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Toyota Owners 400 starting grid: Starting lineup for NASCAR from Richmond

By Brittany Frederick

RICHMOND, VA - APRIL 28: Cars line up on the pit road during qualifying for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond International Raceway on April 28, 2017 in Richmond, Virginia. (Photo by Matt Sullivan/Getty Images)
RICHMOND, VA - APRIL 28: Cars line up on the pit road during qualifying for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond International Raceway on April 28, 2017 in Richmond, Virginia. (Photo by Matt Sullivan/Getty Images) /
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Will a shakeup in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series lineup lead to a new Richmond winner? Here’s the complete starting grid for the Toyota Owners 400.

The starting grid for Sunday’s Toyota Owners 400 looks a bit different than the usual Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup fans have seen so far in the 2017 season. Will that produce different race results, too?

Matt Kenseth will lead the field to green at Richmond International Raceway, building on his strong performance in last week’s Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. And the always reliable Martin Truex Jr. will start third.

But some of the normal front-runners aren’t running in the front. Joey Logano will start fifth while teammate Brad Keselowski is 15th. And current points leaders Kyle Larson and Chase Elliott are in 18th and 14th respectively. So will this be the weekend that others gain ground, or can the young guns drive their way back up front to hold their spots in the championship?

And Austin Dillon will start the Toyota Owners 400 from the rear after he failed inspection five separate times on Friday. That’s not how you want to go into a race at all.

Below is the complete starting grid for the 2017 Toyota Owners 400:

1 – Matt Kenseth
2 – Ryan Blaney
3 – Martin Truex Jr.
4 – Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
5 – Joey Logano
6 – Kevin Harvick
7 – Kyle Busch
8 – Clint Bowyer
9 – Kurt Busch
10 – Jamie McMurray
11 – Daniel Suarez
12 – Dale Earnhardt Jr.
13 – Ryan Newman
14 – Chase Elliott
15 – Brad Keselowski
16 – Denny Hamlin
17 – Jimmie Johnson
18 – Kyle Larson
19 – Kasey Kahne
20 – Erik Jones
21 – Danica Patrick
22 – AJ Allmendinger
23 – Chris Buescher
24 – Ty Dillon
25 – Aric Almirola
26 – Paul Menard
27 – Michael McDowell
28 – Landon Cassill
29 – Trevor Bayne
30 – David Ragan
31 – Gray Gaulding
32 – Matt DiBenedetto
33 – Reed Sorenson
34 – Corey LaJoie
35 – Jeffrey Earnhardt
36 – Cole Whitt
37 – Timmy Hill
38 – Austin Dillon

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The 2017 Toyota Owners 400 takes place Sunday, April 30 from Richmond International Raceway at 2 p.m. ET. The race will be nationally televised on FOX. For the latest NASCAR news throughout race weekend, follow the NASCAR category at FanSided here.

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