Saturday's NASCAR Cup Series qualifying session at Chicagoland Speedway, if it isn't canceled due to rain, is set to be a standard oval qualifying session, as Chicagoland is considered an intermediate track.
There is just one round of qualifying, rather than both an opening round and a pole position shootout like NASCAR runs at superspeedways, and each driver is set to one single timed lap, rather than two like NASCAR runs on short tracks. It is not a group session like NASCAR runs on road and street courses.
The qualifying order was determined by the two-variable metric that NASCAR introduced in 2025 to replace the old four-variable metric.
NASCAR has not contested a Cup Series race at the four-turn, 1.5-mile (2.414-kilometer) oval in Joliet, Illinois since 2019. The track was on the initial schedule in 2020, but it was replaced due to various COVID-19-related restrictions, and it did not return in 2021.
Sunday's race is set to get the second half of the 36-race 2026 season underway, and it is one of eight races remaining on the regular season schedule. It is also the second race of the second annual five-race In-Season Challenge tournament.
Follow along with our eero 400 qualifying updates from Chicagoland Speedway.
NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup at Chicagoland
Note that this starting lineup is not official until all 38 drivers on the entry list is included.
Chicagoland Speedway is set to host the eero 400 this Sunday, July 5, with TNT's live coverage scheduled to begin at 6:00 p.m. ET. Catch all of the action from the track's first NASCAR Cup Series race in seven years!
