NASCAR has published the full qualifying order for the New Hampshire race.

­The annual NASCAR Cup Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway is scheduled for this Sunday afternoon.

This Sunday marks the midway point of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season, as the series returns to New Hampshire Motor Speedway for race number 18 on the 36-race schedule.

Sunday’s USA Today 301 will be a 301-lap race at the four-turn, 1.058-mile (1.703-kilometer) Loudon, New Hampshire oval. Martin Truex Jr., of Joe Gibbs Racing, is the reigning race winner. Truex hasn’t won since last year’s event, which took place in July.

New Hampshire Motor Speedway has been on the Cup Series schedule since 1993. While it hosted two races each year from 1997 to 2017, it has hosted just one race per year since 2018.

The qualifying groups and qualifying order for Saturday’s qualifying session were selected using a four-variable criteria that NASCAR established in 2020. A comprehensive breakdown of that formula may be seen here.

Because New Hampshire Motor Speedway is not considered a short track, each driver is set to perform a single-lap qualifying effort, with the quickest five drivers in each of the two groups planned to progress to the second round shootout for the pole position. Round two is similarly slated to feature single-lap qualifying efforts.

Drivers who do not advance to the second round from the first group will start on the outside row, while drivers from the second group will start on the inside row, a slight change from the series’ most recent visit to Loudon last season.

NASCAR at New Hampshire: Full qualifying order

Group A

Ty Dillon, No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet

Zane Smith, No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet

Erik Jones, No. 43 Legacy Motor Club Toyota

Kyle Busch, No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet

John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42 Legacy Motor Club Toyota

Corey LaJoie, No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet

Justin Haley, No. 51 Rick Ware Racing Ford

Austin Dillon, No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet

Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet

Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

Todd Gilliland, No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford

Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

Tyler Reddick, No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota

Josh Berry, No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford

Ross Chastain, No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet

Joey Logano, No. 22 Team Penske Ford

Christopher Bell, No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Team Penske Ford

Group B

Kaz Grala, No. 15 Rick Ware Racing Ford

Daniel Hemric, No. 31 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet

Ryan Preece, No. 41 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford

Austin Cindric, No. 2 Team Penske Ford

Harrison Burton, No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford

Michael McDowell, No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford

Chase Briscoe, No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford

Noah Gragson, No. 10 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford

Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

Bubba Wallace, No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota

Chris Buescher, No. 17 RFK Racing Ford

Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet

Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Trackhouse Racing Team Chevrolet

Brad Keselowski, No. 6 RFK Racing Ford

Martin Truex Jr., No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

Alex Bowman, No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

William Byron, No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

Chase Elliott, No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

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