Texas Motor Speedway used to have two dates on the NASCAR Cup Series schedule each year, but that changed in 2021, when one of its two points races was exchanged for the exhibition All-Star Race. It changed again in 2023, when it lost the All-Star Race, and it has hosted just one race each season ever since.
Sunday's Wurth 400 presented by Liqui Moly is scheduled to be a 267-lap race around the four-turn, 1.5-mile (2.414-kilometer) Fort Worth, Texas oval.
Saturday's qualifying session is set to utilize the typical qualifying format used on all non-superspeedways (and non-road/street courses). Each driver is set to make a single-lap qualifying attempt in the single-car session, and speeds from those laps are set to determine the entire starting lineup; there is no longer a round two shootout for the pole position.
Drivers are set to qualify in reverse metric order, and NASCAR has started using a different (and less complicated) metric since the series' most recent trip to Texas back in April 2024. NASCAR now uses a two-variable metric, rather than the four-variable metric which was used from 2020 to 2024.
A full breakdown of that formula is available here.
Follow along with our live qualifying updates.
NASCAR Cup Series at Texas: Full Wurth 400 starting lineup
1st - Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
2nd - William Byron, No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
3rd - Austin Cindric, No. 2 Team Penske Ford
4th - Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
5th - Michael McDowell, No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
6th - Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
7th - Josh Berry, No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford
8th - Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
9th - Bubba Wallace, No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota
10th - A.J. Allmendinger, No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
11th - Alex Bowman, No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
12th - Chris Buescher, No. 17 RFK Racing Ford
13th - Zane Smith, No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford
14th - Erik Jones, No. 43 Legacy Motor Club Toyota
15th - Justin Haley, No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
16th - Christopher Bell, No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
17th - Tyler Reddick, No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota
18th - Noah Gragson, No. 4 Front Row Motorsports Ford
19th - Austin Dillon, No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
20th - Cole Custer, No. 41 Haas Factory Team Ford
21st - Riley Herbst, No. 35 23XI Racing Toyota
22nd - Chase Briscoe, No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
23rd - Ty Dillon, No. 10 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
24th - Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Team Penske Ford
25th - Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
26th - Kyle Busch, No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
27th - Joey Logano, No. 22 Team Penske Ford
28th - John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42 Legacy Motor Club Toyota
29th - Chase Elliott, No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
30th - Brad Keselowski, No. 6 RFK Racing Ford
31st - Ross Chastain, No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
32nd - Todd Gilliland, No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford
33rd - Ryan Preece, No. 60 RFK Racing Ford
34th - Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet
35th - Jesse Love, No. 62 Beard Motorsports Chevrolet
36th - Cody Ware, No. 51 Rick Ware Racing Ford
37th - Shane van Gisbergen, No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
38th - Chad Finchum, No. 66 Garage 66 Ford
The Wurth 400 presented by Liqui Moly is set to be shown live on Fox Sports 1 from Texas Motor Speedway starting at 3:30 p.m. ET this Sunday, May 4. If you have not yet had a chance to start a free trial of FuboTV, do so now and don't miss any of the action!