Official Starting Lineup: 2026 NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race at Homestead

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Chase Briscoe collected the pole position for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race at Homestead-Miami Speedway as he turned a 32.396-second (166.687 mph) lap time in Saturday’s qualifying session.

Briscoe topped Denny Hamlin, his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate, by 0.017 seconds to score the pole.

Hamlin was the top championship contender in the session, but all three drivers alive in the championship fight will start inside the top six.

With Hamlin second, championship leader Kyle Larson will start fourth, and Christopher Bell will start sixth.

Official Starting Lineup NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race

Ps	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Lap time	Diff	Speed
1	19	Chase Briscoe (C)	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	32.396	0.000	166.687
2	11	Denny Hamlin (C)	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	32.413	0.017	166.600
3	45	Tyler Reddick (C)	23XI Racing	Toyota	32.437	0.041	166.477
4	5	Kyle Larson (C)	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	32.463	0.067	166.343
5	2	Austin Cindric (C)	Team Penske	Ford	32.526	0.130	166.021
6	20	Christopher Bell (C)	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	32.556	0.160	165.868
7	9	Chase Elliott (C)	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	32.603	0.207	165.629
8	24	William Byron (C)	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	32.610	0.214	165.593
9	12	Ryan Blaney (C)	Team Penske	Ford	32.650	0.254	165.391
10	7	Daniel Suarez (C)	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	32.667	0.271	165.304
11	33	Austin Hill(i)	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	32.667	0.271	165.304
12	71	Michael McDowell	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	32.711	0.315	165.082
13	48	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	32.724	0.328	165.017
14	21	Josh Berry	Wood Brothers Racing	Chevrolet	32.746	0.350	164.906
15	1	Ross Chastain	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	32.758	0.362	164.845
16	67	* Corey Heim(i)	23XI Racing	Toyota	32.763	0.367	164.820
17	17	Chris Buescher (C)	RFK Racing	Ford	32.770	0.374	164.785
18	23	Bubba Wallace (C)	23XI Racing	Toyota	32.771	0.375	164.780
19	22	Joey Logano (C)	Team Penske	Ford	32.773	0.377	164.770
20	54	Ty Gibbs (C)	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	32.786	0.390	164.704
21	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	32.806	0.410	164.604
22	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Hyak Motorsports	Chevrolet	32.816	0.420	164.554
23	88	Connor Zilisch #	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	32.821	0.425	164.529
24	43	Erik Jones	LEGACY MOTOR CLUB	Toyota	32.840	0.444	164.434
25	34	Todd Gilliland	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	32.863	0.467	164.319
26	77	Justin Haley(i) (C)	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	32.877	0.481	164.249
27	38	Zane Smith	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	32.877	0.481	164.249
28	41	Cole Custer	Haas Factory Team	Chevrolet	32.887	0.491	164.199
29	16	AJ Allmendinger	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	32.904	0.508	164.114
30	35	Riley Herbst	23XI Racing	Toyota	32.979	0.583	163.741
31	10	Ty Dillon	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	33.086	0.690	163.211
32	60	Ryan Preece (C)	RFK Racing	Ford	33.087	0.691	163.206
33	4	Noah Gragson	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	33.090	0.694	163.191
34	97	Shane Van Gisbergen	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	33.097	0.701	163.157
35	51	Cody Ware	Rick Ware Racing	Chevrolet	33.198	0.802	162.660
36	42	John Hunter Nemechek	LEGACY MOTOR CLUB	Toyota	33.199	0.803	162.656
37	62	* Casey Mears	Beard Motorsports	Chevrolet	33.422	1.026	161.570
38	44	* JJ Yeley(i)	NY Racing Team	Chevrolet	33.674	1.278	160.361
39	66	* Chad Finchum(i)	Garage 66	Ford	34.382	1.986	157.059
40	6	Brad Keselowski	RFK Racing	Ford	35.589	3.193	151.732

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