Race Lineup

The official 2017 Alabama 500 NASCAR CUP Series race lineup, determined by qualifying results, shows the starting positions of all drivers at Talladega Superspeedway.

Alabama 500

Sunday, October 15th, 2017

Talladega Superspeedway, Lincoln, AL

  • 18 Chevrolet
  • 13 Ford
  • 9 Toyota

  • Drivers Entered: 40
  • Laps Scheduled: 188
  • Margin of Victory: 0.210 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 3 Hours 47 Minutes 52 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 131.677
  • Cautions: 11 for 47 laps
  • Lead Changes: 30
  • Green Flag Passes: 13,961 (99.0 passes per green flag lap)
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Race lineup for the Alabama 500 at Talladega Superspeedway
ST # DRIVER MAKE SPD TIME BHND SPONSOR TEAM CREW CHIEF
1 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr Chevrolet 190.544 50.256 0.000 Mountain Dew Hendrick Motorsports Greg Ives
2 24 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 190.412 50.291 0.035 NAPA Hendrick Motorsports Alan Gustafson
3 22 Joey Logano Ford 190.374 50.301 0.045 Shell Pennzoil Team Penske Todd Gordon
4 41 Kurt Busch Ford 190.268 50.329 0.073 Haas Automation / Monster Energy Stewart-haas Racing Tony Gibson
5 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Ford 190.170 50.355 0.099 SunnyD Rfk Racing Brian Pattie
6 2 Brad Keselowski Ford 190.151 50.360 0.104 Miller Lite Team Penske Paul Wolfe
7 14 Clint Bowyer Ford 189.778 50.459 0.203 Haas Automation Stewart-haas Racing Mike Bugarewicz
8 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 189.774 50.460 0.204 Lowe's Hendrick Motorsports Chad Knaus
9 21 Ryan Blaney Ford 189.669 50.488 0.232 Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire Wood Brothers Racing Jeremy Bullins
10 6 Trevor Bayne Ford 189.658 50.491 0.235 Liberty National Rfk Racing Matt Puccia
11 5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 189.620 50.501 0.245 Farmers Insurance Hendrick Motorsports Darian Grubb
12 42 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 189.242 50.602 0.346 First Data Chip Ganassi Racing Chad Johnston
13 10 Danica Patrick Ford 189.100 50.640 0.384 Aspen Dental Stewart-haas Racing Billy Scott
14 19 Daniel Suarez Toyota 188.958 50.678 0.422 Camping World Joe Gibbs Racing Scott Graves
15 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 188.820 50.715 0.459 FedEx Ground Joe Gibbs Racing Mike Wheeler
16 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 188.783 50.725 0.469 M&M's Joe Gibbs Racing Adam Stevens
17 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 188.783 50.725 0.469 Cessna Chip Ganassi Racing Matt McCall
18 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 188.705 50.746 0.490 Unsponsored Richard Childress Racing Justin Alexander
19 20 Matt Kenseth Toyota 188.664 50.757 0.501 DeWalt Flexvolt Joe Gibbs Racing Jason Ratcliff
20 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet 188.626 50.767 0.511 Knauf / Menards Richard Childress Racing Matt Borland
21 78 Martin Truex Jr Toyota 188.548 50.788 0.532 Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats Furniture Row Racing Cole Pearn
22 4 Kevin Harvick Ford 188.400 50.828 0.572 Busch Light Outdoors Stewart-haas Racing Rodney Childers
23 77 Erik Jones Toyota 188.270 50.863 0.607 5-hour Energy Extra Strength Furniture Row Racing Chris Gayle
24 47 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet 188.226 50.875 0.619 Kroger ClickList Jtg Daughtery Racing Tristan Smith
25 13 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 188.219 50.877 0.621 GEICO Germain Racing Bootie Barker
26 43 Aric Almirola Ford 188.015 50.932 0.676 Smithfield Richard Petty Motorsports Drew Blickensderfer
27 31 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 187.923 50.957 0.701 Caterpillar Richard Childress Racing Luke Lambert
28 37 Chris Buescher Chevrolet 187.890 50.966 0.710 Bush's Chili Beans Jtg Daughtery Racing Trent Owens
29 95 Michael McDowell Chevrolet 187.618 51.040 0.784 K-Love Radio Leavine Family Racing Todd Parrott
30 34 Landon Cassill Ford 187.405 51.098 0.842 Love's Travel Stops/CSX Play I… Front Row Motorsports Seth Barbour
31 Justin Marks 187.394 51.101 0.845
32 32 Matt DiBenedetto Ford 187.148 51.168 0.912 Can-Am / Kappa Go Fas Racing Gene Nead
33 38 David Ragan Ford 186.590 51.321 1.065 Unsponsored Front Row Motorsports Derrick Finley
34 33 Jeffrey Earnhardt Chevrolet 186.180 51.434 1.178 Hulu Circle Sport Eddie Pardue
35 75 Brendan Gaughan Chevrolet 185.395 51.652 1.396 Beard Oil Distributing Beard Oil Motorsports Darren Shaw
36 15 Mark Thompson Chevrolet 184.911 51.787 1.531 Phoenix Air Premium Motorsports Tommy Baldwin
37 23 Joey Gase Toyota 184.409 51.928 1.672 Dr Pepper Bk Racing Patrick Donahue
38 72 Cole Whitt Chevrolet 184.384 51.935 1.679 TriStar Motorsports Tristar Motorsports Frank Kerr
39 83 Gray Gaulding Toyota 182.821 52.379 2.123 Dustless Blasting Bk Racing Doug Richert
40 55 DJ Kennington Toyota 182.456 52.484 2.228 Dirt and Rock Premium Motorsports David Wight