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NASCAR Cup Series qualifying was rained out on Saturday at Michigan International Speedway.
As a result, the performance metric will be used to set the starting lineup, placing a trio of Toyota at the front of the field for the start of the FireKeepers Casino 400 in the form of Denny Hamlin, Tyler Reddick and Christopher Bell.
In addition to qualifying being rained out, the practice session that preceded it was also halted twice and then prematurely ended by the sporadic precipitation.
Ross Chastain was fastest in that session with a fastest lap of 37.441 seconds around the two-mile speedway located in the Irish Hills of Brooklyn ahead of Martin Truex Jr., Kyle Larson, William Byron (and Bubba Wallace.
The starting lineup can be found below.
1 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing Yahoo! Toyota | 2.550 |
2 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | 23XI Racing McDonald’s Toyota | 2.800 |
3 | 20 | Christopher Bell | Joe Gibbs Racing Rheem Toyota | 5.400 |
4 | 5 | Kyle Larson | Hendrick Motorsports HendrickCars.com Chevrolet | 6.550 |
5 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 23XI Racing McDonald’s Toyota | 7.250 |
6 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Hendrick Motorsports NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet | 7.950 |
7 | 1 | Ross Chastain | Trackhouse Racing Busch Light Peach Chevrolet | 8.600 |
8 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Team Penske Menards / Dutch Boy Ford | 9.350 |
9 | 24 | William Byron | Hendrick Motorsports RaptorTough.com Chevrolet | 10.600 |
10 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing Dow Mobility Science Chevrolet | 12.250 |
11 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | Spire Motorsports Premier Security / Zeigler.com Chevrolet | 12.700 |
12 | 99 | Daniel Suarez | Trackhouse Racing Jockey Infinite Cool Underway Chevrolet | 13.600 |
13 | 8 | Kyle Busch | Richard Childress Racing Lucas Oil Chevrolet | 14.100 |
14 | 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske Shell Pennzoil Ford | 15.200 |
15 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | RFK Racing Castrol Edge Ford | 16.400 |
16 | 4 | Josh Berry | Stewart-Haas Racing Overstock.com Ford | 16.550 |
17 | 34 | Michael McDowell | Front Row Motorsports Martin Transportation Systems Ford | 17.450 |
18 | 17 | Chris Buescher | RFK Racing Fifth Third Bank Ford | 18.200 |
19 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing Monster Energy Toyota | 18.300 |
20 | 38 | Todd Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports Grillo’s Pickles Ford | 19.200 |
21 | 14 | Chase Briscoe | Stewart-Haas Racing HighPoint.com Ford | 19.750 |
22 | 48 | Alex Bowman | Hendrick Motorsports Ally Financial Chevrolet | 21.400 |
23 | 2 | Austin Cindric | Team Penske Discount Tire Ford | 21.850 |
24 | 19 | Martin Truex, Jr. | Joe Gibbs Racing Auto-Owners Insurance Toyota | 22.050 |
25 | 10 | Noah Gragson | Stewart-Haas Racing Overstock.com Ford | 23.350 |
26 | 41 | Ryan Preece | Stewart-Haas Racing United Rentals Ford | 25.700 |
27 | 71 | Zane Smith | Spire Motorsports Focused Health Chevrolet | 25.950 |
28 | 43 | Erik Jones | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Dollar Tree Toyota | 27.200 |
29 | 51 | Justin Haley | Rick Ware Racing Fraternal Order of Eagles Ford | 28.100 |
30 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. | JTG Daugherty Racing Country Crock / Minute Rice Chevrolet | 28.700 |
31 | 7 | Corey LaJoie | Spire Motorsports Garner Trucking Chevrolet | 30.300 |
32 | 31 | Daniel Hemric | Kaulig Racing Poppy Bank Chevrolet | 30.600 |
33 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Mobil 1 Toyota | 31.200 |
34 | 21 | Harrison Burton | Wood Brothers Racing Motorcraft / Quick Lane Ford | 32.450 |
35 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | Kaulig Racing LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevrolet | 34.450 |
36 | 15 | Cody Ware | Rick Ware Racing Parts Plus Ford | 37.250 |