Starting Lineup: 2025 Daytona 500

The starting lineup for the 2025 Daytona 500 was officially set at the conclusion of Thursday's Duel Qualifier Races at Daytona International Speedway.

Chase Briscoe secured the pole, and Austin Cindric locked up the outside pole in Wednesday's Daytona 500 qualifying session, while the rest of the lineup was set in Thursday's races., which were won by Bubba Wallace and Cindric.

Row	Pos	Car	Driver	Team
ROW 1	1	19	Chase Briscoe	Joe Gibbs Racing
ROW 1	2	2	Austin Cindric	Team Penske
ROW 2	3	23	Bubba Wallace	23XI Racing
ROW 2	4	43	Erik Jones	LEGACY MOTOR CLUB
ROW 3	5	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports
ROW 3	6	17	Chris Buescher	RFK Racing
ROW 4	7	10	Ty Dillon	Kaulig Racing
ROW 4	8	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing
ROW 5	9	1	Ross Chastain	Trackhouse Racing
ROW 5	10	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske
ROW 6	11	45	Tyler Reddick	23XI Racing
ROW 6	12	01	Corey LaJoie *	Rick Ware Racing
ROW 7	13	16	AJ Allmendinger	Kaulig Racing
ROW 7	14	34	Todd Gilliland	Front Row Motorsports
ROW 8	15	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing
ROW 8	16	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske
ROW 9	17	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports
ROW 9	18	42	John Hunter Nemechek	LEGACY MOTOR CLUB
ROW 10	19	40	Justin Allgaier * (i)	JR Motorsports
ROW 10	20	20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing
ROW 11	21	8	Kyle Busch	Richard Childress Racing
ROW 11	22	5	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports
ROW 12	23	54	Ty Gibbs	Joe Gibbs Racing
ROW 12	24	35	Riley Herbst #	23XI Racing
ROW 13	25	71	Michael McDowell	Spire Motorsports
ROW 13	26	88	Shane van Gisbergen #	Trackhouse Racing
ROW 14	27	60	Ryan Preece	RFK Racing
ROW 14	28	51	Cody Ware	Rick Ware Racing
ROW 15	29	21	Josh Berry	Wood Brothers Racing
ROW 15	30	41	Cole Custer	Haas Factory Team
ROW 16	31	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Hyak Motorsports
ROW 16	32	4	Noah Gragson	Front Row Motorsports
ROW 17	33	77	Carson Hocevar	Spire Motorsports
ROW 17	34	6	Brad Keselowski	RFK Racing
ROW 18	35	7	Justin Haley	Spire Motorsports
ROW 18	36	99	Daniel Suarez	Trackhouse Racing
ROW 19	37	38	Zane Smith	Front Row Motorsports
ROW 19	38	48	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports
ROW 20	39	56	Martin Truex Jr. *	TRICON Garage
ROW 20	40	84	Jimmie Johnson *	LEGACY MOTOR CLUB
ROW 21	41	91	Helio Castroneves * OEP	Trackhouse Racing

* indicates "Open" entry
# indicates Rookie of the Year contender
(i) indicates driver ineligible to score NASCAR Cup Series points
OEP indicates Open Exemption Provisional

Did Not Qualify

No. 66, Chandler Smith * (i), Garage 66
No. 62, Anthony Alfredo * (i), Beard Motorsports
No. 78, BJ McLeod *, Live Fast Motorsports
No. 44, JJ Yeley *, NY Racing Team