Daytona International Speedway represents the final NASCAR Cup Series race of the regular season and everything is on the line for drivers looking to secure a spot in the 2023 playoffs. In the last chapter of the 26-race regular season, [autotag]Chase Briscoe[/autotag] will lead the field to the green flag after winning the pole for the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona.
Briscoe’s fast time of 49.499 seconds beat Aric Almirola by 0.035 seconds. Harrison Burton will start third while Bubba Wallace rounds out the second row in fourth place.
As for other drivers positioned around the playoff cut line, Ty Gibbs will start fifth, Daniel Suarez qualified 22nd, and Chase Elliott will start 23rd.
The full starting lineup is available below.
2023 NASCAR Coke Zero Sugar 400 starting lineup:
- No. 14 Chase Briscoe
- No. 10 Aric Almirola
- No. 21 Harrison Burton
- No. 23 Bubba Wallace
- No. 54 Ty Gibbs
- No. 36 Riley Herbst
- No. 5 Kyle Larson
- No. 12 Ryan Blaney
- No. 41 Ryan Preece
- No. 4 Kevin Harvick
- No. 17 Chris Buescher
- No. 6 Brad Keselowski
- No. 19 Martin Truex Jr.
- No. 22 Joey Logano
- No. 20 Christopher Bell
- No. 2 Austin Cindric
- No. 16 A.J. Allmendinger
- No. 8 Kyle Busch
- No. 11 Denny Hamlin
- No. 45 Tyler Reddick
- No. 3 Austin Dillon
- No. 99 Daniel Suarez
- No. 9 Chase Elliott
- No. 43 Erik Jones
- No. 1 Ross Chastain
- No. 62 Austin Hill
- No. 24 William Byron
- No. 31 Justin Haley
- No. 42 Josh Berry
- No. 77 Ty Dillon
- No. 48 Alex Bowman
- No. 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
- No. 51 J.J. Yeley
- No. 15 Brennan Poole
- No. 38 Todd Gilliland
- No. 13 Chandler Smith
- No. 7 Corey LaJoie
- No. 78 B.J. McLeod
- No. 34 Michael McDowell