NASCAR starting for Texas: Byron Second, Larson Fourth in the Cup series Qualifying for the Sunday race

Fort Worth, Texas – With regard to 1.5 mile routes, only a few are harder than Texas Motor Speedway.

With its two corners, which were built differently than one another, the field of the Nascar Cup series in the Lone Star State is a unique challenge.

So solid starting places are a bonus. And they were on the line on Saturday.

Both William Byron and Kyle Larson will start for Hendrick Motorsports in the top 5. Byron turned the second best round of the session at 28.189 seconds, while Larson was fourth best. Alex Bowman has just missed a top 10 place and will take off the 11th place after a round of 28,284. Chase Elliott rounded off the group and begins the 29th place.

“I had the feeling that I hit one and two pretty well. I was just right on the edge when I was two tight and then (turning) three and four open,” said Byron. “Just appreciate all the boys on the 24th. You did a great job today. We were good in the miles and a half miles and of course only tried to choose our racing balance and feel very close.”

Hendrick Motorsports is the standard carrier in most statistical categories in the quad -oval, which leads in Siegen (12), Poland (eight), top -fives (45), TOP 10S (80) and LAP -LED (3,150). The team teamed up to win three of the last four races in Texas, with Larson winning Byron in 2023 and Elliott last year 2021. Larson also went to the Victory Lane in the All-Star race on the Texas Motor Speedway in 2021.

The Saturday race on the Texas Motor Speedway was to be the second start of the season in No. 17 Hendrickcars.com Chevrolet at 2 p.m. Corey Day on Nascar Xfinity Race and rolled the 33rd place after the qualifying was scrapped on Friday afternoon due to rain. Larson will fill out for the injured Connor Zilisch in No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet.

The Main Event of the Sunday Cup Series is planned for a green flag at 3:30 p.m. and is broadcast on FS1.

Where is Nascar race this weekend?

All three national tour series from Nascar are located on the Texas Motor Speedway.

NASCAR -TV time plan this weekend

Saturday, May 3rd

Sunday, May 4th

• 3:30 p.m. – Cup Series Race, FS1

NASCAR Qualifying Lineup for Sunday

1. Carson Hocevar, No. 77, 28.175
2. William Byron, No. 24 Raptor Chevrolet, 28.189
3. Austin Cindric, No. 2, 28.195
4. Kyle Larson, No. 5 Valvoline Chevrolet, 28.21
5. Michael McDowell, No. 71, 28.223
6. Ty Gibbs, No. 54, 28.229
7. Josh Berry, No. 21, 28.233
8. Denny Hamlin, No. 11, 28.248
9. Bubba Wallace, No. 23, 28.249
10. AJ Allmendinger, No. 16, 28.276
11. Alex Bowman, No. 48 Ally Chevrolet, 28.284
12. Chris Buescher, No. 17, 28:309
13. Zane Smith, No. 38, 28.325
14. Erik Jones, No. 43, 28.334
15. Justin Haley, 28.337
16. Christopher Bell, No. 20, 28.356
17. Tyler Reddick, No. 45, 28.363
18. Noah Gragson, No. 4, 28.368
19. Austin Dillon, No. 38, 28.381
20. Cole Custer, No. 41, 28.438
21. Riley Herbst, No. 35, 28.447
    
22. Chase Briscoe, No. 19, 28.449
23. Ty Dillon, No. 10, 28.475
24. Ryan Blaney, No. 12, 28.512
25. Daniel Suarez, No. 99, 28.532
26. Kyle Busch, No. 8, 28.541
27. Joey Logano, No. 22, 28.545
28. John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42, 28.554
29. Chase Elliott, No. 9 Napa 100th anniversary Chevrolet, 28.588
30. Brad Keselowski, No. 6, 28.636
31. Ross Chastain, No. 1, 28.658
32. Todd Gilliland, No. 34, 28,659
33. Ryan Preece, No. 60, 28.696
34. Jesse Love, No. 62, 28.935
35. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47, 28.704
36. Cody Ware, No. 51, 28.942
37. Shane van Gisbergen, No. 88, 29.193
38. Chad Finchum, No. 66, 29.833

NASCAR practice results

1. Carson Hocevar, No. 77, 28.288
2. AJ Allmendinger, No. 16, 28.389
3. Noah Gragson, No. 4, 28.421
4. Kyle Larson, No. 5 Valvoline Chevrolet, 28.432
5. Michael McDowell, No. 71, 28.446
6. Josh Berry, No. 21, 28.447
7. Alex Bowman, No. 48 Ally Chevrolet, 28.462
8. Tyler Reddick, No. 45, 28.548
9. Erik Jones, No. 43, 28.549
10. Austin Dillon, No. 38, 28.558
11. Austin Cindric, No. 2, 28.562
12. Daniel Suarez, No. 99, 28.594
13. Justin Haley, No. 7, 28.62
14. Ty Gibbs, No. 54, 28.623
15. William Byron, No. 24 Raptor Chevrolet, 28,641
16. Denny Hamlin, No. 11, 28.644
17. John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42, 28.652
18. Bubba Wallace, No. 23, 28,659
19. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47, 28.66
20. Chase Briscoe, No. 19, 28.681
21. Brad Keselowski, No. 6, 28.696
22. Chris Buescher, No. 17, 28,698
23. Chase Elliott, No. 9 Napa 100th anniversary Chevrolet, 28.712
24. Ryan Blaney, No. 12, 28.713
25. Christopher Bell, No. 20, 28.738
26. Cole Custer, No. 00, 28.748
27. Todd Gilliland, No. 34, 28.767
28. Zane Smith, No. 38, 28.839
29. Ross Chastain, No. 1, 28.895
30. Kyle Busch, No. 8, 28.917
31. Joey Logano, No. 22, 28.941
32. Ryan Preece, No. 60, 28.961
33. Riley Herbst, No. 35, 29.018
34. Ty Dillon, No. 10, 29.06
35. Cody Ware, No. 51, 29.202
36. Shane van Gisbergen, No. 88, 29.286
37. Jesse Love, No. 62, 29.629
38. Chad Finchum, No. 66, 30.388