Starting Lineup for Texas 2

Contrary to popular belief, starting position hasn’t meant a whole lot at the 1.5-mile tracks this season. In fact, the average starting position for the winners on this track type in 2019 is 12.4, and in the last two races, they’ve started 23rd (Hamlin at Kansas) and 24th (Truex at Las Vegas 2). Here at Texas, Denny Hamlin went to victory lane in the spring, and he started 6th. Still, eight of the top twelve finishers starting 11th or worse, with seven of them starting 16th or worse.

AAA Texas 500 Qualifying Results

1. Kevin Harvick
2. Erik Jones
3. Denny Hamlin
4. Kurt Busch
5. Alex Bowman
6. Aric Almirola
7. Daniel Suarez
8. Brad Keselowski
9. Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.
10. Matt DiBenedetto
11. Joey Logano
12. Kyle Busch
13. Kyle Larson
14. Chase Elliott
15. Ryan Blaney
16. Daniel Hemric
17. Martin Truex, Jr.
18. William Byron
19. Ty Dillon
20. Chris Buescher
21. Austin Dillon
22. Bubba Wallace
23. Jimmie Johnson
24. Clint Bowyer
25. Ryan Newman
26. David Ragan
27. Michael McDowell
28. Ryan Preece
29. John Hunter Nemechek
30. Parker Kligerman
31. Paul Menard
32. Landon Cassill
33. Corey LaJoie
34. JJ Yeley
35. Ross Chastain
36. Garrett Smithley
37. Quin Houff
38. Joe Nemechek
39. Josh BIlicki
40. Timmy Hill