NASCAR Cup Series: 2019 Quaker State 400 qualifying – Live updates

Follow along with our live qualifying updates for the Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway, the 19th of 36 races on the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series schedule.

The second half of the 36-race 2019 NASCAR Cup Series is officially scheduled to get underway upon the drop of the green flag in this Saturday evening’s race at Kentucky Speedway, the Quaker State 400.

A total of 36 drivers are set to compete in this race, tying the lowest total on an entry list so far this season.

This race is the only race at Kentucky Speedway on the 2019 schedule. As a result, Kentucky Speedway is one of 10 tracks on the schedule that hosts only one race, and it is the fifth of these 10 tracks so far this season.

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The first four were Atlanta Motor Speedway, Auto Club Speedway, Sonoma Raceway and Chicagoland Speedway and the final five are New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Watkins Glen International, Darlington Raceway, Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Eight different drivers representing four different teams are set to enter this race having won at least one race so far this season, although one of these drivers is not set to compete in this race, as this driver, Spire Motorsports’ Justin Haley, is only a part-time Cup Series driver; he is a full-time Xfinity Series driver. Spire Motorsports, however, are a full-time Cup Series team, and they are still set to compete in this race with Quin Houff as the driver of the #77 Chevrolet.

Nine different drivers representing five different teams are set to enter this race having taken at least one pole position so far this season, and all nine of them are set to compete in this race. Three of these nine drivers representing three of these five teams have each taken a series-high three pole positions so far in 2019.

Two drivers, the second of whom being Haley, have added their names to the wins list this season in the last two races, and both of them did so by earning their first career victories. Haley won last Sunday’s race at Daytona International Speedway while Hendrick Motorsports’ Alex Bowman won the previous Sunday’s race at Chicagoland Speedway.

Who will take the pole position and who will qualify where throughout the rest of the field for this Saturday night’s 267-lap race around the four-turn, 1.5-mile (2.414-kilometer) Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Kentucky?

Follow along with our live qualifying updates throughout the qualifying session for the 2019 Quaker State 400 to find out.

Qualified

Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Manufacturer
1st – Daniel Suarez – #41, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 184.59
2nd – Aric Almirola – #10, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 183.799
3rd – Brad Keselowski – #2, Team Penske, Ford – 183.443
4th – Kurt Busch – #1, Chip Ganassi Racing, Chevrolet – 183.355
5th – Kevin Harvick – #4, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 183.312
6th – Daniel Hemric – #8, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet – 182.89
7th – Clint Bowyer – #14, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 182.834
8th – Martin Truex Jr. – #19, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 182.587
9th – Austin Dillon – #3, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet – 182.556
10th – Kyle Busch – #18, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 182.426
11th – Joey Logano – #22, Team Penske, Ford – 182.309
12th – William Byron – #24, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 182.278
13th – Jimmie Johnson – #48, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 182.149
14th – Paul Menard – #21, Wood Brothers Racing, Ford – 182.02
15th – Ryan Blaney – #12, Team Penske, Ford – 181.996
16th – Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – #17, Roush Fenway Racing, Ford – 181.904
17th – Michael McDowell – #34, Front Row Motorsports, Ford – 181.5
18th – Denny Hamlin – #11, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 181.433
19th – Kyle Larson – #42, Chip Ganassi Racing, Chevrolet – 181.354
20th – Chase Elliott – #9, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 181.336
21st – Erik Jones – #20, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 181.08
22nd – Alex Bowman – #88, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 180.759
23rd – Ryan Newman – #6, Roush Fenway Racing, Ford – 180.681
24th – Matt DiBenedetto – #95, Leavine Family Racing, Toyota – 180.517
25th – David Ragan – #38, Front Row Motorsports, Ford – 180.313
26th – Chris Buescher – #37, JTG Daugherty Racing, Chevrolet – 180.276
27th – Ty Dillon – #13, Germain Racing, Chevrolet – 180.09
28th – Darrell Wallace Jr. – #43, Richard Petty Motorsports, Chevrolet – 179.952
29th – Corey LaJoie – #32, Go Fas Racing, Ford – 179.916
30th – Ryan Preece – #47, JTG Daugherty Racing, Chevrolet – 179.862
31st – Matt Tifft – #36, Front Row Motorsports, Ford – 178.974
32nd – Bayley Currey – #51, Petty Ware Racing, Ford – 177.708
33rd – Ross Chastain – #15, Premium Motorsports, Chevrolet – 177.509
34th – Landon Cassill – #00, StarCom Racing, Chevrolet – 176.858
35th – B.J. McLeod – #52, Rick Ware Racing, Chevrolet – 174.396
36th – Quin Houff – #77, Spire Motorsports, Chevrolet – 174.02

NBC Sports Network is set to broadcast the Quaker State 400 live from Kentucky Speedway beginning at 7:30 p.m. ET this Saturday, July 13, so be sure not to miss the 2019 NASCAR Cup Series season’s 19th race.