NASCAR qualifying order for Cup Series at Sonoma in June 2026

The NASCAR Cup Series is set to arrive at Sonoma Raceway for its 18th race of the 2026 season. It is the only date in Sonoma, as NASCAR visits the venue once per season. In 2025, Shane van Gisbergen won the pole for the Cup Series race at Sonoma, marking his third and final pole position during the season.

First, the Cup Series needs to qualify for the event in Sonoma, and the qualifying format is simple. The session will be split into Groups A and B. Each group will have a certain amount of time to complete a run.

There will only be one round, so the best lap time will determine where a driver starts. The metric system determines the qualifying order and groups.Below, you can check out the NASCAR qualifying order and groups for the 2026 Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma this weekend!

NASCAR Cup Series qualifying order for Sonoma (June 2026):(Group A)No. 88 Connor ZilischNo. 4 Noah GragsonNo.

33 Austin HillNo. 41 Cole CusterNo. 97 Shane van GisbergenNo.

10 Ty DillonNo. 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.No.

20 Christopher BellNo. 21 Josh BerryNo. 6 Brad KeselowskiNo.

48 Alex BowmanNo. 51 Cody WareNo. 24 William ByronNo.

3 Austin DillonNo. 34 Todd GillilandNo. 2 Austin CindricNo.

42 John Hunter NemechekNo. 43 Erik Jones(Group B)No. 22 Joey LoganoNo.

45 Tyler ReddickNo. 77 Carson HocevarNo. 19 Chase BriscoeNo.

71 Michael McDowellNo. 35 Riley HerbstNo. 54 Ty GibbsNo.

60 Ryan PreeceNo. 1 Ross ChastainNo. 7 Daniel SuarezNo.

11 Denny HamlinNo. 9 Chase ElliottNo. 38 Zane SmithNo.

16 AJ AllmendingerNo. 12 Ryan BlaneyNo. 17 Chris BuescherNo.

23 Bubba WallaceNo. 5 Kyle LarsonMore: How to watch NASCAR live at Sonoma in June 2026, full scheduleThis article originally appeared on Motorsports Wire: NASCAR qualifying order for Cup Series at Sonoma in June 2026