NASCAR Qualifying Order: Darlington Raceway (September 2026)

View the NASCAR Cup Series and O’Reilly Series qualifying orders

NASCAR is rolling into Darlington, South Carolina for the first race of The Chase. The 1.366-mile of Darlington Raceway will host the NASCAR Cup Series and O’Reilly Series.

View the NASCAR qualifying orders for Darlington Raceway below.

NASCAR Cup Series
Qualifying Order

Pos | Driver | Metric Score

1. Chad Finchum
40.100

2. Cody Ware
35.600

3. Erik Jones
33.600

4. Zane Smith
29.600

5. Austin Hill
28.500

6. Connor Zilisch
28.000

7. AJ Allmendinger
27.900

8. Noah Gragson
27.500

9. Ty Dillon
24.900

10. Shane van Gisbergen
24.700

11. Ross Chastain
22.500

12. Corey Heim
22.000

13. Todd Gilliland
19.900

14. John Hunter Nemechek
19.200

15. Cole Custer
16.900

16. Riley Herbst
16.800

17. Josh Berry
15.300

18. Brad Keselowski
15.200

19. Alex Bowman
13.100

20. Austin Dillon
12.700

21. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
11.600

22. Michael McDowell
8.800

23. Chris Buescher
31.000

24. Carson Hocevar
30.200

25. Ty Gibbs
25.000

26. Kyle Larson
23.800

27. Ryan Blaney
23.700

28. William Byron
19.300

29. Chase Elliott
18.500

30. Bubba Wallace
18.200

31. Joey Logano
15.300

32. Christopher Bell
13.700

33. Chase Briscoe
10.600

34. Austin Cindric
9.000

35. Denny Hamlin
8.000

36. Ryan Preece
5.200

37. Daniel Suarez
4.700

38. Tyler Reddick
3.000

NASCAR O’Reilly Series
Qualifying Order

Pos | Driver | Metric Score

1. Dawson Cram
40.400

2. Jake Finch
33.200

3. Daniel Dye
32.300

4. Patrick Staropoli
32.200

5. William Sawalich
30.100

6. Jeremy Clements
30.000

7. Josh Bilicki
28.300

8. Glen Reen
27.300

9. Joey Gase
26.900

10. Ryan Sieg
25.800

11. Logan Bearden
25.600

12. Dean Thompson
24.900

13. Kyle Sieg
23.700

14. Lavar Scott
21.900

15. Ryan Ellis
21.800

16. Mason Maggio
21.400

17. Blaine Perkins
18.300

18. Nick Sanchez
17.800

19. Preston Pardus
17.300

20. Garrett Smithley
15.900

21. Jeb Burton
13.500

22. Harrison Burton
11.900

23. Brad Perez
11.800

24. Brennan Poole
10.300

25. Anthony Alfredo
7.900

26. Sammy Smith
28.200

27. Brent Crews
27.200

28. Rajah Caruth
23.300

29. Corey Day
22.700

30. Taylor Gray
22.100

31. Sam Mayer
21.100

32. Jesse Love
15.500

33. Parker Retzlaff
13.100

34. Sheldon Creed
8.200

35. Brand Jones
5.600

36. Justin Allgaier
4.500

37. Austin Hill
3.200

38. Carson Kvapil
2.700

Links

Darlington Raceway | NASCAR

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