NASCAR at Nashville, starting lineup for 2026 Cracker Barrel 400

The 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season continues on Sunday, May 31, with a trip to Nashville Motor Speedway for the Cracker Barrel 400. It’s a race under the lights as we get some NASCAR action in primetime.

Denny Hamlin and the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 11 Toyota will start the race in the pole position, with 23XI Racing sensation Tyler Reddick, whose No. 45 Toyota is co-owned by Hamlin and Michael Jordan, starting on the outside.

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Spire Motorsports’ Daniel Suarez is the highest-qualifying Chevrolet in his No. 7, followed by another Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, Christopher BEll and his No. 20.

The Cracker Barrel 400 will run 300 laps around the Nashville Motor Speedway’s 1.33-mile track for a total of 400 miles. Stage 1 will run 90 laps, Stage 2 is 95 laps, and the final 115 laps will make up Stage 3.

Where will your favorite driver start Sunday afternoon’s race?

A full look at the starting lineup for the Cracker Barrel 400 can be seen below (car number in parenthesis).

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Cracker Barrel 400 starting lineup

1. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota

2. (45) Tyler Reddick, Toyota

3. (7) Daniel Suarez, Chevrolet

4. (20) Christopher Bell, Toyota

5. (5) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet

6. (54) Ty Gibbs, Toyota

7. (12) Ryan Blaney, Ford

8. (24) William Byron, Chevrolet

9. (22) Joey Logano, Ford

10. (97) Shane Van Gisbergen, Chevrolet

11. (38) Zane Smith, Ford

12. (6) Brad Keselowski, Ford

13. (43) Erik Jones, Toyota

14. (71) Michael McDowell, Chevrolet

15. (47) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Chevrolet

16. (16) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet

17. (77) Carson Hocevar, Chevrolet

18. (23) Bubba Wallace, Toyota

19. (48) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet

20. (41) Cole Custer, Chevrolet

21. (34) Todd Gilliland, Ford

22. (17) Chris Buescher, Ford

23. (35) Riley Herbst, Toyota

24. (67) Corey Heim, Toyota

25. (33) Austin Hill, Chevrolet

26. (4) Noah Gragson, Ford

27. (42) John Hunter Nemechek, Toyota

28. (60) Ryan Preece, Ford

29. (9) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet

30. (10) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet

31. (19) Chase Briscoe, Toyota

32. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet

33. (21) Josh Berry, Ford

34. (51) Cody Ware, Chevrolet

35. (1) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet

36. (2) Austin Cindric, Ford

37. (66) Chad Finchum, Ford

38. (88) Connor Zilisch, Chevrolet

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