Starting Order & Pole for 2025 Food City 500

After the Goodyear 400, the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season heads to Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee, for the Food City 500. The ninth race of the season will go live on FS1 at 3 p.m. ET on Sunday, April 13.

The Bristol Spring race will be contested on a 0.533-mile-long concrete oval track. Thirty-eight drivers will compete over 500 laps to drive down Victory Lane at Bristol. FOX Sports journalist Bob Pockrass tweeted the starting lineup for the 2025 Food City 500.

Who is on pole for the Food City 500?

In Saturday’s (April 12) Cup Series qualifying, Hendrick Motorsports driver Alex Bowman claimed his second pole of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season with a time of 14.912 and a speed of 128.675 mph. It marked Bowman’s eighth pole of his career.

Hyak Motorsports driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr. will share the front row with Bowman after a lap of 128.563 mph.

The pair will be followed by Kyle Larson, the defending winner of the event, Denny Hamlin, and Ryan Blaney in the top five. Ty Gibbs, Christopher Bell, A. J. Allmendinger, Carson Hocevar, and Justin Haley completed the top 10.

Joey Logano, the defending NASCAR Cup Series champion, will start 38th in the 39-driver field on Sunday.

2025 Food City 500 starting line-up

Below is the complete starting lineup for the 39-car grid at Bristol Motor Speedway:

1. #48 – Alex Bowman
2. #47 – Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
3. #5 – Kyle Larson
4. #11 – Denny Hamlin
5. #12- Ryan Blaney
6. #54 – Ty Gibbs
7. #20 – Christopher Bell
8. #16 – A. J. Allmendinger
9. #77 – Carson Hocevar
10. #7 – Justin Haley
11. #21 – Josh Berry
12. #10 – Ty Dillon
13. #71 – Michael McDowell
14. #19 – Chase Briscoe
15. #8 – Kyle Busch
16. #6 – Brad Keselowski
17. #3 – Austin Dillon
18. #38 – Zane Smith
19. #33 – Jesse Love (i)
20. #9 – Chase Elliott
21. #2 – Austin Cindric
22. #23 – Bubba Wallace
23. #99 – Daniel Suárez
24. #17 – Chris Buescher
25. #35 – Riley Herbst (R)
26. #24 – William Byron
27. #45 – Tyler Reddick
28. #43 – Erik Jones
29. #60 – Ryan Preece
30. #34 – Todd Gilliland
31. #4 – Noah Gragson
32. #42 – John Hunter Nemechek
33. #41 – Cole Custer
34. #51 – Cody Ware
35. #1 – Ross Chastain
36. #88 – Shane van Gisbergen (R)
37. #01 – Corey LaJoie
38. #22 – Joey Logano
39. #66 – Josh Bilicki (i)

Watch all NASCAR Cup Series teams and drivers at the Bristol Motor Speedway for Sunday’s Food City 500.

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