NASCAR qualifying order for Cup Series at Martinsville in March 2026

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The NASCAR Cup Series is set to arrive at Martinsville Speedway for its seventh race of the 2026 season. It is the first of two dates at Martinsville, as NASCAR also goes to the venue in November. In 2025, Christopher Bell won the pole for the spring Cup Series race at Martinsville, marking his first and only pole position during the season.

First, the Cup Series needs to qualify for the event in Martinsville, and the qualifying format is simple. Every driver will make a two-lap run, with the overall lap times determining the starting lineup. There will only be one round, and the groups do not matter in setting the starting lineup by the inside or outside rows. The metric system determines the qualifying order.

Below, you can check out the NASCAR qualifying order and groups for the 2026 Cook Out 400 at Martinsville this weekend!

NASCAR Cup Series qualifying order for Martinsville (March 2026):​

(Qualifying Order)

• No. 33 Austin Hill
• No. 51 Cody Ware
• No. 35 Riley Herbst
• No. 10 Ty Dillon
• No. 41 Cole Custer
• No. 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
• No. 22 Joey Logano
• No. 48 Justin Allgaier
• No. 4 Noah Gragson
• No. 42 John Hunter Nemechek
• No. 16 A.J. Allmendinger
• No. 5 Kyle Larson
• No. 3 Austin Dillon
• No. 34 Todd Gilliland
• No. 23 Bubba Wallace
• No. 88 Connor Zilisch
• No. 8 Kyle Busch
• No. 21 Josh Berry
• No. 38 Zane Smith
• No. 71 Michael McDowell
• No. 1 Ross Chastain
• No. 20 Christopher Bell
• No. 19 Chase Briscoe
• No. 97 Shane van Gisbergen
• No. 43 Erik Jones
• No. 60 Ryan Preece
• No. 9 Chase Elliott
• No. 2 Austin Cindric
• No. 7 Daniel Suarez
• No. 11 Denny Hamlin
• No. 17 Chris Buescher
• No. 54 Ty Gibbs
• No. 24 William Byron
• No. 77 Carson Hocevar
• No. 6 Brad Keselowski
• No. 12 Ryan Blaney
• No. 45 Tyler Reddick

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