Kansas Speedway is scheduled to host the Hollywood Casino 400 presented by ESPN BET, which is the middle race of the round of 12 of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs, this Sunday afternoon after New Hampshire Motor Speedway got the quarterfinal around underway this past Sunday.
Qualifying for Sunday's 267-lap race around the four-turn, 1.5-mile (2.414-kilometer) Kansas City, Kansas oval is set to utilize the standard format for intermediate tracks.
Each driver is set to make a single-lap qualifying attempt, there are no groups, and thus no row-by-row lane designations, and there is no second round shootout for the pole position like there has been in years past.
The qualifying order was determined by the simple two-variable metric that NASCAR fans should be starting to get familiar with by now. NASCAR replaced the old four-variable formula that was used from 2020 to 2024 with this new and far more straightforward metric.
A detailed breakdown of the new one can be found here.
Notably, though there are no official groups, there were technically groups to determine the order. The 25 drivers entered who are not in championship contention were factored into the metric first, as they are set to qualify before the 12 remaining playoff drivers.
This is a standard rule change that is enacted ahead of every postseason so that the playoff drivers all qualify at the end of the line, even if some of them have worse metric scores than some drivers not in playoff contention.
Here's a look at Saturday's qualifying order at Kansas, featuring the addition of the No. 44 NY Racing Team Chevrolet after the New Hampshire race did not feature any part-time cars or drivers.
NASCAR Cup Series playoff qualifying order at Kansas
Non-playoff drivers
1 - J.J. Yeley, No. 44 NY Racing Team Chevrolet
2 - Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
3 - Cody Ware, No. 51 Rick Ware Racing Ford
4 - Justin Haley, No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
5 - John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42 Legacy Motor Club Toyota
6 - Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
7 - Ty Dillon, No. 10 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
8 - Kyle Busch, No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
9 - Zane Smith, No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford
10 - Shane van Gisbergen, No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
11 - Erik Jones, No. 43 Legacy Motor Club Toyota
12 - Cole Custer, No. 41 Haas Factory Team Ford
13 - Riley Herbst, No. 35 23XI Racing Toyota
14 - Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet
15 - Todd Gilliland, No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford
16 - Brad Keselowski, No. 6 RFK Racing Ford
17 - Noah Gragson, No. 4 Front Row Motorsports Ford
18 - A.J. Allmendinger, No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
19 - Chris Buescher, No. 17 RFK Racing Ford
20 - Ryan Preece, No. 60 RFK Racing Ford
21 - Alex Bowman, No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
22 - Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
23 - Austin Dillon, No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
24 - Michael McDowell, No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
25 - Josh Berry, No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford
Playoff drivers
26 - Bubba Wallace, No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota
27 - Tyler Reddick, No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota
28 - Austin Cindric, No. 2 Team Penske Ford
29 - Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
30 - Chase Briscoe, No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
31 - Ross Chastain, No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
32 - Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
33 - Chase Elliott, No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
34 - Christopher Bell, No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
35 - Joey Logano, No. 22 Team Penske Ford
36 - William Byron, No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
37 - Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Team Penske Ford
Tune in to USA Network this Sunday, September 28 at 3:00 p.m. ET for the live broadcast of the Hollywood Casino 400 presented by ESPN BET from Kansas Speedway. If you have not yet had a chance to start a free trial of FuboTV, do so now and don't miss any of the upcoming NASCAR Cup Series playoff action!