NASCAR Xfinity Series qualifying order for Indianapolis Motor Speedway
QUALIFYING ORDER: Cup Series | Xfinity Series | Craftsman Truck Series
The qualifying order below is determined via metric that combines the previous race finish by owner (70%) and current owner points position (30%).
Saturday's qualifying session will be one lap and just one round.
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# denotes series rookie(i) denotes ineligible for driver points
Pos.
Car No.
Driver
Metric Score
Group
1
74
Dawson Cram
41.6
1
2
35
David Starr
40.7
1
3
53
Joey Gase
40.4
1
4
14
Garrett Smithley
35.3
1
5
28
Kyle Sieg
33.6
1
6
91
Josh Bilicki
33.4
1
7
07
Logan Bearden
31.8
1
8
71
Ryan Ellis
30.3
1
9
31
Blaine Perkins
30.2
1
10
45
Mason Massey
29.8
1
11
48
Nick Sanchez #
29.5
1
12
70
Leland Honeyman
29.3
1
13
32
Katherine Legge (i)
26.5
1
14
11
Josh Williams
25.2
1
15
51
Jeremy Clements
24.8
1
16
44
Brennan Poole
23.5
1
17
42
Anthony Alfredo
23.3
1
18
4
Parker Retzlaff
21.4
1
19
10
Daniel Dye #
20.1
1
20
8
Sammy Smith
19.2
2
21
27
Jeb Burton
17.9
2
22
17
Kyle Larson (i)
17.6
2
23
99
Matt DiBenedetto
17.3
2
24
26
Dean Thompson #
16.0
2
25
18
William Sawalich #
13.2
2
26
1
Carson Kvapil
12.6
2
27
16
Christian Eckes #
12.1
2
28
25
Harrison Burton
11.9
2
29
21
Austin Hill
10.3
2
30
41
Sam Mayer
9.3
2
31
39
Ryan Sieg
8.7
2
32
00
Sheldon Creed
8.3
2
33
54
Taylor Gray #
8.2
2
34
2
Jesse Love
5.0
2
35
19
Aric Almirola
4.4
2
36
20
Brandon Jones
3.9
2
37
7
Justin Allgaier
3.1
2
38
88
Connor Zilisch #
1.3
2
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