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

The 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season has arrived at Kansas Speedway for the Hollywood Casino 400. A total of 37 drivers will contest the season’s fifth playoff race over the 267 laps at the 1.5-mile-long track.

Last year, it was Ross Chastain who took the checkered flag at Kansas Speedway after beating William Byron. The #1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet driver will look to make it back-to-back Hollywood Casino 400 wins and will start from the ninth position for Sunday’s (September 28) 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 Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas will be waved at 3:05p.m. ET on Sunday.

The live coverage of the Hollywood Casino 400 will be available on NBC Sports, while MRN and SiriusXM Radio will provide the radio broadcast in the United States.

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Chase Briscoe is on the pole for the Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas

Chase Briscoe, driver of the #19 Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing, took the early upper hand in qualifying and will start on the pole to lead the field to the green flag for Sunday’s Hollywood Casino 400. He won the pole with a time of 29.987s and a speed of 180.087 mph during Sunday’s Cup Series qualifying session.

Denny Hamlin will start alongside him on the front row on Sunday. Meanwhile, Kyle Larson and Chase Elliott will start from the second row.

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NASCAR Hollywood Casino 400 starting lineup

Here is the Cup Series Kansas Speedway race lineup:

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

Fans will be able to watch all NASCAR Cup Series teams and drivers at Kansas Speedway for Sunday’s Hollywood Casino 400 live on the USA Network.