NASCAR starting lineup for Cup Series race at Pocono in June 2026

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Joe Gibbs Racing will lead the NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup for the race at Pocono Raceway in June. Denny Hamlin won the pole for the 2026 Great American Getaway 400 at Pocono this weekend. Kyle Larson will join Hamlin on the front row for Sunday afternoon's event. It is Hamlin's third pole position of the 2026 season.

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Daniel Suarez and Ty Gibbs will follow the two drivers on the second row. Most notably, Christopher Bell, Chase Elliott, Ross Chastain, Carson Hocevar, Connor Zilisch, Shane van Gisbergen, Ryan Preece, Brad Keselowski, and Bubba Wallace all start 20th or worse for Sunday afternoon's event. Hocevar, Preece, Keselowski, and Wallace all had issues on their runs.

The full NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup at Pocono in June 2026 is below!

NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup at Pocono (June 2026)

  1. No. 11 Denny Hamlin
  2. No. 5 Kyle Larson
  3. No. 7 Daniel Suárez
  4. No. 54 Ty Gibbs
  5. No. 19 Chase Briscoe
  6. No. 17 Chris Buescher
  7. No. 43 Erik Jones
  8. No. 42 John Hunter Nemechek
  9. No. 24 William Byron
  10. No. 12 Ryan Blaney
  11. No. 22 Joey Logano
  12. No. 48 Alex Bowman
  13. No. 71 Michael McDowell
  14. No. 33 Austin Hill
  15. No. 41 Cole Custer
  16. No. 45 Tyler Reddick
  17. No. 22 Austin Cindric
  18. No. 38 Zane Smith
  19. No. 16 AJ Allmendinger
  20. No. 21 Josh Berry
  21. No. 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
  22. No. 20 Christopher Bell
  23. No. 9 Chase Elliott
  24. No. 1 Ross Chastain
  25. No. 35 Riley Herbst
  26. No. 77 Carson Hocevar
  27. No. 10 Ty Dillon
  28. No. 88 Connor Zilisch
  29. No. 34 Todd Gilliland
  30. No. 4 Noah Gragson
  31. No. 97 Shane van Gisbergen
  32. No. 3 Austin Dillon
  33. No. 51 Cody Ware
  34. No. 78 Daniel Dye
  35. No. 60 Ryan Preece
  36. No. 62 Casey Mears
  37. No. 6 Brad Keselowski
  38. No. 23 Bubba Wallace

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