INDIANAPOLIS - The NASCAR Cup Series took to the iconic Indianapolis Motor Speedway this Saturday afternoon for practice and qualifying.
Because of weather on Friday, practice for the Cup Series was moved to Saturday at 2 p.m. ET. The abbreviated session allowed all teams 25 minutes to turn a couple laps and adjust their cars before qualifying began.
William Byron set a lap time of 49.442 seconds, good enough to land him in a sixth place starting spot for Sunday's race. His teammates Kyle Larson and Alex Bowman start 13th and 21st. Chase Elliott will roll off the grid in 30th place.
Larson is not done racing on Saturday though as he will run in the NASCAR Xfinity Series race later in a special papaya, white, and blue No. 17 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet. He rolls off 19th for the event.
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Here is the starting lineup for Sunday's race:
NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup:
- Chase Briscoe, No. 19, 49.139
- Bubba Wallace, No. 23, 49.149
- Erik Jones, No. 43, 49.246
- Tyler Reddick, No. 45, 49.267
- Ty Gibbs, No. 54, 49.330
- William Byron, No. 24 Liberty University Chevrolet, 49.442
- Chris Buescher, No. 17, 49.447
- Carson Hocevar, No. 77, 49.495
- A.J. Allmendinger, No. 16, 49.499
- Austin Cindric, No. 2, 49.586
- Shane Van Gisbergen, No. 88, 49.591
- Kyle Busch, No. 8, 49.595
- Kyle Larson, No. 5 #H1100 Chevrolet, 49.617
- Brad Keselowski, No. 6, 49.629
- Joey Logano, No. 22, 49.693
- Christopher Bell, No. 20, 49.795
- Josh Berry, No. 21, 49.830
- Noah Gragson, No. 4, 49.894
- Todd Gilliand, No. 34, 49.941
- Austin Dillon, No. 3, 49.949
- Alex Bowman, No. 48 Ally Chevrolet, 49.967
- Michael McDowell, No. 71, 49.974
- Ryan Preece, No. 60, 49.979
- Ryan Blaney, No. 12, 49.992
- Riley Herbst, No. 35, 50.012
- Ty Dillon, No. 10, 50.051
- Zane Smith, No. 38, 50.061
- Justin Haley, No. 7, 50.067
- Cole Custer, No. 41, 50.088
- Chase Elliott, No. 9 NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet, 50.114
- Daniel Suarez, No. 99, 50.201
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47, 50.310
- Ross Chastain, No. 1, 50.333
- Cody Ware, No. 51, 50.588
- Jesse Love, No. 62, 50.801
- John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42, 50.989
- Josh Bilicki, No. 66, 54.565
- Katherine Legge, No. 78, 56.963
- Denny Hamlin, No. 11, no time
NASCAR on TV this weekend
(All times listed in eastern time)
Saturday, July 26
- 4:30 - Xfinity Series race, CW
Sunday, July 27
- 2 p.m. - Cup Series race, TNT
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Where is NASCAR racing this weekend?
This week, the NASCAR Cup and Xfinity Series are racing at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway while the CRAFTSMAN Truck Series and ARCA series visit Indianapolis Raceway Park.
Where is IRP?
Indianapolis Raceway Park is in Brownsburg, Indiana.