Photos: See full Cup Series field for 2025 Bristol Night Race
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Kaulig Racing's AJ Allmendinger pulled off an upset in NASCAR Cup Series qualifying on Friday, earning his first pole in 10 years at Bristol Motor Speedway.
See where your favorite driver will start ahead of Saturday's Round of 16 elimination race in "Thunder Valley" (7:30 p.m. ET, USA Network, HBO Max, PRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, NBC Sports App).
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AJ Allmendinger will start first in the No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet.
Crew chief: Trent Owens
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Ryan Blaney will start second in the No. 12 Team Penske Ford.
Crew chief: Jonathan Hassler
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Austin Cindric will start third in the No. 2 Team Penske Ford.
Crew chief: Brian Wilson
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Ty Gibbs will start fourth in the No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota.
Crew chief: Tyler Allen
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Kyle Larson will start fifth in the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet.
Crew chief: Cliff Daniels
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Denny Hamlin will start sixth in the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota.
Crew chief: Chris Gayle
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William Byron will start seventh in the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet.
Crew chief: Rudy Fugle
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Bubba Wallace will start eighth in the No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota.
Crew chief: Charles Denike
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Christopher Bell will start ninth in the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota.
Crew chief: Adam Stevens
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Josh Berry will start 10th in the No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford.
Crew chief: Samuel "Miles" Stanley
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Ricky Stenhouse Jr. will start 11th in the No. 47 Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet.
Crew chief: Mike Kelley
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Carson Hocevar will start 12th in the No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet.
Crew chief: Luke Lambert
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Ross Chastain will start 13th in the No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet.
Crew chief: Phil Surgen
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Tyler Reddick will start 14th in the No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota.
Crew chief: Billy Scott
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Alex Bowman will start 15th in the No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet.
Crew chief: Blake Harris
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Chase Elliott will start 16th in the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet.
Crew chief: Alan Gustafson
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Justin Haley will start 17th in the No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet.
Crew chief: Ryan Sparks
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Brad Keselowski will start 18th in the No. 6 RFK Racing Ford.
Crew chief: Jeremy Bullins
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John Hunter Nemechek will start 19th in the No. 42 Legacy Motor Club Toyota.
Crew chief: Travis Mack
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Ryan Preece will start 20th in the No. 60 RFK Racing Ford.
Crew chief: Derrick Finley
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Chris Buescher will start 21st in the No. 17 RFK Racing Ford.
Crew chief: Scott Graves
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Joey Logano will start 22nd in the No. 22 Team Penske Ford.
Crew chief: Paul Wolfe
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Austin Dillon will start 23rd in the No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet.
Crew chief: Richard Boswell ll
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Zane Smith will start 24th in the No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford.*
Crew chief: Ryan Bergenty
(*Pictured earlier this year at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway)
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Michael McDowell will start 25th in the No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet.*
Crew chief: Travis Peterson
(*Pictured earlier this year at Sonoma Raceway)
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Cole Custer will start 26th in the No. 41 Haas Factory Team Ford.
Crew chief: Aaron Kramer
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Erik Jones will start 27th in the No. 43 Legacy Motor Club Toyota.
Crew chief: Ben Beshore
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Shane van Gisbergen will start 28th in the No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet.
Crew chief: Stephen Doran
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Riley Herbst will start 29th in the No. 35 23XI Racing Toyota.
Crew chief: Davin Restivo
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Noah Gragson will start 30th in the No. 4 Front Row Motorsports Ford.
Crew chief: Drew Blickensderfer
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Chase Briscoe will start 31st in the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota.
Crew chief: James Small
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Kyle Busch will start 32nd in the No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet.
Crew chief: Randall Burnett
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Austin Hill will start 33rd in the No. 33 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet.
Crew chief: Andy Street
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Cody Ware will start 34th in the No. 51 Rick Ware Racing Ford.*
Crew chief: Billy Plourde
(*Pictured earlier this year at Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
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Daniel Suárez will start 35th in the No. 99 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet.
Crew chief: Matt Swiderski
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Todd Gilliland will start 36th in the No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford.*
Crew chief: Chris Lawson
(*Pictured earlier this year at Richmond Raceway)
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Ty Dillon will start 37th in the No. 10 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet.
Crew chief: Andrew Dickeson
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Corey Heim will start 38th in the No. 67 23XI Racing Toyota.*
Crew chief: Bootie Barker
(*Pictured earlier this year at Richmond Raceway)
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Chad Finchum will start 39th in the No. 66 Garage 66 Ford.*
Crew chief: Carl Long
(*Pictured earlier this year at Nashville Superspeedway)