NASCAR Cup Series

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

Chris Deeley Saturday 12 July 2025 12:00

A generic image of the NASCAR Cup Series race at Sonoma

The 2025 NASCAR Cup Series is at its second road course in as many weeks, with qualifying taking place on Saturday, July 12th, ahead of the Toyota / Save Mart 350 on Sunday.

The action in northern California this weekend comes after a trip to the streets of Chicago last time out, where Shane van Gisbergen took his second win of the year to boost his playoff progression chances.

Kyle Larson won last year's Cup Series race on the famous track, but Van Gisbergen is the overwhelming favorite for this weekend's race in his rookie season, as he continues his astonishing work at road courses.

The Kiwi can equal the season lead with a third win this weekend and, after taking pole on Friday for the Xfinity Series race for the second year in a row, few would bet against him leading Saturday's session.

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 Sonoma qualifying start times

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

City (Time Zone)	Qualifying Start Time
New York, NY (ET)	2:40 PM
Charlotte, NC (ET)	2:40 PM
Columbia, SC (ET)	2:40 PM
Charleston, WV (ET)	2:40 PM
Augusta, ME (ET)	2:40 PM
Chicago, IL (CT)	1:40 PM
Pierre, SD (CT)	1:40 PM
Nashville, TN (CT)	1:40 PM
Des Moines, IA (CT)	1:40 PM
Montgomery, AL (CT)	1:40 PM
Mexico City, MX (CT)	1:40 PM
Denver, CO (MT)	12:40 PM
Salt Lake City, UT (MT)	12:40 PM
Albuquerque, NM (MT)	12:40 PM
El Paso, TX (MT)	12:40 PM
Los Angeles, CA (PT)	11:40 AM
Las Vegas, NV (PT)	11:40 AM
Seattle, WA (PT)	11:40 AM
Portland, OR (PT)	11:40 AM
San Francisco, CA (PT)	11:40 AM
Rio de Janeiro, BR (BRT)	3:40 PM
London, GB (BST)	7:40 PM
Madrid, ES (CET)	8:40 PM
Sydney, AU (AEST)	4:40 AM (Sunday)
Adelaide, AU (ACST)	4:10 AM (Sunday)
Perth, AU (AWST)	2:40 AM (Sunday)

How to watch NASCAR qualifying live on TV

Qualifying action from Sonoma today will be broadcast live on truTV and Max.

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	truTV, Max
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 Sonoma 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	Todd Gilliland	34
2	Brad Keselowski	6
3	Cole Custer	41
4	Austin Dillon	3
5	Noah Gragson	4
6	Carson Hocevar	77
7	Josh Berry	21
8	Michael McDowell	71
9	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	47
10	Cody Ware	51
11	Daniel Suárez	99
12	William Byron	24
13	Justin Haley	7
14	Katherine Legge (i)	78
15	Ty Dillon	10
16	Bubba Wallace	23
17	Austin Cindric	2
18	Erik Jones	43
19	Riley Herbst #	35
20	Chase Briscoe	19
21	Christopher Bell	20
22	Zane Smith	38
23	John Hunter Nemechek	42
24	Chris Buescher	17
25	Chase Elliott	9
26	Joey Logano	22
27	Ryan Blaney	12
28	Kyle Larson	5
29	Ross Chastain	1
30	Ryan Preece	60
31	AJ Allmendinger	16
32	Shane van Gisbergen #	88
33	Kyle Busch	8
34	Alex Bowman	48
35	Ty Gibbs	54
36	Denny Hamlin	11
37	Tyler Reddick	45

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