On Sunday, NASCAR’s finest will be going to battle at Naval Base Coronado in San Diego for the Anduril 250 Race The Base. Coronado is a 3.4-mile 16-turn street course that winds thru streets, runaways and parking lots. This is a challenging track but perhaps more challenging is the tire wear situation. In practice in about 5-laps, tires were wearing out, so buckle up for tons of on track action.

On Friday, practice was held for San Diego. Teams had 50-minutes and keep in mind teams have different agendas. Make sure you check out our San Diego Practice Notes, San Diego 5 Lap Averages and San Diego Practice Speeds.

Here’s the San Diego Qualifying Results/ Starting Lineup. 

San Diego Naval Base Coronado Anduril 250 Race The Base Full Field Fantasy Rankings

1) Shane van Gisbergen
Start 1st / Projected Finish Range 1-6 / Dominator Potential – High
San Diego Outlook – At Naval Base Coronado in the Anduril 250 Race The Base, there’s no question that the road to victory lane goes thru 7-time road course race winner, Shane van Gisbergen. SVG is the premiere road course racer in NASCAR and since 2025 on this track type, he’s 6 for 8 at finishing 1st, has a 2.0 average finish, a 3.1 average running position, the best Driver Rating by a healthy margin and his average Speed Ranking is 1.4. Since SVG has been on the scene in Cup, he’s also a perfect 2 for 2 at winning new debuting road courses (Chicago and Mexico City). This year at road courses, SVG put on a display of domination en route to victory lane at Watkins Glen (led 74 laps, best Total Speed Ranking) and then at COTA he finished 2nd (3rd best Speed Ranking, 4.9 average running position). In practice, SVG said his car wasn’t too bad and had the best 5-lap average.
DraftKings $13,000/ FanDuel $14,500

Further Recommended Reading = San Diego Finish Projections, DraftKings San Diego Scoring Projections, FanDuel San Diego Scoring Projections, Road Course Average Finishes Since 2025, Road Course Total Speed Rankings Since 2025 

2) Ty Gibbs
Start 11th / Projected Finish Range 1-6 / Dominator Potential – Medium
San Diego Outlook – Ty Gibbs will be a driver to be reckoned with at San Diego. Gibbs and the #54 team are elite at road courses and in 2026 on this track type, Gibbs has a 3.5 average finish, the 4th best Driver Rating, the 4th best average running position and his average Speed Ranking is the 5th best. Going back to last year at road courses, Gibbs ranks 5th for Speed and in terms of the results column minus COTA 2025 and Watkins Glen 2025 his average finish is 6.5. One race I’ll highlight over that stretch was his 2nd at Chicago, and that race may very well prove to have the most correlation to Coronado. In practice, Gibbs had the 4th best 5-lap average.
DraftKings $9,700/ FanDuel $12,000

3) Michael McDowell
Start 9th / Projected Finish Range 1-6 / Dominator Potential – Medium
San Diego Outlook – Former Indy Road Course winner, Michael McDowell should be high on your radar at San Diego and there’s no doubt this race is circled on his schedule. McDowell’s been elite at road courses and in 2026 on this track type, McDowell has a 3.5 average finish, has the 3rd best Driver Rating and the 4th best Track Type Total Speed Ranking. Going back to last year on this track type, McDowell ranks 4th for Speed and minus Chicago 2025 where he led 31 laps and looked great but had problems his average finish is 7.3. In 5 of the last 7 races on this track type going back to last year, McDowell’s finished between 2nd to 5th. In practice, McDowell had the 3rd best 5-lap average.
DraftKings $8,800/ FanDuel $11,500