NASCAR Cup Series

NASCAR Qualifying Results: Logano in danger after Penske apocalypse at Kansas

Chris Deeley Saturday 27 September 2025 21:00

An image of Team Penske NASCAR drivers Ryan Blaney and Joey Logano

After a close-fought NASCAR Cup Series qualifying session, Chase Briscoe will start Sunday's Hollywood Casino 400 Presented by ESPN BET from pole position as one half of a Joe Gibbs Racing front-row lockout with Denny Hamlin.

The JGR star set the fastest lap of all 37 drivers at Kansas Speedway with a blistering 29.987-second time, enough to beat teammate Hamlin, who was 0.101 seconds behind.

Team Penske had looked the fastest of the playoff organizations last weekend at New Hampshire, but had a disastrous start to Saturday when Ryan Blaney blew a tire and wrecked in practice, leaving him unable to qualify and putting him into the spare car for the race.

On a disastrous afternoon for the team, Joey Logano managed to survive his own blown tire in practice, a little before Austin Cindric put himself behind the 8-ball by hitting the wall in qualifying – not enough to wreck, but enough to ruin his lap and cause concerns about whether his car will need fixing – before Logano qualified down in 35th.

Cindric will be the highest starting Penske car all the way down in 26th, with Logano 35th and Blaney 37th before any penalties for adjustments or tech failures.

While Blaney is locked into the Round of 8 thanks to last weekend's week, Cindric sits well below the cut line at -19, with Logano car from safe at +24 before Sunday's race and next week at the Roval – and every car behind him in the standings starting in the top 12 at Kansas.

With that said, let's take a look at the full results and times below!

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After Saturday afternoon's qualifying session at Kansas Speedway, here are the full results and starting lineup for the 2025 Hollywood Casino 400 Presented by ESPN BET.

Pos	Driver (Car No.)	Team	Time/Gap
1	Chase Briscoe (19)	Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota	29.987 sec
2	Denny Hamlin (11)	Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota	+0.101
3	Kyle Larson (5)	Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet	+0.114
4	Chase Elliott (9)	Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet	+0.170
5	Christopher Bell (20)	Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota	+0.178
6	Carson Hocevar (77)	Spire Motorsports Chevrolet	+0.241
7	Bubba Wallace (23)	23XI Racing Toyota	+0.287
8	Ty Gibbs (54)	Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota	+0.302
9	Ross Chastain (1)	Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet	+0.305
10	Erik Jones (43)	Legacy Motor Club Toyota	+0.327
11	William Byron (24)	Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet	+0.339
12	Tyler Reddick (45)	23XI Racing Toyota	+0.341
13	Josh Berry (21)	Wood Brothers Racing Ford	+0.348
14	Noah Gragson (4)	Front Row Motorsports Ford	+0.403
15	Chris Buescher (17)	Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing Ford	+0.404
16	Austin Dillon (3)	Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet	+0.432
17	Alex Bowman (48)	Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet	+0.435
18	Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (47)	HYAK Motorsports Chevrolet	+0.447
19	Ryan Preece (60)	RFK Racing Ford	+0.451
20	AJ Allmendinger (16)	Kaulig Racing Chevrolet	+0.465
21	Michael McDowell (71)	Spire Motorsports Chevrolet	+0.504
22	Justin Haley (7)	Spire Motorsports Chevrolet	+0.511
23	Todd Gilliland (34)	Front Row Motorsports Ford	+0.517
24	Shane van Gisbergen (88)	Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet	+0.541
25	John Hunter Nemechek (42)	Legacy Motor Club Toyota	+0.579
26	Austin Cindric (2)	Team Penske Ford	+0.602
27	Cole Custer (41)	Haas Factory Team Ford	+0.605
28	Zane Smith (38)	Front Row Motorsports Ford	+0.644
29	Kyle Busch (8)	Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet	+0.680
30	Daniel Suarez (99)	Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet	+0.740
31	Brad Keselowski (6)	Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing Ford	+0.741
32	Riley Herbst (35)	23XI Racing Toyota	+0.771
33	Ty Dillon (10)	Kaulig Racing Chevrolet	+0.849
34	Cody Ware (51)	Rick Ware Racing Ford	+1.126
35	Joey Logano (22)	Team Penske Ford	+1.551
36	JJ Yeley (44)	NY Racing Team Chevrolet	+2.293
37	Ryan Blaney (12)	Team Penske Ford	No Time

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