NASCAR 2023: Starting lineup for NOCO 400 at Martinsville Speedway

After an action-packed Food City Dirt Race, the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series arrived at Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia. NOCO 400 will be live on FS1 and MRN at 3:00 pm ET.

The ninth race of the 2023 NASCAR season will be contested on a 0.526-mile paperclip-shaped track. 36 drivers will compete over 400 laps in the race to secure a chance at driving down Victory Lane.

Motorsport journalist Bob Pockrass shared the starting line-up for the NOCO 400 on his official Twitter account.

In Saturday's (April 15) qualifying race, Stewart-Haas Racing driver Ryan Preece won his first career Cup Series pole after posting a lap of 19.979 seconds and a speed of 94.780 mph. His first Cup pole came in his 115th appearance and he became the first driver to clinch his first pole at Martinsville Speedway since Scott Riggs in 2005.

Trackhouse Racing driver Daniel Suarez will share the front row with Preece after turning a lap of 20.081 seconds.

They will be followed by Aric Almirola, Chase Briscoe and Martin Truex Jr. in the top five.

Tyler Reddick, Kevin Harvick, William Byron (the defending champion of the event), Bubba Wallace, and Chris Buescher completed the top 10.

Hendrick Motorsports’ star driver Chase Elliott, who is making his comeback after missing six races due to injury, posted a lap of 20.384 and qualified 24th.

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2023 NASCAR NOCO 400 starting line-up

Here are the starting positions of the 36 NASCAR Cup Series drivers at Martinsville Speedway:

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

Catch all NASCAR teams and drivers at the Martinsville Speedway for NOCO 400 live on Sunday.