The Las Vegas Motor Speedway is ready to host the seventh annual South Point 400 this weekend. The seventh playoff race of the season and the first race of Round of 8 begin at 2:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, October 20, in a 400.5-mile action-packed contest.The Las Vegas Motor Speedway, in Las Vegas, Nevada, boasts a 1.5-mile-long quad-oval track. The track hosted the first South Point 400 in 2018 and had 20 degrees of banking in each turn and nine degrees on the front and backstretch.Apart from making its second appearance on the NASCAR Cup Series calendar this year, the Las Vegas Motor Speedway will also host the Xfinity Series races this weekend.The South Point 400 will feature 37 drivers. Like the other NASCAR races, the practice and qualifying session will open the race weekend on Saturday, October 19, at 4:35 pm ET and 5:20 pm ET on USA Network and NBC Sports to determine the starting positions for the NASCAR Cup Series’ seventh race of the playoffs.Qualifying order for the 2024 South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor SpeedwayFOX Sports’ Bob Pockrass tweeted the qualifying order for the South Point 400 this weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway:The Cup Series qualifying session starts with Cody Ware leading Group A and Jimmie Johnson leading Group B. Below is the full qualifying order for the 2024 South Point 400:Group A: Driver – Metric ScoreCody Ware - 35.750John Hunter Nemechek - 33.750Justin Haley - 29.300Shane Van Gisbergen - 28.400Chase Briscoe - 27.600Ryan Preece - 26.550Josh Berry - 25.250Ty Gibbs - 23.300Zane Smith - 21.400Todd Gilliland - 19.700Martin Truex, Jr. - 17.400Kyle Busch - 17.250Chris Buescher - 15.650Carson Hocevar - 13.650Denny Hamlin (P) - 13.750Joey Logano (P) - 9.650Chase Elliott (P) - 7.200Christopher Bell (P) - 2.600Group B: Driver – Metric ScoreJimmie Johnson - 41.700Corey LaJoie - 35.450Erik Jones - 31.900Noah Gragson - 28.450Alex Bowman - 27.850Daniel Hemric - 27.500Austin Dillon - 25.950Daniel Suarez - 23.600Ross Chastain - 22.150Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. - 19.850Harrison Burton - 17.700Michael McDowell - 17.350Brad Keselowski - 17.150Bubba Wallace - 13.950Austin Cindric - 8.050Ryan Blaney (P) - 10.050Tyler Reddick (P) - 7.900William Byron (P) - 5.300Kyle Larson (P) - 1.300Watch all your favorite NASCAR Cup Series teams and drivers at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway live on NBC Sports this weekend.