This year's AdventHealth 400 at Kansas Speedway has a lot to live up to if it is to match the thriller that was last year's spring race at the track, the race that produced the closest finish in NASCAR Cup Series history between Hendrick Motorsports' Kyle Larson and RFK Racing's Chris Buescher.
Sunday's 267-lap race around the four-turn, 1.5-mile (2.414-kilometer) Kansas City, Kansas oval is the first of two races at the track on the 2025 schedule, with the other being situated in the round of 12 of the playoffs.
As a result, this is one race that drivers and teams with championship aspirations will specifically looking to "get right", especially since there is another race at a 1.5-mile oval (Las Vegas Motor Speedway) in the round of 8.
The qualifying format has changed slightly since last year's two races at the track. There are no more qualifying groups, and there is no more second round shootout for the pole position.
The qualifying session is a single-car session, and each driver is set to make a single-lap qualifying attempt. The drivers are set to line up in reverse metric order, and the metric has also changed since last year. The four-variable metric that was used from 2020 to 2024 was changed to a much simpler two-variable formula.
A full formula breakdown can be found here.
Follow along with our live qualifying updates.
NASCAR at Kansas: Full starting lineup
1st - Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
2nd - Chris Buescher, No. 17 RFK Racing Ford
3rd - Christopher Bell, No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
4th - Tyler Reddick, No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota
5th - Joey Logano, No. 22 Team Penske Ford
6th - Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
7th - William Byron, No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
8th - Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
9th - Chase Elliott, No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
10th - Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Team Penske Ford
11th - Michael McDowell, No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
12th - Justin Haley, No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
13th - Austin Cindric, No. 2 Team Penske Ford
14th - Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
15th - Bubba Wallace, No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota
16th - Erik Jones, No. 43 Legacy Motor Club Toyota
17th - John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42 Legacy Motor Club Toyota
18th - Zane Smith, No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford
19th - Chase Briscoe, No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
20th - Austin Dillon, No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
21st - Alex Bowman, No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
22nd - Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
23rd - Todd Gilliland, No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford
24th - Noah Gragson, No. 4 Front Row Motorsports Ford
25th - Riley Herbst, No. 35 23XI Racing Toyota
26th - Ross Chastain, No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
27th - Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet
28th - Corey Heim, No. 67 23XI Racing Toyota
29th - Ty Dillon, No. 10 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
30th - Ryan Preece, No. 60 RFK Racing Ford
31st - Cole Custer, No. 41 Haas Factory Team Ford
32nd - Jesse Love, No. 33 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
33rd - A.J. Allmendinger, No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
34th - Shane van Gisbergen, No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
35th - Kyle Busch, No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
36th - Brad Keselowski, No. 6 RFK Racing Ford
37th - Cody Ware, No. 51 Rick Ware Racing Ford
38th - Josh Berry, No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford
Tune in to Fox Sports 1 at 3:00 p.m. ET this Sunday, May 11 for the live broadcast of the AdventHealth 400 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 action!