NASCAR Cup Series

NASCAR Qualifying Today: Pocono start times, schedule and how to watch live on TV

Chris Deeley Saturday 21 June 2025 13:00 Updated: 23:20

An image of Denny Hamlin leading a NASCAR Cup race at Texas Motor Speedway

The 2025 NASCAR Cup Series hits Pocono this weekend, with qualifying taking place on Saturday, June 21, ahead of the Great American Getaway 400.

The action at Pocono this weekend comes after a trip to Mexico City's Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez last time out, where Shane van Gisbergen locked himself into the playoffs after a run of poor results on ovals.

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Last year's race at the Tricky Triangle saw an impressive win from Ryan Blaney, with Denny Hamlin – back this weekend after missing Mexico City for the birth of his son – coming in second after hoovering up a lot of stage points.

However, neither of those two had claimed pole position at the race. That went to Hamlin's Joe Gibbs Racing team-mate Ty Gibbs, who is still searching for his first Cup Series win.

NASCAR Cup Series Pocono qualifying start times

The all-important qualifying session from Pocono, kicks off on Saturday, June 21, at 1:45 pm ET.

Here are the start times converted to your local city and time zone.

City (Time Zone)	Qualifying Start Time
New York, NY (ET)	1:45 PM
Charlotte, NC (ET)	1:45 PM
Columbia, SC (ET)	1:45 PM
Charleston, WV (ET)	1:45 PM
Augusta, ME (ET)	1:45 PM
Chicago, IL (CT)	12:45 PM
Pierre, SD (CT)	12:45 PM
Nashville, TN (CT)	12:45 PM
Des Moines, IA (CT)	12:45 PM
Montgomery, AL (CT)	12:45 PM
Mexico City, MX (CT)	12:45 PM
Denver, CO (MT)	11:45 AM
Salt Lake City, UT (MT)	11:45 AM
Albuquerque, NM (MT)	11:45 AM
El Paso, TX (MT)	11:45 AM
Los Angeles, CA (PT)	10:45 AM
Las Vegas, NV (PT)	10:45 AM
Seattle, WA (PT)	10:45 AM
Portland, OR (PT)	10:45 AM
San Francisco, CA (PT)	10:45 AM
Rio de Janeiro, BR (BRT)	2:45 PM
London, GB (BST)	6:45 PM
Madrid, ES (CET)	7:45 PM
Sydney, AU (AEST)	3:45 AM (Sunday)
Adelaide, AU (ACST)	3:15 AM (Sunday)
Perth, AU (AWST)	1:45 AM (Sunday)

How to watch NASCAR qualifying live on TV

Qualifying action from Pocono today will be broadcast live on Amazon Prime Video

The 2025 NASCAR Cup Series is set to be broadcast across several broadcast partners in the United States: FOX, Prime Video, TNT Sports, and NBC.

Broadcast details vary depending on your location. Please check below to see how you can catch the action in your country.

Country	Broadcaster(s)
United States	Prime Video
United Kingdom	Viaplay Group
Australia	Fox Sports Australia
Spain	DAZN
France	Mediawan (AB Moteurs/Automono)
Germany	More Than Sports, Sport1
Belgium	Ziggo Sport
Brazil	Bandriantes
Canada	TSN, RDS
MENA	Abu Dhabi Media
Netherlands	Ziggo Sport (Liberty Global)
Italy	Mola TV
Portugal	Sport TV
Singapore	Mola TV
Japan	Gaora
China	Huya, Bilibili
Hong Kong	PCCW
Hungary	Network4
Turkey	Saran Media International

NASCAR Cup Series Pocono qualifying order

Here is the qualifying order in which Cup Series cars will qualify on Saturday afternoon, as per NASCAR.

Qualifying Order	Driver	Car No.
1	Brennan Poole	44
2	Cody Ware	51
3	Ty Dillon	10
4	Zane Smith	38
5	Kyle Busch	8
6	Noah Gragson	4
7	Riley Herbst	35
8	Carson Hocevar	77
9	Austin Dillon	3
10	Brad Keselowski	6
11	Kyle Larson	5
12	Justin Haley	7
13	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	47
14	Josh Berry	21
15	Todd Gilliland	34
16	Daniel Suárez	99
17	Erik Jones	43
18	Joey Logano	22
19	Denny Hamlin	11
20	Austin Cindric	2
21	Cole Custer	41
22	Tyler Reddick	45
23	Ryan Preece	60
24	Ty Gibbs	54
25	AJ Allmendinger	16
26	Ross Chastain	1
27	Ryan Blaney	12
28	Bubba Wallace	23
29	Chris Buescher	17
30	John Hunter Nemechek	42
31	Shane van Gisbergen	88
32	Michael McDowell	71
33	Chase Briscoe	19
34	Alex Bowman	48
35	William Byron	24
36	Chase Elliott	9
37	Christopher Bell	20

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