La NASCAR Cup Series 2026 tendrá su visita anual al Circuito de las Américas en Austin, Texas para la primera carrera de la temporada en un circuito mixto.
Horario Fin de Semana | NASCAR TV
A continuación el orden de salida para la sesión clasificatoria, que arrancará el sábado a las 11:10 AM, Este (Prime Video).
| Pos. | No. | Piloto | Métrica | Grupo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 33 | * Jesse Love | 58.7 | 1 |
| 2 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | 35.8 | 1 |
| 3 | 21 | Josh Berry | 34.1 | 1 |
| 4 | 88 | Connor Zilisch # | 32.1 | 1 |
| 5 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 31.8 | 1 |
| 6 | 8 | Kyle Busch | 31.0 | 1 |
| 7 | 3 | Austin Dillon | 30.5 | 1 |
| 8 | 35 | Riley Herbst | 30.0 | 1 |
| 9 | 5 | Kyle Larson | 28.7 | 1 |
| 10 | 34 | Todd Gilliland | 28.0 | 1 |
| 11 | 51 | Cody Ware | 27.3 | 1 |
| 12 | 2 | Austin Cindric | 26.0 | 1 |
| 13 | 48 | Alex Bowman | 25.7 | 1 |
| 14 | 43 | Erik Jones | 25.5 | 1 |
| 15 | 41 | Cole Custer | 24.4 | 1 |
| 16 | 20 | Christopher Bell | 24.0 | 1 |
| 17 | 24 | William Byron | 23.5 | 1 |
| 18 | 71 | Michael McDowell | 20.0 | 1 |
| 19 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | 19.0 | 1 |
| 20 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | 17.2 | 2 |
| 21 | 10 | Ty Dillon | 16.3 | 2 |
| 22 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | 14.6 | 2 |
| 23 | 22 | Joey Logano | 14.4 | 2 |
| 24 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | 13.8 | 2 |
| 25 | 17 | Chris Buescher | 13.5 | 2 |
| 26 | 4 | Noah Gragson | 13.4 | 2 |
| 27 | 60 | Ryan Preece | 10.5 | 2 |
| 28 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | 9.4 | 2 |
| 29 | 97 | Shane van Gisbergen | 9.0 | 2 |
| 30 | 9 | Chase Elliott | 8.6 | 2 |
| 31 | 38 | Zane Smith | 6.4 | 2 |
| 32 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 6.2 | 2 |
| 33 | 19 | Chase Briscoe | 5.9 | 2 |
| 34 | 7 | Daniel Suárez | 5.6 | 2 |
| 35 | 1 | Ross Chastain | 5.4 | 2 |
| 36 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | 4.0 | 2 |
| 37 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | 1.0 | 2 |
* Debe clasificar por tiempo
# Novato
(i) No elegible para los puntos