The is on monitor this weekend for its first race or two at Darlington, the Goodyear 400. is the present defending champion of final 12 months’s spring race, the 400-lap occasion. Chase Briscoe defends the latest NASCAR victory at Darlington, which was the Southern 500 this previous August.
On-track Saturday afternoon was the Cup Collection qualifying session, throughout which there was appreciable uncertainty. Between Toyota’s successes, Chevrolet’s challenges, and Darlington being a really testy monitor to qualify on, the outcomes had been exhausting to challenge. As anticipated, the highest 10 is a blended bag of driver names.
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Tyler Reddick earns pole place for the Goodyear 400, with becoming a member of him within the entrance row. 23XI Racing sweeps the entrance row for the second time on this 2026 season, searching for their fourth group race win within the first six races of the 12 months.
Tyler Reddick, driver of the #45 Xfinity Toyota, prepares to qualify for the NASCAR Cup Collection Goodyear 400 at Darlington Raceway. (Photograph by David Jensen/Getty Photos)Photograph by David Jensen/Getty Photos
(Photograph by David Jensen/Getty Photos)Goodyear 400 Qualifying Outcomes
Beginning Place
Driver Title
Automotive Quantity
1
Tyler Reddick
45
2
Bubba Wallace
23
3
Chase Elliott
9
4
Kyle Larson
5
5
Brad Keselowski
6
6
Chris Buescher
17
7
Ryan Blaney
12
8
Kyle Busch
8
9
Denny Hamlin
11
10
Austin Dillon
3
11
Daniel Suarez
7
12
Austin Cindric
2
13
William Byron
24
14
Riley Herbst
35
15
Justin Allgaier
48
16
Carson Hocevar
77
17
Ryan Preece
60
18
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
47
19
Zane Smith
38
20
Michael McDowell
71
21
John Hunter Nemechek
42
22
Christopher Bell
20
23
Chase Briscoe
19
24
Erik Jones
43
25
Ross Chastain
1
26
Josh Berry
21
27
AJ Allmendinger
16
28
Ty Gibbs
54
29
Joey Logano
22
30
Noah Gragson
4
31
Todd Gilliland
34
32
Connor Zilisch
88
33
Shane van Gisbergen
97
34
Cody Ware
51
35
Cole Custer
41
36
Ty Dillon
10
37
Timmy Hill
66
Nice Qualifying Outcomes
Tyler Reddick earns pole place, persevering with his dominance within the season, which incorporates wins in every of the primary 3 races. He drove away as the one automotive to report a sub-29.1 second lap.
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Bubba Wallace certified in 2nd place, rewarding 23XI Racing with a sweep of the entrance row and Toyota with additional aerodynamic dominance. The race, nonetheless, might be rather more about tire put on and long-run pace than qualifying instances.
Additional success to Wallace, as he into the world this previous Thursday.
and Austin Dillon confirmed nice promise by qualifying each within the top-10, a mark that Richard Childress Racing has been wishfully ready for, given their terrible outcomes season up to now.
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Dangerous Qualifying Outcomes
Trackhouse Racing as a complete seems to be fairly sluggish, posting to the qualifier higher than twenty fifth (Ross Chastain). The group presently sits sixteenth, twentieth, and thirty fifth within the
Joe Gibbs Racing certified with 3 vehicles outdoors the top-20, maybe exhibiting a lack of pace relative to their beforehand dominant Toyotas. Denny Hamlin is the one good qualifier, beginning ninth.
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