NASCAR at Bristol, beginning lineup for 2026 Meals Metropolis 500

The  is in Tennessee on Sunday, April 12, for the Meals Metropolis 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway after every week off.

Ryan Blaney and the No. 12 Group Penske Ford will begin within the pole place, with Tyler Reddick and the No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota on the surface.

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It guarantees to be an thrilling afternoon of racing on the World’s Quickest Half-Mile.

Kyle Larson (+340) is favored to take dwelling the checkered flag, adopted by Denny Hamlin (+470) and Blaney (+600), in accordance with .

Sunday’s race will start at roughly 3:00 p.m. ET on FOX Sports activities 1, with dwell streaming on Fubo, the FOX One app, and HBO Max.

The Meals Metropolis 500 will run 500 laps round Bristol’s 0.5333-mile. Stage 1 will run 125 laps, Stage 2 is 125 laps, and the ultimate 250 laps will make up Stage 3.

The place will your favourite driver begin Sunday afternoon’s race?

A full take a look at the beginning lineup for the Meals Metropolis 500 may be seen under.

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Meals Metropolis 500 beginning lineup

Row 1

1. Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Group Penske Ford

2. Tyler Reddick, No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota

Row 2

3. Chase Briscoe, No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

4. Riley Herbst, No. 35 23XI Racing Toyota

Row 3

5. Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

6. Ross Chastain, No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet

Row 4

7. Chris Buescher, No. 17 Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing Ford

8. Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

Row 5

9. Austin Cindric, No. 2 Group Penske Ford

10. Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet

Row 6

11. Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

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12. Bubba Wallace, No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota

Row 7

13. Daniel Suarez, No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet

14. Christopher Bell, No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota

Row 8

15. Zane Smith, No. 38 Entrance Row Motorsports Ford

16. Noah Gragson, No. 4 Entrance Row Motorsports Ford

Row 9

17. Ryan Preece, No. 60 RFK Racing Ford

18. Chase Elliott, No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

Row 10

19. Michael McDowell, No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet

20. Joey Logano, No. 22 Group Penske Ford

Row 11

21. Brad Keselowski, No. 6 Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing Ford

22. AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet

Row 12

23. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 HYAK Motorsports Chevrolet

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24. Austin Dillon, No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet

Row 13

25. Josh Berry, No. 21 Wooden Brothers Racing Ford

26. Connor Zilisch, No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet

Row 14

27. Alex Bowman, No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

28. Erik Jones, No. 43 Legacy Motor Membership Toyota

Row 15

29. Kyle Busch, No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet

30. Cole Custer, No. 41 Haas Manufacturing unit Group Chevrolet

Row 16

31. John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42 Legacy Motor Membership Toyota

32. Ty Dillon, No. 10 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet

Row 17

33. Shane van Gisbergen, No. 97 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet

34. William Byron, No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet

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Row 18

35. Todd Gilliland, No. 34 Entrance Row Motorsports Ford

36. Cody Ware, No. 51 Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet

Row 19

37. Chad Finchum, No. 66 Storage 66 Ford

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