NASCAR: 2024 Phoenix playoff qualifying updates, full starting lineup

After 35 races, it all comes down to Sunday afternoon's NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race at Phoenix Raceway, which took over from Homestead-Miami Speedway as the host of the Championship 4 back in 2020.

The highest finisher of the four remaining title contenders in Sunday's 312-lap race around the four-turn, 1.022-mile (1.645-kilometer) Avondale, Arizona oval is set to be crowned 2024 NASCAR Cup Series champion.

Reigning series champion Ryan Blaney of Team Penske, along with teammate Joey Logano, 23XI Racing's Tyler Reddick, and Hendrick Motorsports' William Byron, are set to battle for the championship.

Group qualifying is set to be used on Saturday, with the groups and qualifying orders determined by NASCAR's four-variable metric. A full breakdown of that formula, which has been used since 2020, can be found here.

Do make note of the fact that the four championship contenders are not factored into the metric until the other drivers are all slotted into their respective groups. As a result, two title contenders are set to go out at the end of the first group, and two are set to go out at the end of the second.

The fastest five drivers in each group are set to advance to the second round. The second round is now group-based as well, which was not the case when NASCAR raced at Phoenix back in March.

This rule was changed somewhat unexpectedly back in June, and the change effectively means not only that the second fastest qualifier may not start on the front row, but that the sixth fastest qualifier might.

NASCAR at Phoenix: Full starting lineup

1st - Martin Truex Jr., No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
2nd - Joey Logano, No. 22 Team Penske Ford
3rd - Ross Chastain, No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet
4th - Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
5th - Chase Elliott, No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
6th - Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
7th - Christopher Bell, No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
8th - William Byron, No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
9th - Harrison Burton, No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford
10th - Tyler Reddick, No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota
11th - Austin Cindric, No. 2 Team Penske Ford
12th - Chase Briscoe, No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford
13th - Justin Haley, No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
14th - Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
15th - Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
16th - Alex Bowman, No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
17th - Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Team Penske Ford
18th - John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42 Legacy Motor Club Toyota
19th - Erik Jones, No. 43 Legacy Motor Club Toyota
20th - Corey LaJoie, No. 51 Rick Ware Racing Ford
21st - Noah Gragson, No. 10 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford
22nd - Daniel Hemric, No. 31 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
23rd - Jimmie Johnson, No. 84 Legacy Motor Club Toyota
24th - Chris Buescher, No. 17 RFK Racing Ford
25th - Kyle Busch, No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
26th - Derek Kraus, No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
27th - Brad Keselowski, No. 6 RFK Racing Ford
28th - Zane Smith, No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
29th - Bubba Wallace, No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota
30th - Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet
31st - Kaz Grala, No. 15 Rick Ware Racing Ford
32nd - Todd Gilliland, No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford
33rd - Ryan Preece, No. 41 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford
34th - Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet
35th - Michael McDowell, No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford
36th - Austin Dillon, No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
37th - J.J. Yeley, No. 44 NY Racing Team Chevrolet
38th - Chad Finchum, No. 66 MBM Motorsports Ford
39th - Josh Berry, No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford
40th - Jeb Burton, No. 50 Team AmeriVet Chevrolet

Group A - Advanced

1st - William Byron, No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

2nd - Martin Truex Jr., No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

3rd - Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

4th - Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

5th - Tyler Reddick, No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota

Group B - Advanced

1st - Joey Logano, No. 22 Team Penske Ford

2nd - Chase Elliott, No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

3rd - Ross Chastain, No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet

4th - Christopher Bell, No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

5th - Harrison Burton, No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford

Tune in to NBC at 3:00 p.m. ET this Sunday, November 10 for the live broadcast of the NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race from Phoenix Raceway. Trackhouse Racing Team's Ross Chastain won last year's race, but it was Blaney who won the championship. Joe Gibbs Racing's Christopher Bell won at Phoenix back in March. Start a free trial of FuboTV now and don't miss any of the action from the 2024 season finale!