NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup for the YellaWood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway
NASCAR Cup Series drivers are on the grounds in Talladega, Alabama. The 2.66-mile oval of Talladega Superspeedway is set to host two rounds of qualifying to set the starting grid for Sunday’s YellaWood 500.
View NASCAR qualifying results from Talladega Superspeedway below.
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Chase Briscoe will start from the pole position at Talladega Superspeedway. He turned a laptime at 51.466 seconds in the final round of qualifying.
Race Purse: $11,233,037
Stages: 98/143/188
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October 25, 2026
12:15pm ET
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Talladega Superspeedway
Starting Lineup
October 25, 2026
NASCAR Cup Series
Pos | Driver | Best Time
1) Chase Briscoe
51.466 | 186.065
2) Austin Hill
51.498 | 185.949
3) Connor Zilisch
51.518 | 185.877
4) Shane Van Gisbergen
51.565 | 185.707
5) Chris Buescher
51.593 | 185.607
6) Christopher Bell
51.609 | 185.549
7) Alex Bowman
51.621 | 185.506
8) Ty Gibbs
51.678 | 185.301
9) Denny Hamlin
51.734 | 185.101
10) Kyle Larson
51.812 | 184.822
NASCAR Qualifying Results – Round 1 (Top 10) : 1. Chase Briscoe (51.471); 2. Connor Zilisch (51.631); 3. Chris Buescher (51.646); 4. Denny Hamlin (51.648); 5. Shane Van Gisbergen (51.657); 6. Alex Bowman (51.658); 7. Christopher Bell (51.722); 8. Kyle Larson (51.767); 9. Austin Hill (51.776); 10. Ty Gibbs (51.785)
Failed to advance into Round 2
11) Cody Ware
51.802 | 184.858
12) Austin Dillon
51.805 | 184.847
13) Daniel Suárez
51.821 | 184.790
14) Riley Herbst
51.825 | 184.776
15) Ross Chastain
51.841 | 184.719
16) Joey Logano
51.848 | 184.694
17) William Byron
51.851 | 184.683
18) Chase Elliott
51.862 | 184.644
19) Ryan Preece
51.862 | 184.644
20) Cole Custer
51.866 | 184.630
21) Josh Berry
51.898 | 184.516
22) Brad Keselowski
51.943 | 184.356
23) Michael McDowell
51.956 | 184.310
24) Ricky Stenhouse Jr
51.969 | 184.264
25) Bubba Wallace
51.980 | 184.225
26) Carson Hocevar
51.984 | 184.211
27) Ryan Blaney
52.036 | 184.026
28) Austin Cindric
52.036 | 184.026
29) Erik Jones
52.075 | 183.889
30) Ty Dillon
52.086 | 183.850
31) Zane Smith
52.112 | 183.758
32) John H. Nemechek
52.131 | 183.691
33) Tyler Reddick
52.146 | 183.638
34) Casey Mears
52.263 | 183.227
35) Todd Gilliland
52.264 | 183.224
36) Daniel Dye
52.325 | 183.010
37) AJ Allmendinger
52.456 | 182.553
38) Joey Gase
52.570 | 182.157
39) Noah Gragson
52.674 | 181.797
40) Gray Gaulding
52.875 | 181.106
NASCAR standings ahead of the YellaWood 500
Pos | Driver | Points
1) Kyle Larson
Leader
2) Christopher Bell
-5
3) Chase Briscoe
-24
4) Denny Hamlin
-31
5) Ryan Blaney
-40
6) Joey Logano
-44
7) Tyler Reddick
-56
8) Austin Cindric
-130
9) Ty Gibbs
-132
10) Chase Elliott
-149
11) Carson Hocevar
-158
12) Bubba Wallace
-162
13) Daniel Suarez
-188
14) William Byron
-190
15) Chris Buescher
-204
16) Ryan Preece
-211
