{
  "id": 5552087,
  "title": "NASCAR Qualifying Order This Weekend at Darlington: Cup Series Qualifying Info for Cook Out Southern 500",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/nascar-qualifying-order-this-weekend-at-darlington-cup-series",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-04T12:14:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/nascar-qualifying-order-weekend-darlington-121408848.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Cook Out Southern 500, the first race in NASCAR's The Chase for the Cup Series, is set to take place at Darlington Raceway this weekend. The Cup Series qualifying on Saturday holds significant importance as starting positions could potentially influence who ultimately becomes the champion. Here's the NASCAR qualifying order for Saturday at Darlington Raceway:\n\n1. Chad Finchum(i) - 40.100\n2. Cody Ware - 35.600\n3. Erik Jones - 33.600\n4. Zane Smith - 29.600\n5. Austin Hill(i) - 28.500\n6. Connor Zilisch - 28.000\n7. AJ Allmendinger - 27.900\n8. Noah Gragson - 27.500\n9. Ty Dillon - 24.900\n10. Shane Van Gisbergen - 24.700\n11. Ross Chastain - 22.500\n12. Corey Heim - 22.000\n13. Todd Gilliland - 19.900\n14. John H. Nemechek - 19.200\n15. Cole Custer - 16.900\n16. Riley Herbst - 16.800\n17. Josh Berry - 15.300\n18. Brad Keselowski - 15.200\n19. Alex Bowman - 13.100\n20. Austin Dillon - 12.700\n21. Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. - 11.600\n22. Michael McDowell - 8.800\n23. Chris Buescher - 31.000\n24. Carson Hocevar - 30.200\n25. Ty Gibbs - 25.000\n26. Kyle Larson - 23.800\n27. Ryan Blaney - 23.700\n28. William Byron - 19.300\n29. Chase Elliott - 18.500\n30. Bubba Wallace - 18.200\n31. Joey Logano - 15.300\n32. Christopher Bell - 13.700\n33. Chase Briscoe - 10.600\n34. Austin Cindric - 9.000\n35. Denny Hamlin - 8.000\n36. Ryan Preece - 5.200\n37. Daniel Suarez - 4.700\n38. Tyler Reddick - 3.000\n\nNASCAR Cup Series qualifying at Darlington Raceway is scheduled for Saturday at 2:10 PM PT/5:10 PM ET and will be broadcast on truTV.",
  "summary": "Sunday night’s Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway is the first race in NASCAR’s The Chase for the Cup […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}