NASCAR NOCO 400 at Martinsville Speedway - Full Qualifying Results

Full results from qualifying at Martinsville where Ryan Preece earned pole position for the race.

16 Apr 2023

Ryan Preece, Stewart Haas Racing at Martinsville

2023 NOCO 400 at Martinsville - Qualifying Results
Pos	Driver	Team	Manufacturer
1	Ryan Preece	Stewart Haas Racing	Ford
2	Daniel Suarez	TrackHouse Racing	Chevrolet
3	Aric Almirola	Stewart Haas Racing	Ford
4	Chase Briscoe	Stewart Haas Racing	Ford
5	Martin Truex Jr	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota
6	Tyler Reddick	23XI Racing	Toyota
7	Kevin Harvick	Stewart Haas Racing	Ford
8	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet
9	Bubba Wallace	23XI Racing	Toyota
10	Chris Buescher	RFK Racing	Ford
11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota
12	Ty Gibbs	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota
13	Todd Gilliland	Front Row Motorsports	Ford
14	AJ Allmendinger	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet
15	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford
16	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet
17	Kyle Busch	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet
18	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet
19	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet
20	Michael McDowell	Front Row Motorsports	Ford
21	Brad Keselowski	RFK Racing	Ford
22	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota
23	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet
24	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet
25	Austin Cindric	Team Penske	Ford
26	Justin Haley	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet
27	Corey LaJoie	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet
28	Erik Jones	Legacy Motor Club	Chevrolet
29	Noah Gragson	Legacy Motor Club	Chevrolet
30	Anthony Alfredo	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet
31	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford
32	Harrison Burton	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford
33	Zane Smith	Rick Ware Racing	Ford
34	Ross Chastain	TrackHouse Racing	Chevrolet
35	Ty Dillon	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet
36	JJ Yeley	Rick Ware Racing	Ford

Stewart Haas Racing has found something. The four-car organization dominated qualifying on Saturday at Martinsville, where Ryan Preece earned his first career Cup Series pole. All four SHR cars advanced into the final round of qualifying, and they took three of the top four spots with Kevin Harvick landing in 7th position.

Daniel Suarez will start alongside Preece tomorrow afternoon, as he led a disappointing day for Chevrolet. Suarez held the top spot until Preece made his final lap as the final car in qualifying. The Trackhouse Racing driver and Aric Almirola actually had identical lap times, but Suarez held the tiebreaker in that scenario. Almirola and teammate Chase Briscoe will start from Row 2 tomorrow.

Martin Truex Jr and Tyler Reddick were the top Toyota drivers in qualifying today, and will start the race from Row 3. Harvick, William Byron, Bubba Wallace, and Chris Buescher rounded out the top-ten in the final round of qualifying. Just missing out were Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Denny Hamlin and Ty Gibbs, who will share Row 6 on Sunday.

NASCAR NOCO 400 at Martinsville Speedway - Full Qualifying Results

Several drivers starting in the back will have a major traffic jam to navigate tomorrow. That includes Ryan Blaney, who starts 31st for Team Penske. That organization did not have a good day, with Joey Logano (15th) and Austin Cindric (25th) also struggling for speed and grip. Ross Chastain made "the move hear around the world" at Martinsville last year, but he was nowhere close to his teammate in qualifying today, as he starts 34th tomorrow.

Chase Elliott has returned to the seat of his No. 9 Chevrolet, after missing the last six weeks while he recovered from surgery after breaking his leg in a snowboarding accident. The Hendrick Motorsports driver qualified 24th today and will need to win a race to punch his ticket to the playoffs after receiving a waiver from NASCAR last month.

Previous Martinsville winners

2022: Christopher Bell

2022: William Byron

2021: Alex Bowman

2021: Martin Truex Jr

2020: Chase Elliott

2020: Martin Truex Jr

2019: Martin Truex Jr

2019: Brad Keselowski

2018: Joey Logano

2018: Clint Bowyer

2017: Kyle Busch