NASCAR Starting Lineup for First Data 500 at Martinsville Speedway

The First Data 500 is the first race of the Round of 8 in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series championship battle.

Kyle Busch will begin today’s race on the pole in his No. 18 Toyota Camry joined alongside by another title hopeful in Clint Bowyer.title, claimed the pole for Sunday’s running of the First Data 500 at Martinsville Speedway.

NBCSN and the NBC Sports App have coverage of the race starting at 2:30 pm ET with the green flag to follow at 2:43 pm ET.

Busch won this race last year and ironically it was Bowyer who won when the MENCS visited in the spring.

NASCAR Starting Lineup for Martinsville

1. Kyle Busch
2. Clint Bowyer
3. Denny Hamlin
4. Ryan Blaney
5. Aric Almirola
6. Martin Truex Jr.
7. Kurt Busch
8. Brad Keselowski
9. Daniel Suarez
10. Kyle Larson
11. Joey Logano
12. William Byron
13. Kevin Harvick
14. David Ragan
15. Chris Buescher
16. Alex Bowman
17. AJ Allmendinger
18. Ryan Newman
19. Jamie McMurray
20. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
21. Chase Elliott
22. Michael McDowell
23. Jimmie Johnson
24. Erik Jones
25. Ross Chastain
26. Ty Dillon
27. Matt Kenseth
28. Austin Dillon
29. Matt Dibenedetto
30. Regan Smith
31. Cole Whitt
32. Bubba Wallace
33. DJ Kennington
34. JJ Yeley
35. Joey Gase
36. Jeb Burton
37. Timmy Hill
38. Hermie Sadler
39. Paul Menard
40. Landon Cassill