NASCAR starting lineup for Cup Series race at Richmond in August 2026

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Team Penske will lead the NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup for the race at Richmond Raceway in August. Ryan Blaney won the pole for the 2026 Cook Out 400 at Richmond this weekend. Chase Briscoe will join Blaney on the front row for Saturday night's event. It is Blaney's fourth pole position of the 2026 Cup Series season.

Josh Berry and Ty Gibbs will follow the two drivers on the second row. Most notably, Daniel Suarez, Erik Jones, Carson Hocevar, Austin Cindric, Alex Bowman, Kyle Larson, Shane van Gisbergen, Tyler Reddick, and Austin Hill all start 20th or worse for Saturday night's event.

The full NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup at Richmond in August 2026 is below!

NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup at Richmond (August 2026)​

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

This article originally appeared on Motorsports Wire: NASCAR starting lineup for Cup Series race at Richmond in August 2026

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