Daytona 500 Beginning Lineup: See the Beginning Positions for Each Driver in 2026

The highest 10 is stacked with veterans with NASCAR Cup Collection champions and 4 earlier Daytona 500 winners main the 2026 version of The Nice American Race on Sunday.

The 2026 Daytona 500 discipline is formally set following pole qualifying Wednesday and the Duels at Daytona on Thursday. Forward of the NASCAR Cup Collection season opener, Kyle Busch gained his first Daytona 500 pole and might be joined by Chase Briscoe on the entrance row main the sector to inexperienced Sunday at 2:30 p.m. ET on FOX. 

And Thursday’s two duels — gained by Joey Logano and Chase Elliott — decided the rest of the beginning lineup with a 41-car discipline, which incorporates seven-time Cup champion Jimmie Johnson. 

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This is the beginning lineup for the 2026 Daytona 500 with Busch on the pole. 

Kyle Busch, No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Chase Briscoe, No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Joey Logano, No. 22 Crew Penske Ford Chase Elliott, No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Crew Penske Ford Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet Austin Dillon, No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Brad Keselowski, No. 6 RFK Racing FordMichael McDowell, No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42 Legacy Motor Membership Toyota Christopher Bell, No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Shane van Gisbergen, No. 97 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet Josh Berry, No. 21 Wooden Brothers Racing Ford Daniel Suárez, No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet*Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 HYAK Motorsports Chevrolet Casey Mears, No. 66 Storage 66 FordTodd Gilliland, No. 34 Entrance Row Motorsports Ford Ryan Preece, No. 60 RFK Racing FordTy Gibbs, No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing ToyotaAlex Bowman, No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing ToyotaCole Custer, No. 41 Haas Manufacturing unit Crew Chevrolet Erik Jones, No. 43 Legacy Motor Membership Toyota Noah Gragson, No. 4 Entrance Row Motorsports Ford Tyler Reddick, No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota Bubba Wallace, No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota Riley Herbst, No. 35 23XI Racing Toyota Corey Heim, No. 67 23XI Racing ToyotaZane Smith, No. 38 Entrance Row Motorsports Ford Jimmie Johnson, No. 84 Legacy Motor Membership Toyota Connor Zilisch, No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet Cody Ware, No. 51 Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet Ty Dillon, No. 10 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet Austin Cindric, No. 2 Crew Penske Ford Ross Chastain, No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet*BJ McLeod, No. 78 Dwell Quick Motorsports ChevroletWilliam Byron, No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet*Justin Allgaier, No. 40 JR Motorsports ChevroletChris Buescher, No. 17 RFK Racing Ford*

*Driver will begin from the rear for switching to a backup automobile.