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NASCAR Cup Series Ambetter Health 400 - Qualifying
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NASCAR at Atlanta 2025 Qualifying Results: Full Starting Lineup and Reaction

Mike ChiariFeb 22, 2025

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):

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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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