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)

  1. No. 11 Denny Hamlin (P)
  2. No. 19 Chase Briscoe (P)
  3. No. 20 Christopher Bell (P)
  4. No. 9 Chase Elliott (P)
  5. No. 24 William Byron (P)
  6. No. 5 Kyle Larson (P)
  7. No. 23 Bubba Wallace
  8. No. 45 Tyler Reddick
  9. No. 22 Joey Logano (P)
  10. No. 54 Ty Gibbs
  11. No. 17 Chris Buescher
  12. No. 48 Alex Bowman
  13. No. 88 Shane van Gisbergen
  14. No. 12 Ryan Blaney (P)
  15. No. 1 Ross Chastain
  16. No. 60 Ryan Preece
  17. No. 99 Daniel Suarez
  18. No. 71 Michael McDowell
  19. No. 43 Erik Jones
  20. No. 16 A.J. Allmendinger
  21. No. 41 Cole Custer
  22. No. 77 Carson Hocevar
  23. No. 38 Zane Smith
  24. No. 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
  25. No. 3 Austin Dillon
  26. No. 42 John Hunter Nemechek
  27. No. 7 Justin Haley
  28. No. 4 Noah Gragson
  29. No. 21 Josh Berry
  30. No. 34 Todd Gilliland
  31. No. 2 Austin Cindric
  32. No. 8 Kyle Busch
  33. No. 35 Riley Herbst
  34. No. 6 Brad Keselowski
  35. No. 10 Ty Dillon
  36. No. 51 Cody Ware
  37. No. 44 J.J. Yeley
  38. No. 78 Katherine Legge

This article originally appeared on Motorsports Wire: NASCAR Cup Series starting lineup at Las Vegas in October 2025

Reporting by Austin Konenski, Motorsports Wire / Motorsports Wire

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