By Lonnie Hugh Skinner

THE STARTING GRID FOR THE 2025 DAYTONA 500 RACE

1. Chase Briscoe, No. 19
2. Austin Cindric, No. 2
3. Ryan Preece, No. 60
4. Joey Logano, No. 22
5. Josh Berry, No. 21
6. Denny Hamlin, No. 11
7. Austin Dillon, No. 3
8. Christopher Bell, No. 20
9. Ty Dillon, No. 10
10. Kyle Larson, No. 5
11. Zane Smith, No. 38
12. Alex Bowman, No. 48
13. Kyle Busch, No. 8
14. David Gilliland, No. 34
15. Chase Elliott, No. 9
16. Brad Keselowski, No. 6
17. Michael McDowell, No. 71
18. Chris Buescher, No. 17
19. AJ Allmendinger, No. 16
20. Ryan Blaney, No. 12
21. William Byron, No. 24
22. Martin Truex Jr., No. 56
23. Noah Gragson, No. 4
24. Ty Gibbs, No. 54
25. Daniel Suarez, No. 99
26. Tyler Reddick, No. 45
27. Riley Herbst, No. 35
28. Bubba Wallace, No. 23
29. Jimmie Johnson, No. 84
30. Shane van Gisbergen, No. 88
31. Justin Haley, No. 7
32. Cole Custer, No. 41
33. Justin Allgaier, No. 40
34. Carson Hocevar, No. 77
35. Corey LaJoie, No. 01
36. Erik Jones, No. 43
37. Ross Chastain, No. 1
38. John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42
39. Helio Castroneves, No. 91
40. Anthony Alfredo, No. 62
41. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47
42. Chandler Smith, No. 66
43. B.J. McLeod, No. 78
44. JJ Yeley, No. 44
45. Cody Ware, No. 51

INFORMATION COURTESY NASCAR COMMUNICATIONS