NASCAR: Live 2020 Fontana qualifying updates
By Asher Fair
Follow along with our live qualifying updates for the third race of the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season, the Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana.
UPDATE: Provisional starting lineup
After the qualifying session for last Sunday afternoon’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway was canceled due to rain, the series is set for its first regular single-car qualifying session of the 2020 season.
The 36-race season opened up with the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway, and the qualifying format for that race is different than it is for every other race on the schedule.
But this weekend at Auto Club Speedway, it is back to the basics for Sunday afternoon’s Auto Club 400.
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Each of the 38 drivers on the entry list is slated to complete one timed lap around the four-turn, 2.0-mile (3.219-kilometer) oval in Fontana, California, and those speeds will set the starting lineup for the 200-lap race.
It was last year’s disastrous group qualifying session at Auto Club Speedway that led to changes in the qualifying format, and further issues after changes were made led to the reinstatement of single-car qualifying.
Who will qualify where for Sunday’s Auto Club 400? Follow along with our live qualifying updates (beginning at 2:30 p.m. ET).
Qualified
Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Manufacturer – Speed (miles per hour)
1st – Clint Bowyer – #14, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 179.614
2nd – Jimmie Johnson – #48, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 179.582
3rd – Alex Bowman – #88, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 179.359
4th – Kurt Busch – #1, Chip Ganassi Racing, Chevrolet – 178.958
5th – Kevin Harvick – #4, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 178.882
6th – Aric Almirola – #10, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 178.749
7th – Joey Logano – #22, Team Penske, Ford – 178.731
8th – Michael McDowell – #34, Front Row Motorsports, Ford – 178.642
9th – Kyle Larson – #42, Chip Ganassi Racing, Chevrolet – 178.478
10th – Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – #47, JTG Daugherty Racing, Chevrolet – 178.434
11th – Chris Buescher – #17, Roush Fenway Racing, Ford – 178.364
12th – Matt DiBenedetto – #21, Wood Brothers Racing, Ford – 178.094
13th – Chase Elliott – #9, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 177.844
14th – Bubba Wallace – #43, Richard Petty Motorsports, Chevrolet – 177.835
15th – Brad Keselowski – #2, Team Penske, Ford – 177.817
16th – Ryan Blaney – #12, Team Penske, Ford – 177.765
17th – Kyle Busch – #18, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 177.708
18th – Cole Custer – #41, Stewart-Haas Racing, Ford – 177.694
19th – Tyler Reddick – #8, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet – 177.414
20th – Ryan Preece – #37, JTG Daugherty Racing, Chevrolet – 177.397
21st – William Byron – #24, Hendrick Motorsports, Chevrolet – 177.296
22nd – Christopher Bell – #95, Leavine Family Racing, Toyota – 176.913
23rd – John Hunter Nemechek – #38, Front Row Motorsports, Ford – 176.909
24th – Ty Dillon – #13, Germain Racing, Chevrolet – 176.739
25th – Austin Dillon – #3, Richard Childress Racing, Chevrolet – 176.687
26th – Corey LaJoie – #32, Go Fas Racing, Ford – 176.639
27th – Ross Chastain – #6, Roush Fenway Racing, Ford – 176.544
28th – Denny Hamlin – #11, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 176.514
29th – Erik Jones – #20, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 175.803
30th – J.J. Yeley – #52, Rick Ware Racing, Ford – 173.561
31st – Daniel Suarez – #96, Gaunt Brothers Racing, Toyota – 173.448
32nd – Brennan Poole – #15, Premium Motorsports, Chevrolet – 172.171
33rd – Reed Sorenson – #77, Spire Motorsports, Chevrolet – 171.531
34th – Joey Gase – #53, Rick Ware Racing, Ford – 169.912
35th – Quin Houff – #00, StarCom Racing, Chevrolet – 168.788
36th – Garrett Smithley – #51, Petty Ware Racing, Chevrolet – 168.059
37th – Timmy Hill – #66, MBM Motorsports, Ford – 164.65
38th – Martin Truex Jr. – #19, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota – 0
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Fox’s live broadcast of the third race on the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series schedule is set to air live beginning at 3:30 p.m. ET from Auto Club Speedway tomorrow afternoon. Be sure to tune in to the Auto Club 400.