NASCAR 2025: Qualifying order for Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway

The Darlington Raceway is ready to host the 76th annual Cook Out Southern 500 this weekend. The 2025 NASCAR Cup Series’ 27th race, a 367-lap contest, kicks off at 6 p.m. ET on Sunday, August 31.

The Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina, boasts a 1.366-mile-long track. It hosted the first Cook Out Southern 500 in 1950, and it features 25 degrees of banking in Turns 1 and 2, 23 degrees of banking in Turns 3 and 4, 3 degrees on the frontstretch, and 2 degrees on the backstretch.

The Darlington Raceway track will also host the NASCAR Truck Series race this weekend, in addition to making two appearances on the Cup Series calendar in 2025.

The Cook Out Southern 500 will feature 38 drivers. Like the other NASCAR Cup Series racetracks, practice and qualifying sessions will open the Cup weekend on Saturday (August 30) at 9 am ET and 10:10 am ET. It will determine the starting positions for the Darlington playoff race.

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NASCAR qualifying order for the 2025 Cook Out Southern 500 at the Darlington Raceway

FOX Sports’ Bob Pockrass has shared the qualifying order for the 2025 Cook Out Southern 500, which will be held at the Darlington Raceway this weekend.

The Cup Series qualifying session kicks off with 23XI Racing driver Riley Herbst running the first lap and Legacy Motor Club running the second lap. Below is a complete qualifying order for the 2025 Cook Out Southern 500:

Group A: Car No. – Metric Score

1. No. 35 Riley Herbst
2. No. 4 Noah Gragson
3. No. 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
4. No. 44 Derek Kraus
5. No. 66 Timmy Hill
6. No. 77 Carson Hocevar
7. No. 38 Zane Smith
8. No. 8 Kyle Busch
9. No. 10 Ty Dillon
10. No. 51 Cody Ware
11. No. 16 A.J. Allmendinger
12. No. 42 John Hunter Nemechek
13. No. 6 Brad Keselowski
14. No. 34 Todd Gilliland
15. No. 71 Michael McDowell
16. No. 60 Ryan Preece
17. No. 41 Cole Custer
18. No. 54 Ty Gibbs
19. No. 7 Justin Haley

Group B: Car No. – Metric Score

1. No. 43 Erik Jones
2. No. 17 Chris Buescher
3. No. 99 Daniel Suarez
4. No. 2 Austin Cindric (P)
5. No. 48 Alex Bowman (P)
6. No. 23 Bubba Wallace (P)
7. No. 22 Joey Logano (P)
8. No. 3 Austin Dillon (P)
9. No. 45 Tyler Reddick (P)
10. No. 19 Chase Briscoe (P)
11. No. 11 Denny Hamlin (P)
12. No. 24 William Byron (P)
13. No. 1 Ross Chastain (P)
14. No. 88 Shane van Gisbergen (P)
15. No. 20 Christopher Bell (P)
16. No. 21 Josh Berry (P)
17. No. 9 Chase Elliott (P)
18. No. 5 Kyle Larson (P)
19. No. 12 Ryan Blaney (P)

Watch all NASCAR Cup Series teams and drivers in action at the Darlington Raceway on Saturday and Sunday on NBC Sports.