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NASCAR lineup at Nashville set for Sunday night race
NASCAR lineup at Nashville set for Sunday night race
Ken Willis, Daytona Beach News-JournalSat, May 30, 2026·3 min readAnother week, another chance to brush up on the metric system.
No kilometers or liters involved, however, because this is NASCAR’s data metrics, whipped out whenever qualifying is washed out, as it was Saturday for the second straight week.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementIn such cases, a combination of recent and year-round data determines the starting lineup. This time, it’ll be Denny Hamlin and Tyler Reddick starting 1-2 in Sunday night’s Cracker Barrel 400 at Nashville Superspeedway.
Nashville Superspeedway is located about 25 miles of the bustling downtown Nashville. The track opened in 2001 and immediately became part of NASCAR's second- and third-tier series — Truck and what's now known as the O'Reilly Series.
It began hosting an annual Cup Series race in 2021 and has had five different winners in its five races on the 1.3-mile concrete oval.
One pole-sitter has gone on to win at Nashville — Ross Chastain three years ago. The other four winners have started between fourth and 26th.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementNASCAR lineup for Nashville after qualifying rained out
Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
Tyler Reddick, No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota
Daniel Suarez, No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
Christopher Bell, No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Team Penske Ford
William Byron, No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
Joey Logano, No. 22 Team Penske Ford
Shane van Gisbergen, No. 97 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
Zane Smith, No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford
Brad Keselowski, No. 6 RFK Racing Ford
Erik Jones, No. 43 Legacy Motor Club Toyota
Michael McDowell, No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet
A.J. Allmendinger, No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
Bubba Wallace, No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota
Alex Bowman, No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
Cole Custer, No. 41 Haas Factory Team Chevrolet
Todd Gilliland, No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford
Chris Buescher, No. 17 RFK Racing Ford
Riley Herbst, No. 35 23XI Racing Toyota
Corey Heim, No. 67 23XI Racing Toyota
Austin Hill, No. 33 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
Noah Gragson, No. 4 Front Row Motorsports Ford
John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42 Legacy Motor Club Toyota
Ryan Preece, No. 60 RFK Racing Ford
Chase Elliott, No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
Ty Dillon, No. 10 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
Chase Briscoe, No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
Austin Dillon, No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
Josh Berry, No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford
Cody Ware, No. 51 Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet
Ross Chastain, No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
Austin Cindric, No. 2 Team Penske Ford
Chad Finchum, No. 66 Garage 66 Ford
Connor Zilisch, No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: NASCAR lineup set for Nashville Sunday night race
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