NASCAR at Dover lineup 2025: Starting order & pole for 2025 AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400

After the Toyota/Save Mart 350, the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season has arrived at Dover Motor Speedway in Dover, Delaware, for the AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400. The 21st race of the season will go live on TNT Sports at 2 p.m. ET on Sunday, July 20.

The Dover race will be contested on a one-mile-long concrete oval track. Thirty-seven drivers will compete over 400 laps to drive down Victory Lane at Dover.

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Who is on pole for AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400?

Hendrick Motorsports driver Chase Elliott clinched the AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400 pole at Dover after Saturday’s NASCAR Cup Series qualifying was cancelled due to inclement weather. It marked his first pole of the season and 12th career pole in the series.

Now, the starting lineup for the AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400 will be set by the NASCAR Performance Metric Formula. It means the lineup will be set based on the last Cup Series ’race (which was at Sonoma Raceway), weighted average owned finish (70%), and the overall owner point position for the Cup (30%).

Elliott is set to lead the field to the green flag at the start of the 2025 Cup Series Dover race, and Joe Gibbs Racing driver Chase Briscoe will join him in the front row.

They are followed by Christopher Bell, Tyler Reddick, and William Byron in the top five. Shane Van Gisbergen, Michael McDowell, the defending series champion Joey Logano, Ty Gibbs, and Kyle Busch complete the top 10. FOX Sports journalist Bob Pockrass shared the starting order list on X.

The defending winner of the event, Denny Hamlin, will start 13th in the 37-car field on Sunday.

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2025 AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400 starting line-up

Below is the complete starting lineup for the 37-car grid at Dover Motor Speedway:

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

Fans can watch all NASCAR Cup Series teams and drivers in live action at the Dover Motor Speedway for Sunday’s AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400 on TNT Sports.