. Louis qualifying results and race info below.
Ryan Blaney is fastest in the lengthy 50 minute practice session. He turned a laptime at 33.170 seconds. View full practice results below.
Joey Logano will start from the pole position. He crushed the field in qualifying with a 32.817 second laptime with an average speed of 137.124 mph.
This will be the first race at WWT Raceway with NASCAR’s new rules package. Cars now have less downforce and more horsepower over last year’s event.
Stages: 45/140/240
Purse: $11,233,037
Location: Madison, Illinois
World Wide Technology Raceway
TV Schedule
What channel is the NASCAR Cup Series race at Gateway?
Sunday
September 13, 2026
3:00pm ET
USA | HBO Max | MRN | SiriusXM
NASCAR Cup Series
Race
NASCAR.com
Press Pass: post NCS Race
Click here to view the full weekend TV schedule
WWT Raceway
Starting Lineup
September 13, 2026
NASCAR Cup Series
Pos | Driver | Best Time
1. Joey Logano
32.817
2. Kyle Larson
33.093
3. Ryan Blaney
33.113
4. Christopher Bell
33.145
5. Chase Briscoe
33.199
6. Carson Hocevar
33.236
7. Bubba Wallace
33.246
8. Chase Elliott
33.259
9. Ty Gibbs
33.261
10. Denny Hamlin
33.312
11. Alex Bowman
33.407
12. Zane Smith
33.420
13. Austin Cindric
33.441
14. Ryan Preece
33.487
15. Daniel Suarez
33.492
16. Josh Berry
33.503
17. AJ Allmendinger
33.547
18. Tyler Reddick
33.557
19. Connor Zilisch
33.572
20. Ross Chastain
33.583
21. Chris Buescher
33.607
22. Austin Dillon
33.624
23. Brad Keselowski
33.689
24. William Byron
33.700
25. Erik Jones
33.713
26. Cole Custer
33.725
27. Austin Hill
33.768
28. John Hunter Nemechek
33.810
29. Michael McDowell
33.878
30. Cody Ware
33.926
31. Noah Gragson
33.934
32. Ty Dillon
33.943
33. Riley Herbst
34.062
34. Todd Gilliland
34.065
35. Shane van Gisbergen
34.186
36. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
34.215
WWT Raceway
Practice Results
September 12, 2026
NASCAR Cup Series
Pos | Driver | Best Time
1. Ryan Blaney
33.170
2. Joey Logano
33.207
3. Josh Berry
33.210
4. Connor Zilisch
33.242
5. Tyler Reddick
33.260
6. Carson Hocevar
33.309
7. Daniel Suarez
33.366
8. Chase Elliott
33.371
9. Todd Gilliland
33.375
10. William Byron
33.384
11. Ryan Preece
33.388
12. Christopher Bell
33.409
13. Austin Cindric
33.418
14. Shane van Gisbergen
33.433
15. Erik Jones
33.452
16. Brad Keselowski
33.467
17. Zane Smith
33.470
18. Ross Chastain
33.470
19. Bubba Wallace
33.479
20. Michael McDowell
33.488
21. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
33.492
22. Alex Bowman
33.499
23. John Hunter Nemechek
33.509
24. Ty Gibbs
33.556
25. Kyle Larson
33.571
26. Austin Dillon
33.601
27. Ty Dillon
33.618
28. AJ Allmendinger
33.642
29. Chase Briscoe
33.653
30. Denny Hamlin
33.665
31. Noah Gragson
33.669
32. Cody Ware
33.717
33. Cole Custer
33.718
34. Austin Hill
33.772
35. Chris Buescher
33.879
36. Riley Herbst
33.888
