The 2026 NASCAR Cup Series lands at Darlington this weekend for the Goodyear 400 and we have the full entry list and qualifying order for you.

Tyler Reddick still heads the early-season standings going into South Carolina, but Denny Hamlin is now on the board and chasing after claiming the 61st Cup Series race win of his glittering career at Las Vegas last weekend.

Here is all the info you need as we head ever closer to the action getting under way at Darlington Raceway.

Entry list for Cup Series at Darlington

The full official and confirmed entry list for Sunday’s race is as follows:

2026 NASCAR Cup Series Entry List – Darlington Raceway Spring Race
Pos. Car Driver Team
1 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing
2 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske
3 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing
4 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports
5 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports
6 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing
7 7 Daniel Suárez Spire Motorsports
8 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing
9 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports
10 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing
11 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing
12 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske
13 16 AJ Allmendinger Kaulig Racing
14 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing
15 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing
16 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing
17 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing
18 22 Joey Logano Team Penske
19 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing
20 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports
21 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports
22 35 Riley Herbst 23XI Racing
23 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports
24 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team
25 42 John H. Nemechek Legacy Motor Club
26 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club
27 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing
28 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr HYAK Motorsports
29 48 Justin Allgaier (i) Hendrick Motorsports
30 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing
31 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing
32 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing
33 66 Timmy Hill (i) Garage 66
34 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports
35 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports
36 88 Connor Zilisch Trackhouse Racing
37 97 Shane Van Gisbergen Trackhouse Racing

Qualifying Order

Qualifying at Darlington takes place Saturday March 21 and the order looks like this:

Qualifying Order – NASCAR Cup Series – 2026 Darlington Raceway Spring
Position Number Driver Metric Group
166* Timmy Hill(i)40.41
251Cody Ware34.41
334Todd Gilliland33.11
488Connor Zilisch #32.91
521Josh Berry31.31
610Ty Dillon30.61
797Shane Van Gisbergen30.01
84Noah Gragson29.41
941Cole Custer29.11
1047Ricky Stenhouse Jr.29.01
1148Justin Allgaier(i)28.31
128Kyle Busch26.21
1335Riley Herbst23.01
1471Michael McDowell22.41
152Austin Cindric22.31
1616AJ Allmnedinger22.21
1743Erik Jones22.11
1842John Hunter Nemechek21.01
1977Carson Hocevar19.91
201Ross Chastain17.92
217Daniel Suárez17.72
223Austin Dillon15.62
2338Zane Smith15.52
2422Joey Logano13.82
2519Chase Briscoe13.42
2612Ryan Blaney12.12
2760Ryan Preece11.62
286Brad Keselowski10.62
2945Tyler Reddick9.42
305Kyle Larson7.02
3117Chris Buescher6.92
3223Bubba Wallace6.92
3354Ty Gibbs6.52
3420Christoper Bell4.62
3524William Byron4.52
369Chase Elliott2.92
3711Denny Hamlin1.92

NASCAR Darlington Schedule

Practice at Darlington gets under way Saturday March 21 at 2.30pm ET, with Qualifying a little later at 3.40pm ET. Both will be streamed live by Amazon Prime Video.

The actual Goodyear 400 takes place Sunday March 22 at 3pm ET, with FS1 having the call on TV.