NASCAR starting lineup for Cup race at Kansas in September 2026

Team Penske will lead the NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup for the Chase race at Kansas Speedway in September. Joey Logano won the pole for the 2026 Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas this weekend. Kyle Larson will join Logano on the front row for Sunday afternoon's event. Qualifying was cancelled due to lightning.

Christopher Bell and Carson Hocevar will follow the two drivers on the second row. Most notably, Chase Briscoe, Ryan Blaney, Connor Zilisch, Alex Bowman, and Riley Herbst are the notable drivers starting 20th or worse for Sunday afternoon's event.

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

NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup at Kansas (September 2026)

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

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