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Apr 9, 2025
Alex Bowman claimed the pole for the Food City 500 during Saturday's NASCAR Cup Series qualifying session, and will lead the field to the green flag in Sunday's race at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. qualified second and will join Bowman on the front row. Bowman's Hendrick Motorsports teammate, Kyle Larson, qualified third, with Denny Hamlin and Ryan Blaney rounding out the top five.
The Food City 500 takes place on Sunday, April 13 at 3 p.m. ET. Coverage will be on Fox Sports 1, the Motor Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
-Photo credit: Jonathan McCoy, TobyChristie.com
Food City 500 Starting Lineup
Pos | Car | Driver | Team | Lap time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 48 | Alex Bowman | Hendrick Motorsports | 14.912 |
2 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | HYAK Motorsports | 14.925 |
3 | 5 | Kyle Larson | Hendrick Motorsports | 14.931 |
4 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | 14.937 |
5 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Team Penske | 14.955 |
6 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing | 14.964 |
7 | 20 | Christopher Bell | Joe Gibbs Racing | 14.969 |
8 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | Kaulig Racing | 15.002 |
9 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | Spire Motorsports | 15.019 |
10 | 7 | Justin Haley | Spire Motorsports | 15.030 |
11 | 21 | Josh Berry | Wood Brothers Racing | 15.058 |
12 | 10 | Ty Dillon | Kaulig Racing | 15.074 |
13 | 71 | Michael McDowell | Spire Motorsports | 15.075 |
14 | 19 | Chase Briscoe | Joe Gibbs Racing | 15.088 |
15 | 8 | Kyle Busch | Richard Childress Racing | 15.097 |
16 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | RFK Racing | 15.098 |
17 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing | 15.099 |
18 | 38 | Zane Smith | Front Row Motorsports | 15.130 |
19 | 33 | Jesse Love * (i) | Richard Childress Racing | 15.137 |
20 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Hendrick Motorsports | 15.138 |
21 | 2 | Austin Cindric | Team Penske | 15.149 |
22 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 23XI Racing | 15.193 |
23 | 99 | Daniel Suarez | Trackhouse Racing | 15.204 |
24 | 17 | Chris Buescher | RFK Racing | 15.246 |
25 | 35 | Riley Herbst # | 23XI Racing | 15.247 |
26 | 24 | William Byron | Hendrick Motorsports | 15.263 |
27 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | 23XI Racing | 15.268 |
28 | 43 | Erik Jones | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB | 15.274 |
29 | 60 | Ryan Preece | RFK Racing | 15.290 |
30 | 34 | Todd Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports | 15.297 |
31 | 4 | Noah Gragson | Front Row Motorsports | 15.301 |
32 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | LEGACY MOTOR CLUB | 15.304 |
33 | 41 | Cole Custer | Haas Factory Team | 15.322 |
34 | 51 | Cody Ware | Rick Ware Racing | 15.441 |
35 | 1 | Ross Chastain | Trackhouse Racing | 15.448 |
36 | 88 | Shane van Gisbergen # | Trackhouse Racing | 15.569 |
37 | 01 | Corey LaJoie * | Rick Ware Racing | 15.641 |
38 | 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske | 16.275 |
39 | 66 | Josh Bilicki * (i) | Garage 66 |
