The qualifying race lineups for Sunday’s inaugural Food City Dirt Race (3:30 p.m. ET on FOX, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) in the NASCAR Cup Series were determined Thursday via a random draw, with Quin Houff, Brad Keselowski, Alex Bowman and Corey LaJoie tabbed to lead their respective fields to green in Saturday’s four 15-lap qualifiers.
A reminder on format:
• Both the NASCAR Cup Series and the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series will have four qualifying races of 15 laps each. Only green-flag laps will count. No overtime rule will be in effect, but free-pass and wave-around procedures will remain. The starting lineups, listed below, were determined via random draw.
• The main race starting lineup will be determined by a formula that weighs finishing position plus positions gained during each qualifying race. Drivers finishing first in their qualifying race earn 10 points, second place earns nine, third place earns eight and so forth. Additionally, drivers earn one passing point for each position gained in their qualifying race; there are no points deductions or “negative points” for drivers who lose positions in their qualifying race. Also, these points are merely used to calculate the starting lineup and do not count toward the championship standings.
• Ties in these combined points totals will be broken by current team owner points.
For a further breakdown of the field, tune in to NASCAR Race Hub on Thursday at 6 p.m. ET on FS1.
Heat Race 1:
- 00 Houff
- 5 Larson
- 6 Newman
- 11 Hamlin
- 19 Truex Jr.
- 23 Wallace
- 43 Jones
- 38 Alfredo
- 78 Golobic
- 1 KuBusch
Heat Race 2:
- 2 Keselowski
- 66 Marlar
- 99 Suarez
- 34 McDowell
- 52 Bilicki
- 24 Byron
- 47 Stenhouse Jr.
- 20 Bell
- 3 ADillon
- 17 Buescher
Heat Race 3:
- 48 Bowman
- 53 Yeley
- 96 TDillon
- 4 Harvick
- 8 Reddick
- 41 Custer
- 51 Ware
- 10 Almirola
- 22 Logano
- 37 Preece
Heat Race 4:
- 7 LaJoie
- 21 DiBenedetto
- 15 Windom
- 18 KyBusch
- 42 Chastain
- 77 Friesen
- 12 Blaney
- 9 Elliott
- 14 Briscoe
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