NASCAR 2025: Qualifying order for YellaWood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway

The Talladega Superspeedway Roval is ready to host the 57th annual YellaWood 500 this weekend. The 2025 NASCAR Cup Series’ 34th race, a 188-lap contest, kicks off at 2 p.m. ET on Sunday, October 19.

The Talladega Superspeedway Roval in Lincoln, Alabama, boasts a 2.66-mile-long superspeedway. It hosted the first YellaWood 500 in 1969. The Talladega track has 33 degrees of banking in the turns, 16.5 degrees of banking on the tri-oval, and 2 degrees on the backstretch.

The Talladega Superspeedway will also host the NASCAR Xfinity and Truck Series races this weekend. In addition, it’s a second appearance on the Cup Series calendar in 2025.

The YellaWood 500 will feature 40 drivers. Like the other NASCAR Cup Series racetracks, qualifying sessions will open the Cup weekend on Saturday (October 18) at 1:30 p.m. ET. It will determine the starting positions for the Talladega playoff race.

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NASCAR qualifying order for the 2025 YellaWood 500 at the Talladega Superspeedway

FOX Sports’ Bob Pockrass has shared the qualifying order for the 2025 YellaWood 500, which will be held this weekend at the Talladega Superspeedway.

The Cup Series qualifying session kicks off with Anthony Alfredo running the first lap and NASCAR veteran Denny Hamlin running the last lap. Below is a complete qualifying order for the 2025 YellaWood 500:

Driver – Metric Score

1. Anthony Alfredo - 42.200
2. Casey Mears - 40.700
3. Austin Hill - 40.100
4. Ty Dillon - 35.500
5. Cody Ware - 35.300
6. BJ McLeod - 32.800
7. Cole Custer - 29.800
8. Ty Gibbs - 29.500
9. Carson Hocevar - 29.300
10. Justin Haley - 28.200
11. John Hunter Nemechek - 28.100
12. Shane van Gisbergen - 26.700
13. Zane Smith - 24.900
14. Todd Gilliland - 23.700
15. Josh Berry - 23.000
16. Riley Herbst - 22.400
17. Daniel Suarez - 22.400
18. Austin Dillon - 22.000
19. AJ Allmendinger - 20.800
20. Ross Chastain - 19.400
21. Noah Gragson - 19.000
22. Ricky Stenhouse Jr - 18.500
23. Bubba Wallace - 18.400
24. Erik Jones - 17.700
25. Michael McDowell - 17.500
26. Chris Buescher - 13.500
27. Brad Keselowski - 13.000
28. Kyle Busch - 12.200
29. Austin Cindric - 11.900
30. Ryan Preece - 11.700
31. Alex Bowman - 8.800
32. Tyler Reddick - 6.200
33. Ryan Blaney - 29.000
34. William Byron - 26.700
35. Chase Elliott - 14.400
36. Joey Logano - 6.300
37. Chase Briscoe - 4.000
38. Christopher Bell - 3.000
39. Kyle Larson - 2.000
40. Denny Hamlin - 1.000

Watch all NASCAR Cup Series teams and drivers in action at the Talladega Superspeedway on Saturday and Sunday on NBC Sports and Peacock.