NASCAR at Bristol lineup 2025: Starting order & pole for 2025 Bass Pro Shops Night Race

After the Enjoy Illinois 300, the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series is headed to the Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee, for the Bass Pro Shops Night Race. The third playoff race of the season will go live on NBC Sports at 7:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, September 13.

The Bristol playoff race will be contested on a 0.533-mile-short track. A total of 39 drivers will compete over 500 laps to drive down Victory Lane at Gateway.

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Who is on pole for the Bass Pro Shops Night Race?

On Friday, September 12, in NASCAR Cup Series qualifying, Kaulig Racing driver AJ Allmendinger won the Bass Pro Shops Night Race pole with a time of 15.117 and a speed of 126.930 mph. It marked his first pole of the 2025 NASCAR Cup season, his first Cup pole since 2015, and the fifth of his career.

Allmendinger is set to lead the field to the green flag at the start of the 2025 Cup Series Bristol playoff race, and a Team Penske driver will join him on the front row. Blaney posted the second-best speed of 126.905 mph.

The pair will be followed by Austin Cindric, Ty Gibbs, and the defending winner of the event, Kyle Larson, in the top-five.

Denny Hamlin, William Byron, Bubba Wallace, Christopher Bell, and Josh Berry complete the top 10. FOX Sports journalist Bob Pockrass shared the starting lineup at Bristol on X.

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2025 Bass Pro Shops Night Race starting line-up

Below is the complete starting lineup for the 39-car grid at Bristol Motor Speedway:

1. #16 - A.J. Allmendinger
2. #12 - Ryan Blaney
3. #2 - Austin Cindric
4. #54 - Ty Gibbs
5. #5 - Kyle Larson
6. #11 - Denny Hamlin
7. #24 - William Byron
8. #23 - Bubba Wallace
9. #20 - Christopher Bell
10. #21 - Josh Berry
11. #47 - Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
12. #77 - Carson Hocevar
13. #1 - Ross Chastain
14. #45 - Tyler Reddick
15. #48 - Alex Bowman
16. #9 - Chase Elliott
17. #7 - Justin Haley
18. #6 - Brad Keselowski
19. #42 - John Hunter Nemechek
20. #60 - Ryan Preece
21. #17 - Chris Buescher
22. #22 - Joey Logano
23. #3 - Austin Dillon
24. #38 - Zane Smith
25. #71 - Michael McDowell
26. #41 - Cole Custer
27. #43 - Erik Jones
28. #88 - Shane van Gisbergen (R)
29. #35 - Riley Herbst (R)
30. #4 - Noah Gragson
31. #19 - Chase Briscoe
32. #8 - Kyle Busch
33. #33 - Austin Hill
34. #51 - Cody Ware
35. #99 - Daniel Suarez
36. #34 - Todd Gilliland
37. #10 - Ty Dillon
38. #67 - Corey Heim
39. #66 - Chad Finchum

Fans can watch all NASCAR Cup Series teams and drivers in live action at the Bristol Motor Speedway for Saturday’s Bass Pro Shops Night Race on NBC Sports and USA Network.