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NASCAR qualifying results and starting lineup for the the 2026 Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Use this NASCAR starting lineup info to build DFS lineups on DraftKings. Ryan Blaney won the pole with the fastest lap.
On Saturday evening, the NASCAR Cup Series held the qualifying session for this weekend's race at Bristol Motor Speedway, the Food City 500.
Ryan Blaney beat out the Toyotas of Tyler Reddick, Chase Briscoe, Riley Herbst, and Ty Gibbs to grab his second career pole at Bristol.
Here are the qualifying results and the starting lineup for this weekend's Food City 500 at "The Last Great Colosseum."
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2026 Food City 500 at Bristol Starting Lineup
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| Start Pos | Driver | Time | Speed |
| 1. | Ryan Blaney | 15.101 | 127.064 |
| 2. | Tyler Reddick | 15.124 | 126.871 |
| 3. | Chase Briscoe | 15.135 | 126.779 |
| 4. | Riley Herbst | 15.147 | 126.679 |
| 5. | Ty Gibbs | 15.164 | 126.537 |
| 6. | Ross Chastain | 15.175 | 126.445 |
| 7. | Chris Buescher | 15.190 | 126.320 |
| 8. | Kyle Larson | 15.192 | 126.303 |
| 9. | Austin Cindric | 15.200 | 126.237 |
| 10. | Carson Hocevar | 15.201 | 126.229 |
| 11. | Denny Hamlin | 15.225 | 126.030 |
| 12. | Bubba Wallace | 15.231 | 125.980 |
| 13. | Daniel Suarez | 15.233 | 125.963 |
| 14. | Christopher Bell | 15.261 | 125.732 |
| 15. | Zane Smith | 15.277 | 125.601 |
| 16. | Noah Gragson | 15.279 | 125.584 |
| 17. | Ryan Preece | 15.282 | 125.559 |
| 18. | Chase Elliott | 15.285 | 125.535 |
| 19. | Michael McDowell | 15.291 | 125.486 |
| 20. | Joey Logano | 15.311 | 125.322 |
| 21. | Brad Keselowski | 15.312 | 125.313 |
| 22. | AJ Allmendinger | 15.323 | 125.224 |
| 23. | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 15.331 | 125.158 |
| 24. | Austin Dillon | 15.344 | 125.052 |
| 25. | Josh Berry | 15.364 | 124.889 |
| 26. | Connor Zilisch | 15.368 | 124.857 |
| 27. | Alex Bowman | 15.368 | 124.857 |
| 28. | Erik Jones | 15.378 | 124.776 |
| 29. | Kyle Busch | 15.389 | 124.686 |
| 30. | Cole Custer | 15.404 | 124.565 |
| 31. | John Hunter Nemechek | 15.467 | 124.058 |
| 32. | Ty Dillon | 15.498 | 123.810 |
| 33. | Shane Van Gisbergen | 15.514 | 123.682 |
| 34. | William Byron | 15.554 | 123.364 |
| 35. | Todd Gilliland | 15.593 | 123.055 |
| 36. | Cody Ware | 15.613 | 122.898 |
| 37. | Chad Finchum | 15.711 | 122.131 |
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