NASCAR starting lineup for Cup Series race at Chicagoland in July 2026

Joe Gibbs Racing will lead the NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup for the race at Chicagoland Speedway in July. Denny Hamlin won the pole for the 2026 eero 400 at Chicagoland this weekend. Kyle Larson will join Hamlin on the front row for Sunday evening’s event. It is Hamlin’s fourth pole position of the 2026 season.

Chris Buescher and Brad Keselowski will follow the two drivers on the second row. Most notably, Ryan Preece, Erik Jones, Austin Cindric, Daniel Suarez, Corey Heim, Shane van Gisbergen, and Joey Logano all start 20th or worse for Sunday afternoon’s event. It was a relatively smooth qualifying session.

The full NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup at Chicagoland in July 2026 is below!

1. No. 11 Denny Hamlin
2. No. 5 Kyle Larson
3. No. 17 Chris Buescher
4. No. 6 Brad Keselowski
5. No. 54 Ty Gibbs
6. No. 20 Christopher Bell
7. No. 19 Chase Briscoe
8. No. 23 Bubba Wallace
9. No. 9 Chase Elliott
10. No. 24 William Byron
11. No. 16 AJ Allmendinger
12. No. 48 Alex Bowman
13. No. 45 Tyler Reddick
14. No. 12 Ryan Blaney
15. No. 77 Carson Hocevar
16. No. 38 Zane Smith
17. No. 42 John Hunter Nemechek
18. No. 35 Riley Herbst
19. No. 1 Ross Chastain
20. No. 60 Ryan Preece
21. No. 88 Connor Zilisch
22. No. 43 Erik Jones
23. No. 2 Austin Cindric
24. No. 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
25. No. 3 Austin Dillon
26. No. 7 Daniel Suarez
27. No. 10 Ty Dillon
28. No. 67 Corey Heim
29. No. 34 Todd Gilliland
30. No. 97 Shane van Gisbergen
31. No. 22 Joey Logano
32. No. 4 Noah Gragson
33. No. 41 Cole Custer
34. No. 21 Josh Berry
35. No. 33 Austin Hill
36. No. 44 JJ Yeley
37. No. 51 Cody Ware
38. No. 71 Michael McDowell

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