NASCAR Cup Series
Jesse Love Tackling NASCAR Cup Series at Circuit of The Americas in March
Feb 20, 2026
Qualifying for the NASCAR Cup Series Autotrader 400 at EchoPark Speedway was cancelled due to inclement weather, with the qualifying metric setting the lineup for Sunday's race.
Based on the qualifying metric, Daytona 500 winner Tyler Reddick will lead the field to the green flag in Sunday's race. Joey Logano will join Reddick on the front row, with Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., Chase Elliott and Zane Smith rounding out the top five.
In total, 38 cars will start Sunday's Autotrader 400. Along with the 36 chartered full-time NASCAR Cup Series entries, B.J. McLeod and J.J. Yeley are taking part in the event, starting 37th and 38th.
The Autotrader 400 is scheduled to take the green flag at 3 p.m. ET on Sunday, February 22. Coverage of the event will be available on FOX, the Performance Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
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| Pos | No | Driver |
| 1 | 45 | Tyler Reddick |
| 2 | 22 | Joey Logano |
| 3 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. |
| 4 | 9 | Chase Elliott |
| 5 | 6 | Brad Keselowski |
| 6 | 38 | Zane Smith |
| 7 | 17 | Chris Buescher |
| 8 | 35 | Riley Herbst |
| 9 | 23 | Bubba Wallace |
| 10 | 21 | Josh Berry |
| 11 | 4 | Noah Gragson |
| 12 | 7 | Daniel Suarez |
| 13 | 24 | William Byron |
| 14 | 8 | Kyle Busch |
| 15 | 77 | Carson Hocevar |
| 16 | 5 | Kyle Larson |
| 17 | 10 | Ty Dillon |
| 18 | 51 | Cody Ware |
| 19 | 16 | A.J. Allmendinger |
| 20 | 71 | Michael McDowell |
| 21 | 1 | Ross Chastain |
| 22 | 12 | Ryan Blaney |
| 23 | 43 | Erik Jones |
| 24 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek |
| 25 | 54 | Ty Gibbs |
| 26 | 60 | Ryan Preece |
| 27 | 41 | Cole Custer |
| 28 | 97 | Shane van Gisbergen |
| 29 | 11 | Denny Hamlin |
| 30 | 2 | Austin Cindric |
| 31 | 88 | Connor Zilisch |
| 32 | 20 | Christopher Bell |
| 33 | 3 | Austin Dillon |
| 34 | 19 | Chase Briscoe |
| 35 | 34 | Todd Gillland |
| 36 | 48 | Alex Bowman |
| 37 | 78 | B.J. McLeod |
| 38 | 44 | J.J. Yeley |