Starting Lineup: NASCAR Cup Series Bass Pro Shops Night Race at Bristol
Alex Bowman secured the pole position for Saturday night's NASCAR Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway as he turned an ultra-fast 15.142 second (126.720 mph) lap around the 0.533-mile short-track in Tennessee. The driver of the No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet has had an incredible start to the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs, and if he can close it out on Saturday night, he'll move on to the Round of 12.
Kyle Larson, his Hendrick Motorsports teammate will start on the outside pole.
Here is the official starting lineup for Saturday's NASCAR Cup Series Bass Pro Shops Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway, race 29 of 36 (final race of the Round of 16 of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs)
Row | Pos | No. | Driver | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
ROW 1 | 1 | 48 | Alex Bowman (P) | Hendrick Motorsports |
ROW 1 | 2 | 5 | Kyle Larson (P) | Hendrick Motorsports |
ROW 2 | 3 | 24 | William Byron (P) | Hendrick Motorsports |
ROW 2 | 4 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr. (P) | Joe Gibbs Racing |
ROW 3 | 5 | 14 | Chase Briscoe (P) | Stewart-Haas Racing |
ROW 3 | 6 | 20 | Christopher Bell (P) | Joe Gibbs Racing |
ROW 4 | 7 | 77 | Carson Hocevar # | Spire Motorsports |
ROW 4 | 8 | 11 | Denny Hamlin (P) | Joe Gibbs Racing |
ROW 5 | 9 | 7 | Corey LaJoie | Spire Motorsports |
ROW 5 | 10 | 9 | Chase Elliott (P) | Hendrick Motorsports |
ROW 6 | 11 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 23XI Racing |
ROW 6 | 12 | 1 | Ross Chastain | Trackhouse Racing |
ROW 7 | 13 | 54 | Ty Gibbs (P) | Joe Gibbs Racing |
ROW 7 | 14 | 41 | Ryan Preece | Stewart-Haas Racing |
ROW 8 | 15 | 45 | Tyler Reddick (P) | 23XI Racing |
ROW 8 | 16 | 10 | Noah Gragson | Stewart-Haas Racing |
ROW 9 | 17 | 17 | Chris Buescher | RFK Racing |
ROW 9 | 18 | 34 | Michael McDowell | Front Row Motorsports |
ROW 10 | 19 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger(i) | Kaulig Racing |
ROW 10 | 20 | 22 | Joey Logano (P) | Team Penske |
ROW 11 | 21 | 31 | Daniel Hemric | Kaulig Racing |
ROW 11 | 22 | 12 | Ryan Blaney (P) | Team Penske |
ROW 12 | 23 | 6 | Brad Keselowski (P) | RFK Racing |
ROW 12 | 24 | 38 | Todd Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports |
ROW 13 | 25 | 4 | Josh Berry # | Stewart-Haas Racing |
ROW 13 | 26 | 51 | Justin Haley | Rick Ware Racing |
ROW 14 | 27 | 2 | Austin Cindric (P) | Team Penske |
ROW 14 | 28 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB |
ROW 15 | 29 | 8 | Kyle Busch | Richard Childress Racing |
ROW 15 | 30 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing |
ROW 16 | 31 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | JTG Daugherty Racing |
ROW 16 | 32 | 43 | Erik Jones | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB |
ROW 17 | 33 | 71 | Zane Smith # | Spire Motorsports |
ROW 17 | 34 | 21 | Harrison Burton (P) | Wood Brothers Racing |
ROW 18 | 35 | 99 | Daniel Suarez (P) | Trackhouse Racing |
ROW 18 | 36 | 15 | Kaz Grala # | Rick Ware Racing |
ROW 19 | 37 | 66 | Josh Bilicki(i) | MBM Motorsports |
(P) indicates Playoff drivers
# indicates Rookie of the Year contenders
(i) indicates drivers ineligible to score championship points
Toby Christie is the Editor-in-Chief of Racing America. He has 15 years of experience as a motorsports journalist and has been with Racing America since 2023.