Mother Nature sure doesn't like qualifying sessions, huh? For the second consecutive race weekend, none of the three NASCAR National Series divisions will complete a qualifying session, as NASCAR Cup Series qualifying was the final to be axed this weekend at Nashville Superspeedway.With persistent rain ending any hope for the 38 drivers to vie for a starting spot in Sunday's Cracker Barrel 400, the starting lineup was set by the NASCAR Rule Book, which utilizes the performance metric scores (combination of season performance and last week's race performance).As a result, Denny Hamlin, the driver of the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Camry XSE, will start from the pole position in Sunday's race. Hamlin had a metric score of 2.700, which secured him the top starting spot.This will mark Hamlin's third first-place starting position in his sixth career start at the 1.33-mile Nashville Superspeedway. Heading into this weekend, Hamlin has yet to snag a victory at the track, but does have a pair of third-place results, which came in 2023 and 2025.Tyler Reddick, who drives the No. 45 Toyota for 23XI Racing (a team co-owned by Hamlin), will start on the outside of the front row.The driver of the No. 45 Toyota comes into this race with five wins through the opening 13 races of the season. Reddick, like Hamlin, has yet to record a victory at Nashville Superspeedway, and also has a career-best finish of third at the track, which he achieved in 2024.Daniel Suarez, who won last weekend's rain-shortened Coca-Cola 600, will start from the third position, and he'll be joined in the second row by Christopher Bell, the driver of the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota.Kyle Larson, the defending NASCAR Cup Series champion, will start from the fifth position.Cracker Barrel 400 Starting Lineup1. 11-Denny Hamlin2. 45-Tyler Reddick3. 7-Daniel Suarez4. 20-Christopher Bell5. 5-Kyle Larson6. 54-Ty Gibbs7. 12-Ryan Blaney8. 24-William Byron9. 22-Joey Logano10. 97-Shane van Gisbergen11. 38-Zane Smith12. 6-Brad Keselowski13. 43-Erik Jones14. 71-Michael McDowell15. 47-Ricky Stenhouse Jr.16. 16-AJ Allmendinger17. 77-Carson Hocevar18. 23-Bubba Wallace19. 48-Alex Bowman20. 41-Cole Custer21. 34-Todd Gilliland22. 17-Chris Buescher23. 35-Riley Herbst24. 67-Corey Heim25. 33-Austin Hill26. 4-Noah Gragson27. 42-John Hunter Nemechek28. 60-Ryan Preece29. 9-Chase Elliott30. 10-Ty Dillon31. 19-Chase Briscoe32. 3-Austin Dillon33. 21-Josh Berry34. 51-Cody Ware35. 1-Ross Chastain36. 2-Austin Cindric37. 66-Chad Finchum38. 88-Connor ZilischAdd us as a preferred source on GoogleFollow