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

Spire Motorsports will lead the NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup for the race at Texas Motor Speedway in May. Carson Hocevar won the pole for the 2026 Würth 400 at Texas this weekend. Daniel Suarez will join Hocevar on the front row for Sunday afternoon's event. It is Hocevar's first pole position of the 2026 Cup Series season.

Chris Buescher and Denny Hamlin will follow the two drivers on the second row. Most notably, Ryan Preece, Joey Logano, Brad Keselowski, Ryan Blaney, Bubba Wallace, and Austin Dillon all start 20th or worse for Sunday's event. It was a relatively smooth qualifying session.

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

NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup at Texas (May 2026)

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