Talladega Superspeedway represents the second race of the Round of 12 and the playoff grid is now tighter than ever. Moving forward, stage points will be very important and [autotag]Aric Almirola[/autotag] has the honor of leading the field to the green flag after winning the pole for the YellaWood 500 at Talladega.

Almirola’s fast time of 52.715 seconds beat Joey Logano by 0.004 seconds. Chase Briscoe will start third while Kyle Larson rounds out the second row in fourth place.

As for the playoff drivers starting further in the field, Chris Buescher will start 24th, Kyle Busch qualified 25th, and Ross Chastain will start 32nd.

The full starting lineup is available below.

2023 YellaWood 500 starting lineup:

1. No. 10 Aric Almirola
2. No. 22 Joey Logano
3. No. 14 Chase Briscoe
4. No. 5 Kyle Larson
5. No. 6 Brad Keselowski
6. No. 36 Riley Herbst
7. No. 2 Austin Cindric
8. No. 24 William Byron
9. No. 23 Bubba Wallace
10. No. 12 Ryan Blaney
11. No. 4 Kevin Harvick
12. No. 11 Denny Hamlin
13. No. 45 Tyler Reddick
14. No. 3 Austin Dillon
15. No. 20 Christopher Bell
16. No. 19 Martin Truex Jr.
17. No. 38 Todd Gilliland
18. No. 34 Michael McDowell
19. No. 41 Ryan Preece
20. No. 48 Alex Bowman
21. No. 21 Harrison Burton
22. No. 54 Ty Gibbs
23. No. 9 Chase Elliott
24. No. 17 Chris Buescher
25. No. 8 Kyle Busch
26. No. 43 Erik Jones
27. No. 51 J.J. Yeley
28. No. 99 Daniel Suarez
29. No. 15 Brennan Poole
30. No. 31 Justin Haley
31. No. 16 A.J. Allmendinger
32. No. 1 Ross Chastain
33. No. 77 Ty Dillon
34. No. 13 Chandler Smith
35. No. 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
36. No. 7 Corey LaJoie
37. No. 78 B.J. McLeod
38. No. 42 Carson Hocevar