NASCAR 2024: Qualifying order for YellaWood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway

The Talladega Superspeedway is ready to host the 56th annual YellaWood 500 this weekend. The fifth playoff race of the season and the second race of Round of 12 begin at 2 p.m. ET on Sunday, October 6, in a 500-mile action-packed contest.

The Talladega Superspeedway, in Lincoln, Alabama, boasts a 2.66-mile-long tri-oval superspeedway. The track hosted the first YellaWood 500 in 1969 and had 33 degrees of banking in the turns, 16.5 degrees of banking on the tri-oval, and THREE degrees on the backstretch.

Apart from making its second appearance on the NASCAR Cup Series calendar this year, the Talladega Superspeedway will host the Xfinity Series, and Truck Series races this weekend.

The YellaWood 500 will feature 40 drivers. Unlike the other NASCAR races, the qualifying session will open the race weekend on Saturday, October 5 at 1:30 pm ET on USA Network and NBC Sports to determine the starting positions for the NASCAR Cup Series’ fifth race of the playoffs.

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Qualifying order for the 2024 YellaWood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway

FOX Sports’ Bob Pockrass tweeted the qualifying order for the YellaWood 500 this weekend at Talladega Superspeedway:

The Cup Series qualifying session starts with AJ Allmendinger running the first lap and William Byron running the final lap. Below is the full qualifying order for the 2024 YellaWood 500:

Driver – Metric Score

1. AJ Allmendinger - 41.700
2. BJ McLeod - 40.300
3. Anthony Alfredo - 39.600
4. JJ Yeley - 38.600
5. Cody Ware - 36.750
6. Josh Berry - 33.800
7. Shane Van Gisbergen - 33.550
8. Erik Jones - 32.300
9. John Hunter Nemechek - 32.200
10. Justin Haley - 30.150
11. Michael McDowell - 26.400
12. Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. - 26.000
13. Daniel Hemric - 25.300
14. Todd Gilliland - 25.300
15. Carson Hocevar - 25.150
16. Corey LaJoie - 22.700
17. Harrison Burton - 21.600
18. Noah Gragson - 21.300
19. Ryan Preece - 19.450
20. Austin Dillon - 18.800
21. Zane Smith - 18.450
22. Bubba Wallace - 18.300
23. Brad Keselowski - 18.200
24. Kyle Busch - 17.550
25. Chris Buescher - 14.650
26. Ty Gibbs - 7.800
27. Martin Truex, Jr. - 7.600
28. Ross Chastain - 7.050
29. Austin Cindric (P) - 24.650
30. Chase Briscoe (P) - 19.900
31. Kyle Larson (P) - 18.000
32. Tyler Reddick (P) - 17.150
33. Daniel Suarez (P) - 12.400
34. Chase Elliott (P) - 10.250
35. Joey Logano (P) - 10.100
36. Denny Hamlin (P) - 7.400
37. Alex Bowman (P) - 6.450
38. Christopher Bell (P) - 4.700
39. Ryan Blaney (P) - 3.600
40. William Byron (P) - 1.800

Watch all your favorite NASCAR Cup Series teams and drivers at the Talladega Superspeedway live on NBC Sports this weekend.