Final qualifying results: Christopher Bell was the fastest driver in the second round of qualifying and claimed pole position for Sunday’s race. Kyle Larson will join him on the front row and the rest of the starting lineup is listed below.
Qualifying results, Group B: Ross Chastain was the fastest driver in the second group of the first round. The rest of the drivers advancing to the second round include Christopher Bell, Kyle Larson, Michael McDowell, and Austin Dillon. Ty Gibbs and Kyle Busch damaged their cars in practice and did not record qualifying times.
Qualifying results, Group A: Tyler Reddick was the fastest driver in the first group to open qualifying on Saturday. The rest of the group that advances to the second round include Bubba Wallace, William Byron, Martin Truex, Jr., and Chase Elliott.
The NASCAR Cup Series continues its 2023 playoffs this weekend at Kansas Speedway. The Hollywood Casino 400 runs on Sunday, and the day before we get qualifying to determine the starting lineup. Qualifying will air on USA and be available via live stream at NBC Sports Live and on the NBC Sports App.
Qualifying gets started at 12:45 p.m. ET and will run a little over an hour. It runs two rounds with thed field split in half for the first round. The drivers all run single-car, one-lap qualifying and the five fastest in each of the two groups advances to the second round. Those ten finalists then compete for pole position. The rest of the starting lineup is then sorted based on qualifying time.
This is the second Cup Series race of the year at Kansas Speedway. Denny Hamlin won the AdventHealth 400 in May and is favored to sweep the Kansas races. DraftKings Sportsbook has him installed at +450 to win, sitting just ahead of Martin Truex, Jr. and Kyle Larson, who are each +600. Larson won the first race of the playoff series last week.
Here is the full entry list for Sunday’s Hollywood Casino 400 Cup Series race. We’ll update it with the full starting lineup as qualifying wraps.
2023 Hollywood Casino 400 qualifying, starting lineup
| Pos. | Driver | Car # | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Driver | Car # | Time |
| 1 | Christopher Bell | 20 | |
| 2 | Kyle Larson | 5 | |
| 3 | Martin Truex Jr | 19 | |
| 4 | Chase Elliott | 9 | |
| 5 | Tyler Reddick | 45 | |
| 6 | Ross Chastain | 1 | |
| 7 | Michael McDowell | 34 | |
| 8 | Austin Dillon | 3 | |
| 9 | William Byron | 24 | |
| 10 | Bubba Wallace | 23 | |
| 11 | Joey Logano | 22 | |
| 12 | Brad Keselowski | 6 | |
| 13 | Chris Buescher | 17 | |
| 14 | Denny Hamlin | 11 | |
| 15 | Daniel Suarez | 99 | |
| 16 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 47 | |
| 17 | Ryan Blaney | 12 | |
| 18 | Austin Cindric | 2 | |
| 19 | Erik Jones | 43 | |
| 20 | Kevin Harvick | 4 | |
| 21 | Carson Hocevar | 42 | |
| 22 | A.J. Allmendinger | 16 | |
| 23 | Alex Bowman | 48 | |
| 24 | Corey LaJoie | 7 | |
| 25 | Aric Almirola | 10 | |
| 26 | Chase Briscoe | 14 | |
| 27 | Cole Custer | 51 | |
| 28 | Ryan Preece | 41 | |
| 29 | Harrison Burton | 21 | |
| 30 | Justin Haley | 31 | |
| 31 | J.J. Yeley | 15 | |
| 32 | Todd Gilliland | 38 | |
| 33 | Ty Dillon | 77 | |
| 34 | Sheldon Creed | 78 | |
| 35 | Kyle Busch | 8 | |
| 36 | Ty Gibbs | 54 |