The NASCAR Cup Series is set to arrive at Sonoma Raceway for its 18th race of the 2026 season. It is the only date in Sonoma, as NASCAR visits the venue once per season. In 2025, Shane van Gisbergen won the pole for the Cup Series race at Sonoma, marking his third and final pole position during the season.
First, the Cup Series needs to qualify for the event in Sonoma, and the qualifying format is simple. The session will be split into Groups A and B. Each group will have a certain amount of time to complete a run. There will only be one round, so the best lap time will determine where a driver starts. The metric system determines the qualifying order and groups.
Below, you can check out the NASCAR qualifying order and groups for the 2026 Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma this weekend!
NASCAR Cup Series qualifying order for Sonoma (June 2026):
(Group A)
- No. 88 Connor Zilisch
- No. 4 Noah Gragson
- No. 33 Austin Hill
- No. 41 Cole Custer
- No. 97 Shane van Gisbergen
- No. 10 Ty Dillon
- No. 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
- No. 20 Christopher Bell
- No. 21 Josh Berry
- No. 6 Brad Keselowski
- No. 48 Alex Bowman
- No. 51 Cody Ware
- No. 24 William Byron
- No. 3 Austin Dillon
- No. 34 Todd Gilliland
- No. 2 Austin Cindric
- No. 42 John Hunter Nemechek
- No. 43 Erik Jones
(Group B)
- No. 22 Joey Logano
- No. 45 Tyler Reddick
- No. 77 Carson Hocevar
- No. 19 Chase Briscoe
- No. 71 Michael McDowell
- No. 35 Riley Herbst
- No. 54 Ty Gibbs
- No. 60 Ryan Preece
- No. 1 Ross Chastain
- No. 7 Daniel Suarez
- No. 11 Denny Hamlin
- No. 9 Chase Elliott
- No. 38 Zane Smith
- No. 16 AJ Allmendinger
- No. 12 Ryan Blaney
- No. 17 Chris Buescher
- No. 23 Bubba Wallace
- No. 5 Kyle Larson
This article originally appeared on Motorsports Wire: NASCAR qualifying order for Cup Series at Sonoma in June 2026
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