23XI Racing will lead the NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup for the race at Talladega Superspeedway in April. Tyler Reddick won the pole for the 2026 Jack Link's 500 at Talladega this weekend. Kyle Larson will join Reddick on the front row for Sunday afternoon's event. Qualifying was cancelled due to inclement weather.
Denny Hamlin and Bubba Wallace will follow the two drivers on the second row. Most notably, Alex Bowman, Erik Jones, Ross Chastain, Joey Logano, Josh Berry, Michael McDowell, Kyle Busch, and Jesse Love all start 20th or worse for Sunday's event. The starting lineup was set by the qualifying order.
The full NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup at Talladega in April 2026 is below!
NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup at Talladega (April 2026)
• No. 45 Tyler Reddick
• No. 5 Kyle Larson
• No. 11 Denny Hamlin
• No. 23 Bubba Wallace
• No. 19 Chase Briscoe
• No. 6 Brad Keselowski
• No. 24 William Byron
• No. 9 Chase Elliott
• No. 54 Ty Gibbs
• No. 17 Chris Buescher
• No. 60 Ryan Preece
• No. 77 Carson Hocevar
• No. 2 Austin Cindric
• No. 20 Christopher Bell
• No. 12 Ryan Blaney
• No. 7 Daniel Suarez
• No. 35 Riley Herbst
• No. 3 Austin Dillon
• No. 34 Todd Gilliland
• No. 48 Alex Bowman
• No. 43 Erik Jonse
• No. 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
• No. 42 John Hunter Nemechek
• No. 1 Ross Chastain
• No. 22 Joeey Logano
• No. 21 Josh Berry
• No. 41 Cole Custer
• No. 16 A.J. Allmendinger
• No. 4 Noah Gragson
• No. 38 Zane Smith
• No. 71 Michael McDowell
• No. 88 Connor Zilisch
• No. 97 Shane van Gisbergen
• No. 8 Kyle Busch
• No. 10 Ty Dillon
• No. 51 Cody Ware
• No. 33 Jesse Love
• No. 66 Chad Finchum
• No. 44 Joey Gaseee
• No. 78 Daniel Dye
This article originally appeared on Motorsports Wire: NASCAR starting lineup for Cup Series race at Talladega in April 2026
