Saturday's qualifying session for Sunday night's Coca-Cola 600 NASCAR Cup Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway was rained out, which meant that the qualifying metric set the 39-car starting lineup for the longest race on the 2026 schedule.
23XI Racing's Tyler Reddick and Joe Gibbs Racing's Ty Gibbs are set to share the front row. However, not all drivers will retain their formula-based starting positions for this 400-lap race around the four-turn, 1.5-mile (2.414-kilometer) Concord, North Carolina oval.
Hendrick Motorsports' Alex Bowman is set to drop to the rear of the field for after his team made unapproved adjustments on the No. 48 Chevrolet.
Bowman had been slated to start the race in 29th place, on the inside of the 15th row. He is set to drop to the tail end of the inside lane, and all drivers who had been slated to start behind him on the inside lane are set to move up by one row (two spots each). Drivers on the outside lane are unaffected by this penalty.
Here's an updated look at the Coca-Cola 600 starting lineup, following Bowman's penalty.
Coca-Cola 600 starting lineup
Order | Driver |
|---|---|
1 | Tyler Reddick, No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota |
2 | Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota |
3 | Shane van Gisbergen, No. 97 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet |
4 | Michael McDowell, No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet |
5 | Chase Briscoe, No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota |
6 | Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Team Penske Ford |
7 | Chris Buescher, No. 17 RFK Racing Ford |
8 | Austin Cindric, No. 2 Team Penske Ford |
9 | Austin Dillon, No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet |
10 | A.J. Allmendinger, No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet |
11 | Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota |
12 | Ryan Preece, No. 60 RFK Racing Ford |
13 | Austin Hill, No. 33 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet |
14 | Daniel Suarez, No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet |
15 | John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42 Legacy Motor Club Toyota |
16 | Chase Elliott, No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet |
17 | Christopher Bell, No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota |
18 | Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet |
19 | Zane Smith, No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford |
20 | Todd Gilliland, No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford |
21 | Erik Jones, No. 43 Legacy Motor Club Toyota |
22 | Cole Custer, No. 41 Haas Factory Team Chevrolet |
23 | Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet |
24 | Bubba Wallace, No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota |
25 | Connor Zilisch, No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet |
26 | Brad Keselowski, No. 6 RFK Racing Ford |
27 | Ross Chastain, No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet |
28 | Noah Gragson, No. 4 Front Row Motorsports Ford |
29 | William Byron, No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet |
30 | Riley Herbst, No. 35 23XI Racing Toyota |
31 | Joey Logano, No. 22 Team Penske Ford |
32 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet |
33 | Ty Dillon, No. 10 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet |
34 | Josh Berry, No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford |
35 | Katherine Legge, No. 78 Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet |
36 | Josh Bilicki, No. 66 Garage 66 Ford |
37 | Corey Heim, No. 67 23XI Racing Toyota |
38 | Cody Ware, No. 51 Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet |
39 | Alex Bowman, No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet |
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