NASCAR at Las Vegas lineup 2025: Starting order & pole for 2025 South Point 400

After the Bank of America Roval 400, the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series is headed to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada, for the South Point 400. The seventh playoff race of the season will go live on NBC Sports at 5:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, October 12.

The Las Vegas playoff race will be contested on a 1.5-mile-long track. Thirty-eight drivers will compete over 267 laps to drive down Victory Lane at Vegas.

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Who is on pole for the South Point 400?

On Saturday, October 11, in NASCAR Cup Series qualifying, Joe Gibbs Racing driver Denny Hamlin won the South Point 400 pole with a time of 29.213 and a speed of 184.849 mph. It marked his fourth pole of the 2025 NASCAR Cup season and the 47th of his career.

Hamlin is set to lead the field to the green flag at the start of the 2025 Cup Series Las Vegas playoff race, while his teammate Chase Briscoe will join him on the front row. Briscoe posted the second-best speed of 184.622 mph.

The pair will be followed in the top five by Christopher Bell, Chase Elliott, and William Byron.

Kyle Larson, Bubba Wallace, Tyler Reddick, the defending series champion Joey Logano, and Ty Gibbs complete the top 10. FOX Sports journalist Bob Pockrass shared the starting lineup at the Las Vegas course on X.

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2025 South Point 400 starting line-up

Below is the complete starting lineup for the 38-car grid at Las Vegas Motor Speedway:

1. #11 - Denny Hamlin
2. #19 - Chase Briscoe
3. #20 - Christopher Bell
4. #9 - Chase Elliott
5. #24 - William Byron
6. #5 - Kyle Larson
7. #23 - Bubba Wallace
8. #45 - Tyler Reddick
9. #22 - Joey Logano
10. #54 - Ty Gibbs
11. #17 - Chris Buescher
12. #48 - Alex Bowman
13. #88 - Shane van Gisbergen (R)
14. #12 - Ryan Blaney
15. #1 - Ross Chastain
16. #60 - Ryan Preece
17. #99 - Daniel Suarez
18. #71 - Michael McDowell
19. #43 - Erik Jones
20. #16 - A.J. Allmendinger
21. #41 - Cole Custer
22. #77 - Carson Hocevar
23. #38 - Zane Smith
24. #47 - Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
25. #3 - Austin Dillon
26. #42 - John Hunter Nemechek
27. #7 - Justin Haley
28. #4 - Noah Gragson
29. #21 - Josh Berry
30. #34 - Todd Gilliland
31. #2 - Austin Cindric
32. #8 - Kyle Busch
33. #35 - Riley Herbst (R)
34. #6 - Brad Keselowski
35. #10 - Ty Dillon
36. #51 - Cody Ware
37. #44 - J.J. Yeley
38. #78 - Katherine Legge

Fans can watch all NASCAR Cup Series teams and drivers in live action at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway for Sunday’s South Point 400 on NBC Sports and USA Network.