NASCAR starting lineup for Cup Series race at San Diego in June 2026

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Trackhouse Racing will lead the NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup for the race at San Diego in June. Shane van Gisbergen won the pole for the 2026 Andruil 250 at San Diego this weekend. Carson Hocevar will join van Gisbergen on the front row for Sunday afternoon's event. It is van Gisbergen's second pole position of the 2026 season.

Ryan Blaney and Zane Smith will follow the two drivers on the second row. Most notably, Alex Bowman, Kevin Magnussen, Chase Briscoe, Ross Chastain, Denny Hamlin, William Byron, Brad Keselowski, Chase Elliott, Austin Cindric, Jimmie Johnson, and Christopher Bell will all start 20th or worse for Sunday afternoon's event. Hocevar, Preece, Keselowski, and Wallace all had issues on their runs.

The full NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup at San Diego in June 2026 is below!

NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup at San Diego (June 2026)​

1. No. 97 Shane van Gisbergen
2. No. 77 Carson Hocevar
3. No. 12 Ryan Blaney
4. No. 38 Zane Smith
5. No. 34 Todd Gilliland
6. No. 7 Daniel Suarez
7. No. 60 Ryan Preece
8. No. 88 Connor Zilisch
9. No. 71 Michael McDowell
10. No. 33 Austin Hill
11. No. 54 Ty Gibbs
12. No. 23 Bubba Wallace
13. No. 67 Corey Heim
14. No. 5 Kyle Larson
15. No. 16 AJ Allmendinger
16. No. 17 Chris Buescher
17. No. 45 Tyler Reddick
18. No. 3 Austin Dillon
19. No. 22 Joey Logano
20. No. 48 Alex Bowman
21. No. 91 Kevin Magnussen
22. No. 19 Chase Briscoe
23. No. 1 Ross Chastain
24. No. 35 Riley Herbst
25. No. 41 Cole Custer
26. No. 11 Denny Hamlin
27. No. 24 William Byron
28. No. 42 John Hunter Nemechek
29. No. 6 Brad Keselowski
30. No. 9 Chase Elliott
31. No. 2 Austin Cindric
32. No. 4 Noah Gragson
33. No. 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
34. No. 10 Ty Dillon
35. No. 21 Josh Berry
36. No. 84 Jimmie Johnson
37. No. 20 Christopher Bell
38. No. 43 Erik Jones
39. No. 51 Cody Ware

This article originally appeared on Motorsports Wire: NASCAR starting lineup for Cup Series race at San Diego in June 2026

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