NASCAR starting lineup for O'Reilly Chase race at Bristol in 2026

Richard Childress Racing will lead the NASCAR O'Reilly Series starting lineup for the Chase race at Bristol Motor Speedway in September. Jesse Love won the pole for the 2026 Food City 300 at Bristol this weekend. Sheldon Creed will join Love on the front row for Friday night's event. NASCAR cancelled qualifying due to inclement weather.

Sam Mayer and Carson Kvapil will follow the two drivers on the second row. Most notably, Austin Hill, Corey Day, Jeremy Clements, Lavar Scott, Nick Sanchez, Harrison Burton, Jake Finch, and Natalie Decker all start 20th or worse for Friday night's event.

The full NASCAR O'Reilly Series starting lineup at Bristol in September 2026 is below!

NASCAR O'Reilly Series starting lineup at Bristol (September 2026)

1. No. 2 Jesse Love
2. No. 00 Sheldon Creed
3. No. 41 Sam Mayer
4. No. 1 Carson Kvapil
5. No. 54 Taylor Gray
6. No. 19 Brent Crews
7. No. 99 Parker Retzlaff
8. No. 8 Sammy Smith
9. No. 7 Justin Allgaier
10. No. 88 Rajah Caruth
11. No. 20 Brandon Jones
12. No. 26 Dean Thompson
13. No. 27 Jeb Burton
14. No. 39 Ryan Sieg
15. No. 28 Kyle Sieg
16. No. 18 William Sawalich
17. No. 44 Brennan Poole
18. No. 48 Patrick Staropoli
19. No. 96 Anthony Alfredo
20. No. 21 Austin Hill
21. No. 31 Blaine Perkins
22. No. 92 Josh Williams
23. No. 32 Andrew Patterson
24. No. 91 Stefan Parsons
25. No. 0 Garrett Smithley
26. No. 17 Corey Day
27. No. 02 Ryan Ellis
28. No. 07 Josh Bilicki
29. No. 51 Jeremy Clements
30. No. 55 David Starr
31. No. 42 Logan Bearden
32. No. 45 Lavar Scott
33. No. 87 Nick Sanchez
34. No. 24 Harrison Burton
35. No. 53 Carson Ware
36. No. 9 Jake Finch
37. No. 47 Natalie Decker
38. No. 38 JJ Yeley

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