NASCAR Qualifying Today: Darlington start times, schedule and how to watch live on TV

The 2025 NASCAR Cup Series hits Darlington Raceway today (Saturday, April 5) for qualifying ahead of the Goodyear 400.

It is a special weekend on the NASCAR calendar, too, with Darlington the annual host of the series' throwback event, which sees the current stars celebrate NASCAR's heritage by running retro-inspired paint schemes that pay homage to the past.

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The Cup Series heads to Darlington after last weekend's race at Martinsville, with Denny Hamlin dominating there to take his first win of the 2025 season and the 55th of his Cup Series career, doing so after putting his car in the top five in qualifying ahead of the race.

Hamlin started seventh at Darlington in spring last year, with Tyler Reddick landing pole that day for 23XI, edging RFK duo Brad Keselowski and Chris Buescher. Interestingly, it was also a 23XI car on pole at Darlington the last time that the Cup Series raced at the track, with Bubba Wallace fastest in qualifying last September. It will certainly be exciting to see who comes out on top later today.

With that said, let's get into all the details you need to know ahead of today's action and how you can watch it all unfold live.

2025 NASCAR Cup Series: Darlington qualifying start times

The all-important qualifying session from Darlington Raceway kicks off today (Saturday, April 5, 2025) at 1:40 pm ET. Here are the start times converted to your city and time zone.

Qualifying action from Darlington Raceway will be available for NASCAR fans to watch on television, the details of which we have below.

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How to watch NASCAR on TV

The 2025 NASCAR Cup Series is set to be broadcast across several broadcast partners in the United States: FOX, Prime Video, TNT Sports, and NBC.

Action from Darlington Raceway this weekend will be broadcast across two of those, with Saturday's qualifying session set to be shown live on Amazon Prime Video and Sunday's race live on FOX Sports 1.

Broadcast details vary depending on your location. Please check below to see how you can catch the action in your country.

NASCAR Cup Series Darlington qualifying order

Here is the order in which the Cup Series stars will take to Darlington Raceway this afternoon.

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