Due to inclement weather, the NASCAR Cup Series will not have a qualifying session on Saturday afternoon (July 18) at North Wilkesboro Speedway.
The lineup for Sunday night’s (July 19) Window World 450 will be set via the metric, putting last weekend’s winner at EchoPark Speedway, Ryan Blaney, on the pole.
Blaney, who finished fifth in the 2024 All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro, will look to score his third win of the 2026 season and close in on Denny Hamlin and Tyler Reddick for the regular season points lead.
Ty Gibbs will share the front row with Blaney, while Christopher Bell and Carson Hocevar make up row two. Reddick will start in the fifth spot.
Erik Jones, the driver on The Chase cut line, will roll off sixth. Points leader Hamlin will start seventh, while Shane van Gisbergen, Chris Buescher, and Chase Elliott round out the top 10 starters.
Cup Starting Lineup at North Wilkesboro
The Window World 450 at North Wilkesboro Speedway will take place on Sunday, July 19th at 7 p.m. ET with TV coverage provided by TNT.
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The race should be starting at 12:30 pm. What are the odds for a total washout tonight? Maybe we’ll get lucky.