NASCAR at Darlington Lineup 2025: Starting Order & Pole for 2025 Goodyear 400

After the Cook Out 400, the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season heads to Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina, for the Goodyear 400. The eighth race of the season will go live on FS1 at 3 p.m. ET on Sunday, April 6.

The Darlington Spring race will be contested on a 1.366-mile-long egg-shaped oval track. Thirty-eight drivers will compete over 293 laps to drive down Victory Lane at Darlington. FOX Sports journalist Bob Pockrass tweeted the starting lineup for the 2025 Goodyear 400.

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Who is on pole for the Goodyear 400?

In Saturday’s (April 5) Cup Series qualifying, Hendrick Motorsports driver William Byron claimed his second pole of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season with a time of 28.774s and a speed of 170.904 mph. It marked Byron’s 16th pole of his career.

RFK Racing driver Ryan Preece will share the front row with Byron after a lap of 170.407 mph.

The pair will be followed by Denny Hamlin, Chase Briscoe, and Bubba Wallace in the top five. Austin Cindric, Tyler Reddick, Kyle Busch, Ryan Blaney, and Michael McDowell completed the top 10.

Brad Keselowski, the defending winner of the event, will start 20th in the 38-driver field. The defending NASCAR Cup Series champion, Joey Logano, will start 18th on Sunday.

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2025 Goodyear 400 starting line-up

Below is the complete starting lineup for the 38-car grid at Darlington Raceway:

1. #24 - William Byron
2. #60 - Ryan Preece
3. #11 - Denny Hamlin
4. #19 - Chase Briscoe
5. #23 - Bubba Wallace
6. #2 - Austin Cindric
7. #45 - Tyler Reddick
8. #8 - Kyle Busch
9. #12 - Ryan Blaney
10. #71 - Michael McDowell
11. #54 - Ty Gibbs
12. #34 - Todd Gilliland
13. #77 - Carson Hocevar
14. #17 - Chris Buescher
15. #9 - Chase Elliott
16. #38 - Zane Smith
17. #20 - Christopher Bell
18. #22 - Joey Logano
19. #5 - Kyle Larson
20. #6 - Brad Keselowski
21. #7 - Justin Haley
22. #16 - AJ Allmendinger
23. #3 - Austin Dillon
24. #21 - Josh Berry
25. #1 - Ross Chastain
26. #4 - Noah Gragson
27. #42 - John Hunter Nemechek
28. #47 - Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.
29. #10 - Ty Dillon
30. #99 - Daniel Suarez
31. #41 - Cole Custer
32. #35 - Riley Herbst
33. #48 - Alex Bowman
34. #43 - Erik Jones
35. #51 - Cody Ware
36. #88 - Shane Van Gisbergen
37. #33 - Austin Hill
38. #44 - JJ Yeley

Watch all NASCAR Cup Series teams and drivers at the Darlington Raceway for Sunday’s Goodyear 400.