NASCAR 2023: Starting lineup for Food City Dirt Race at Bristol Motor Speedway

After an action-packed Toyota Owners 400, the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series arrived at the Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee. The Food City Dirt Race will be live on FOX and PRN at 7:00 pm ET.

The eighth race of the 2023 NASCAR season will be contested on a 0.533-mile dirt short track. 37 drivers will compete over 250 laps in the race to secure a chance at driving down Victory Lane.

Motorsport journalist Bob Pockrass shared the starting line-up for the Food City Dirt Race on his official Twitter account.

Hendrick Motorsports' Kyle Larson won his second pole of the season by earning the most points (15) of any driver in Saturday's (April 8) four qualifying Heat races. The #5 Chevrolet driver went from sixth to first to win his Heat race on a dirt track. Austin Dillon will share the front row with Larson after winning the Heat 1 race.

They will be followed by J.J. Yeley, Christopher Bell, and Kyle Busch (the defending champion of the event) in the top five. Tyler Reddick, Austin Cindric, Ryan Preece, Heat 3 winner Ryan Blaney, and William Byron complete the top 10. Bubba Wallace Jr., who won the Heat 4 race, will start 11th on Sunday (April 9).

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2023 NASCAR Food City Dirt Race starting line-up

Here are the starting positions of the 37 NASCAR Cup Series drivers at the Bristol Motor Speedway:

1. #5 - Kyle Larson
2. #3 - Austin Dillon
3. #15 - J.J. Yeley
4. #20 - Christopher Bell
5. #8 - Kyle Busch
6. #45 - Tyler Reddick
7. #2 - Austin Cindric
8. #41 - Ryan Preece
9. #12 - Ryan Blaney
10. #24 - William Byron
11. #23 - Bubba Wallace
12. #22 - Joey Logano
13. #34 - Michael McDowell
14. #14 - Chase Briscoe
15. #38 - Todd Gilliland
16. #1 - Ross Chastain
17. #48 - Alex Bowman
18. #43 - Erik Jones
19. #10 - Aric Almirola
20. #21 - Harrison Burton
21. #13 - Jonathan Davenport
22. #47 - Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
23. #54 - Ty Gibbs (R)
24. #51 - Matt Crafton
25. #31 - Justin Haley
26. #4 - Kevin Harvick
27. #19 - Martin Truex Jr.
28. #17 - Chris Buescher
29. #16 - A.J. Allmendinger
30. #11 - Denny Hamlin
31. #9 - Josh Berry
32. #77 - Ty Dillon
33. #6 - Brad Keselowski
34. #99 - Daniel Suarez
35. #7 - Corey LaJoie
36. #42 - Noah Gragson (R)
37. #78 - B.J. McLeod

Catch all NASCAR teams and drivers at the Bristol Motor Speedway for the first Dirt event of the season live on Sunday.