NASCAR Cup Series 71st Annual Southern "500" Starting Line-Up Darlington Raceway Track Size: 1.366 miles - 367 laps Race Date: September 6, 2020 Pos. No. Driver Sponsor Make 1 9 Chase Elliott (P) NAPA Auto Parts Throwback Chevy 2 11 Denny Hamlin (P) Federal Express Toyota 3 24 William Byron (P) Liberty University Throwback Chevy 4 88 Alex Bowman (P) ChevyGoods.com/Truck Hero Chevy 5 2 Brad Keselowski (P) Discount Tire Ford 6 19 Martin Truex, Jr. (P) Bass Pro Shops Toyota 7 12 Ryan Blaney (P) Menards/Maytag Ford 8 4 Kevin Harvick (P) Busch Beer Throwback Ford 9 14 Clint Bowyer (P) PEAK Throwback Ford 10 10 Aric Almirola (P) Go Bowling Ford 11 21 Matt DiBenedetto (P) Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford 12 3 Austin Dillon (P) American Ethanol Chevy 13 22 Joey Logano (P) Shell Pennzoil Ford 14 41 Cole Custer # (P) HaasTooling.com Ford 15 18 Kyle Busch (P) M&M's Toyota 16 1 Kurt Busch (P) Monster Energy Chevy 17 43 Bubba Wallace Cash App Chevy 18 38 John Hunter Nemechek # Citgard Ford 19 34 Michael McDowell Love's Travel Stops Ford 20 17 Chris Buescher Ford 21 95 Christopher Bell # Rheem Toyota 22 48 Jimmie Johnson Ally Throwback Chevy 23 15 Brennan Poole # Chevy 24 8 Tyler Reddick # Cat Power Chevy 25 13 Ty Dillon GEICO Chevy 26 42 Matt Kenseth McDelivery Chevy 27 32 Corey LaJoie Trump 2020 Ford 28 96 * Daniel Suarez ARRIS now CommScope Toyota 29 47 Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. Kroger Chevy 30 20 Erik Jones Sport Clips Toyota 31 6 Ryan Newman Oscar Mayer Ford 32 00 Quin Houff # Permatex Chevy 33 66 * Timmy Hill Toyota 34 77 Reed Sorenson Chevy 35 37 Ryan Preece Bush's Beans Chevy 36 53 James Davison Chevy 37 27 JJ Yeley(i) Ford 38 7 * Josh Bilicki(i) Insurance King Chevy 39 51 Joey Gase(i) Ford .