NASCAR Green Flag Time Today: When will the 2025 Chicago Street Course Cup Series race kick off?

The 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season has arrived at the Chicago Street Course for the Grant Park 165. A total of 40 drivers will contest the season’s 19th race over the 75 laps at the 2.2-mile-long track.

Last year, Hendrick Motorsports driver Alex Bowman took the checkered flag at Chicago Street Course after Tyler Reddick.

The #48 Chevrolet driver will look to make it back-to-back Grant Park 165 wins and will start from the 11th position for Sunday’s (July 6) 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 Grant Park 165 at Chicago will wave at 2:25 p.m. ET on Sunday.

The Grant Park 165's live action can be viewed on TNT Sports, while radio coverage will be available at MRN and SiriusXM Radio in the United States.

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Shane van Gisbergen is on the pole for the Grant Park 165 at Chicago

Shane van Gisbergen, the driver of the #88 Trackhouse Racing, took the early upper hand by winning the pole to lead the field to the green flag for Sunday’s Grant Park 165. He scored the pole with a time of 88.338 and a speed of 1:29:656 mph during Sunday’s (July 6) Cup Series qualifying session.

Spire Motorsports driver Michael McDowell will start alongside SVG on the front row on Sunday. Meanwhile, Carson Hocevar and Tyler Reddick will start from the second row.

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NASCAR Grant Park 165 starting lineup

Here’s the Cup Series Chicago Street Course race lineup:

1. #88 - Shane van Gisbergen
2. #71 - Michael McDowell
3. #77 - Carson Hocevar
4. #45 - Tyler Reddick
5. #19 - Chase Briscoe
6. #8 - Kyle Busch
7. #60 - Ryan Preece
8. #17 - Chris Buescher
9. #54 - Ty Gibbs
10. #3 - Austin Dillon
11. #48 - Alex Bowman
12. #22 - Joey Logano
13. #20 - Christopher Bell
14. #5 - Kyle Larson
15. #6 - Brad Keselowski
16. #16 - AJ Allmendinger
17. #12 - Ryan Blaney
18. #99 - Daniel Suarez
19. #13 - Will Brown
20. #34 - Todd Gilliland
21. #35 - Riley Herbst
22. #1 - Ross Chastain
23. #41 - Cole Custer
24. #4 - Noah Gragson
25. #42 - John Hunter Nemechek
26. #38 - Zane Smith
27. #2 - Austin Cindric
28. #7 - Justin Haley
29. #21 - Josh Berry
30. #33 - Austin Hill
31. #66 - Josh Bilicki
32. #47 - Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
33. #78 - Katherine Legge
34. #43 - Erik Jones
35. #51 - Cody Ware
36. #10 - Ty Dillon
37. #23 - Bubba Wallace
38. #24 - William Byron
39. #9 - Chase Elliott
40. #11 - Denny Hamlin

Fans can watch all NASCAR Cup Series teams and drivers at the Chicago Street Course for Sunday’s Grant Park 165 live on TNT Sports.