The Indianapolis Road Course has proved to be a chaotic race over the last two seasons and track position will remain an important factor. This will especially be the case for [autotag]Daniel Suarez[/autotag], who won the pole for the Verizon 200 at Indianapolis.
Suarez’s fast time of 87.989 seconds beat Tyler Reddick by 0.145 seconds. Chase Elliott will start third while Michael McDowell rounds out the second row in fourth place.
As for the other drivers positioned around the playoff cut line, Alex Bowman will start ninth, Ty Gibbs qualified 10th, and A.J. Allmendinger will start 26th.
The full starting lineup is available below.
2023 NASCAR Verizon 200 starting lineup:
- No. 99 Daniel Suarez
- No. 45 Tyler Reddick
- No. 9 Chase Elliott
- No. 34 Michael McDowell
- No. 8 Kyle Busch
- No. 5 Kyle Larson
- No. 20 Christopher Bell
- No. 91 Shane van Gisbergen
- No. 48 Alex Bowman
- No. 54 Ty Gibbs
- No. 33 Brodie Kostecki
- No. 19 Martin Truex Jr.
- No. 14 Chase Briscoe
- No. 7 Corey LaJoie
- No. 31 Justin Haley
- No. 12 Ryan Blaney
- No. 17 Chris Buescher
- No. 22 Joey Logano
- No. 23 Bubba Wallace
- No. 2 Austin Cindric
- No. 1 Ross Chastain
- No. 6 Brad Keselowski
- No. 38 Todd Gilliland
- No. 21 Harrison Burton
- No. 11 Denny Hamlin
- No. 16 A.J. Allmendinger
- No. 3 Austin Dillon
- No. 67 Kamui Kobayashi
- No. 51 Andy Lally
- No. 41 Ryan Preece
- No. 15 Jenson Button
- No. 78 Josh Bilicki
- No. 10 Aric Almirola
- No. 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
- No. 77 Ty Dillon
- No. 43 Erik Jones
- No. 42 Mike Rockenfeller
- No. 4 Kevin Harvick
- No. 24 William Byron