NASCAR 2024: Qualifying order for the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway

Bristol Motor Speedway is ready to host the 64th annual Food City 500 this weekend. The fifth race of the season starts at 3:30 pm ET on Sunday, Mar. 17, in a 266.5-mile action-packed contest.

Located in Bristol, Tennessee, the Bristol Motor Speedway boasts a concrete surface track with a 0.533-mile short total track length. The track opened in 1961 and features 22-24 degrees of banking in turns and nine degrees on the straights.

Apart from making one of the two appearances on the Cup Series calendar this year, the Bristol track will also host the Truck Series race this weekend.

The Food City 500 will feature 36 drivers. Like the other NASCAR races, the practice and qualifying sessions will open this racing weekend on Saturday at 5 pm ET and at 5:50 pm ET on FS1, which will determine the starting positions for Sunday's race.

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Qualifying order for 2024 Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway

FOX Sports' Bob Pockrass has tweeted the qualifying order for the Food City 500 this weekend at the Bristol Motor Speedway:

The Cup Series qualifying session kicks off with Kaulig Racing’s AJ Allmendinger leading Group A and Richard Childress Racing driver Austin Dillon leading Group B.

The qualifying order for 2024 Food City 500 has been divided into Groups A and Group B. The order will be as follows:

Group A: Driver – Metric score

1. AJ Allmendinger - 37.050
2. Zane Smith - 31.100
3. Joey Logano - 30.650
4. Corey LaJoie - 28.450
5. Daniel Hemric - 27.250
6. Justin Haley - 26.350
7. John Hunter Nemechek - 23.300
8. Todd Gilliland - 21.900
9. Kyle Busch - 19.500
10. Noah Gragson - 17.050
11. Bubba Wallace - 16.200
12. Daniel Suarez - 13.000
13. Michael McDowell - 11.750
14. William Byron - 11.150
15. Chris Buescher - 9.300
16. Ross Chastain - 8.300
17. Christopher Bell - 6.950
18. Ryan Blaney - 5.250

Group B: Driver – Metric score

1. Austin Dillon - 32.950
2. Kaz Grala - 31.100
3. Josh Berry - 29.300
4. Austin Cindric - 28.050
5. Harrison Burton - 27.000
6. Ryan Preece - 25.300
7. Erik Jones - 22.250
8. Ricky Stenhouse Jr - 21.250
9. Carson Hocevar - 17.550
10. Alex Bowman - 16.650
11. Chase Elliott - 13.550
12. Chase Briscoe - 12.200
13. Brad Keselowski - 11.200
14. Kyle Larson - 10.250
15. Denny Hamlin - 8.900
16. Tyler Reddick - 7.050
17. Martin Truex Jr - 5.900
18. Ty Gibbs - 3.750

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Catch all your favorite NASCAR Cup Series teams and drivers at Bristol Motor Speedway this weekend live on FS1 and PRN.