NASCAR starting lineup for Cup Series race at Nashville in May 2026

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Joe Gibbs Racing will lead the NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup for the race at Nashville Superspeedway in May. Denny Hamlin won the pole for the 2026 Cracker Barrel 400 at Nashville this weekend. Tyler Reddick will join Hamlin on the front row for Sunday night's event. Qualifying was canceled due to the weather.

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Daniel Suarez and Christopher Bell will follow the two drivers on the second row. Most notably, Chris Buescher, Corey Heim, Austin Hill, Chase Elliott, Chase Briscoe, Austin Dillon, Ross Chastain, Austin Cindric, and Connor Zilisch all start 20th or worse for Sunday night's event. It was set by the metric system and reverse qualifying order.

The full NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup at Nashville in May 2026 is below!

NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup at Nashville (May 2026)

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

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