After a couple hours of delay due to weather in the area, NASCAR decided to cancel Cup Series practice and qualifying for the Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway.
Using the metric, Tyler Reddick will start on the pole after his top-five run at Daytona International Speedway last weekend.
Daniel Suarez will share the front row with Reddick, then Ryan Preece, Denny Hamlin and Michael McDowell complete the top five starting spots.
Austin Cindric, Chase Briscoe, Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Austin Dillon and Alex Bowman will start in the sixth to 10th positions.
With all the incidents involving Chase drivers at Daytona, 10 of the 16 contenders will start outside the top 10 and five of them will start 24th or worse.
There were no DNQs as there were only 38 entries for the event.
Southern 500 Starting Lineup
The Cook Out Southern 500 from Darlington Raceway, the 27th race of the season and the first Chase race, is scheduled to take place on Sunday, Sept. 6, with coverage beginning at 5 p.m. ET on USA.
Michael Bellifemini joined Frontstretch in February 2026 as a contributor. Bellifemini was born and raised in New Jersey and graduated from Seton Hall University. He called Seton Hall men's and women's basketball games for their college radio station, 89.5 FM WSOU, and continues to broadcast in the area. Outside of covering NASCAR, Bellifemini is also an avid baseball, football, basketball, and hockey fan and enjoys watching different sports leagues on a daily basis.
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