Starting Lineup: NASCAR Cup Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington

Denny Hamlin took the pole position for Sunday's Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway with a lap time of 28.694 seconds (171.381 mph) in Saturday's qualifying session around the 1.366-mile egg-shaped oval.

Hamlin, who holds five career wins at Darlington (most among active drivers), won the Spring race at Darlington Raceway earlier this year.

Hamlin led a charge of 12 Playoff drivers, who swept the top of the qualifying results on Saturday morning. Chase Briscoe, Hamlin's Joe Gibbs Racing teammate, will start from the outside of the front row on Sunday.

Playoff drivers (qualifying position in parenthesis): Hamlin (1st), Briscoe (2nd), Josh Berry (3rd), Tyler Reddick (4th), Kyle Larson (5th), Ross Chastain (6th), Christopher Bell (7th), Bubba Wallace (8th), Austin Dillon (9th), Austin Cindric (10th), William Byron (11th), Ryan Blaney (12th), Joey Logano (14th), Shane van Gisbergen (20th), Chase Elliott (21st), and Alex Bowman (29th).

Cody Ware, who had a solid effort at Daytona last weekend, slapped the wall during his qualifying run, which resulted in a subpar 36th-place qualifying effort.

Here is the official starting lineup for Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway. Race 27 of 36.

(P) indicates Playoff driver
# indicates Rookie of the Year contender
* indicates "Open" entry
(i) indiciates a driver ineligible to score points