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NASCAR Qualifying Results: Michael Jordan-owned team dominate at COTA as 23XI star secures STUNNING pole

Simmey Hannifin Donaldson Saturday 1 March 2025 20:05 Updated: 22:26

NASCAR Qualifying Results: Michael Jordan-owned team dominate at COTA as 23XI star secures STUNNING pole

Basketball Hall of Famer and NASCAR team owner Michael Jordan will be a very happy man tonight after his 23XI team dominated Cup Series qualifying at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) on Saturday.

Tyler Reddick produced a stunning lap time of 1:38:076 during the afternoon session, enough to earn himself pole position in Sunday's race by over two-tenths of a second.

Reddick's closest challenger was his 23XI team-mate Bubba Wallace in the #23 Toyota, and as such, the team — who are also co-owned by Cup Series veteran Denny Hamlin — have locked out the front row for Sunday's race.

Behind the 23XI duo, it was a strong showing for the Chevrolet cars, with the manufacturer locking out places three to nine in qualifying. Chase Elliot qualified third, whilst Carson Hocevar and Daniel Suarez rounded out the top five.

With all of that said, below, we've got the qualifying finishing order in full, including timings and gaps, ahead of what should be an exciting race on Sunday.

NASCAR Cup Series: Who is on pole at COTA?

After qualifying on Saturday afternoon, here is the starting lineup for Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race at COTA, also known as the EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix.

Position	Driver	Car No.	Team	Manufacturer	Lap Time/Gap
1	Tyler Reddick	#45	23XI Racing	Toyota	1:38:076
2	Bubba Wallace	#23	23XI Racing	Toyota	-0.224
3	Chase Elliott	#9	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	-0.282
4	Carson Hocevar	#77	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	-0.377
5	Daniel Suárez	#99	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	-0.406
6	Shane van Gisbergen	#88	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	-0.443
7	Kyle Larson	#5	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	-0.503
8	Kyle Busch	#8	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	-0.513
9	Ross Chastain	#1	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	-0.626
10	Todd Gilliland	#34	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	-0.642
11	Denny Hamlin	#11	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	-0.664
12	AJ Allmendinger	#16	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	-0.709
13	Ty Gibbs	#54	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	-0.772
14	Connor Zilisch	#87	Trackhouse Racing	Chevrolet	-0.852
15	William Byron	#24	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	-1.022
16	Michael McDowell	#71	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	-1.108
17	Noah Gragson	#4	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	-1.129
18	Chase Briscoe	#19	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	-1.134
19	Christopher Bell	#20	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	-1.139
20	Zane Smith	#38	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	-1.161
21	Alex Bowman	#48	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	-1.163
22	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	#47	Hyak Motorsports	Chevrolet	-1.293
23	Joey Logano	#22	Team Penske	Ford	-1.350
24	Chris Buescher	#17	RFK Racing	Ford	-1.380
25	Ryan Blaney	#12	Team Penske	Ford	-1.414
26	Brad Keselowski	#6	RFK Racing	Ford	-1.465
27	Austin Dillon	#3	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	-1.474
28	Ryan Preece	#60	RFK Racing	Ford	-1.698
29	Justin Haley	#7	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet	-1.774
30	Cole Custer	#41	Haas Factory Team	Ford	-1.826
31	Riley Herbst	#35	23XI Racing	Toyota	-1.856
32	Erik Jones	#43	Legacy Motor Club	Toyota	-1.915
33	John Hunter Nemechek	#42	Legacy Motor Club	Toyota	-1.968
34	Ty Dillon	#10	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	-1.986
35	Josh Berry	#21	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	-2.215
36	Austin Cindric	#2	Team Penske	Ford	-2.626
37	Cody Ware	#51	Rick Ware Racing	Ford	-3.986

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