The NASCAR playoff schedule with Sunday night delivering the first race in the Round of 16 for the Cup Series. With 16 drivers battling it out for critical points in the Cook Out Southern 500, the NASCAR starting lineup for Darlington Raceway could prove decisive in who makes the Round of 12.
Following qualifying results on Saturday morning at Darlington, here is the NASCAR starting lineup for Sunday with qualifying times included. Further below, we've included the NASCAR starting grid for tomorrow's Cook Out Southern 400.
Here is the NASCAR starting lineup for Sunday's race at Darlington Raceway. We've included an (*)to indicate which drivers are in the playoffs.
Denny Hamlin* –28.694 seconds
Chase Briscoe* –28.715 seconds
Josh Berry* –28.829 seconds
Tyler Reddick* –28.848 seconds
Kyle Larson* –28.925 seconds
Ross Chastain* –28.933 seconds
Christopher Bell* –28.962 seconds
Bubba Wallace*– 28.985 seconds
Austin Dillon*– 29.004 seconds
Austin Cindric*– 29.023 seconds
William Byron* –29.025 seconds
Ryan Blaney* –29.032 seconds
Justin Haley –29.060 seconds
Joey Logano* –29.080 seconds
Chris Buescher –29.082 seconds
Ty Gibbs –29.127 seconds
Daniel Suarez –29.172 seconds
Cole Custer –29.196 seconds
Erik Jones –29.216 seconds
Shane van Gisbergen* –29.223 seconds
Chase Elliott* –29.226 seconds
AJ Allmendinger –29.234 seconds
Kyle Busch –29.235 seconds
Zane Smith –29.245 seconds
Carson Hocevar –29.249 seconds
Michael McDowell –29.249 seconds
Ryan Preece –29.254 seconds
Todd Gilliland –29.263 seconds
Alex Bowman* –29.269 seconds
John H. Nemechek –29.327 seconds
Ty Dillon –29.338 seconds
Brad Keselowski –29.401 seconds
Riley Herbst –29.445 seconds
Noah Gragson –29.511 seconds
Ricky Stenhouse Jr– 29.663 seconds
Cody Ware –29.997 seconds
Derek Kraus– 30.451 seconds
Timmy Hill –31.025 seconds
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Here is the Cook Out Southern 500 starting grid for Sunday night's Cup Series race.
Row 1:Denny Hamlin*, Chase Briscoe*
Row 2:Josh Berry*, Tyler Reddick*
Row 3:Kyle Larson*, Ross Chastain*
Row 4:Christopher Bell*, Bubba Wallace*
Row 5:Austin Dillon*, Austin Cindric*
Row 6:William Byron*, Ryan Blaney*
Row 7:Justin Haley, Joey Logano*
Row 8:Chris Buescher, Ty Gibbs
Row 9:Dabiel Suarez, Cole Custer
Row 10:Erik Jones, Shane van Gisbergen*
Row 11:Chase Elliott*, AJ Allmendinger
Row 12:Kyle Busch, Zane Smith
Row 13:Michael McDowell, Carson Hocevar
Row 14:Ryan Preece, Todd Gilliland
Row 15:Alex Bowman, John H. Nemechek
Row 16:Ty Dillon, Brad Keselowski
Row 17:Riley Herbst, Noah Gragson
Row 18:Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Cody Ware
Row 19:Derek Kraus, Timmy Hill
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Denny Hamlin is on the pole for the NASCAR race tomorrow. The NASCAR starting lineup for Darlington lines up with Denny Hamlin and Chase Briscoe in Row 1, Josh Berry and Tyler Reddick in Row 2, Kyle Larson and Ross Chastain in Row 3, Christopher Bell and Bubba Wallace in Row 4 with Austin Dillon and Austin Cindric in Row 5.
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