Shane van Gisbergen earned his sixth profession pole and second of the 2026 season on Saturday, rocketing to pole place round NASCAR’s all-new 3.4-mile road course at Naval Base Coronado. He even touched the wall twice on his quick lap, pushing to absolutely the restrict.
“Slightly bit (shocked),” mentioned Van Gisbergen, who went out with the primary group of qualifiers. “I assumed the monitor can be higher, and I assumed individuals would execute a bit higher. As I mentioned, it is simply so tough. There’s three or 4 corners you are seeing for the primary time of the day, and it is in your heater. Wonderful. The Pink Bull Chevy is actually good. Thanks to Trackhouse for doing a terrific job from yesterday, and we simply have to get the driving force a bit higher,” he concluded with a smile.”
Van Gisbergen bested Carson Hocevar by 0.0156s with a quick lap of two:14.788s. Ryan Blaney will begin third, Zane Smith fourth, and Todd Gilliland fifth. Blaney was slightly bit faster than SVG for many of his lap, however misplaced it by way of the ultimate set of corners.
Daniel Suarez, Ryan Preece, Connor Zilisch, Michael McDowell, and Austin Hill will out the rest of the highest ten on the beginning grid.
Challenge 91 driver Kevin Magnussen certified twenty first for his NASCAR Cup debut. Notably, championship chief Tyler Reddick spun out, however nonetheless reached seventeenth on the grid. Denny Hamlin is simply 19 factors behind him, and can begin twenty sixth.
Another notable drivers very deep within the subject embrace William Byron in twenty seventh, Chase Elliott thirtieth, and an injured Christopher Bell thirty seventh. He may have Brent Crews on standby, and should end the race for Bell on Sunday.
Jimmie Johnson was the primary driver to set a time, and confirmed simply how difficult issues had been as he had to make use of the runoff space in Flip 2 to keep away from an incident. Erik Jones additionally smacked the wall on the exit of Flip 16, however there have been no pink flags throughout the session.
NASCAR Cup San Diego ‘Anduril 250’ Full Beginning Lineup
1
97
Chevrolet
90.809
2
77
Chevrolet
90.704
3
12
Ford
90.634
4
38
Ford
90.405
5
34
Ford
90.402
6
7
Chevrolet
90.377
7
60
Ford
90.343
8
C. ZilischTrackHouse Racing
88
Chevrolet
90.077
9
71
Chevrolet
90.048
10
33
Chevrolet
90.027
11
54
Toyota
89.901
12
23
Toyota
89.789
13
C. Heim23XI Racing
67
Toyota
89.785
14
5
Chevrolet
89.766
15
16
Chevrolet
89.646
16
17
Ford
89.584
17
45
Toyota
89.562
18
3
Chevrolet
89.385
19
22
Ford
89.314
20
48
Chevrolet
89.298
21
91
Chevrolet
89.167
22
19
Toyota
89.158
23
1
Chevrolet
89.100
24
35
Toyota
88.820
25
41
Chevrolet
88.801
26
11
Toyota
88.777
27
24
Chevrolet
88.713
28
42
Toyota
88.629
29
6
Ford
88.621
30
9
Chevrolet
88.616
31
2
Ford
88.124
32
4
Ford
87.978
33
47
Chevrolet
87.898
34
10
Chevrolet
87.606
35
J. BerryWood Brothers Racing
21
Ford
87.484
36
84
Toyota
85.980
37
20
Toyota
85.214
38
43
Toyota
71.441
39
51
Chevrolet
59.492
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