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

23XI Racing will lead the NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup for the race at Talladega Superspeedway in April. Tyler Reddick won the pole for the 2026 Jack Link's 500 at Talladega this weekend. Kyle Larson will join Reddick on the front row for Sunday afternoon's event. Qualifying was cancelled due to inclement weather.

Denny Hamlin and Bubba Wallace will follow the two drivers on the second row. Most notably, Alex Bowman, Erik Jones, Ross Chastain, Joey Logano, Josh Berry, Michael McDowell, Kyle Busch, and Jesse Love all start 20th or worse for Sunday's event. The starting lineup was set by the qualifying order.

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

NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup at Talladega (April 2026)

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