The NASCAR Cup Series wraps up the 2025 playoffs with the NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race at Phoenix Raceway. Qualifying at the 1-miler begins at 5 p.m. ET on Saturday (truTV, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). A 50-minute practice will take place at 5:35 p.m. ET on Friday, also on truTV.
QUALIFYING ORDER: Cup Series | Xfinity Series | Craftsman Truck Series
The qualifying order below is determined via a metric that combines the previous race finish by owner (70%) and current owner points position (30%).
Saturday’s qualifying session will be one round and one lap.
The race itself will be on Sunday (3 p.m. ET, NBC, HBO Max, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio, Peacock) with Denny Hamlin, Chase Briscoe, Kyle Larson and William Byron competing for the championship.
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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 | 44 | JJ Yeley (i) | 41.3 | 1 |
| 2 | 35 | Riley Herbst # | 35.7 | 1 |
| 3 | 66 | Casey Mears (i) | 34.8 | 1 |
| 4 | 51 | Cody Ware | 33.2 | 1 |
| 5 | 43 | Erik Jones | 31.6 | 1 |
| 6 | 4 | Noah Gragson | 31.2 | 1 |
| 7 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | 28.6 | 1 |
| 8 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. | 27.9 | 1 |
| 9 | 10 | Ty Dillon | 27.8 | 1 |
| 10 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | 27.1 | 1 |
| 11 | 38 | Zane Smith | 25.6 | 1 |
| 12 | 17 | Chris Buescher | 25.4 | 1 |
| 13 | 99 | Daniel Suarez | 24.1 | 1 |
| 14 | 71 | Michael McDowell | 23.1 | 1 |
| 15 | 7 | Justin Haley | 22.6 | 1 |
| 16 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | 21.9 | 1 |
| 17 | 41 | Cole Custer | 21.8 | 1 |
| 18 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | 20.0 | 1 |
| 19 | 48 | Alex Bowman | 20.0 | 1 |
| 20 | 8 | Kyle Busch | 15.7 | 2 |
| 21 | 3 | Austin Dillon | 15.7 | 2 |
| 22 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 15.6 | 2 |
| 23 | 34 | Todd Gilliland | 14.7 | 2 |
| 24 | 2 | Austin Cindric | 14.7 | 2 |
| 25 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | 14.1 | 2 |
| 26 | 88 | Shane Van Gisbergen # | 13.4 | 2 |
| 27 | 21 | Josh Berry | 11.8 | 2 |
| 28 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | 9.8 | 2 |
| 29 | 60 | Ryan Preece | 9.6 | 2 |
| 30 | 22 | Joey Logano | 8.0 | 2 |
| 31 | 20 | Christopher Bell | 6.4 | 2 |
| 32 | 1 | Ross Chastain | 6.1 | 2 |
| 33 | 9 | Chase Elliott | 4.8 | 2 |
| 34 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | 3.2 | 2 |
| 35 | 19 | Chase Briscoe (P) | 26.2 | 2 |
| 36 | 11 | Denny Hamlin (P) | 25.1 | 2 |
| 37 | 5 | Kyle Larson (P) | 4.7 | 2 |
| 38 | 24 | William Bryon (P) | 1.6 | 2 |