NASCAR: Full qualifying order revealed for Homestead playoff race

Homestead-Miami Speedway is the one and only oval on the NASCAR Cup Series schedule which appears only in the playoffs, and it is scheduled to host its postseason race this Sunday afternoon.

The 267-lap Straight Talk Wireless 400 around the four-turn, 1.5-mile (2.414-kilometer) Homestead, Florida oval is the middle race of the semifinal round of the four-round, 10-race playoffs after Las Vegas Motor Speedway got things underway last Sunday afternoon.

The only other tracks that are on the playoff schedule, but not the regular season schedule, already hosted races this postseason. Watkins Glen International, which is in the playoffs for the first time this year, hosted a race in the round of 16, and the Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval hosted its annual round of 12 cutoff race.

A group qualifying format is set to be used in Saturday's single-car session, with the groups (and the qualifying order of each) determined by a four-variable formula that NASCAR has now used for more than four years. A full explanation of that metric can be found here.

All drivers no longer eligible to win the 2024 championship are slotted into the order first, ensuring that not only do the eight remaining contenders qualify at the end of their respective groups but that there are four in each group.

The fastest five drivers in each group advance to the second round, which is now group-based after a mid-season rule change that came about somewhat unexpectedly.

NASCAR at Homestead: Full qualifying order

Group A

Chad Finchum, No. 66 MBM Motorsports Ford

A.J. Allmendinger, No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet

Austin Dillon, No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet

Erik Jones, No. 43 Legacy Motor Club Toyota

Josh Berry, No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford

Brad Keselowski, No. 6 RFK Racing Ford

Austin Cindric, No. 2 Team Penske Ford

Michael McDowell, No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford

Noah Gragson, No. 10 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford

Justin Haley, No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet

Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

Harrison Burton, No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford

Bubba Wallace, No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota

Ross Chastain, No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet

Martin Truex Jr., No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Team Penske Ford

Tyler Reddick, No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota

Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

Joey Logano, No. 22 Team Penske Ford

Group B

J.J. Yeley, No. 44 NY Racing Team Chevrolet

Kaz Grala, No. 15 Rick Ware Racing Ford

Todd Gilliland, No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford

Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet

Daniel Hemric, No. 31 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet

Ryan Preece, No. 41 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford

Corey LaJoie, No. 51 Rick Ware Racing Ford

Chase Briscoe, No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford

Zane Smith, No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet

Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet

John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42 Legacy Motor Club Toyota

Kyle Busch, No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet

Chris Buescher, No. 17 RFK Racing Ford

Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet

Alex Bowman, No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

Chase Elliott, No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

William Byron, No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

Christopher Bell, No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

The Straight Talk Wireless 400 is set to be broadcast live on NBC from Homestead-Miami Speedway beginning at 2:30 p.m. ET this Sunday, October 27. Joe Gibbs Racing's Christopher Bell won last year's race to clinch a spot in the Championship 4, and he is the current points leader. Start a free trial of FuboTV now and don't miss any of the action!