Alex Bowman stands in the garage by his Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet. [Credit: Chris Graythen/Getty Images]
Starting Lineup for The Real Heroes 400 NASCAR Cup Series race Darlington Raceway 293-laps, 400-miles Stages 90-185-293 laps
Sunday May 17, 3:30 p.m. ET on FOX, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Starting spot Driver Car # Team 1 Brad Keselowski 2 Team Penske 2 Alex Bowman 88 Hendrick Motorsports 3 Matt DiBenedetto 21 Wood Brothers Racing 4 Kyle Busch 18 Joe Gibbs Racing 5 Aric Almirola 10 Stewart-Haas Racing 6 Kevin Harvick 4 Stewart-Haas Racing 7 Ryan Blaney 12 Team Penske 8 Jimmie Johnson 48 Hendrick Motorsports 9 Joey Logano 22 Team Penske 10 Denny Hamlin 11 Joe Gibbs Racing 11 Chase Elliott 9 Hendrick Motorsports 12 Matt Kenseth 42 Chip Ganassi Racing 13 Clint Bowyer 14 Stewart-Haas Racing 14 Cole Custer 41 Stewart-Haas Racing 15 Martin Truex Jr. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing 16 Austin Dillon 3 Richard Childress Racing 17 Bubba Wallace 43 Richard Petty Motorsports 18 William Byron 24 Hendrick Motorsports 19 Corey LaJoie 32 Go Fas Racing 20 Erik Jones 20 Joe Gibbs Racing 21 Ryan Newman 6 Roush Fenway Racing 22 Kurt Busch 1 Chip Ganassi Racing 23 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 JTG Daugherty Racing 24 Chris Buescher 17 Roush Fenway Racing 25 Ryan Preece 37 JTG Daugherty Racing 26 Garrett Smithley 53 Rick Ware Racing 27 Quin Houff 00 Starcom Racing 28 Christopher Bell 95 Leavine Family Racing 29 Tyler Reddick 8 Richard Childress Racing 30 JJ Yeley 27 Rick Ware Racing 31 Michael McDowell 34 Front Row Motorsports 32 Joey Gase 51 Petty Ware Racing 33 Ty Dillon 13 Germain Racing 34 John Hunter Nemechek 38 Front Row Motorsports 35 Brennan Poole 15 Premium Motorsports 36 Reed Sorenson 77 Spire Motorsports 37 Daniel Suarez 96 Gaunt Brothers Racing 38 Timmy Hill 66 MBM Motorsports 39 BJ McLeod 78 BJ McLeod Motorsports
40 Josh Bilicki 7 Tommy Baldwin Racing
The lineup for the race was determined by live draw and aired on FS1’s “Race Hub.” The parameters for the live draw were as follows: – Positions 1-12 determined by a random draw from charter teams in those positions in team owner points – Positions 13-24: Random draw among charter teams in those positions in owner points – Positions 25-36: Random draw among charter teams in those positions in owner points
– Positions 37-40 will be filled out by open, non-chartered teams in order of owner points
