NASCAR starting lineup for Cup race at Darlington in September 2026

23XI Racing will lead the NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup for the Chase race at Darlington Raceway in September. Tyler Reddick won the pole for the 2026 Southern 500 at Darlington this weekend. Daniel Suarez will join Reddick on the front row for Sunday afternoon's event. Qualifying was cancelled due to lightning.

Ryan Preece and Denny Hamlin will follow the two drivers on the second row. Most notably, William Byron, Ryan Blaney, Kyle Larson, Ty Gibbs, Carson Hocevar, and Chris Buescher are the Chase drivers starting 20th or worse for Sunday afternoon's event.

The full NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup at Darlington in September 2026 is below!

NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup at Darlington (September 2026)

1. No. 45 Tyler Reddick*
2. No. 7 Daniel Suarez*
3. No. 60 Ryan Preece*
4. No. 11 Denny Hamlin*
5. No. 71 Michael McDowell
6. No. 2 Austin Cindric*
7. No. 19 Chase Briscoe*
8. No. 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
9. No. 3 Austin Dillon
10. No. 48 Alex Bowman
11. No. 20 Christopher Bell*
12. No. 6 Brad Keselowski
13. No. 22 Joey Logano*
14. No. 21 Josh Berry
15. No. 35 Riley Herbst
16. No. 41 Cole Custer
17. No. 23 Bubba Wallace*
18. No. 9 Chase Elliott*
19. No. 42 John Hunter Nemechek
20. No. 24 William Byron*
21. No. 34 Todd Gilliland
22. No. 67 Corey Heim
23. No. 1 Ross Chastain
24. No. 12 Ryan Blaney*
25. No. 5 Kyle Larson*
26. No. 97 Shane Van Gisbergen
27. No. 10 Ty Dillon
28. No. 54 Ty Gibbs*
29. No. 4 Noah Gragson
30. No. 16 A.J. Allmendinger
31. No. 88 Connor Zilisch
32. No. 33 Austin Hill
33. No. 38 Zane Smith
34. No. 77 Carson Hocevar*
35. No. 17 Chris Buescher*
36. No. 43 Erik Jones
37. No. 51 Cody Ware
38. No. 66 Chad Finchum

* = Chase driver

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race at Darlington in September 2026