2024 NASCAR Martinsville Cup Playoff Starting Lineup: Martin Truex Jr. Wins Pole

Martin Truex Jr. will start from the pole position in what will likely be his final start at Martinsville Speedway.

The Joe Gibbs Racing star, who will end his full-time career after the 2024 season, turned a lap in 19.686 seconds around the 0.526-mile oval, passing Chase Elliott (19.758).

It was the first pole for Truex since he qualified first 35 starts ago at Martinsville in October 2023.

Elliott qualified second as the top playoff driver. William Byron (third) and Kyle Larson (ninth) were the other playoff drivers who made it to the final round in qualifying.

Two drivers will join Joey Logano and Tyler Reddick in Championship 4.

Starting spots for other playoff drivers: Joey Logano (12th), Ryan Blaney (14th), Christopher Bell (16th) and Tyler Reddick (31st).

Denny Hamlin will start at the back of the field after a fall in training.

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STARTING LINEUP: By row l By car number

With wins in the first two races of the Round of 8, Logano (Las Vegas Motor Speedway winner) and Reddick (Homestead-Miami Speedway) have claimed half of the Championship 4 spots.

The remaining two places in the season finale on November 10th at Phoenix Raceway will be determined over 500 laps today in Martinsville.

Among the six playoff drivers fighting for the final two spots, Christopher Bell (plus-29 points) and William Byron (plus-7) are above the cutline. Kyle Larson (minus-7), Denny Hamlin (minus-18), Ryan Blaney (minus-38) and Chase Elliott (minus-43) are below the cutline.

Here is the NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup for Sunday at Martinsville Speedway:

ROW 1

1. Martin Truex Jr., No. 19 Toyota
2. Chase Elliott, No. 9 Chevrolet

ROW 2

3. William Byron, No. 24 Chevrolet
4. Chase Briscoe, No. 14 Ford

ROW 3

5. Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Toyota
6. Harrison Burton, No. 21 Ford

ROW 4

7. Alex Bowman, No. 48 Chevrolet
8. Ryan Preece, No. 41 Ford

ROW 5

9. Kyle Larson, No. 5 Chevrolet
10. Austin Dillon, No. 3 Chevrolet

ROW 6

11. Josh Berry, No. 4 Ford
12. Joey Logano, No. 22 Ford

ROW 7

13. Todd Gilliland, No. 38 Ford
14. Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Ford

ROW 8

15. Daniel Hemric, No. 31 Chevrolet
16. Christopher Bell, No. 20 Toyota

ROW 9

17. Michael McDowell, No. 34 Ford
18. Brad Keselowski, No. 6 Ford

ROW 10

19. Bubba Wallace, No. 23 Toyota
20. Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Chevrolet

ROW 11

21. Erik Jones, No. 43 Toyota
22. Ross Chastain, No. 1 Chevrolet

ROW 12

23. Kyle Busch, No. 8 Chevrolet
24. Austin Cindric, No. 2 Ford

ROW 13

25. Noah Gragson, No. 10 Ford
26. Chris Buescher, No. 17 Ford

ROW 14

27. Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Chevrolet
28. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 Chevrolet

ROW 15

29. Shane Van Gisbergen, No. 16 Chevrolet
30. Justin Haley, No. 7 Chevrolet

ROW 16

31. Tyler Reddick, No. 45 Toyota
32. John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42 Toyota

ROW 17

33. Kaz Grala, No. 15 Ford
34. Corey LaJoie, No. 51 Ford

ROW 18

35. Josh Bilicki, No. 66 Ford
36. Zane Smith, No. 71 Chevrolet

ROW 19

37. Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Toyota