Motorsports
NASCAR Cup Series Wurth 400 at Texas
Carson Hocevar snatched his first career NASCAR Cup Series pole position in Saturday’s qualifying session at Texas Motor Speedway. The driver of the No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet turned a lap time of 28.175 seconds (191.659 mph) to take his first career pole in what will be his 56th career start. William Byron will start […]

Carson Hocevar snatched his first career NASCAR Cup Series pole position in Saturday’s qualifying session at Texas Motor Speedway. The driver of the No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet turned a lap time of 28.175 seconds (191.659 mph) to take his first career pole in what will be his 56th career start.
William Byron will start alongside Hocevar on the front row in Sunday’s Wurth 400. Byron came up 0.014 seconds shy of the pole in his No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet.
Here is the official starting lineup for the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series Wurth 400 at Texas Motor Speedway. Race 11 of 36.
Pos |
Car |
Driver |
Lap time |
Speed |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
77 |
Carson Hocevar |
28.175 |
191.659 |
2 |
24 |
William Byron |
28.189 |
191.564 |
3 |
2 |
Austin Cindric |
28.195 |
191.523 |
4 |
5 |
Kyle Larson |
28.210 |
191.421 |
5 |
71 |
Michael McDowell |
28.223 |
191.333 |
6 |
54 |
Ty Gibbs |
28.229 |
191.293 |
7 |
21 |
Josh Berry |
28.233 |
191.266 |
8 |
11 |
Denny Hamlin |
28.248 |
191.164 |
9 |
23 |
Bubba Wallace |
28.249 |
191.157 |
10 |
16 |
AJ Allmendinger |
28.276 |
190.975 |
11 |
48 |
Alex Bowman |
28.284 |
190.921 |
12 |
17 |
Chris Buescher |
28.309 |
190.752 |
13 |
38 |
Zane Smith |
28.325 |
190.644 |
14 |
43 |
Erik Jones |
28.334 |
190.584 |
15 |
7 |
Justin Haley |
28.337 |
190.564 |
16 |
20 |
Christopher Bell |
28.356 |
190.436 |
17 |
45 |
Tyler Reddick |
28.363 |
190.389 |
18 |
4 |
Noah Gragson |
28.368 |
190.355 |
19 |
3 |
Austin Dillon |
28.381 |
190.268 |
20 |
41 |
Cole Custer |
28.438 |
189.887 |
21 |
35 |
Riley Herbst # |
28.447 |
189.827 |
22 |
19 |
Chase Briscoe |
28.449 |
189.813 |
23 |
10 |
Ty Dillon |
28.475 |
189.640 |
24 |
12 |
Ryan Blaney |
28.512 |
189.394 |
25 |
99 |
Daniel Suarez |
28.532 |
189.261 |
26 |
8 |
Kyle Busch |
28.541 |
189.201 |
27 |
22 |
Joey Logano |
28.545 |
189.175 |
28 |
42 |
John Hunter Nemechek |
28.554 |
189.115 |
29 |
9 |
Chase Elliott |
28.588 |
188.890 |
30 |
6 |
Brad Keselowski |
28.636 |
188.574 |
31 |
1 |
Ross Chastain |
28.658 |
188.429 |
32 |
34 |
Todd Gilliland |
28.659 |
188.422 |
33 |
60 |
Ryan Preece |
28.696 |
188.180 |
34 |
47 |
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. |
28.704 |
188.127 |
35 |
62 |
Jesse Love * (i) |
28.935 |
186.625 |
36 |
51 |
Cody Ware |
28.942 |
186.580 |
37 |
88 |
Shane van Gisbergen # |
29.193 |
184.976 |
38 |
66 |
Chad Finchum * |
29.833 |
181.008 |
# indiciates Rookie of the Year contender
* indicates “Open” entry
(i) indicates driver ineligible to score points