Bristol Motor Speedway is set to bring an end to the opening round of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs this Saturday night with the Bass Pro Shops Night Race.
After Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Chase Briscoe and Denny Hamlin won at Darlington Raceway and World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway, respectively, to open up the postseason, Saturday night's 500-lap race around the four-turn, 0.533-mile (0.858-kilometer) high-banked Bristol, Tennessee oval is set to determine which 10 drivers will join them in the round of 12.
Each driver is set to make a two-lap qualifying attempt at the short track, with the faster of the two laps being used to determine the full 39-car starting lineup; there is no longer a second round shootout for pole.
The qualifying order (seen here) was determined by the two-variable metric NASCAR debuted this year. This formula, which replaced the four-variable metric used from 2020 to 2024, can be found here.
Though there are no actual qualifying groups and thus no row-by-row lane designations, the playoff drivers are effectively in their own group when it comes to determining the qualifying order.
The 23 non-playoff drivers are set to qualify first, in reverse metric order, to ensure that the 16 remaining championship contenders are the final 16 drivers to make their qualifying attempts.
Follow along with our live qualifying updates from Bristol.
Full NASCAR Cup Series playoff lineup at Bristol
1st - A.J. Allmendinger, No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
2nd - Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Team Penske Ford
3rd - Austin Cindric, No. 2 Team Penske Ford
4th - Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
5th - Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
6th - Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
7th - William Byron, No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
8th - Bubba Wallace, No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota
9th - Josh Berry, No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford
10th - Christopher Bell, No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
11th - Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet
12th - Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
13th - Ross Chastain, No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
14th - Tyler Reddick, No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota
15th - Alex Bowman, No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
16th - Chase Elliott, No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
17th - Justin Haley, No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
18th - Brad Keselowski, No. 6 RFK Racing Ford
19th - John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42 Legacy Motor Club Toyota
20th - Ryan Preece, No. 60 RFK Racing Ford
21st - Chris Buescher, No. 17 RFK Racing Ford
22nd - Joey Logano, No. 22 Team Penske Ford
23rd - Austin Dillon, No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
24th - Zane Smith, No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford
25th - Michael McDowell, No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
26th - Cole Custer, No. 41 Haas Factory Team Ford
27th - Erik Jones, No. 43 Legacy Motor Club Toyota
28th - Shane van Gisbergen, No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
29th - Riley Herbst, No. 35 23XI Racing Toyota
30th - Noah Gragson, No. 4 Front Row Motorsports Ford
31st - Chase Briscoe, No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
32nd - Kyle Busch, No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
33rd - Austin Hill, No. 33 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
34th - Cody Ware, No. 51 Rick Ware Racing Ford
35th - Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
36th - Todd Gilliland, No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford
37th - Ty Dillon, No. 10 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
38th - Corey Heim, No. 67 23XI Racing Toyota
39th - Chad Finchum, No. 66 Garage 66 Ford
USA Network is set to provide live coverage of the Bass Pro Shops Night Race from Bristol Motor Speedway starting at 7:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, September 13. Start a free trial of FuboTV today and don't miss any of the action from the "Last Great Colosseum"!