
NASCAR at Atlanta 2025 Qualifying Results: Full Starting Lineup and Reaction
Ryan Blaney captured the poll for the NASCAR Cup Series Ambetter Health 400 during qualifying at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Saturday.
Blaney, who finished seventh in last weekend's Daytona 500, will be the pole-sitter for the 11th time in his Cup Series career, which began back in 2014.
The margin of victory was razor thin for Blaney, as he beat out Austin Cindric by two one-thousandths of a second for the pole. Here is a full listing of qualifying results and the starting order for Sunday's race (time in seconds):
1. Ryan Blaney: 30.908
2. Austin Cindric: 30.910
3. Josh Berry: 30.948
4. Joey Logano: 31.002
5. Todd Gilliland: 31.018
6. Kyle Busch: 31.037
7. Zane Smith: 31.070
8. Chris Buescher: 31.100
9. Brad Keselowski: 31.102
10. Noah Gragson: 31.131
11. Ryan Preece: 31.109
12. A.J. Allmendinger: 31.128
13. Alex Bowman: 31.155
14. Bubba Wallace: 31.204
15. Austin Dillon: 31.205
16. William Byron: 31.225
17. Kyle Larson: 31.225
18. Tyler Reddick: 31.228
19. Chase Elliott: 31.228
20. Ty Dillon: 31.238
21. Justin Haley: 31.242
22. John Hunter Nemechek: 31.250
23. Cole Custer: 31.256
24. Michael McDowell: 31.265
25. Chase Briscoe: 31.283
26. Carson Hocevar: 31.292
27. Riley Herbst: 31.292
28. Erik Jones: 31.328
29. Daniel Suárez: 31.332
30. Shane van Gisbergen: 31.336
31. Cody Ware: 31.394
32. Christopher Bell: 31.424
33. Ross Chastain: 31.429
34. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.: 31.514
35. Corey LaJoie: 31.530
36. Ty Gibbs: 31.545
37. Denny Hamlin: 31.699
38. B.J. McLeod: 31.944
39. J.J. Yeley: 32.255
Blaney was in a celebratory mood Saturday after besting the field, as he earned the right to start on the inside of Row 1 on Sunday:
The 31-year-old veteran won the points title in 2023 and finished second last season, and he enters Sunday's race in search of his second career win at Atlanta after previously securing a victory in 2021.
While Blaney clearly has a fast car, he will be faced with a ton of high-quality competition Sunday based on how tight the qualifying was.
Blaney's toughest opponent may be Joey Logano, who has won at Atlanta in each of the past two seasons and won his third career points title last season.
The 34-year-old Logano was the fastest driver in the first round of qualifying Saturday, and he actually set a record for the fastest qualifying lap ever at Atlanta under its current configuration with a time of 30.892 seconds:
While that was enough to earn Logano one of the 10 spots in the final round of qualifying, he wasn't able to repeat the feat and had to settle for starting fourth.
Other past Atlanta winners in the field include Kyle Busch, Brad Keselowski, William Byron, Chase Elliott, Daniel Suárez and Denny Hamlin.
Of that group, only Busch and Keselowski reached the final round of qualifying, which suggests the others have plenty of work to do.
Byron, who won at Atlanta in both 2022 and 2023 and is coming off his second consecutive Daytona 500 win, will start right around the middle of the field in 16th.
The Ambetter Health 400 is set to start Sunday at 3 p.m. ET, and it will air on Fox with driver cam streaming available on Max.



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