NASCAR Green Flag Time Today: When will the 2025 Charlotte Motor Speedway Cup Series race kick off?

The 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season has arrived at Charlotte Motor Speedway for the Coca-Cola 600. 40 drivers will contest the season’s 13th race for the 400 laps at the 1.5-mile-long quad-oval track.

Last year, Joe Gibbs Racing driver Christopher Bell took the checkered flag at the Charlotte Motor Speedway after beating Brad Keselowski.

The #20 Toyota driver will look to win back-to-back Coca-Cola 600s and will start from the 10th position for Sunday’s (May 25) main event.

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What is the green flag time for the NASCAR race today?

The green flag for the NASCAR Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte is set to wave at 6:27 pm ET on Sunday (May 25).

The live action of the Coca-Cola 600 can be viewed on Prime Video, while radio coverage will be available at PRN and SiriusXM Radio in the United States.

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Chase Briscoe is on the pole for the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte

Chase Briscoe, the driver of the #19 JGR Toyota, took the early upper hand by winning the pole to lead the field to the green flag for Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600. He scored the pole with a time of 29.532s and a speed of 182.852 mph during Saturday’s (May 24) Cup Series qualifying session.

Hendrick Motorsports driver Kyle Larson will start alongside Briscoe on the front row on Sunday. Meanwhile, William Byron and Chris Buescher will start from the second row.

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NASCAR Coca-Cola 600 starting lineup:

Here’s the NASCAR Cup Series Charlotte Motor Speedway race lineup:

1. #19 - Chase Briscoe
2. #5 - Kyle Larson
3. #24 - William Byron
4. #17 - Chris Buescher
5. #16 - AJ Allmendinger
6. #42 - John Hunter Nemechek
7. #54 - Ty Gibbs
8. #4 - Noah Gragson
9. #48 - Alex Bowman
10. #20 - Christopher Bell
11. #47 - Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.
12. #45 - Tyler Reddick
13. #7 - Justin Haley
14. #2 - Austin Cindric
15. #71 - Michael McDowell
16. #22 - Joey Logano
17. #84 - Jimmie Johnson
18. #21 - Josh Berry
19. #10 - Ty Dillon
20. #11 - Denny Hamlin
21. #12 - Ryan Blaney
22. #9 - Chase Elliott
23. #38 - Zane Smith
24. #8 - Kyle Busch
25. #99 - Daniel Suarez
26. #3 - Austin Dillon
27. #43 - Erik Jones
28. #60 - Ryan Preece
29. #41 - Cole Custer
30. #88 - Shane Van Gisbergen
31. #35 - Riley Herbst
32. #23 - Bubba Wallace
33. #87 - Connor Zilisch
34. #6 - Brad Keselowski
35. #34 - Todd Gilliland
36. #51 - Cody Ware
37. #44 - Derek Kraus
38. #66 - Josh Bilicki
39. #77 - Carson Hocevar
40. #1 - Ross Chastain