NASCAR starting lineup for Cup Series race at Kansas in April 2026

23XI Racing will lead the NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup for the race at Kansas Speedway in April. Tyler Reddick won the pole for the 2026 AdventHealth 400 at Kansas this weekend. Denny Hamlin will join Reddick on the front row for Sunday afternoon's event. It is Reddick's third pole position of the 2026 season.

Ty Gibbs and Kyle Larson will follow the two drivers on the second row. Most notably, Brad Keselowski, Kyle Busch, Corey Heim, Josh Berry, Ross Chastain, Alex Bowman, Austin Cindric, and Connor Zilisch all start 20th or worse for Sunday's event. It was a relatively smooth qualifying session.

The full NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup at Kansas in April 2026 is below!

NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup at Kansas (April 2026)

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

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