Coca-Cola 600 qualifying rained out, points leader Reddick on pole
CONCORD, N.C.—Persistent rain washed away NASCAR Cup Series qualifying Saturday afternoon, placing points leader Tyler Reddick on the pole position for Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Reddick’s No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota will start first when the green flag falls on stock-car racing’s longest event on Sunday (6 p.m. ET, Prime Video, HBO Max, PRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). He will be flanked on the front row by fellow Toyota driver Ty Gibbs, who was second in the inclement weather lineup in Joe Gibbs Racing’s No. 54.
Wet weather has stymied the weekend schedule at the 1.5-mile North Carolina track, with rain disrupting on-track activity for the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series and Craftsman Truck Series and causing all three series to set their lineups according to the NASCAR Rule Book.
The rest of the top five (in order): Trackhouse Racing’s Shane van Gisbergen, Spire Motorsports’ Michael McDowell and Joe Gibbs Racing’s Chase Briscoe.
O’Reilly Series regular Austin Hill will start 13th Sunday in the No. 33 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet, taking the place of Kyle Busch, the two-time Cup Series champion who died Thursday. Hill will be making his third Cup Series start of the season in Sunday’s 600-miler.
Stenhouse sets pace in Cup Series practice
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. led the way in a 45-minute practice session Saturday afternoon, putting his No. 47 Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet first on the leaderboard at 185.765 mph.
Stenhouse’s best lap was 0.106 seconds faster than Carson Hocevar’s, clocking at 185.090 mph in the No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevy. Michael McDowell was third-fastest in another Spire Chevy at 184.932. McDowell was also tops in the consecutive 10-lap averages category.
Austin Dillon found trouble nearly midway through the session after the left-rear tire on his No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet went down on the backstretch. The only other incident came when rookie Corey Heim’s No. 67 23XI Racing Toyota scraped the outside retaining wall in Turn 1.
Austin Hill was 28th on the speed charts in the No. 33 Chevrolet. Katherine Legge, who will attempt “The Double” with competition in both the Indy 500 and Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday, was 38th-fastest in the 39-car field in the Live Fast Motorsports No. 78 Chevrolet.
Starting Line Up by Row
Charlotte Motor Speedway
Coca-Cola 600
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Saturday, 5/23/2026 @ 01:20 PM Eastern
Driver Date Time Speed
Track Race Record: Jeff Gordon 05/19/01 00:34:03 185.022
Pos Car Driver Team Time Speed
Row 1: 1 45 Tyler Reddick Mobil 1/O'Reilly Auto Parts Toyota 0.000 0.000
2 54 Ty Gibbs Monster Energy Toyota 0.000 0.000
Row 2: 3 97 Shane Van Gisbergen SuperFile Chevrolet 0.000 0.000
4 71 Michael McDowell Modo Casino Chevrolet 0.000 0.000
Row 3: 5 19 Chase Briscoe Bass Pro Shops Toyota 0.000 0.000
6 12 Ryan Blaney BODYARMOR FLASH I.V. Ford 0.000 0.000
Row 4: 7 17 Chris Buescher Body Guard Ford 0.000 0.000
8 2 Austin Cindric Menards/Duracell Ford 0.000 0.000
Row 5: 9 3 Austin Dillon Bass Pro Shops/Winchester Patriotic 0.000 0.000
10 16 AJ Allmendinger Black's Tire Chevrolet 0.000 0.000
Row 6: 11 11 Denny Hamlin National Debt Relief Toyota 0.000 0.000
12 60 Ryan Preece Kroger/SToK Ford 0.000 0.000
Row 7: 13 33 Austin Hill(i) Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen Chevrolet 0.000 0.000
14 7 Daniel Suarez Freeway Insurance Chevrolet 0.000 0.000
Row 8: 15 42 John Hunter Nemechek Dollar Tree Toyota 0.000 0.000
16 9 Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet 0.000 0.000
Row 9: 17 20 Christopher Bell Interstate Batteries Toyota 0.000 0.000
18 5 Kyle Larson HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 0.000 0.000
Row 10: 19 38 Zane Smith Aaron's Rent To Own Ford 0.000 0.000
20 34 Todd Gilliland Grillo's Pickles Ford 0.000 0.000
Row 11: 21 43 Erik Jones AdventHealth Toyota 0.000 0.000
22 41 Cole Custer Sysco/Hickory Tavern Chevrolet 0.000 0.000
Row 12: 23 77 Carson Hocevar Chili's Ride the 'Dente Chevrolet 0.000 0.000
24 23 Bubba Wallace Columbia Toyota 0.000 0.000
Row 13: 25 88 Connor Zilisch # Red Bull Chevrolet 0.000 0.000
26 6 Brad Keselowski BuildSubmarines.com Ford 0.000 0.000
Row 14: 27 1 Ross Chastain Jockey x Folds of Honor Chevrolet 0.000 0.000
28 4 Noah Gragson Rush Truck Centers Ford 0.000 0.000
Row 15: 29 48 Alex Bowman Ally Chevrolet 0.000 0.000
30 35 Riley Herbst FRE Nicotine Pouches Toyota 0.000 0.000
Row 16: 31 24 William Byron Raptor Chevrolet 0.000 0.000
32 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Three Finger Jack Chevrolet 0.000 0.000
Row 17: 33 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 0.000 0.000
34 21 Josh Berry eero Ford 0.000 0.000
Row 18: 35 10 Ty Dillon Grizzly Nicotine Pouches Chevrolet 0.000 0.000
36 66 Timmy Hill(i) Pinnacle Mortgage Corp. Ford 0.000 0.000
Row 19: 37 78 Katherine Legge e.l.f. Cosmetics Chevrolet 0.000 0.000
38 51 Cody Ware Evel Knievel Museum/World Supercross 0.000 0.000
Row 20: 39 67 Corey Heim(i) Fleetio Toyota 0.000 0.000
Did Not Qualify: None.
Manufacturer Starting Lineup DNQs Manufacturer Starting Lineup DNQs
Chevrolet 18 0 Ford 11 0
Toyota 10 0
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
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