NASCAR qualifying results for Ally 400 at Nashville Superspeedway: See the Cup Series starting grid
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
Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Toyota
Josh Berry, No. 4 Ford
Christopher Bell, No. 20 Toyota
Kyle Larson, No. 5 Chevrolet
Brad Keselowski, No. 6 Ford
Tyler Reddick, No. 45 Toyota
William Byron, No. 24 Chevrolet
Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Toyota
Chris Buescher, No. 17 Ford
Austin Cindric, No. 2 Ford
Austin Dillon, No. 3 Chevrolet
Alex Bowman, No. 48 Chevrolet
Chase Elliott, No. 9 Chevrolet
Michael McDowell, No. 34 Ford
Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Chevrolet
Noah Gragson, No. 10 Ford
Martin Truex Jr., No. 19 Toyota
Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Ford
Chase Briscoe, No. 14 Ford
Ross Chastain, No. 1 Chevrolet
Corey LaJoie, No. 7 Chevrolet
Ryan Preece, No. 41 Ford
Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 Chevrolet
Bubba Wallace, No. 23 Toyota
Harrison Burton, No. 21 Ford
Joey Logano, No. 22 Ford
Kyle Busch, No. 8 Chevrolet
AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 Chevrolet
Corey Heim, No. 50 Toyota
Riley Herbst, No. 15 Ford
Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Chevrolet
Todd Gilliland, No. 38 Ford
Justin Haley, No. 51 Ford (penalty, qualifying time won’t count, will start in back)
Erik Jones, No. 43 Toyota
John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42 Toyota
Zane Smith, No. 71 Chevrolet
Daniel Hemric, No. 31 Chevrolet
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