Official Starting Lineup For the 2026 Daytona 500

The starting lineup is set for the 2026 Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway. Here is the full 41-car starting field.

After Thursday night's America 250 Duels at Daytona, the starting lineup is officially set for Sunday's Daytona 500. | Ricky Martinez | Racing America On SI

DAYTONA BEACH, Florida -- On Wednesday evening, Kyle Busch scored the pole position for Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway, as he topped Chase Briscoe for his first-career Daytona 500 pole.

Fast forward to Thursday night, and at the conclusion of the pair of America 250 Duel qualifier races, which were won by Joey Logano and Chase Elliott, we now know which drivers will compete in the Great American Race, and what starting spots they will all begin the 500-mile chess match, which will be fought at 200 miles-per-hour.

By winning the Duels, Logano and Elliott will slot into the starting lineup behind the front row starters, Busch and Briscoe.

Anthony Alfredo initially made the Daytona 500 field with an 18th-place finish in Duel 2, but after his No. 62 Beard Motorsports Chevrolet failed post-race inspection, his finish was disallowed. BJ McLeod will race in the Daytona 500 instead.

Official Starting Lineup for the 2026 Daytona 500

Pos	Car	Driver	Team	Manufacturer
1	8	Kyle Busch	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet
2	19	Chase Briscoe	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota
3	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford
4	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet
5	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford
6	77	Carson Hocevar	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet
7	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet
8	5	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet
9	6	Brad Keselowski	RFK Racing	Ford
10	71	Michael McDowell	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet
11	42	John Hunter Nemechek	LEGACY MOTOR CLUB	Toyota
12	20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota
13	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet
14	21	Josh Berry	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford
15	7	Daniel Suarez	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet
16	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Hyak Motorsports	Chevrolet
17	66*	Casey Mears	Garage 66	Ford
18	34	Todd Gilliland	Front Row Motorsports	Ford
19	60	Ryan Preece	RFK Racing	Ford
20	54	Ty Gibbs	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota
21	48	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet
22	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota
23	41	Cole Custer	Haas Factory Team	Chevrolet
24	43	Erik Jones	LEGACY MOTOR CLUB	Toyota
25	4	Noah Gragson	Front Row Motorsports	Ford
26	45	Tyler Reddick	23XI Racing	Toyota
27	23	Bubba Wallace	23XI Racing	Toyota
28	35	Riley Herbst	23XI Racing	Toyota
29	67*	Corey Heim (i)	23XI Racing	Toyota
30	38	Zane Smith	Front Row Motorsports	Ford
31	84*	Jimmie Johnson (OEP)	LEGACY MOTOR CLUB	Toyota
32	88	Connor Zilisch #	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet
33	51	Cody Ware	Rick Ware Racing	Chevrolet
34	10	Ty Dillon	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet
35	16	AJ Allmendinger	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet
36	2	Austin Cindric	Team Penske	Ford
37	1	Ross Chastain	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet
38	78*	BJ McLeod	Live Fast Motorsports	Chevrolet
39	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet
40	40*	Justin Allgaier (i)	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet
41	17	Chris Buescher	RFK Racing	Ford

* denotes "Open" entry
# denotes Rookie of the Year contender
(i) denotes a driver ineligible to score NASCAR Cup Series points
(OEP) denotes Open Exemption Provisional

Failed to qualify: No. 36 Chandler Smith, No. 44 JJ Yeley, No. 62 Anthony Alfredo, and No. 99 Corey LaJoie.

The Daytona 500 is scheduled for Sunday, February 15, and will be televised on FOX. Television coverage of the event is set to begin at 2:30 PM ET. The Motor Racing Network (MRN) and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio will provide the radio broadcast of the race.