Ryan Blaney will lead the field to green for Sunday’s Iowa Corn 350 Powered by Ethanol after winning the pole during NASCAR Cup Series qualifying at Iowa Speedway on Saturday.
The Team Penske driver turned a blazing lap of 23.474 seconds to earn his third pole award of the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season, edging Hendrick Motorsports’ Kyle Larson, who qualified second with a lap of 23.492 seconds.
Joey Logano also posted a 23.492-second lap but will roll off third after the tiebreaker, giving Team Penske two of the top-three starting spots. Brad Keselowski qualified fourth, while Tyler Reddick rounded out the top five.
Connor Zilisch qualified eighth, while Ross Chastain and Erik Jones also secured top-10 starting positions.
Below are the official NASCAR Cup Series qualifying results from Iowa Speedway.
NASCAR Cup Qualifying Results at Iowa Speedway
Pos. Driver Time
1 Ryan Blaney 23.474
2 Kyle Larson 23.492
3 Joey Logano 23.492
4 Brad Keselowski 23.503
5 Tyler Reddick 23.523
6 Ty Gibbs 23.545
7 Austin Dillon 23.545
8 Connor Zilisch 23.550
9 Ross Chastain 23.566
10 Erik Jones 23.595
11 Michael McDowell 23.598
12 Austin Cindric 23.599
13 Josh Berry 23.602
14 Zane Smith 23.617
15 Noah Gragson 23.625
16 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 23.643
17 Todd Gilliland 23.653
18 Carson Hocevar 23.655
19 William Byron 23.662
20 Chase Briscoe 23.663
21 John Hunter Nemechek 23.663
22 Christopher Bell 23.674
23 Shane van Gisbergen 23.682
24 Austin Hill 23.687
25 AJ Allmendinger 23.701
26 Bubba Wallace 23.709
27 Chris Buescher 23.718
28 Riley Herbst 23.729
29 Denny Hamlin 23.762
30 Alex Bowman 23.777
31 Ty Dillon 23.802
32 Chase Elliott 23.819
33 Daniel Suarez 23.848
34 Cody Ware 23.87
35 Ryan Preece 23.964
36 Cole Custer 24.004
Blaney will now look to convert his pole-winning effort into a victory in Sunday’s Iowa Corn 350 Powered by Ethanol as the NASCAR Cup Series returns to the 0.875-mile short track for one of the final races of the regular season.
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