2025 Daytona 500: NASCAR releases official starting lineup following Duel races
The starting lineup for the Daytona 500 has officially been set, with the dust settling on Wednesday’s qualifying session and the Daytona Duel races on Thursday.
Chase Briscoe won the pole on Wednesday, kicking off his first season at Joe Gibbs Racing with a bang, and he’ll start from P1. On the front row with him will be Team Penske’s Austin Cindric and 23XI Racing’s Bubba Wallace will roll off in P3 after the duo was victorious in their respective Daytona Duel races.
Check out the full starting lineup for The Great American Race below. Per usual, it’ll be unpredictable as ever, but this is where they’ll roll off when the green flag waves at Daytona International Speedway on Sunday afternoon. Start your engines for the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series.
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| Row 1 | P1) No. 19 Chase Briscoe | P2) No. 2 Austin Cindric |
| Row 2 | P3) No. 23 Bubba Wallace | P4) No. 43 Erik Jones |
| Row 3 | P5) No. 24 William Byron | P6) No. 17 Chris Buescher |
| Row 4 | P7) No. 10 Ty Dillon | P8) No. 11 Denny Hamlin |
| Row 5 | P9) No. 1 Ross Chastain | P10) No. 22 Joey Logano |
| Row 6 | P11) No. 45 Tyler Reddick | P12) No. 01 Corey LaJoie |
| Row 7 | P13) No. 16 AJ Allmendinger | P14) No. 34 Todd Gilliland |
| Row 8 | P15) No. 3 Austin Dillon | P16) No. 12 Ryan Blaney |
| Row 9 | P17) No. 9 Chase Elliott | P18) No. 42 John Hunter Nemechek |
| Row 10 | P19) No. 40 Justin Allgaier | P20) No. 20 Christopher Bell |
| Row 11 | P21) No. 8 Kyle Busch | P22) No. 5 Kyle Larson |
| Row 12 | P23) No. 54 Ty Gibbs | P24) No. 35 Riley Herbst |
| Row 13 | P25) No. 71 Michael McDowell | P26) No. 88 Shane van Gisbergen |
| Row 14 | P27) No. 60 Ryan Preece | P28) No. 51 Cody Ware |
| Row 15 | P29) No. 21 Josh Berry | P30) No. 41 Cole Custer |
| Row 16 | P31) No. 47 Rickey Stenhouse Jr. | P32) No. 4 Noah Gragson |
| Row 17 | P33) No. 77 Carson Hocevar | P34) No. 6 Brad Keselowski |
| Row 18 | P35) No. 7 Justin Haley | P36) No. 99 Daniel Suarez |
| Row 19 | P37) No. 38 Zane Smith | P38) No. 48 Alex Bowman |
| Row 20 | P39) No. 56 Martin Truex Jr. | P40) No. 84 Jimmie Johnson |
| Row 21 | P41) No. 91 Helio Castroneves |
As you can tell, the Daytona 500 starting grid always features a few surprises due to the hectic nature of the Daytona Duel races. For instance, Corey LaJoie, who didn’t even know if he’d be in the race, will begin in P12. Meanwhile, drivers like Kyle Larson, Brad Keselowski, and Alex Bowman are going to have to work their way to the front throughout Stage 1.
Time will tell how they do it, and if their starting position has any bearing on where they finish come Sunday. The Daytona 500 will begin another exciting NASCAR Cup Series crusade, and all the action gets underway on FOX at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday.