NASCAR Cup Series
Arby's Joins Rick Ware Racing As Primary Partner for 12 NASCAR Cup Series Races
Feb 20, 2025
It's a Team Penske sweep of the front row for Sunday's Ambetter Health 400 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, with Ryan Blaney claiming the pole and Austin Cindric qualifying second.
Blaney clocked at 30.908 seconds (179.371 miles per hour) during the second round of qualifying, earning the 11th pole position of his NASCAR Cup Series career. Blaney was just 0.002 seconds faster than Cindric during round two.
Fords also claimed the entire top five, with Josh Berry and Joey Logano securing the second row and Todd Gilliland qualifying fifth.
-Photo credit: Matthew T. Thacker, NKP | Courtesy of Ford Performance
Starting Lineup
Ambetter Health 400 at Atlanta Motor Speedway
| Row | # | Driver | Team | |
| ROW 1 | 1 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Team Penske BodyArmor Zero Sugar Ford |
| 2 | 2 | Austin Cindric | Team Penske Menards / Delta Ford | |
| ROW 2 | 3 | 21 | Josh Berry | Wood Brothers Racing Motorcraft / QuickLane Ford |
| 4 | 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske Shell Pennzoil Ford | |
| ROW 3 | 5 | 34 | Todd Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports Aaron's Rent to Own Ford |
| 6 | 8 | Kyle Busch | Richard Childress Racing Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen Chevrolet | |
| ROW 4 | 7 | 38 | Zane Smith | Front Row Motorsports City of Refuge Ford |
| 8 | 17 | Chris Buescher | RFK Racing Fastenal Ford | |
| ROW 5 | 9 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | RFK Racing BuildSubmarines.com Ford |
| 10 | 4 | Noah Gragson | Front Row Motorsports TitleMax Ford | |
| ROW 6 | 11 | 60 | Ryan Preece | RFK Racing Kroger / Gevalia / Entenmann's Ford |
| 12 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | Kaulig Racing Action Industries Chevrolet | |
| ROW 7 | 13 | 48 | Alex Bowman | Hendrick Motorsports Ally Financial Chevrolet |
| 14 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 23XI Racing Columbia Sportswear Company Toyota | |
| ROW 8 | 15 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing Get Bioethanol Chevrolet |
| 16 | 5 | Kyle Larson | Hendrick Motorsports HendrickCars.com Chevrolet | |
| ROW 9 | 17 | 24 | William Byron | Hendrick Motorsports Liberty University Chevrolet |
| 18 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Hendrick Motorsports NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet | |
| ROW 10 | 19 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | 23XI Racing XFINITY Mobile Toyota |
| 20 | 10 | Ty Dillon | Kaulig Racing Sea Best Chevrolet | |
| ROW 11 | 21 | 7 | Justin Haley | Spire Motorsports Gainbridge Chevrolet |
| 22 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Dollar Tree Toyota | |
| ROW 12 | 23 | 41 | Cole Custer | Haas Factory Team HaasTooling.com Ford |
| 24 | 71 | Michael McDowell | Spire Motorsports Group 1001 Chevrolet | |
| ROW 13 | 25 | 19 | Chase Briscoe | Joe Gibbs Racing Bass Pro Shops Toyota |
| 26 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | Spire Motorsports Delaware Life Chevrolet | |
| ROW 14 | 27 | 35 | Riley Herbst | 23XI Racing Monster Energy Toyota |
| 28 | 43 | Erik Jones | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB AdventHealth Toyota | |
| ROW 15 | 29 | 99 | Daniel Suarez | Trackhouse Racing Freeway Insurance Chevrolet |
| 30 | 88 | Shane Van Gisbergen | Trackhouse Racing WeatherTech Chevrolet | |
| ROW 16 | 31 | 51 | Cody Ware | Rick Ware Racing Arby's Ford |
| 32 | 20 | Christopher Bell | Joe Gibbs Racing DEWALT Toyota | |
| ROW 17 | 33 | 1 | Ross Chastain | Trackhouse Racing Moose Fraternity Chevrolet |
| 34 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. | HYAK Motorsports Martin's Famous Potato Rolls Chevrolet | |
| ROW 18 | 35 | 01 | Corey LaJoie | Rick Ware Racing AirMedCare Network Ford |
| 36 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing SAIA LTL Freight Toyota | |
| ROW 19 | 37 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing Yahoo! Toyota |
| 38 | 78 | BJ McLeod | Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet | |
| ROW 20 | 39 | 44 | JJ Yeley | NY Racing Team Green River Whiskey Chevrolet |
