If Saturday qualifying gets rained out or for some other reason isn't held, the grid is determined based on Friday's qualifying times. If there was no Friday qualifying session, the grid is based on the fastest time recorded during practice. If there were no practice sessions, the drivers are gridded based on the current PPG Championship points standings. If the grid is determined based on practice times or the points standings, then the PPG Championship bonus point for fastest qualifier is not awarded for that race. A different procedure is used for the ovals.
Cars qualify one at a time, in an order determined by a lottery.
Each qualification attempt consists of one warm-up lap and one timed lap. The team can wave off a qualifying attempt at any time up to the checkered flag on the timed lap, in which case they go to the back of the line of drivers waiting to qualify. The grid for the race is ordered by fastest timed laps for each qualifying driver.