Window World 450 qualifying canceled: Ryan Blaney will be on the pole, starting order set for North Wilkesboro NASCAR Cup Series race

The NASCAR Cup Series has returned to North Wilkesboro for the first time in 30 years. With qualifying in the books, the starting grid is now set for Sunday’s Window World 450. Heading into the day, it was clear that rain and potential thunderstorms would threaten qualifying. After a torrential rain and lightning hold at the historic track, NASCAR canceled qualifying in favor of a 50-minute practice session. The starting order was set by the metric. Ryan Blaney will be on the pole after winning last week at Atlanta. He currently sits in third in the Chase points standings with just six regular season races remaining. 2026 Window World Qualifying Order 1. Ryan Blaney2. Ty Gibbs3. Christopher Bell4. Carson Hocevar 5. Tyler Reddick 6. Erik Jones7. Denny Hamlin8. Shane van Gisbergen9. Chris Buescher10. Chase Elliott 11. Joey Logano12. Austin Dillon13. Ross Chastain14. Austin Cindric15. William Byron 16. Michael McDowell17. Daniel Suarez18. Todd Gilliland19. John Hunter Nemechek20. Cole Custer 21. Ryan Preece22. Ty Dillon23. Brad Keselowski24. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.25. Alex Bowman 26. Bubba Wallace27. Kyle Larson28. Josh Berry29. Zane Smith30. Chase Briscoe 31. Noah Gragson32. Connor Zilisch33. Austin Hill34. Riley Herbst35. AJ Allmendinger36. Cody Ware37. Chad Finchum Kevin Harvick predicts winner Kevin Harvick has been on a heater of late. The NASCAR Hall of Famer has made his latest race winner prediction. Can he continue this hot streak? Harvick is on a two-week win streak after nailing Chase Briscoe to win at Chicagoland and Ryan Blaney to win at Atlanta. Harvick went with chalk. He predicts that Christopher Bell will win this weekend. “Well, I’m picking Christopher Bell, said Harvick. “He’s going to get his first win this weekend.” As of Saturday morning, Bell is the favorite to win this weekend according to odds on BetMGM. In fairness to Harvick, Denny Hamlin is second in the odds. Here’s a breakdown of the favorites for Sunday’s Window World 450 according to BetMGM: Christopher Bell +250Denny Hamlin +375Ryan Blaney +475Kyle Larson +735Chase Elliott +900 How to watch Window World 450 On Sunday, July 19, NASCAR makes its return to North Wilkesboro Speedway for the Window World 450. This will be Round 4 of the In-Season Challenge, starting at 7 p.m. ET on TNT. Sunday’s race marks the first Cup Series points race at the historic track in 30 years. The last Cup points series race run at the track was September 29, 1996. That race was won by Jeff Gordon.