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Talladega NASCAR Qualifying Results and Starting Lineup

NASCAR Qualifying Results and Starting Lineup. Use this NASCAR starting lineup info to build lineups on DraftKings for the Jack Link's 500 at Talladega Superspeedway. Zane Smith won the pole.

On Saturday morning, the NASCAR Cup Series held the qualifying session for this weekend's Jack Link's 500 at Talladega Superspeedway.

The qualifying session consisted of two rounds, with the 10 fastest cars in the first round advancing to the second.

The 10 drivers that advanced were: Zane Smith, Ryan Preece, Kyle Busch, Ryan Blaney, Austin Cindric, Austin Dillon, Josh Berry, Chris Buescher, Joey Logano, and Ty Gibbs.

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2025 Jack Link's 500 at Talladega Starting Lineup

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Pos Driver Time Speed
1. Zane Smith 52.565 182.174
2. Kyle Busch 52.697 181.718
3. Joey Logano 52.700 181.708
4. Ryan Preece 52.700 181.708
5. Austin Dillon 52.736 181.584
6. Chris Buescher 52.761 181.498
7. Austin Cindric 52.780 181.432
8. Josh Berry 52.795 181.381
9. Ryan Blaney 52.833 181.250
10. Ty Gibbs 52.951 180.846
11. Christopher Bell 52.927 180.928
12. Cole Custer 52.941 180.881
13. Denny Hamlin 52.983 180.737
14. Michael McDowell 52.991 180.710
15. Todd Gilliland 52.995 180.696
16. William Byron 53.028 180.584
17. Chase Briscoe 53.061 180.472
18. Alex Bowman 53.083 180.397
19. AJ Allmendinger 53.084 180.393
20. Bubba Wallace 53.122 180.264
21. Ty Dillon 53.123 180.261
22. Brad Keselowski 53.139 180.207
23. Riley Herbst 53.157 180.146
24. Daniel Suarez 53.191 180.030
25. Kyle Larson 53.211 179.963
26. Tyler Reddick 53.222 179.926
27. Noah Gragson 53.264 179.784
28. Carson Hocevar 53.298 179.669
29. John Hunter Nemechek 53.337 179.538
30. Chase Elliott 53.345 179.511
31. Anthony Alfredo(i) 53.381 179.390
32. Ross Chastain 53.399 179.329
33. Cody Ware 53.417 179.269
34. Erik Jones 53.503 178.981
35. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 53.534 178.877
36. Shane Van Gisbergen 53.538 178.864
37. Justin Haley 53.563 178.780
38. BJ McLeod 54.103 176.996
39. JJ Yeley 55.671 172.011

 

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