NASCAR starting lineup for Cup Series race at Iowa in August 2026

Team Penske will lead the NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup for the race at Iowa Speedway in August. Ryan Blaney won the pole for the 2026 Iowa Corn 350 at Iowa this weekend. Kyle Larson will join Blaney on the front row for Sunday afternoon's event. It is Blaney's third pole position of the 2026 Cup Series season.

Joey Logano and Brad Keselowski will follow the two drivers on the second row. Most notably, Chase Briscoe, Christopher Bell, Shane van Gisbergen, Bubba Wallace, Chris Buescher, Denny Hamlin, Alex Bowman, Chase Elliott, Daniel Suarez, and Ryan Preece all start 20th or worse for Sunday afternoon's event. Elliott and Brad Keselowski spun out and hit the wall throughout the day.

The full NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup at Iowa in August

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NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup at Iowa (August 2026)

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

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