Kansas Speedway represents the second race of the Round of 16 and the playoff field is still very tight, outside of Kyle Larson who won at Darlington Raceway. Therefore, stage points will be very important and [autotag]Christopher Bell[/autotag] has the honor of leading the field to the green flag after winning the pole for the Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas.

Bell’s fast time of 29.954 seconds beat Larson by 0.075 seconds. Martin Truex Jr. will start third while Chase Elliott rounds out the second row in fourth place.

As for drivers positioned around the playoff cut line, Bubba Wallace will start 10th, Joey Logano qualified 11th, and Kevin Harvick will start 20th

The full starting lineup is available below.

2023 NASCAR Hollywood Casino 400 starting lineup:

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