NASCAR lineup set for Cup Series playoff race at Martinsville after qualifying

Six playoff drivers at Martinsville are gunning for the two available spots in next week’s championship finale at Phoenix.

No one knows where any of those six will finish Sunday, but after Saturday’s qualifying, we know where they’ll start.

Martin Truex Jr. will begin Sunday’s Xfinity 500 on the pole. He laid down a lap time of 19.686 seconds during the final round of qualifying. Playoff drivers Chase Elliott and William Bryon will follow him in second and third.

Here is the full lineup:

NASCAR Cup Series qualifying lineup for Martinsville

1. Martin Truex Jr., No. 19

2. Chase Elliott, No. 9

3. William Byron, No. 24

4. Chase Briscoe, No. 14

5. Ty Gibbs, No. 54

6. Harrison Burton, No. 21

7. Alex Bowman, No. 48

8. Ryan Preece, No. 41

9. Kyle Larson, No. 5

10. Austin Dillon, No. 3

11. Josh Berry, No. 4

12. Joey Logano, No. 22

13. Todd Gilliland, No. 38

14. Ryan Blaney, No. 12

15. Daniel Hemric, No. 31

16. Christopher Bell, No. 20

17. Michael McDowell, No. 34

18. Brad Keselowski, No. 6

19. Bubba Wallace, No. 23

20. Daniel Suarez, No. 99

21. Erik Jones, No. 43

22. Ross Chastain, No. 1

23. Kyle Busch, No. 8

24. Austin Cindric, No. 2

25. Noah Gragson, No. 10

26. Chris Buescher, No. 17

27. Carson Hocevar, No. 77

28. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47

29. Shane Van Gisbergen, No. 16

30. Justin Haley, No. 7

31. Tyler Reddick, No. 45

32. John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42

33. Kaz Grala, No. 15

34. Corey LaJoie, No. 51

35. Josh Bilicki, No. 66

36. Zane Smith, No. 71

37. Denny Hamlin, No. 11 (Did not qualify)

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When is NASCAR playoff race at Martinsville?

2 p.m.: Cup Series playoff race, Xfinity 500 (NBC).

This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: NASCAR qualifying results: Martinsville lineup, Cup race TV channel