Kyle Busch on pole for Coca-Cola 600: See the full starting grid for Charlotte

See how the 40 competitors for this year’s Coca-Cola 600 will line up to take the green flag on Sunday night.

One of the fastest drivers so far during the 2018 NASCAR season will start from the pole Sunday night for the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. An even faster one will start 39th out of 40 cars.

Kyle Busch, incredibly still looking for his first Charlotte while he chases his fourth win of the season, is the pole-sitter. Meanwhile, Kevin Harvick, who has had nearly everything go his way since the week after Daytona, ran into some trouble trying to get through inspection and never even made a qualifying lap. As a result, he’ll chase down potential Coca-Cola 600 glory from almost the tail end of the field.

That won’t be easy since a few other drivers who have been fast this year are starting toward the front, including Joey Logano, who joins Kyle Busch in Row 1, and Denny Hamlin, right behind them starting third. One good sign for Chevrolet fans is how well those cars did in qualifying, relatively speaking, with Ryan Newman and Jamie McMurray both in the top 10 and Kyle Larson and Austin Dillon just outside it.

The same could not be said for the Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolets, however, as all four are starting 21st or worse. The struggles of one of NASCAR’s most prominent teams have been a storyline all season, and watching to see if its drivers can shake off the doldrums in the sport’s longest race should be fascinating.

Here’s a look at how all 40 cars — yep, there’s actually a completely full field for Charlotte — will roll off for the Coca-Cola 600. The race broadcast begins on FOX at 6:00 p.m. on Sunday evening, and we’ll have extensive coverage of it right here on FanSided.com.

2018 Coca-Cola 600 starting grid for Charlotte Motor Speedway

1. Kyle Busch – No. 18 M&M’s Red White & Blue Toyota
2. Joey Logano – No. 22 Shell Pennzoil Ford
3. Denny Hamlin – No. 11 FedEx Ground Toyota
4. Erik Jones – No. 20 Circle K Toyota
5. Brad Keselowski – No. 2 Stars, Stripes, and Lites Ford
6. Ryan Newman – No. 31 Liberty National Chevrolet
7. Jamie McMurray – No. 1 McDonald’s Chevrolet
8. Ryan Blaney – No. 12 PPG Ford
9. Aric Almirola – No. 10 Smithfield Ford
10. Daniel Suarez – No. 19 Interstate Batteries Toyota
11. Kyle Larson – No. 42 DC Solar Chevrolet
12. Austin Dillon – No. 3 Coca-Cola Chevrolet
13. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – No. 17 Fastenal Ford
14. Paul Menard – No. 21 Menards/Knauf Ford
15. Martin Truex Jr. – No. 78 Bass Pro Shops/5-hour Energy Toyota
16. Kurt Busch – No. 41 Monster Energy Ford
17. Matt Kenseth – No. 6 Wyndham Rewards Ford
18. Chris Buescher – No. 37 Cottonelle Wavy Clean Ripple Chevrolet
19. David Ragan – No. 38 MDS Transport Ford
20. Ty Dillon – No. 13 Geico Military Chevrolet
21. William Byron – No. 24 Liberty University Patriotic Chevrolet
22. Chase Elliott – No. 9 NAPA Auto Parts Patriotic Chevrolet
23. Jimmie Johnson – No. 48 Lowe’s Patriotic Chevrolet
24. Bubba Wallace – No. 43 Kroger/Coca-Cola Chevrolet
25. Ross Chastain – No. 15 Internetwork Engineering Chevrolet
26. Kasey Kahne – No. 95 Thorne Chevrolet
27. Alex Bowman – No. 88 Nationwide Chevrolet
28. Clint Bowyer – No. 14 Haas 30 Years of the VF1 Ford
29. Michael McDowell – No. 34 Dockside Logistics Ford
30. AJ Allmendinger – No. 47 Kroger Click List Chevrolet
31. Matt DiBenedetto – No. 32 Cosmo Motors Ford
32. Parker Kligerman – No. 96 Gaunt Brothers Racing Toyota
33. Corey LaJoie – No. 72 MyFreedomSmokes.com Chevrolet
34. Gray Gaulding – No. 23 BK Racing Toyota
35. Landon Cassill – No. 00 Dairi-O Chevrolet
36. Timmy Hill – No. 66 CrashClaimsRUs.com Toyota
37. Jeffrey Earnhardt – No. 55 Angels of America’s Fallen Chevrolet
38. BJ McLeod – No. 51 Prefund Capital Chevrolet
39. Kevin Harvick – No. 4 Mobil 1/Busch Beer Ford
40. JJ Yeley – No. 7 Steakhouse Elite Chevrolet