The final regular-season race on the 2025 NASCAR schedule in the Cup Series is on Saturday night at Daytona International Speedway. There are two playoff spots up for grabs, with one winner potentially coming from Saturday’s Cup Series race. It makes positioning on the NASCAR starting lineup for Daytona critical.

Following Cup Series qualifying results on Friday evening, here is the NASCAR starting lineup for Saturday, along with the NASCAR starting grid for the Coke Zero Sugar 400.

Related: NASCAR Standings before Daytona

Note: NASCAR practice and qualifying on Friday at Daytona was canceled due to weather. As a result, the NASCAR starting lineup for Saturday was determined by the qualifying order based on metric score.

NASCAR starting lineup for Daytona: Coke Zero Sugar 400

Here is the starting lineup for Saturday’s Cup Series race at Daytona International Speedway.

  1. Ryan Blaney
  2. Alex Bowman
  3. Kyle Larson
  4. Joey Logano
  5. Austin Cindric
  6. Denny Hamlin
  7. Austin Dillon
  8. Chase Briscoe
  9. Brad Keselowski
  10. Josh Berry
  11. Daniel Suarez
  12. Zane Smith
  13. Kyle Busch
  14. Christopher Bell
  15. Carson Hocevar
  16. Shane van Gisbergen
  17. Ty GIbbs
  18. Ross Chastain
  19. Michael McDowell
  20. AJ Allmendinger
  1. Bubba Wallace
  2. Ty Dillon
  3. Chris Buescher
  4. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
  5. Erik Jones
  6. Tyler Reddick
  7. Todd Gillililand
  8. Cole Custer
  9. Chase Elliott
  10. Ryan Preece
  11. Noah Gragson
  12. Riley Herbst
  13. John Hunter Nemechek
  14. Cody Ware
  15. Austin Hill
  16. Justin Haley
  17. BJ McLeod
  18. Casey Mears
  19. Joey Gase
  20. William Byron*

NOTE*: William Byron was dropped to the back of the NASCAR starting grid for Saturday’s race and two crew members, including crew chief Rudy Fugle, were ejected for the weekend after failing ore-race inspection.

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NASCAR starting grid for Saturday: Daytona International Speedway

  • Row 1: Ryan Blaney, Alex Bowman
  • Row 2: Kyle Larson, Joey Logano
  • Row 3: Austin Cindric, Denny Hamlin
  • Row 4: Austin Dillon, Chase Briscoe
  • Row 5: Brad Keselowski, Josh Berry
  • Row 6: Daniel Suarez, Zane Smith
  • Row 7: Kyle Busch, Christopher Bell
  • Row 8: Carson Hocevar, Shane van Gisbergen
  • Row 9: Ty Gibbs, Ross Chastain
  • Row 10: Michael McDowell, AJ Allmendinger
  • Row 11: Bubba Wallace, Ty Dillon
  • Row 12: Chris Buescher, Ricky Stenhouse Jr
  • Row 13: Erik Jones, Tyler Reddick
  • Row 14: Todd Gilliland, Cole Custer
  • Row 15: Chase Elliott, Ryan Preece
  • Row 16: Noah Gragson, Riley Herbst
  • Row 17: John Hunter Nemechek, Cody Ware
  • Row 18: Austin Hill, Justin Haley
  • Row 19: BJ McLeod, Casey Mears
  • Row 20: Joey Gase, William Byron (penalty)

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Who is on the pole for the NASCAR race tomorrow?

Ryan Blaney is on the pole for the NASCAR race on Saturday at Daytona. Following Blaney in the NASCAR starting grid are Alex Bowman, Kyle Larson, Joey Logano, Austin Cindric and Denny Hamlin in the first three rows of the grid.

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