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NASCAR Cup Series 2025: Talladega starting lineup with penalties applied

Simmey Hannifin Donaldson Sunday 27 April 2025 12:00

NASCAR Cup Series 2025: Talladega starting lineup with penalties applied

The 2025 NASCAR Cup Series continues at Talladega on Sunday, with the starting lineup for the Jack Link's 500 now set.

Front Row Motorsports' Zane Smith is Sunday's pole-sitter after proving the class of the field in the No. 38 Ford, snatching it from Kyle Busch on the very last lap of the session at Talladega Superspeedway.

Busch, though, still put in a strong showing given the dominance of the Ford-powered cars, and will start second in Sunday afternoon's race in his No. 8 Chevrolet.

Elsewhere at Talladega, reigning Cup Series champion Joey Logano will start third, with Ryan Preece and Austin Dillon set to start fourth and fifth.

Chris Buescher, Austin Cindric, Josh Berry, Ryan Blaney, and Ty Gibbs all round out the top 10 for today's starting lineup, meaning seven of Sunday's top 10 are Fords.

With that said, let's take a look at the starting lineup for the Jack Link's 500 in full.

NASCAR Talladega starting lineup

After qualifying on Saturday, here is the starting lineup for Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway, also known as the Jack Link's 500.

Position	Driver	Car No.	Team
1	Zane Smith	38	Front Row Motorsports Ford
2	Kyle Busch	8	Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
3	Joey Logano	22	Team Penske Ford
4	Ryan Preece	60	RFK Racing Ford
5	Austin Dillon	3	Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
6	Chris Buescher	17	RFK Racing Ford
7	Austin Cindric	2	Team Penske Ford
8	Josh Berry	21	Wood Brothers Racing Ford
9	Ryan Blaney	12	Team Penske Ford
10	Ty Gibbs	54	Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
11	Christopher Bell	20	Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
12	Cole Custer	41	Haas Factory Team Ford
13	Denny Hamlin	11	Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
14	Michael McDowell	71	Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
15	Todd Gilliland	34	Front Row Motorsports Ford
16	William Byron	24	Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
17	Chase Briscoe	19	Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
18	Alex Bowman	48	Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
19	AJ Allmendinger	16	Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
20	Bubba Wallace	23	23XI Racing Toyota
21	Ty Dillon	10	Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
22	Brad Keselowski	6	RFK Racing Ford
23	Riley Herbst	35	23XI Racing Toyota
24	Daniel Suárez	99	Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
25	Kyle Larson	5	Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
26	Tyler Reddick	45	23XI Racing Toyota
27	Noah Gragson	4	Front Row Motorsports Ford
28	Carson Hocevar	77	Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
29	John Hunter Nemechek	42	Legacy Motor Club Toyota
30	Chase Elliott	9	Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
31	Anthony Alfredo	62	Beard Motorsports Chevrolet
32	Ross Chastain	1	Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
33	Cody Ware	51	Rick Ware Racing Ford
34	Erik Jones	43	Legacy Motor Club Toyota
35	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	47	Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet
36	Shane van Gisbergen	88	Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
37	Justin Haley	7	Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
38	BJ McLeod	78	Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet
39	JJ Yeley	44	NY Racing Team Chevrolet

NASCAR Cup Series Kyle Busch Joey Logano Ryan Blaney Front Row Motorsports Ford

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