The NASCAR Cup Series begins the 2025 postseason with a crown jewel in the Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway. Qualifying at the 1.366-miler begins at 10:10 a.m. ET on Friday (truTV, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
QUALIFYING ORDER: Cup Series | Xfinity Series at Portland | Truck Series
The qualifying order below is determined via metric that combines the previous race finish by owner (70%) and current owner points position (30%).
Saturday’s qualifying session will be one lap and one round.
The race itself will be on Sunday (6 p.m. ET, USA Network, HBO Max, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, NBC Sports App).
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# denotes series rookie
(i) denotes ineligible for driver points
P denotes playoff driver
| Pos. | Car No. | Driver | Metric Score | Group |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 35 | Riley Herbst # | 38.5 | 1 |
| 2 | 4 | Noah Gragson | 36.8 | 1 |
| 3 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 33.2 | 1 |
| 4 | 44 | Derek Kraus * | 32.5 | 1 |
| 5 | 66 | Josh Bilicki (i) * | 32.0 | 1 |
| 6 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | 31.3 | 1 |
| 7 | 38 | Zane Smith * | 30.1 | 1 |
| 8 | 8 | Kyle Busch | 29.1 | 1 |
| 9 | 10 | Ty Dillon | 25.0 | 1 |
| 10 | 51 | Cody Ware | 24.8 | 1 |
| 11 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | 24.5 | 1 |
| 12 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | 19.7 | 1 |
| 13 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | 19.2 | 1 |
| 14 | 34 | Todd Gilliland * | 17.0 | 1 |
| 15 | 71 | Michael McDowell | 15.3 | 1 |
| 16 | 60 | Ryan Preece | 15.2 | 1 |
| 17 | 41 | Cole Custer | 12.7 | 1 |
| 18 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | 11.3 | 1 |
| 19 | 7 | Justin Haley | 11.1 | 1 |
| 20 | 43 | Erik Jones | 10.7 | 2 |
| 21 | 17 | Chris Buescher | 10.0 | 2 |
| 22 | 99 | Daniel Suárez | 9.5 | 2 |
| 23 | 2 | Austin Cindric (P) | 30.3 | 2 |
| 24 | 48 | Alex Bowman (P) | 30.0 | 2 |
| 25 | 23 | Bubba Wallace (P) * | 28.6 | 2 |
| 26 | 22 | Joey Logano (P) | 22.5 | 2 |
| 27 | 3 | Austin Dillon (P) | 21.3 | 2 |
| 28 | 45 | Tyler Reddick (P) * | 18.9 | 2 |
| 29 | 19 | Chase Briscoe (P) | 18.5 | 2 |
| 30 | 11 | Denny Hamlin (P) | 18.4 | 2 |
| 31 | 24 | William Byron (P) | 13.9 | 2 |
| 32 | 1 | Ross Chastain (P) | 13.8 | 2 |
| 33 | 88 | Shane van Gisbergen # (P) | 12.7 | 2 |
| 34 | 20 | Christopher Bell (P) | 10.9 | 2 |
| 35 | 21 | Josh Berry (P) | 10.2 | 2 |
| 36 | 9 | Chase Elliott (P) | 9.1 | 2 |
| 37 | 5 | Kyle Larson (P) | 4.5 | 2 |
| 38 | 12 | Ryan Blaney (P) | 1.9 | 2 |