Replies to post #109639 on A Monster Energy Nascar Challenge

[Eli's Gone]

Qualifying pit stalls are assigned by random draw---that pit stall remains thru all sessions...

but the cars don't have to go out in order of pit stalls---in fact, you see some drivers wait until the end...

http://www.jayski.com/news/pages/story/_/page/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup-Series-Qualifying-Rules

EDIT: the above pertains to qualifying every week---if your question was about this week's Showdown/All-Star races, here's the format: