Final Group Update: Christopher Bell has captured the pole for Sunday’s FireKeepers Casino 400 in Michigan. Ross Chastain finished second and will join Bell on the front row. The rest of the starting lineup can be found below.
Group B Update: Ty Gibbs, Ross Chastain, Christopher Bell, Martin Truex Jr. and Chris Buescher advance to the final round of qualifying from Group B.
Group A Update: William Byron, Chase Elliott, Ryan Blaney, Joey Logano and Kyle Busch advance to the final round of qualifying from Group A.
The NASCAR Cup Series has four races remaining in the regular season, all coming in August to set the 16-driver playoff field. August opens with the FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway. The race is scheduled for Sunday at 2:30 p.m. ET, and qualifying precedes it on Saturday.
The field of drivers is split in half for qualifying. The first half each run a single-car, single lap qualifying and the five fastest drivers advance to the second round. The second half does the same thing to set up a ten-driver final. Those ten drivers each run single-car, single lap qualifying to secure pole position and fill out the rest of the top ten of the starting lineup.
Kevin Harvick is the defending champ of this race and is +850 to repeat at DraftKings Sportsbook. Two-time race champ Denny Hamlin is the favorite with +550 odds.
Here is the full entry list for Sunday’s FireKeepers Casino 400 Cup Series race. We’ll update it with the full starting lineup as qualifying wraps.
2023 FireKeepers Casino 400 qualifying results
| Pos. | Driver | Car # |
|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Driver | Car # |
| 1 | Christopher Bell | 20 |
| 2 | Ross Chastain | 1 |
| 3 | Ty Gibbs | 54 |
| 4 | Chris Buescher | 17 |
| 5 | Martin Truex Jr | 19 |
| 6 | Joey Logano | 22 |
| 7 | William Byron | 24 |
| 8 | Kyle Busch | 8 |
| 9 | Ryan Blaney | 12 |
| 10 | Chase Elliott | 9 |
| 11 | Bubba Wallace | 23 |
| 12 | Brad Keselowski | 6 |
| 13 | Denny Hamlin | 11 |
| 14 | Daniel Suarez | 99 |
| 15 | Tyler Reddick | 45 |
| 16 | Austin Dillon | 3 |
| 17 | Kyle Larson | 5 |
| 18 | Aric Almirola | 10 |
| 19 | Chase Briscoe | 14 |
| 20 | Alex Bowman | 48 |
| 21 | Austin Cindric | 2 |
| 22 | Kevin Harvick | 4 |
| 23 | Michael McDowell | 34 |
| 24 | A.J. Allmendinger | 16 |
| 25 | Erik Jones | 43 |
| 26 | Justin Haley | 31 |
| 27 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 47 |
| 28 | Ryan Preece | 41 |
| 29 | Harrison Burton | 21 |
| 30 | Austin Hill | 62 |
| 31 | Corey LaJoie | 7 |
| 32 | Todd Gilliland | 38 |
| 33 | Cole Custer | 51 |
| 34 | Ty Dillon | 77 |
| 35 | Josh Berry | 42 |
| 36 | J.J. Yeley | 15 |
| 37 | Josh Bilicki | 78 |