Daytona International Speedway started the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series regular season back in February with the Daytona 500, and it is set to bring an end to the regular season this Saturday night with the Coke Zero Sugar 400.
Saturday's race is scheduled to be a 160-lap race around the four-turn, 2.5-mile (4.023-kilometer) high-banked Daytona Beach, Florida oval, and it is set to determine which two drivers are set to join the 14 already locked into the four-round, 10-race playoffs.
There have been a total of five driver lineup changes since this past weekend's race at Richmond Raceway, all among non-chartered (open) entries. This week's entry list is full but not overflowing, meaning that all 40 drivers on it are set to qualify for the race.
The qualifying order for Friday's qualifying session was determined by the new two-variable metric which NASCAR introduced over the offseason to replace the more complicated four-variable formula that had been utilized since 2020.
A full breakdown of the current metric can be found here.
There are no qualifying groups this weekend, but because Daytona is a superspeedway, a two-round qualifying format is set to be used. Each driver is set to make a single-lap qualifying attempt in the opening round, and the fastest 10 drivers are set to advance to the second round to battle for the pole position.
Here's a look at the order for the 40-car opening round of qualifying.
Full NASCAR Cup Series qualifying order at Daytona
1 - Joey Gase, No. 44 NY Racing Team Chevrolet
2 - Casey Mears, No. 66 Garage 66 Ford
3 - B.J McLeod, No. 78 Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet
4 - Justin Haley, No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
5 - Austin Hill, No. 33 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
6 - Cody Ware, No. 51 Rick Ware Racing Ford
7 - John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42 Legacy Motor Club Toyota
8 - Riley Herbst, No. 35 23XI Racing Toyota
9 - Noah Gragson, No. 4 Front Row Motorsports Ford
10 - Ryan Preece, No. 60 RFK Racing Ford
11 - Chase Elliott, No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
12 - Cole Custer, No. 41 Haas Factory Team Ford
13 - Todd Gilliland, No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford
14 - Tyler Reddick, No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota
15 - Erik Jones, No. 43 Legacy Motor Club Toyota
16 - Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet
17 - Chris Buescher, No. 17 RFK Racing Ford
18 - Ty Dillon, No. 10 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
19 - Bubba Wallace, No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota
20 - A.J. Allmendinger, No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
21 - Michael McDowell, No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
22 - Ross Chastain, No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
23 - Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
24 - Shane van Gisbergen, No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
25 - Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
26 - Christopher Bell, No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
27 - Kyle Busch, No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
28 - Zane Smith, No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford
29 - Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
30 - Josh Berry, No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford
31 - Brad Keselowski, No. 6 RFK Racing Ford
32 - Chase Briscoe, No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
33 - William Byron, No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
34 - Austin Dillon, No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
35 - Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
36 - Austin Cindric, No. 2 Team Penske Ford
37 - Joey Logano, No. 22 Team Penske Ford
38 - Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
39 - Alex Bowman, No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
40 - Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Team Penske Ford
NBC is set to provide live coverage of the Coke Zero Sugar 400 from Daytona International Speedway to wrap up the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series regular season beginning at 7:30 p.m. ET this Saturday, August 23. If you have yet to begin a free trial of FuboTV, do so now and don't miss it!