NASCAR is set to arrive at the Darlington Raceway for the 26th weekend of the 2024 Cup Series season. It represents the second date at the venue, as NASCAR went to Darlington in May, resulting in a victory for Brad Keselowski. This will be a crucial event as it represents the last race of the 2024 NASCAR regular season.

First, the Cup Series needs to qualify for the event at Darlington, and the qualifying format is simple. The session will be split into Groups A and B. Each group will have single-lap runs, and the top 5 fastest drivers from each group will advance to the final round. Then, a round of single-lap runs will determine the top 10 starters, with Group A on the outside and Group B on the inside. The metric system determines the qualifying order and groups.

Below, you can check out the NASCAR qualifying order and groups for this weekend’s Southern 500 at Darlington!

NASCAR qualifying order, groups for Darlington (September 2024):

(Group A)

No. 16 Shane van Gisbergen
No. 99 Daniel Suarez
No. 41 Ryan Preece
No. 11 Denny Hamlin
No. 3 Austin Dillon
No. 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
No. 9 Chase Elliott
No. 43 Erik Jones
No. 42 John Hunter Nemechek
No. 71 Zane Smith
No. 21 Harrison Burton
No. 24 William Byron
No. 1 Ross Chastain
No. 45 Tyler Reddick
No. 5 Kyle Larson
No. 17 Chris Buescher
No. 6 Brad Keselowski
No. 23 Bubba Wallace

(Group B)

No. 66 Timmy Hill
No. 7 Corey LaJoie
No. 10 Noah Gragson
No. 15 Kaz Grala
No. 51 Justin Haley
No. 34 Michael McDowell
No. 4 Josh Berry
No. 22 Joey Logano
No. 38 Todd Gilliland
No. 2 Austin Cindric
No. 12 Ryan Blaney
No. 19 Martin Truex Jr.
No. 31 Daniel Hemric
No. 48 Alex Bowman
No. 14 Chase Briscoe
No. 77 Carson Hocevar
No. 8 Kyle Busch
No. 20 Christopher Bell
No. 54 Ty Gibbs

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