{"id":276345,"date":"2026-05-02T20:37:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T20:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/276345\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T20:37:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T20:37:12","slug":"texas-lineup-and-tv-schedule-for-the-nascar-race-may-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/276345\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas lineup and TV schedule for the NASCAR race (May 2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NASCAR race info page for Texas Motor Speedway<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, the NASCAR Cup Series will take the green flag at Texas Motor Speedway. Saturday\u2019s qualifying session has set the starting lineup for the race with Carson Hocevar on the pole position.<\/p>\n<p>View the NASCAR starting lineup and info for Texas Motor Speedway below. <\/p>\n<p>Stages:<br \/>80\/165\/267<\/p>\n<p>2026 Purse:<br \/>$11,233,037<\/p>\n<p>Texas Motor Speedway<br \/>TV Schedule<\/p>\n<p>What channel is the NASCAR race on?<\/p>\n<p>Sunday<br \/>May 3, 2026<\/p>\n<p>3:30pm ET<br \/>FS1 | FOX One | PRN<br \/>NASCAR Cup Series<br \/>Race<\/p>\n<p>NASCAR.com<br \/>Press Pass: Post NCS Race<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/racingnews.co\/2026\/04\/30\/nascar-tv-schedule-texas-motor-speedway-may-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to view the full TV schedule<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Texas Motor Speedway<br \/>Starting Grid<br \/>May 3, 2026<br \/>NASCAR Cup Series<\/p>\n<p>Pos | Driver | Best Time<\/p>\n<p>1. Carson Hocevar<br \/>28.222<\/p>\n<p>2. Daniel Suarez<br \/>28.225<\/p>\n<p>3. Chris Buescher<br \/>28.275<\/p>\n<p>4. Denny Hamlin<br \/>28.304<\/p>\n<p>5. Chase Briscoe<br \/>28.304<\/p>\n<p>6. Kyle Busch<br \/>28.330<\/p>\n<p>7. Christopher Bell<br \/>28.353<\/p>\n<p>8. Tyler Reddick<br \/>28.359<\/p>\n<p>9. Alex Bowman<br \/>28.364<\/p>\n<p>10. Ty Gibbs<br \/>28.396<\/p>\n<p>11. Kyle Larson<br \/>28.411<\/p>\n<p>12. Connor Zilisch<br \/>28.430<\/p>\n<p>13. Austin Cindric<br \/>28.442<\/p>\n<p>14. Chase Elliott<br \/>28.454<\/p>\n<p>15. William Byron<br \/>28.467<\/p>\n<p>16. Ross Chastain<br \/>28.507<\/p>\n<p>17. Corey Heim<br \/>28.520<\/p>\n<p>18. Riley Herbst<br \/>28.537<\/p>\n<p>19. Michael McDowell<br \/>28.548<\/p>\n<p>20. Ryan Preece<br \/>28.552<\/p>\n<p>21. Erik Jones<br \/>28.579<\/p>\n<p>22. Ricky Stenhouse Jr<br \/>28.606<\/p>\n<p>23. Joey Logano<br \/>28.618<\/p>\n<p>24. Josh Berry<br \/>28.619<\/p>\n<p>25. Brad Keselowski<br \/>28.656<\/p>\n<p>26. AJ Allmendinger<br \/>28.662<\/p>\n<p>27. Cole Custer<br \/>28.676<\/p>\n<p>28. Noah Gragson<br \/>28.694<\/p>\n<p>29. Cody Ware<br \/>28.726<\/p>\n<p>30. Shane van Gisbergen<br \/>28.738<\/p>\n<p>31. Ryan Blaney<br \/>28.754<\/p>\n<p>32. Todd Gilliland<br \/>28.772<\/p>\n<p>33. John Hunter Nemechek<br \/>28.774<\/p>\n<p>34. Zane Smith<br \/>28.833<\/p>\n<p>35. Ty Dillon<br \/>29.134<\/p>\n<p>36. Chad Finchum<br \/>30.613<\/p>\n<p>37. Bubba Wallace<br \/>No Time<\/p>\n<p>38. Austin Dillon<br \/>No Time<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/racingnews.co\/2026\/05\/02\/nascar-qualifying-results-texas-motor-speedway-may-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to view practice results<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NASCAR Cup Series<br \/>Points<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of: Texas<\/p>\n<p>Pos | Driver | Points<\/p>\n<p>1. Tyler Reddick<br \/>484<\/p>\n<p>2. Denny Hamlin<br \/>-110<\/p>\n<p>3. Ryan Blaney<br \/>-140<\/p>\n<p>4. Chase Elliott<br \/>-144<\/p>\n<p>5. Ty Gibbs<br \/>-162<\/p>\n<p>6. Kyle Larson<br \/>-169<\/p>\n<p>7. Chris Buescher<br \/>-175<\/p>\n<p>8. Carson Hocevar<br \/>-194<\/p>\n<p>9. Christopher Bell<br \/>-194<\/p>\n<p>10. Brad Keselowski<br \/>-205<\/p>\n<p>11. William Byron<br \/>-207<\/p>\n<p>12. Bubba Wallace<br \/>-208<\/p>\n<p>13. Ryan Preece<br \/>-215<\/p>\n<p>14. Daniel Suarez<br \/>-249<\/p>\n<p>15. Joey Logano<br \/>-250<\/p>\n<p>16. Austin Cindric<br \/>-258<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Playoff Cutline \u2014<\/p>\n<p>17. Chase Briscoe<br \/>-262<\/p>\n<p>18. Ross Chastain<br \/>-279<\/p>\n<p>19. Shane van Gisbergen<br \/>-289<\/p>\n<p>20. Zane Smith<br \/>-301<\/p>\n<p>21. AJ Allmendinger<br \/>-301<\/p>\n<p>22. Todd Gilliland<br \/>-303<\/p>\n<p>23. Michael McDowell<br \/>-305<\/p>\n<p>24. Austin Dillon<br \/>-321<\/p>\n<p>25. Ricky Stenhouse Jr<br \/>-323<\/p>\n<p>26. Erik Jones<br \/>-323<\/p>\n<p>27. Kyle Busch<br \/>-324<\/p>\n<p>28. Josh Berry<br \/>-337<\/p>\n<p>29. Riley Herbst<br \/>-340<\/p>\n<p>30. Noah Gragson<br \/>-340<\/p>\n<p>31. John Hunter Nemechek<br \/>-343<\/p>\n<p>32. Ty Dillon<br \/>-361<\/p>\n<p>33. Connor Zilisch<br \/>-381<\/p>\n<p>34. Cole Custer<br \/>-395<\/p>\n<p>35. Cody Ware<br \/>-399<\/p>\n<p>36. Alex Bowman<br \/>-404<\/p>\n<p>Links<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasmotorspeedway.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Texas Motor Speedway<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nascar.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">NASCAR<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NASCAR race info page for Texas Motor Speedway On Sunday, the NASCAR Cup Series will take the green&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":276346,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[101843,71924,15405,102222,102223,102224,17836,37700,71928,71929,61067,13489,73832,73557,27,29,11687,28,2819,72225],"class_list":["post-276345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-carson-hocevar","tag-cup-series","tag-fort-worth-texas","tag-fort-worth-tx","tag-ft-worth-texas","tag-ft-worth-tx","tag-lineup","tag-nascar","tag-nascar-cup","tag-nascar-cup-series","tag-qualifying","tag-schedule","tag-starting-grid","tag-starting-lineup","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-motor-speedway","tag-texas-news","tag-tv","tag-tv-schedule"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/276346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}