NASCAR Cup Charlotte Starting Lineup: Qualifying canceled due to Hurricane Isaias rain

It appears NASCAR merely can not get away the Saturday rain since late. After moving both sessions 2 hours previously in the day, NASCAR was required to cancel Cup Series practice and getting approved for the Chase race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. 19659001 The very first Atlantic cyclone of the 2026 season handled to negatively affect NASCAR right in the middle of its champion fight. Rain from Hurricane Isaias made it difficult for both Cup and the NASCAR O’Reilly Series to practice or certify, with the NOAPS race held off to Sunday night. 19659002 NASCAR’s certifying metric– a weighted average of an automobile’s location in the owner standings (30%), and the entry’s surface in the most current race (70%)– will now choose the beginning lineup for the sixth of 10 Chase races. That exact same metric has actually been utilized in 4 of the very first 6 Chase races where NASCAR was not able to get certifying in due to harsh weather condition. Champion leader Kyle Larson will begin with pole with Chase Briscoe joining him on the front row. Tyler Reddick, Ryan Blaney, and Austin Cindric will submit the rest of the leading 5. Denny Hamlin, who is 2nd in the standings and 40pts behind Larson, will begin 12th. 19659005 The lowest-starting Chase motorists will be Christopher Bell in 17th and Ryan Preece in 24th. Pos. 19659007 Motorist 19659008 1 Kyle Larson (C) 19659010 2 19659011 Chase Briscoe (C) 3 Tyler Reddick (C) 19659014 4 Ryan Blaney (C) 5 Austin Cindric (C) 6 William Byron (C) 7 19659021 Joey Logano (C) 8 Bubba Wallace (C) 19659024 9 19659025 Chase Elliott (C) 10 19659027 Carson Hocevar (C) 11 Shane van Gisbergen 19659030 12 19659031 Denny Hamlin (C) 13 19659033 Chris Buescher (C) 14 Ty Gibbs (C) 19659036 15 19659037 Daniel Suarez (C) 19659038 16 19659039 Alex Bowman 19659040 17 19659041 Christopher Bell (C) 18 19659043 AJ Allmendinger 19659044 19 19659045 Michael McDowell 19659046 20 19659047 Austin Dillon 19659048 21 Riley Herbst 19659050 22 Brad Keselowski 23 Noah Gragson 19659054 24 Ryan Preece (C) 25 19659057 Erik Jones 19659058 26 19659059 Austin Hill 19659060 27 19659061 Josh Berry 19659062 28 Ross Chastain 29 John Hunter Nemechek 30 Cole Custer 19659068 31 Todd Gilliland 19659070 32 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 19659072 33 Ty Dillon 34 19659075 Zane Smith 35 Cody Ware 36 Connor Zilisch 37 Corey Heim 38 Gray Gaulding 19659084 39 19659085 BJ McLeod 19459016 View: Brexton Busch honors daddy Kyle with burnout, signature bow We desire your viewpoint! What would you like to see on Motorsport.com? 19659089 Take our 5 minute study. 19659090 -The Motorsport.com Team Read likewise: 19659093 19659094 Share Or Save This Story