2025 Daytona 500 Qualifying
- Jadden Smith
- Feb 12
- 3 min read
The 2025 Daytona 500 is on Sunday February 16th and there has to be a way to start the race. Today, 45 drivers ran one lap to set their qualifying speed to set the duel races tomorrow. The finishing positions in the duel races tomorrow will set the starting lineup for the Daytona 500.
Tonight, the top two drivers will be locked into the front row of the Great American Race the the 2025 Daytona 500 Qualifying time trials and two more drivers (out of nine of the 45 total) will still need to set their starting position, but will be locked into the 500 based off of speed.
Notable entries
Rookies
Shane Van Gisbergan - Trackhouse Racing - #88 - WeatherTech - Full Time
Riley Herbst - 23XI Racing - #35 - Monster Energy - Full Time
Chandler Smith - Garage 66 - #66 - QuickTie - Part Time
Helio Castroneves - Trackhouse Racing - #91 - Part Time
Non Chartered Entries
Corey Lajoie - Rick Ware Racing - #01 - Part Time
Justin Allgaier - JR Motorsports - #40 - Part Time
JJ Yeley - NY Racing Team - #44 - Part Time
Martin Truex Jr - Tricon Garage - #56 - Part Time
Anthony Alfredo - Beard Motorsports - #66 - Part Time
Chandler Smith - Garage 66 - #66 - QuickTie - Part Time
BJ McLeod - Live Fast Motorsports - #78 - Part Time
Jimmie Johnson - Legacy Motor Club - #84 - Part Time
Helio Castroneves - Trackhouse Racing - #91 - Part Time
Teams
Tricon Garage - First Cup Start with Martin Truex Jr.
JR Motorsports - First Cup Start with Justin Allgaier.
Trackhouse Racing - First Cup start with 4 teams, 3 being full time.
Trackhouse Racing - Every team they have entered into the Daytona 500 is representing a different country. USA, Mexico, New Zealand, Brazil
HAAS Factory Team. From 4 charters down to 1 driven by Cole Custer.
Spire Motorsports. Lots of financial and employment changes coming into this year.
Kaulig Racing. Two new full time drivers from last year including AJ Allmendinger and Ty Dillon.
Round One
Results (* Represents a Non Chartered Entry. | ** Represents Non Charted Entry that is locked in the 500. | [R] Represent a Rookie
Chase Briscoe
Ryan Preece
Austin Cindric
Joey Logano
Ty Dillon
Josh Berry
Austin Dillon
Christopher Bell
Denny Hamlin
Kyle Larson
Zane Smith
Alex Bowman
Kyle Busch
Todd Gilliland
Chase Elliott
Brad Keselowski
Michael McDowell
Chris Buescher
AJ Allmendinger
Ryan Blaney
William Byron
Martin Truex Jr**
Noah Gragson
Ty Gibbs
Daniel Suarez
Tyler Reddick
Riley Herbst [R]
Bubba Wallace
Jimmie Johnson**
Shane Van Gisbergan [R]
Justin Haley
Cole Custer
Justin Allgaier*
Carson Hocevar
Coery Lajoie*
Erik Jones
Ross Chastain
John Hunter Nemechek
Helio Castroneves* [R]
Anthony Alfredo*
Ricky Stenhouse Jr
Chandler Smith*
BJ McLeod*
JJ Yeley*
Cody Ware
Notes and Surprises from Round 1.
Toyota seemed off in Qualifying after Denny Hamlin led the first practice in the morning.
Ty Dillon has an amazing lap grabbing 5th.
2023 Daytona 500 winner Ricky Stenhouse Jr fails to qualify in the top 40.
Only one Hendrick Motorsports entry makes the Top 10 to move into round 2.
Ryan Blaney did not have the lap his Penske teammates held as he qualifies 20th and his teammates grab 3rd and 4th.
Round Two
Results
Chase Briscoe
Ryan Preece
Austin Cindric
Joey Logano
Josh Berry
Denny Hamlin
Austin Dillon
Christopher Bell
Ty Dillon
Kyle Larson
Notes and Surprises from Round 2.
A cooler car runs a little better. Austin Dillon’s #3 got to sit and rest the longest between rounds.
The Fords that were in the final round ran faster than all the other cars except the Toyota of Chase Briscoe.
Chase Briscoe was several hundredths faster than everyone else in both rounds of qualifying.
Toyota wins the pole for the Daytona 500 for first time since they entered the sports in 2007.
The 2025 Daytona 500 will run this Sunday to open the NASCAR Cup Series Season.
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