NASCAR Cup Series practice and qualifying results from Bristol Motor Speedway
Tomorrow, NASCAR Cup Series drivers will take the green flag in the 500-lap race at Bristol Motor Speedway. Now, the field is rolling to the half-mile in Tennessee for a round of practice and qualifying.
View NASCAR qualifying results from Bristol Motor Speedway below.
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Officials have issued multiple penalties today. Multiple teams failed inspection just ahead of practice and qualifying.
NASCAR ejects multiple crew members from Bristol Motor Speedway
Ryan Blaney will start from the pole position on Sunday. He turned a laptime at 15.101 seconds.
Bristol Motor Speedway
Starting Lineup
April 12, 2026
NASCAR Cup Series
Pos | Driver
1. Ryan Blaney
15.101
2. Tyler Reddick
15.124
3. Chase Briscoe
15.135
4. Riley Herbst
15.147
5. Ty Gibbs
15.164
6. Ross Chastain
15.175
7. Chris Buescher
15.190
8. Kyle Larson
15.192
9. Austin Cindric
15.200
10. Carson Hocevar
15.201
11. Denny Hamlin
15.225
12. Bubba Wallace
15.231
13. Daniel Suarez
15.233
14. Christopher Bell
15.261
15. Zane Smith
15.277
16. Noah Gragson
15.279
17. Ryan Preece
15.282
18. Chase Elliott
15.285
19. Michael McDowell
15.291
20. Joey Logano
15.311
21. Brad Keselowski
15.312
22. AJ Allmendinger
15.323
23. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
15.331
24. Austin Dillon
15.344
25. Josh Berry
15.364
26. Connor Zilisch
15.368
27. Alex Bowman
15.368
28. Erik Jones
15.378
29. Kyle Busch
15.389
30. Cole Custer
15.404
31. John Hunter Nemechek
15.467
32. Ty Dillon
15.498
33. Shane van Gisbergen
15.514
34. William Byron
15.554
35. Todd Gilliland
15.593
36. Cody Ware
15.613
37. Chad Finchum
15.711
Bristol Motor Speedway
Practice Results
April 11, 2026
NASCAR Cup Series
Pos | Driver
1. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
15.403
2. Noah Gragson
15.439
3. Austin Cindric
15.451
4. Erik Jones
15.453
5. Bubba Wallace
15.459
6. Michael McDowell
15.462
7. Connor Zilisch
15.470
8. Ty Gibbs
15.470
9. AJ Allmendinger
15.474
10. Kyle Larson
15.476
11. Riley Herbst
15.478
12. John Hunter Nemechek
15.479
13. Zane Smith
15.491
14. Ryan Preece
15.494
15. Ryan Blaney
15.496
16. Alex Bowman
15.497
17. Kyle Busch
15.497
18. Todd Gilliland
15.503
19. Carson Hocevar
15.504
20. Joey Logano
15.521
21. Tyler Reddick
15.525
22. William Byron
15.529
23. Christopher Bell
15.535
24. Denny Hamlin
15.535
25. Cody Ware
15.549
26. Austin Dillon
15.554
27. Chase Briscoe
15.562
28. Chase Elliott
15.571
29. Brad Keselowski
15.575
30. Ty Dillon
15.579
31. Ross Chastain
15.582
32. Cole Custer
15.586
33. Josh Berry
15.622
34. Shane van Gisbergen
15.634
35. Daniel Suarez
15.635
36. Chris Buescher
15.673
37. Chad Finchum
15.746
