NASCAR Cup Kansas Chase race starting lineup: Rain again washes out qualifying
NASCAR's qualifying metric -- a weighted average of a car's place in the owner standings (30%), and the entry's finish in the most recent race (70%) -- has been utilized to decide the Cup starting lineup in three of the first four Chase races, as scattered thunderstorms forced the series to cancel qualifying at Kansas Speedway. As a result of that, Bristol race winner Joey Logano will start ...…
The NASCAR Cup Series' Kansas Chase race starting lineup has been decided despite the series canceling qualifying due to scattered thunderstorms. Joey Logano secured pole position while Kyle Larson took second. Christopher Bell was third, Carson Hocevar fourth, and Ty Gibbs fifth. Denny Hamlin, the regular season champion, started sixth, just one point behind the championship lead.
Chase Elliott, Chase Briscoe, and Ryan Blaney rounded out the low starting positions at 18th, 23rd, and 25th respectively. Of the last 13 Cup races at Kansas, 12 were won by a starting position within the top ten, with the sole exception being Ross Chastain's victory in 2024, who started 20th.
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