NASCAR Average Starting Position At Road Courses Between 2018-2019
On Sunday at Circuit Of The Americas (COTA), NASCAR will have qualifying before the race at 11 AM (ET)! With a 2:30 PM start time, there will be a tremendous time crunch before the race.
It’s been awhile since Cup cars last qualified at road courses. To help anticipate who’ll potentially qualify well, below are drivers average starting position at road courses between 2018 and the 2019 season.
| Rank | Driver | Average Starting Position | Races |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyle Larson | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | AJ Allmendinger | 5 | 3 |
| 3 | Chase Elliott | 5.7 | 6 |
| 4 | Martin Truex Jr | 6.5 | 6 |
| 5 | William Byron | 8.3 | 6 |
| 6 | Kyle Busch | 8.7 | 6 |
| 7 | Joey Logano | 10 | 6 |
| 8 | Ryan Blaney | 11.3 | 6 |
| 9 | Alex Bowman | 12.2 | 6 |
| 10 | Kevin Harvick | 14 | 6 |
| 11 | Denny Hamlin | 14.8 | 6 |
| 12 | Daniel Suarez | 15 | 6 |
| 13 | Aric Almirola | 15.2 | 6 |
| 14 | Chris Buescher | 15.5 | 6 |
| 15 | Brad Keselowski | 15.8 | 6 |
| 16 | Michael McDowell | 16.3 | 6 |
| 17 | Erik Jones | 17 | 6 |
| 18 | Kurt Busch | 17.7 | 6 |
| 19 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 19 | 6 |
| 20 | Ryan Preece | 21 | 3 |
| 21 | Ryan Newman | 22 | 6 |
| 22 | Matt DiBenedetto | 23.8 | 6 |
| 23 | Austin Dillon | 26.5 | 6 |
| 24 | Corey Lajoie | 28.7 | 3 |
| 25 | Bubba Wallace | 30.5 | 6 |
| 26 | Justin Haley | 33 | 1 |
| 28 | Josh Bilicki | 34 | 4 |
| 29 | JJ Yeley | 34.3 | 3 |
| 29 | Ross Chastain | 34.6 | 5 |
| 30 | Garrett Smithley | 35 | 1 |
| 31 | Cody Ware | 35.7 | 3 |
| 32 | Timmy Hill | 36.5 | 2 |
| 33 | Reed Sorenson | 37.7 | 3 |
