After eight consecutive seasons in which the NASCAR Cup Series playoff race at Charlotte Motor Speedway was run on the track's interior Roval, the Bank of America 400 has been moved back to the oval for the first time since 2017 this weekend.
Because the Concord, North Carolina oval is a four-turn, 1.5-mile (2.414-kilometer) track, the standard qualifying format is set to be used to determine the starting lineup for Sunday's 267-lap race (weather permitting, of course, as there is rain in the forecast for Saturday and three of the first five postseason qualifying sessions have already been canceled).
The qualifying metric determined the full 39-car qualifying order, although it split up the non-playoff drivers in the playoff drivers to ensure that the 16 drivers who still have championship aspirations are the final 16 drivers to qualify. The metric is based on the owner standings (30%) and the results of the most recent race (70%).
Each driver is set to make a single-lap qualifying attempt in this single-car session, unlike on short tracks where drivers are allowed to run two laps, and there is only a single round, unlike on superspeedways where the top 10 drivers advance to a second-round shootout for the pole position.
Follow along with our qualifying updates from Charlotte Motor Speedway ahead of Sunday's Bank of America 400.
Update, qualifying canceled due to rain.
NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup at Charlotte
1 - Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
2 - Chase Briscoe, No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
3 - Tyler Reddick, No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota
4 - Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Team Penske Ford
5 - Austin Cindric, No. 2 Team Penske Ford
6 - William Byron, No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
7 - Joey Logano, No. 22 Team Penske Ford
8 - Bubba Wallace, No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota
9 - Chase Elliott, No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
10 - Shane van Gisbergen, No. 97 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
11 - Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
12 - Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
13 - Chris Buescher, No. 17 RFK Racing Ford
14 - Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
15 - Daniel Suarez, No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
16 - Alex Bowman, No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
17 - Christopher Bell, No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
18 - A.J. Allmendinger, No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
19 - Michael McDowell, No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
20 - Austin Dillon, No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
21 - Riley Herbst, No. 35 23XI Racing Toyota
22 - Brad Keselowski, No. 6 RFK Racing Ford
23 - Noah Gragson, No. 4 Front Row Motorsports Ford
24 - Ryan Preece, No. 60 RFK Racing Ford
25 - Erik Jones, No. 43 Legacy Motor Club Toyota
26 - Austin Hill, No. 33 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
27 - Josh Berry, No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford
28 - Ross Chastain, No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
29 - John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42 Legacy Motor Club Toyota
30 - Cole Custer, No. 41 Haas Factory Team Chevrolet
31 - Todd Gilliland, No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford
32 - Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet
33 - Ty Dillon, No. 10 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
34 - Zane Smith, No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford
35 - Cody Ware, No. 51 Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet
36 - Connor Zilisch, No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
37 - Corey Heim, No. 67 23XI Racing Toyota
38 - Gray Gaulding, No. 66 Garage 66 Ford
39 - B.J. McLeod, No. 44 NY Racing Team Chevrolet
Tune in to USA Network at 3:00 p.m. ET this Sunday, October 11 for the live broadcast of the Bank of America 400 from Charlotte Motor Speedway and don't miss the Charlotte oval's first playoff race, the sixth of 10 on this year's schedule, in nine seasons!
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