NASCAR starting lineup for Cup race at Charlotte in 2026 Chase

Hendrick Motorsports will lead the NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup for the Chase race at Charlotte Motor Speedway in October. Kyle Larson won the pole for the 2026 Bank of America 400 at Charlotte this weekend. Kyle Chase Briscoe will join Larson on the front row for Sunday afternoon's event. Qualifying was cancelled due to weather.

Tyler Reddick and Ryan Blaney will follow the two drivers on the second row. Most notably, Brad Keselowski, Ryan Preece, Erik Jones, Josh Berry, Ross Chastain, Connor Zilisch, and Corey Heim are the notable drivers starting 20th or worse for Sunday afternoon's event.

The full NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup at Charlotte in October 2026 is below!

NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup at Charlotte (October 2026)

1. No. 5 Kyle Larson
2. No. 19 Chase Briscoe
3. No. 45 Tyler Reddick
4. No. 12 Ryan Blaney
5. No. 2 Austin Cindric
6. No. 24 William Byron
7. No. 22 Joey Logano
8. No. 23 Bubba Wallace
9. No. 9 Chase Elliott
10. No. 97 Shane van Gisbergen
11. No. 77 Carson Hocevar
12. No. 11 Denny Hamlin
13. No. 17 Chris Buescher
14. No. 54 Ty Gibbs
15. No. 7 Daniel Suarez
16. No. 48 Alex Bowman
17. No. 20 Christopher Bell
18. No. 16 AJ Allmendinger
19. No. 71 Michael McDowell
20. No. 3 Austin Dillon
21. No. 35 Riley Herbst
22. No. 6 Brad Keselowski
23. No. 4 Noah Gragson
24. No. 60 Ryan Preece
25. No. 43 Erik Jones
26. No. 33 Austin Hill
27. No. 21 Josh Berry
28. No. 1 Ross Chastain
29. No. 42 John Hunter Nemechek
30. No. 41 Cole Custer
31. No. 34 Todd Gilliland
32. No. 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
33. No. 10 Ty Dillon
34. No. 38 Zane Smith
35. No. 51 Cody Ware
36. No. 88 Connor Zilisch
37. No. 67 Corey Heim
38. No. 66 Gray Gaulding
39. No. 44 BJ McLeod

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lineup for Cup race at Charlotte in 2026 Chase