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

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

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.

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.

With that said, let's take a look at the details you need to know ahead of Saturday's qualifying action.

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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 StatesPrime Video
United KingdomViaplay Group
AustraliaFox Sports Australia
SpainDAZN
FranceMediawan (AB Moteurs/Automono)
GermanyMore Than Sports, Sport1
BelgiumZiggo Sport
BrazilBandriantes
CanadaTSN, RDS
MENAAbu Dhabi Media
NetherlandsZiggo Sport (Liberty Global)
ItalyMola TV
PortugalSport TV
SingaporeMola TV
JapanGaora
ChinaHuya, Bilibili
Hong KongPCCW
HungaryNetwork4
TurkeySaran Media International

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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.
1Brennan Poole44
2Cody Ware51
3Ty Dillon10
4Zane Smith38
5Kyle Busch8
6Noah Gragson4
7Riley Herbst35
8Carson Hocevar77
9Austin Dillon3
10Brad Keselowski6
11Kyle Larson5
12Justin Haley7
13Ricky Stenhouse Jr.47
14Josh Berry21
15Todd Gilliland34
16Daniel Suárez99
17Erik Jones43
18Joey Logano22
19Denny Hamlin11
20Austin Cindric2
21Cole Custer41
22Tyler Reddick45
23Ryan Preece60
24Ty Gibbs54
25AJ Allmendinger16
26Ross Chastain1
27Ryan Blaney12
28Bubba Wallace23
29Chris Buescher17
30John Hunter Nemechek42
31Shane van Gisbergen88
32Michael McDowell71
33Chase Briscoe19
34Alex Bowman48
35William Byron24
36Chase Elliott9
37Christopher Bell20

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