NASCAR Cup Series teams will continue to qualify in two groups this season, but an adjustment has been made for where drivers starting 11th through 40th will line up.The drivers who are in Group A who don’t advance to the final round of qualifying will start on the outside row....

NASCAR reverting to single-car qualifying was a decision made in hopes of “restoring general order” to the procedure.Scott Miller, senior vice president of competition, said on Wednesday that group qualifying had become problematic from a content and storytelling standpoint. A return to the consistency of single-car qualifying for all ovals,...

Single-car qualifying is back.NASCAR announced Wednesday that all three national series will go back to the single-vehicle qualifying procedure, which will also be one round, at all tracks except for road courses. Drivers will be allowed to take two timed laps on tracks that are 1.25 miles in length while...

Related StoriesThe revised Daytona 500 qualifying system was branded "idiotic" and "an embarrassment" by some NASCAR drivers after a chaotic first attempt on Sunday.The traditional one-at-a-time system was replaced by a variation of the group knockout format adopted at all other events last year. A series of five-minute sessions were...

In a move aimed toward enhancing the fan experience watching at the track and at home, NASCAR has announced a new group qualifying format for its three national series that is intended to be more compelling, more closely emulates actual on-track competition and underlines the sport's on-going commitment to innovation.At...