The Las Vegas Motor Speedway is ready to host the seventh annual South Point 400 this weekend. The seventh playoff race of the season and the first race of Round of 8 begin at 2:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, October 20, in a 400.5-mile action-packed contest.
The Las Vegas Motor Speedway, in Las Vegas, Nevada, boasts a 1.5-mile-long quad-oval track. The track hosted the first South Point 400 in 2018 and had 20 degrees of banking in each turn and nine degrees on the front and backstretch.
Apart from making its second appearance on the NASCAR Cup Series calendar this year, the Las Vegas Motor Speedway will also host the Xfinity Series races this weekend.
The South Point 400 will feature 37 drivers. Like the other NASCAR races, the practice and qualifying session will open the race weekend on Saturday, October 19, at 4:35 pm ET and 5:20 pm ET on USA Network and NBC Sports to determine the starting positions for the NASCAR Cup Series’ seventh race of the playoffs.
Qualifying order for the 2024 South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
FOX Sports’ Bob Pockrass tweeted the qualifying order for the South Point 400 this weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway:
The Cup Series qualifying session starts with Cody Ware leading Group A and Jimmie Johnson leading Group B. Below is the full qualifying order for the 2024 South Point 400:
Group A: Driver – Metric Score
- Cody Ware - 35.750
- John Hunter Nemechek - 33.750
- Justin Haley - 29.300
- Shane Van Gisbergen - 28.400
- Chase Briscoe - 27.600
- Ryan Preece - 26.550
- Josh Berry - 25.250
- Ty Gibbs - 23.300
- Zane Smith - 21.400
- Todd Gilliland - 19.700
- Martin Truex, Jr. - 17.400
- Kyle Busch - 17.250
- Chris Buescher - 15.650
- Carson Hocevar - 13.650
- Denny Hamlin (P) - 13.750
- Joey Logano (P) - 9.650
- Chase Elliott (P) - 7.200
- Christopher Bell (P) - 2.600
Group B: Driver – Metric Score
- Jimmie Johnson - 41.700
- Corey LaJoie - 35.450
- Erik Jones - 31.900
- Noah Gragson - 28.450
- Alex Bowman - 27.850
- Daniel Hemric - 27.500
- Austin Dillon - 25.950
- Daniel Suarez - 23.600
- Ross Chastain - 22.150
- Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. - 19.850
- Harrison Burton - 17.700
- Michael McDowell - 17.350
- Brad Keselowski - 17.150
- Bubba Wallace - 13.950
- Austin Cindric - 8.050
- Ryan Blaney (P) - 10.050
- Tyler Reddick (P) - 7.900
- William Byron (P) - 5.300
- Kyle Larson (P) - 1.300
Watch all your favorite NASCAR Cup Series teams and drivers at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway live on NBC Sports this weekend.