Photos: See full Cup Series field for 2025 Bristol spring race
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Race No. 9 of the 2025 season is nearly upon us with a trip to Bristol Motor Speedway (3 p.m. ET, FS1, PRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) in the cards. See where your favorite driver will start in Sunday's 500-lapper in Thunder Valley.
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Alex Bowman will start first in the No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet.
Crew chief: Blake Harris
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Ricky Stenhouse Jr. will start second in the No. 47 Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet.
Crew chief: Mike Kelley
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Kyle Larson will start third in the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet.
Crew chief: Cliff Daniels
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Denny Hamlin will start fourth in the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota.
Crew chief: Chris Gayle
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Ryan Blaney will start fifth in the No. 12 Team Penske Ford.
Crew chief: Jonathan Hassler
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Ty Gibbs will start sixth in the No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota.
Crew chief: Tyler Allen
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Christopher Bell will start seventh in the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota.
Crew chief: Adam Stevens
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AJ Allmendinger will start eighth in the No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet.
Crew chief: Trent Owens
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Carson Hocevar will start ninth in the No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet.*
Crew chief: Luke Lambert
(*Pictured earlier this season at Martinsville Speedway)
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Justin Haley will start 10th in the No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet.
Crew chief: Rodney Childers
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Josh Berry will start 11th in the No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford.*
Crew chief: Samuel "Miles" Stanley
(*Pictured earlier this year at Martinsville Speedway)
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Ty Dillon will start 12th in the No. 10 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet.
Crew chief: Andrew Dickeson
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Michael McDowell will start 13th in the No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet.*
Crew chief: Travis Peterson
(*Pictured earlier this year at Darlington Raceway)
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Chase Briscoe will start 14th in the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota.*
Crew chief: James Small
(*Pictured earlier this year at Darlington Raceway)
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Kyle Busch will start 15th in the No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet.
Crew chief: Randall Burnett
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Brad Keselowski will start 16th in the No. 6 RFK Racing Ford.
Crew chief: Jeremy Bullins
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Austin Dillon will start 17th in the No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet.
Crew chief: Richard Boswell ll
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Zane Smith will start 18th in the No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford.
Crew chief: Ryan Bergenty
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Jesse Love will start 19th in the No. 33 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet.*
Crew chief: Andy Street
(*Pictured earlier this year in an Xfinity Series race at Darlington Raceway. Sunday is his Cup Series debut)
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Chase Elliott will start 20th in the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet.
Crew chief: Alan Gustafson
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Austin Cindric will start 21st in the No. 2 Team Penske Ford.
Crew chief: Brian Wilson
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Bubba Wallace will start 22nd in the No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota.
Crew chief: Charles Denike
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Daniel Suárez will start 23rd in the No. 99 Trackhouse Racing
Chevrolet. Crew chief: Matt Swiderski
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Chris Buescher will start 24th in the No. 17 RFK Racing Ford.*
Crew chief: Scott Graves
(*Pictured earlier this year at Darlington Raceway)
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Riley Herbst will start 25th in the No. 35 23XI Racing Toyota.
Crew chief: Davin Restivo
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William Byron will start 26th in the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet.
Crew chief: Rudy Fugle
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Tyler Reddick will start 27th in the No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota.
Crew chief: Billy Scott
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Erik Jones will start 28th in the No. 43 Legacy Motor Club Toyota.
Crew chief: Ben Beshore
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Ryan Preece will start 29th in the No. 60 RFK Racing Ford.
Crew chief: Derrick Finley
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Todd Gilliland will start 30th in the No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford.*
Crew chief: Chris Lawson
(*Pictured earlier this year at Darlington Raceway)
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Noah Gragson will start 31st in the No. 4 Front Row Motorsports Ford.
Crew chief: Drew Blickensderfer
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John Hunter Nemechek will start 32nd in the No. 42 Legacy Motor Club Toyota.*
Crew chief: Travis Mack
(*Pictured earlier this year at Darlington Raceway)
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Cole Custer will start 33rd in the No. 41 Haas Factory Team Ford.
Crew chief: Aaron Kramer
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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 Darlington Raceway)
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Ross Chastain will start 35th in the No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet.
Crew chief: Phil Surgen
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Shane van Gisbergen will start 36th in the No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet.
Crew chief: Stephen Doran
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Corey LaJoie will start 37th in the No. 01 Rick Ware Racing Ford.*
Crew chief: Jerry Kelley
(*Pictured earlier the is year at Daytona International Speedway)
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Joey Logano will start 38th in the No. 22 Team Penske Ford.
Crew chief: Paul Wolfe
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Josh Bilicki will start 39th in the No. 66 Garage 66 Ford.
Crew chief: Carl Long