NASCAR: Bristol heat race starting lineup – Quin Houff on pole

Quin Houff is set to start from the pole position in the first of four heat races to set the starting lineup for the first NASCAR Cup Series dirt race in more than five decades.

The starting lineups for the four Saturday heat races to set the starting lineup for Sunday afternoon’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway, the Food City Dirt Race, were set based on a random draw, and all four have been solidified.

The first three of these four races feature 10 drivers while the fourth and final one features nine as a result of the fact that there are 39 cars on the entry list.

These four heat races are all slated to be 15-lap races around the four-turn, 0.533-mile (0.858-kilometer) high-banked oval in Bristol, Tennessee leading up to Sunday’s 250-lap main event, the first Cup Series race on dirt in more than 50 years.

StarCom Racing’s Quin Houff is set to start from the pole position for the first heat race behind the wheel of his #00 Chevrolet.

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Hendrick Motorsports’ Kyle Larson is set to start alongside Houff on the front row in second place behind the wheel of his #5 Chevrolet.

Roush Fenway Racing’s Ryan Newman and Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Denny Hamlin and Martin Truex Jr. are set to round out the top five in third, fourth and fifth place in their #6 Ford, #11 Toyota and #19 Toyota, respectively. Here is the full starting lineup for the first Food City Dirt Race heat race at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Starting Lineup
1st – Quin Houff
2nd – Kyle Larson
3rd – Ryan Newman
4th – Denny Hamlin
5th – Martin Truex Jr.
6th – Bubba Wallace
7th – Erik Jones
8th – Anthony Alfredo
9th – Shane Golobic
10th – Kurt Busch

The starting lineup for Sunday’s race is set to be determined based on a combination of the results of the four heat races as well as “passing points”.

The four qualifying races for the Food City Dirt Race are set to begin at 6:00 p.m. ET tomorrow evening, and they are set to be broadcast live on Fox Sports 1 from Bristol Motor Speedway. Sunday’s main event is set to be broadcast live on Fox beginning at 3:30 p.m. ET.