{"id":472737,"date":"2026-02-13T16:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T16:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/472737\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T16:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T16:48:09","slug":"daytona-500-starting-lineup-see-the-starting-positions-for-every-driver-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/472737\/","title":{"rendered":"Daytona 500 Starting Lineup: See the Starting Positions for Every Driver in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The top 10 is stacked with veterans with NASCAR Cup Series<\/a> champions and four previous Daytona 500<\/a> winners leading the 2026 edition of The Great American Race on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The 2026 Daytona 500 field is officially set following pole qualifying Wednesday and the Duels at Daytona on Thursday. Ahead of the NASCAR Cup Series season opener, Kyle Busch won his first Daytona 500 pole<\/a> and will be joined by Chase Briscoe<\/a> on the front row leading the field to green Sunday at 2:30 p.m. ET on FOX.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And Thursday’s two duels \u2014 won by Joey Logano<\/a> and Chase Elliott<\/a> \u2014 determined the remainder of the starting lineup with a 41-car field, which includes seven-time Cup champion Jimmie Johnson<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

[NASCAR: All 41 Daytona 500 Paint Schemes<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Here’s the starting lineup for the 2026 Daytona 500 with Busch on the pole.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Kyle Busch<\/a>, No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet\u00a0Chase Briscoe<\/a>, No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota\u00a0Joey Logano<\/a>, No. 22 Team Penske Ford\u00a0Chase Elliott<\/a>, No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet\u00a0Ryan Blaney<\/a>, No. 12 Team Penske Ford\u00a0Carson Hocevar<\/a>, No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet\u00a0Austin Dillon<\/a>, No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet\u00a0Kyle Larson<\/a>, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet\u00a0Brad Keselowski<\/a>, No. 6 RFK Racing FordMichael McDowell<\/a>, No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet\u00a0John Hunter Nemechek<\/a>, No. 42 Legacy Motor Club Toyota\u00a0Christopher Bell<\/a>, No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota\u00a0Shane van Gisbergen<\/a>, No. 97 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet\u00a0Josh Berry<\/a>, No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford\u00a0Daniel Su\u00e1rez<\/a>, No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet*Ricky Stenhouse Jr.<\/a>, No. 47 HYAK Motorsports Chevrolet\u00a0Casey Mears<\/a>, No. 66 Garage 66 FordTodd Gilliland<\/a>, No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford\u00a0Ryan Preece<\/a>, No. 60 RFK Racing FordTy Gibbs<\/a>, No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing ToyotaAlex Bowman<\/a>, No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet\u00a0Denny Hamlin<\/a>, No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing ToyotaCole Custer<\/a>, No. 41 Haas Factory Team Chevrolet\u00a0Erik Jones<\/a>, No. 43 Legacy Motor Club Toyota\u00a0Noah Gragson<\/a>, No. 4 Front Row Motorsports Ford\u00a0Tyler Reddick<\/a>, No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota\u00a0Bubba Wallace<\/a>, No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota\u00a0Riley Herbst<\/a>, No. 35 23XI Racing Toyota\u00a0Corey Heim<\/a>, No. 67 23XI Racing ToyotaZane Smith<\/a>, No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford\u00a0Jimmie Johnson<\/a>, No. 84 Legacy Motor Club Toyota\u00a0Connor Zilisch<\/a>, No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet\u00a0Cody Ware<\/a>, No. 51 Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet\u00a0Ty Dillon<\/a>, No. 10 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet\u00a0AJ Allmendinger<\/a>, No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet\u00a0Austin Cindric<\/a>, No. 2 Team Penske Ford\u00a0Ross Chastain<\/a>, No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet*BJ McLeod<\/a>, No. 78 Live Fast Motorsports ChevroletWilliam Byron<\/a>, No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet*Justin Allgaier<\/a>, No. 40 JR Motorsports ChevroletChris Buescher<\/a>, No. 17 RFK Racing Ford*<\/p>\n

*Driver will start from the rear for switching to a backup car.<\/p>\n

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