NASCAR Cup Series

NASCAR Cup Series 2025: Nashville starting lineup with penalties applied

Simmey Hannifin Donaldson Sunday 1 June 2025 12:00 Updated: 22:00

NASCAR Cup Series cars lining up at COTA

After an exciting NASCAR Cup Series qualifying session on Saturday afternoon, the starting grid for the 2025 Cracker Barrel 400 is locked in, with Joe Gibbs Racing star Chase Briscoe set to start on pole.

The driver of the No. 19 car set the fastest lap time of 29.125 seconds around the 1.3-mile oval during Saturday's qualifying session, enough to edge JGR team-mate Denny Hamlin for pole by just 0.049 seconds.

Elsewhere at Charlotte, it was awfully close in qualifying from P3 to P5, with just 0.003 seconds separating William Byron in third and Ross Chastain in fifth. Tyler Reddick qualified in fourth and will start alongside Byron on the second row on Sunday.

Further down the grid, a few former Cup Series champions have plenty of work to do on Sunday, including Kyle Busch in 25th and Kyle Larson in 28th.

Neither driver impressed during their one-lap effort on Saturday and will hope they have a quicker car underneath them in race trim on Sunday night.

NASCAR Cup Series Nashville starting lineup

Here is the confirmed starting lineup for the 2025 Cracker Barrel 400 at Nashville Superspeedway.

Position	Driver	Car No.	Team
1	Chase Briscoe	19	Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
2	Denny Hamlin	11	Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
3	William Byron	24	Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
4	Tyler Reddick	45	23XI Racing Toyota
5	Ross Chastain	1	Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
6	Brad Keselowski	6	Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing Ford
7	Christopher Bell	20	Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
8	Michael McDowell	71	Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
9	Joey Logano	22	Team Penske Ford
10	Chris Buescher	17	Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing Ford
11	Chase Elliott	9	Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
12	Bubba Wallace	23	23XI Racing Toyota
13	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	47	HYAK Motorsports Chevrolet
14	Erik Jones	43	Legacy Motor Club Toyota
15	Ryan Blaney	12	Team Penske Ford
16	Austin Cindric	2	Team Penske Ford
17	Justin Haley	7	Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
18	Ryan Preece	60	RFK Racing Ford
19	Josh Berry	21	Wood Brothers Racing Ford
20	Austin Dillon	3	Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
21	Ty Gibbs	54	Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
22	Shane van Gisbergen	88	Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
23	Alex Bowman	48	Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
24	Kyle Busch	8	Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
25	Carson Hocevar	77	Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
26	Zane Smith	38	Front Row Motorsports Ford
27	Kyle Larson	5	Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
28	Cole Custer	41	Haas Factory Team Ford
29	Noah Gragson	4	Front Row Motorsports Ford
30	Ty Dillon	10	Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
31	Daniel Suarez	99	Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
32	Corey Heim	67	23XI Racing Toyota
33	Cody Ware	51	Rick Ware Racing Ford
34	Todd Gilliland	34	Front Row Motorsports Ford
35	John Hunter Nemechek	42	Legacy Motor Club Toyota
36	Riley Herbst	35	23XI Racing Toyota
37	JJ Yeley	44	NY Racing Team Chevrolet
38	Chad Finchum	66	Garage 66 Ford
39	AJ Allmendinger	16	Kaulig Racing Chevrolet

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