Charlotte Starting Lineup: May 2025 (NASCAR Cup Series)

NASCAR starting positions for the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway

NASCAR’s longest race is on deck for Sunday in Concord, North Carolina. The field is set to roll onto the 1.5-mile of Charlotte Motor Speedway for Coca-Cola 600 practice and qualifying.

View Charlotte starting lineup for the NASCAR Cup Series below.

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Ross Chastain slams the wall in practice. He spun at the entry to turn three with a flat left rear tire and tagged the outside wall.

Kyle Busch is suffering a mechanical issue on the pit lane. The team will not make it out for practice. They are changing the power steering pump ahead of qualifying.

After topping the practice sheet, Carson Hocevar spins on his qualifying lap off turn four.

Tyler Reddick runs the top lane and he brushes the outside wall. He loses a ton of time but completes the lap.

Chase Briscoe will start from the pole position. He turned a laptime at 29.532 seconds with an average speed of 182.852mph. Kyle Larson completes the front row.

Charlotte Motor Speedway
Starting Lineup
May 25, 2025
NASCAR Cup Series

Pos | Driver

1. Chase Briscoe
29.532

2. Kyle Larson
29.552

3. William Byron
29.566

4. Chris Buescher
29.660

5. AJ Allmendinger
39.684

6. John Hunter Nemechek
29.725

7. Ty Gibbs
29.747

8. Noah Gragson
29.809

9. Alex Bowman
29.814

10. Christopher Bell
29.815

11. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
29.847

12. Tyler Reddick
29.850

13. Justin Haley
29.856

14. Austin Cindric
29.871

15. Michael McDowell
29.897

16. Joey Logano
29.916

17. Jimmie Johnson
29.926

18. Josh Berry
29.970

19. Ty Dillon
29.988

20. Denny Hamlin
30.022

21. Ryan Blaney
30.029

22. Chase Elliott
30.037

23. Zane Smith
30.039

24. Kyle Busch
30. 043

25. Daniel Suarez
30.063

26. Austin Dillon
30.084

27. Erik Jones
30.100

28. Ryan Preece
30.114

29. Cole Custer
30.147

30. Shane Van Gisbergen
30.161

31. Riley Herbst
30.222

32. Bubba Wallace
30.277

33. Connor Zilisch
30.304

34. Todd Gilliland
30.314

35. Brad Keselowski
30.314

36. Cody Ware
30.683

37. Derek Kraus
31.427

38. Josh Bilicki
32.261

39. Carson Hocevar
36.144

40. Ross Chastain
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Charlotte Motor Speedway
Practice Results
May 24, 2025
NASCAR Cup Series

Pos | Driver

1. Carson Hocevar
29.926

2. Ty Gibbs
29.939

3. AJ Allmendinger
30.115

4. Denny Hamlin
30.178

5. Tyler Reddick
30.185

6. Erik Jones
30.191

7. Bubba Wallace
30.192

8. William Byron
30.220

9. Ross Chastain
30.243

10. Michael McDowell
30.289

11. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
30.295

12. Chase Elliott
30.310

13. Brad Keselowski
30.339

14. Shane van Gisbergen
30.368

15. Daniel Suarez
30.370

16. Noah Gragson
30.370

17. Justin Haley
30.381

18. Alex Bowman
30.389

19. Ryan Blaney
30.414

20. Austin Cindric
30.437

21. Kyle Larson
30.477

22. Austin Dillon
30.512

23. Chase Briscoe
30.529

24. John Hunter Nemechek
30.543

25. Riley Herbst
30.547

26. Christopher Bell
30.553

27. Jimmie Johnson
30.557

28. Cole Custer
30.560

29. Joey Logano
30.562

30. Ryan Preece
30.565

31. Josh Berry
30.569

32. Chris Buescher
30.591

33. Todd Gilliland
30.614

34. Ty Dillon
30.633

35. Connor Zilisch
30.649

36. Zane Smith
30.665

37. Cody Ware
30.923

38. Derek Kraus
31.682

39. Josh Bilicki
32.613

40. Kyle Busch
No Time

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