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Team Penske will lead the NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup for the race at Richmond Raceway in August. Ryan Blaney won the pole for the 2026 Cook Out 400 at Richmond this weekend. Chase Briscoe will join Blaney on the front row for Saturday night's event. It is Blaney's fourth pole position of the 2026 Cup Series season.
Josh Berry and Ty Gibbs will follow the two drivers on the second row. Most notably, Daniel Suarez, Erik Jones, Carson Hocevar, Austin Cindric, Alex Bowman, Kyle Larson, Shane van Gisbergen, Tyler Reddick, and Austin Hill all start 20th or worse for Saturday night's event.
The full NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup at Richmond in August 2026 is below!
NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup at Richmond (August 2026)
No. 12 Ryan Blaney
No. 19 Chase Briscoe
No. 21 Josh Berry
No. 54 Ty Gibbs
No. 24 William Byron
No. 60 Ryan Preece
No. 23 Bubba Wallace
No. 20 Christopher Bell
No. 6 Brad Keselowski
No. 22 Joey Logano
No. 88 Connor Zilisch
No. 42 John Hunter Nemechek
No. 9 Chase Elliott
No. 11 Denny Hamlin
No. 16 AJ Allmendinger
No. 3 Austin Dillon
No. 35 Riley Herbst
No. 1 Ross Chastain
No. 17 Chris Buescher
No. 7 Daniel Suarez
No. 43 Erik Jones
No. 77 Carson Hocevar
No. 2 Austin Cindric
No. 38 Zane Smith
No. 48 Alex Bowman
No. 71 Michael McDowell
No. 34 Todd Gilliland
No. 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
No. 41 Cole Custer
No. 5 Kyle Larson
No. 97 Shane van Gisbergen
No. 45 Tyler Reddick
No. 33 Austin Hill
No. 10 Ty Dillon
No. 4 Noah Gragson
No. 66 Josh Bilicki
No. 51 Cody Ware
This article originally appeared on Motorsports Wire: NASCAR starting lineup for Cup Series race at Richmond in August 2026
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