Joe Gibbs Racing will lead the way in the NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup for the Round of 8 opener at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in October. Denny Hamlin won the pole for the 2025 South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway this weekend. Chase Briscoe will join Hamlin on the front row for Sunday afternoon's event. It is Hamlin's fourth pole position of the 2025 Cup Series season.
Christopher Bell and Chase Elliott will follow the two drivers on the second row. Most notably, William Byron (5th), Kyle Larson (6th), Joey Logano (9th), and Ryan Blaney (14th) were the four worst playoff drivers in qualifying. It was a straightforward qualifying session.
The full NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup at Las Vegas is below.
NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup at Las Vegas (October 2025)
- No. 11 Denny Hamlin (P)
- No. 19 Chase Briscoe (P)
- No. 20 Christopher Bell (P)
- No. 9 Chase Elliott (P)
- No. 24 William Byron (P)
- No. 5 Kyle Larson (P)
- No. 23 Bubba Wallace
- No. 45 Tyler Reddick
- No. 22 Joey Logano (P)
- No. 54 Ty Gibbs
- No. 17 Chris Buescher
- No. 48 Alex Bowman
- No. 88 Shane van Gisbergen
- No. 12 Ryan Blaney (P)
- No. 1 Ross Chastain
- No. 60 Ryan Preece
- No. 99 Daniel Suarez
- No. 71 Michael McDowell
- No. 43 Erik Jones
- No. 16 A.J. Allmendinger
- No. 41 Cole Custer
- No. 77 Carson Hocevar
- No. 38 Zane Smith
- No. 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
- No. 3 Austin Dillon
- No. 42 John Hunter Nemechek
- No. 7 Justin Haley
- No. 4 Noah Gragson
- No. 21 Josh Berry
- No. 34 Todd Gilliland
- No. 2 Austin Cindric
- No. 8 Kyle Busch
- No. 35 Riley Herbst
- No. 6 Brad Keselowski
- No. 10 Ty Dillon
- No. 51 Cody Ware
- No. 44 J.J. Yeley
- No. 78 Katherine Legge
This article originally appeared on Motorsports Wire: NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup at Las Vegas in October 2025
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