While last year's NASCAR Cup Series race at Nashville Superspeedway included plenty of passing and positional jockeying, starting position is always key.

That led to Saturday, as qualifying for Sunday's Ally 400 was held in the heat of the day at the 1⅓-mile track. Denny Hamlin came away with the coveted No. 1 starting spot and pit box choice, clearing the field with a lap of 29.859. Josh Berry will also start on the front row with Christopher Bell set to start third, Kyle Larson fourth and Brad Keselowski fifth.

Justin Haley, driver of the No. 51 Rick Ware Racing Ford, made an illegal adjustment after going through inspection and will be relegated to the back of the field, will have to do a pass-through penalty on pit road on Sunday and also will be without his crew chief.

Chevrolet has three wins in as many Cup Series races at Nashville with Chase Elliott, Kyle Larson and Ross Chastain each going to victory lane once. Larson was atop the odds board heading into Saturday.

Coverage for Sunday's Ally 400 is set to begin at 3:30 p.m.

Here's the starting lineup:

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Starting lineup for NASCAR race Sunday

1. Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Toyota

2. Josh Berry, No. 4 Ford

3. Christopher Bell, No. 20 Toyota

4. Kyle Larson, No. 5 Chevrolet

5. Brad Keselowski, No. 6 Ford

6. Tyler Reddick, No. 45 Toyota

7. William Byron, No. 24 Chevrolet

8. Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Toyota

9. Chris Buescher, No. 17 Ford

10. Austin Cindric, No. 2 Ford

11. Austin Dillon, No. 3 Chevrolet

12. Alex Bowman, No. 48 Chevrolet

13. Chase Elliott, No. 9 Chevrolet

14. Michael McDowell, No. 34 Ford

15. Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Chevrolet

16. Noah Gragson, No. 10 Ford

17. Martin Truex Jr., No. 19 Toyota

18. Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Ford

19. Chase Briscoe, No. 14 Ford

20. Ross Chastain, No. 1 Chevrolet

21. Corey LaJoie, No. 7 Chevrolet

22. Ryan Preece, No. 41 Ford

23. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 Chevrolet

24. Bubba Wallace, No. 23 Toyota

25. Harrison Burton, No. 21 Ford

26. Joey Logano, No. 22 Ford

27. Kyle Busch, No. 8 Chevrolet

28. AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 Chevrolet

29. Corey Heim, No. 50 Toyota

30. Riley Herbst, No. 15 Ford

31. Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Chevrolet

32. Todd Gilliland, No. 38 Ford

33. Justin Haley, No. 51 Ford (penalty, qualifying time won’t count, will start in back)

34. Erik Jones, No. 43 Toyota

35. John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42 Toyota

36. Zane Smith, No. 71 Chevrolet

37. Daniel Hemric, No. 31 Chevrolet

38. Chad Finchum, No. 66 Ford

This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: NASCAR starting lineup for Sunday: Cup qualifying order for Nashville