NASCAR starting lineup for Cup race at Bristol in September 2026

Hendrick Motorsports will lead the NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup for the Chase race at Bristol Motor Speedway in September. Kyle Larson won the pole for the 2026 Bass Pro Shops Night Race at Bristol this weekend. Joey Logano will join Larson on the front row for Saturday night's event. Qualifying was cancelled due to lightning.

Denny Hamlin and William Byron will follow the two drivers on the second row. Most notably, Tyler Reddick, Shane van Gisbergen, Chris Buescher, Chase Briscoe, Chase Elliott, Ryan Blaney, and Josh Berry are the Chase drivers starting 20th or worse for Saturday night's event.

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

NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup at Bristol (September 2026)

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

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lineup for Cup race at Bristol in September 2026