NASCAR starting lineup

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The NASCAR schedule this weekend takes us to Gateway for the Enjoy Illinois 300 in the second race of the Cup Series Playoffs Round of 16. Following NASCAR qualifying results today, we’re providing the Enjoy 300 Illinois starting grid and how drivers performed in qualifying.

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We’ll start with the NASCAR starting lineup for Gateway, including Cup Series qualifying times from Saturday, followed by the Enjoy Illinois 300 starting grid.

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NASCAR Starting Lineup for Tomorrow: Enjoy Illinois 300

Here is the NASCAR starting lineup for Sunday’s Cup race at World Wide Technology Raceway. Of note, we’ve highlighted playoff drivers by marking them with **.

Denny Hamlin** — 32.330 seconds

Kyle Larson** — 32.351 seconds

Chase Briscoe** — 32.397 seconds

Ross Chastain** — 32.408 seconds

Ryan Blaney** — 32.432 seconds

William Byron** — 32.467 seconds

Tyler Reddick** — 32.501 seconds

Christopher Bell** — 32.512 seconds

Austin Cindric** — 32.571 seconds

Zane Smith — 32.674 seconds

Chris Buescher — 32.689 seconds

Josh Berry** — 32.698 seconds

Joey Logano** — 32.719 seconds

Bubba Wallace** 32.739 seconds

Austin Dillon** — 32.757 seconds

Erik Jones — 32.760 seconds

AJ Allmendinger — 32.764 seconds

Shane van Gisbergen** — 32.765 seconds

Chase Elliott** — 32.799 seconds

John H. Nemechek — 32.852 seconds

Ty Gibbs — 32.889 seconds

Kyle Busch — 32.952 seconds

Brad Keselowski — 32.957 seconds

Noah Gragson — 32.993 seconds

Alex Bowman** –– 33.005 seconds

Daniel Suarez — 33.038 seconds

Carson Hocevar — 33.133 seconds

Michael McDowell – 33.197 seconds

Cole Custer — 33.201 seconds

Todd Gilliland — 33.230 seconds

Justin Haley — 33.252 seconds

Ryan Preece — 33.282 seconds

Riley Herbst — 33.417 seconds

Ricky Stenhouse Jr — 33.538 seconds

Ty Dillon — 33.635 seconds

Cody Ware — 33.650 seconds

Related: NASCAR Playoff Standings after Darlington

NASCAR Starting Grid for Gateway

Row 1: Denny Hamlin**, Kyle Larson**

Row 2: Chase Briscoe**, Ross Chastain**

Row 3: Ryan Blaney**, William Byron**

Row 4: Tyler Reddick**, Christopher Bell**

Row 5: Austin Cindric**, Zane Smith

Row 6: Chris Buescher, Josh Berry**

Row 7: Joey Logano**, Bubba Wallace**

Row 8: Austin Dillon**, Erik Jones

Row 9: AJ Allmendinger, Shane van Gisbergen**

Row 10: Chase Elliott**, John H. Nemechek

Row 11: Ty Gibbs, Kyle Busch

Row 12: Brad Keselowski, Noah Gragson

Row 14: Alex Bowman**, Daniel Suarez

Row 15: Carson Hocevar, Michael McDowell

Row 16: Cole Custer, Todd Gilliland

Row 17: Justin Haley, Ryan Preece

Row 18: Riley Herbst, Ricky Stenhouse Jr

Row 19: Ty Dillon, Cody Ware

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Who is on the pole for NASCAR race tomorrow?

Denny Hamlin is on the pole for the NASCAR race tomorrow at Gateway. The NASCAR starting grid for Sunday has Hamlin, Kyle Larson in Row 1, Chase Briscoe and Ross Chastain in Row 2, Ryan Blaney and William Byron in Row 3, Tyler Reddick and Christopher Bell in Row 4 and Austin Cindric and Zane Smith in Row 5.

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