The NASCAR Cup Series is set to arrive at Martinsville Speedway for its 35th race of the 2026 season. It is the final date at Martinsville, as NASCAR also goes to the venue in the spring. In 2025, William Byron won the pole for the Cup Series race at Martinsville, marking his first pole of the playoffs.
First, the Cup Series needs to qualify for the event at 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
Xfinity 500 at Martinsville this weekend!
NASCAR Cup Series qualifying order for Martinsville (October 2026):
(Qualifying Order)
- No. 42 John Hunter Nemechek
- No. 88 Connor Zilisch
- No. 16 AJ Allmendinger
- No. 66 Gray Gaulding
- No. 35 Riley Herbst
- No. 97 Shane van Gisbergen
- No. 43 Erik Jones
- No. 4 Noah Gragson
- No. 6 Brad Keselowski
- No. 51 Cody Ware
- No. 38 Zane Smith
- No. 10 Ty Dillon
- No. 33 Austin Hill
- No. 3 Austin Dillon
- No. 21 Josh Berry
- No. 48 Alex Bowman
- No. 41 Cole Custer
- No. 71 Michael McDowell
- No. 34 Todd Gilliland
- No. 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
- No. 1 Ross Chastain
- No. 9 Chase Elliott
- No. 12 Ryan Blaney
- No. 45 Tyler Reddick
- No. 17 Chris Buescher
- No. 20 Christopher Bell
- No. 22 Joey Logano
- No. 19 Chase Briscoe
- No. 2 Austin Cindric
- No. 23 Bubba Wallace
- No. 7 Daniel Suarez
- No. 54 Ty Gibbs
- No. 60 Ryan Preece
- No. 77 Carson Hocevar
- No. 11 Denny Hamlin
- No. 24 William Byron
- No. 5 Kyle Larson
This article originally appeared on Motorsports Wire: NASCAR qualifying order for Cup Series at Martinsville in 2026 Chase
