Team Penske will lead the NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup for the race at Bristol Motor Speedway in April. Ryan Blaney won the pole for the 2026 Food City 500 at Bristol this weekend. Tyler Reddick will join Blaney on the front row for Sunday afternoon’s event. It is Blaney’s first pole position of the 2026 season.
Chase Briscoe and Riley Herbst will follow the two drivers on the second row. Most notably, Joey Logano, Brad Keselowski, Alex Bowman, Kyle Busch, Shane van Gisbergen and William Byron all start 20th or worse for Sunday’s event. It was a relatively smooth qualifying session.
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The full NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup at Bristol in April 2026 is below!
NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup at Bristol (April 2026)
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No. 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
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No. 42 John Hunter Nemechek
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No. 97 Shane van Gisbergen
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