Bristol Motor Speedway is scheduled to host a regular season race and a playoff race during the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season, and the former is scheduled to take place this Sunday afternoon.
Team Penske's Ryan Blaney took the pole position for Sunday's 500-lap Food City 500 around the four-turn, 0.533-mile (0.858-kilometer) high-banked Bristol, Tennessee oval by posting a top lap speed of 127.064 miles per hour (15.101 seconds).
He beat 23XI Racing's Tyler Reddick to the top spot by 0.193 miles per hour (0.023 seconds). Both drivers posted their top lap speed on their second of two qualifying laps in the single-car, single-round session on Saturday.
Here's a look at the full 37-car starting lineup for Sunday's race. Note that pre-race "to the rear" penalties are not factored into the following list.
NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup at Bristol
Order | Driver |
|---|---|
1 | Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Team Penske Ford |
2 | Tyler Reddick, No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota |
3 | Chase Briscoe, No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota |
4 | Riley Herbst, No. 35 23XI Racing Toyota |
5 | Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota |
6 | Ross Chastain, No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet |
7 | Chris Buescher, No. 17 RFK Racing Ford |
8 | Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet |
9 | Austin Cindric, No. 2 Team Penske Ford |
10 | Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet |
11 | Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota |
12 | Bubba Wallace, No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota |
13 | Daniel Suarez, No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet |
14 | Christopher Bell, No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota |
15 | Zane Smith, No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford |
16 | Noah Gragson, No. 4 Front Row Motorsports Ford |
17 | Ryan Preece, No. 60 RFK Racing Ford |
18 | Chase Elliott, No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet |
19 | Michael McDowell, No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet |
20 | Joey Logano, No. 22 Team Penske Ford |
21 | Brad Keselowski, No. 6 RFK Racing Ford |
22 | A.J. Allmendinger, No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet |
23 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet |
24 | Austin Dillon, No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet |
25 | Josh Berry, No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford |
26 | Connor Zilisch, No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet |
27 | Alex Bowman, No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet |
28 | Erik Jones, No. 43 Legacy Motor Club Toyota |
29 | Kyle Busch, No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet |
30 | Cole Custer, No. 41 Haas Factory Team Chevrolet |
31 | John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42 Legacy Motor Club Toyota |
32 | Ty Dillon, No. 10 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet |
33 | Shane van Gisbergen, No. 97 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet |
34 | William Byron, No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet |
35 | Todd Gilliland, No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford |
36 | Cody Ware, No. 51 Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet |
37 | Chad Finchum, No. 66 Garage 66 Ford |
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