NASCAR: 2024 Talladega qualifying updates, full starting lineup

Talladega Superspeedway is scheduled to host the first of its two annual NASCAR Cup Series races this weekend. The GEICO 500 is the 10th of 36 races on the 2024 schedule, and it is the first superspeedway race since the season began with back-to-back drafting races in February at Daytona International Speedway and Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Sunday afternoon's race is set to be a 188-lap race around the four-turn, 2.66-mile (4.281-kilometer) high-banked Lincoln, Alabama oval. Team Penske's Ryan Blaney is the most recent winner at Talladega, having won the playoff race there last October. Richard Childress Racing's Kyle Busch is the reigning winner of this particular race.

With Talladega being a superspeedway rather than a standard oval, group qualifying is not used to set the starting lineup. The fastest 10 drivers in the single-lap opening round advance to the second round to battle for the pole position with another single-lap run.

The full qualifying order was determined using a set of four variables in a formula that NASCAR came up with in 2020. More on that can be found here.

NASCAR: Full Talladega starting lineup

1st - Michael McDowell, No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford

2nd - Austin Cindric, No. 2 Team Penske Ford

3rd - Todd Gilliland, No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford

4th - Kyle Busch, No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet

5th - Austin Dillon, No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet

6th - Martin Truex Jr., No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

7th - Joey Logano, No. 22 Team Penske Ford

8th - Chris Buescher, No. 17 RFK Racing Ford

9th - Chase Elliott, No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

10th - Christopher Bell, No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

11th - Ryan Preece, No. 41 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford

12th - Alex Bowman, No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

13th - William Byron, No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

14th - Bubba Wallace, No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota

15th - Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

16th - Harrison Burton, No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford

17th - Shane van Gisbergen, No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet

18th - Tyler Reddick, No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota

19th - Daniel Hemric, No. 31 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet

20th - John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42 Legacy Motor Club Toyota

21st - Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Team Penske Ford

22nd - Brad Keselowski, No. 6 RFK Racing Ford

23rd - Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

24th - Justin Haley, No. 51 Rick Ware Racing Ford

25th - Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet

26th - Anthony Alfredo, No. 62 Beard Motorsports Chevrolet -

27th - Chase Briscoe, No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford

28th - Erik Jones, No. 43 Legacy Motor Club Toyota

29th - Josh Berry, No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford

30th - Zane Smith, No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet

31st - Corey LaJoie, No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet

32nd - Ross Chastain, No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet

33rd - Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet

34th - Cody Ware, No. 15 Rick Ware Racing Ford

35th - Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet

36th - Noah Gragson, No. 10 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford

37th - B.J. McLeod, No. 78 Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet -

38th - Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

Round 2 Results

1st - Michael McDowell, No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford

2nd - Austin Cindric, No. 2 Team Penske Ford

3rd - Todd Gilliland, No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford

4th - Kyle Busch, No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet

5th - Austin Dillon, No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet

6th - Martin Truex Jr., No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

7th - Joey Logano, No. 22 Team Penske Ford

8th - Chris Buescher, No. 17 RFK Racing Ford

9th - Chase Elliott, No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

10th - Christopher Bell, No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

Round 1 Results

1st - Michael McDowell, No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford

2nd - Kyle Busch, No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet

3rd - Todd Gilliland, No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford

4th - Austin Cindric, No. 2 Team Penske Ford

5th - Joey Logano, No. 22 Team Penske Ford

6th - Martin Truex Jr., No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

7th - Austin Dillon, No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet

8th - Christopher Bell, No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

9th - Chris Buescher, No. 17 RFK Racing Ford

10th - Chase Elliott, No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

11th - Ryan Preece, No. 41 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford

12th - Alex Bowman, No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

13th - William Byron, No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

14th - Bubba Wallace, No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota

15th - Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

16th - Harrison Burton, No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford

17th - Shane van Gisbergen, No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet

18th - Tyler Reddick, No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota

19th - Daniel Hemric, No. 31 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet

20th - John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42 Legacy Motor Club Toyota

21st - Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Team Penske Ford

22nd - Brad Keselowski, No. 6 RFK Racing Ford

23rd - Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

24th - Justin Haley, No. 51 Rick Ware Racing Ford

25th - Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet

26th - Anthony Alfredo, No. 62 Beard Motorsports Chevrolet -

27th - Chase Briscoe, No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford

28th - Erik Jones, No. 43 Legacy Motor Club Toyota

29th - Josh Berry, No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford

30th - Zane Smith, No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet

31st - Corey LaJoie, No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet

32nd - Ross Chastain, No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet

33rd - Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet

34th - Cody Ware, No. 15 Rick Ware Racing Ford

35th - Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet

36th - Noah Gragson, No. 10 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford

37th - B.J. McLeod, No. 78 Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet -

38th - Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

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