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NASCAR Cup Series 2025: Texas starting lineup with any penalties applied

Simmey Hannifin Donaldson Sunday 4 May 2025 13:00 Updated: 14:26

NASCAR Cup Series cars lining up at COTA

Following NASCAR qualifying on Saturday, the starting lineup for the Wurth 400 is set, with Carson Hocevar set to start on pole position.

The Spire Motorsports driver set the fastest lap time of 28.175 seconds in Saturday's session, just edging the likes of William Byron and Austin Cindric to take his first pole in the Cup Series.

Byron and Cindric start second and third, respectively, at Texas on Sunday, whilst Kyle Larson, fresh off an Xfinity Series victory on Saturday night, will start fourth.

Michael McDowell rounds out the top five in today's starting lineup, with Ty Gibbs, Josh Berry, Denny Hamlin, Bubba Wallace and AJ Allmendinger all starting inside the top 10.

Let's take a look at the full starting lineup for today's race, with some big names set to start far down in the order.

NASCAR Texas starting lineup

After qualifying on Saturday afternoon, here is the starting lineup for Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway, also known as the Wurth 400.

Position	Driver	Car No.	Team
1	Carson Hocevar	77	Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
2	William Byron	24	Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
3	Austin Cindric	2	Team Penske Ford
4	Kyle Larson	5	Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
5	Michael McDowell	71	Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
6	Ty Gibbs	54	Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
7	Josh Berry	21	Wood Brothers Racing Ford
8	Denny Hamlin	11	Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
9	Bubba Wallace	23	23XI Racing Toyota
10	AJ Allmendinger	16	Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
11	Alex Bowman	48	Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
12	Chris Buescher	17	RFK Racing Ford
13	Zane Smith	38	Front Row Motorsports Ford
14	Erik Jones	43	Legacy Motor Club Toyota
15	Justin Haley	7	Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
16	Christopher Bell	20	Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
17	Tyler Reddick	45	23XI Racing Toyota
18	Noah Gragson	4	Front Row Motorsports Ford
19	Austin Dillon	3	Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
20	Cole Custer	41	Haas Factory Team Ford
21	Riley Herbst	35	23XI Racing Toyota
22	Chase Briscoe	19	Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
23	Ty Dillon	10	Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
24	Ryan Blaney	12	Team Penske Ford
25	Daniel Suarez	99	Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
26	Kyle Busch	8	Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
27	Joey Logano	22	Team Penske Ford
28	John Hunter Nemechek	42	Legacy Motor Club Toyota
29	Chase Elliott	9	Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
30	Brad Keselowski	6	RFK Racing Ford
31	Ross Chastain	1	Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
32	Todd Gilliland	34	Front Row Motorsports Ford
33	Ryan Preece	60	RFK Racing Ford
34	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	47	Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet
35	Jesse Love	62	Beard Motorsports Chevrolet
36	Cody Ware	51	Rick Ware Racing Ford
37	Shane Van Gisbergen	88	Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
38	Chad Finchum	66	Garage 66 Ford

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