Starting Lineup: 2025 NCS Cook Out 400 at Richmond

Ryan Preece picked a great time to snag his second career NASCAR Cup Series pole. The driver, who is attempting to work his way inside of the Playoff cutline, will do so in Saturday’s NASCAR Cup Series Cook Out 400 from the best starting spot.

Preece defeated Tyler Reddick for the pole.

AJ Allmendinger, Denny Hamlin, and Chase Elliott rounded out the top-five fastest qualifiers.

Here is the official starting lineup for the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series Cook Out 400 at Richmond Raceway, race 25 of 36.

Cook Out 400 Starting Lineup

Row	Pos	Car	Driver	Team	Lap time	Diff	Speed
ROW 1	1	60	Ryan Preece	RFK Racing Kroger / Kleenex Ford	22.244	--	121.381
ROW 1	2	45	Tyler Reddick	23XI Racing Chumba Casino Toyota	22.331	0.087	120.908
ROW 2	3	16	AJ Allmendinger	Kaulig Racing Black's Tire Chevrolet	22.341	0.097	120.854
ROW 2	4	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing Progressive Toyota	22.347	0.103	120.822
ROW 3	5	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports UniFirst Chevrolet	22.361	0.117	120.746
ROW 3	6	6	Brad Keselowski	RFK Racing BuildSubmarines.com Ford	22.362	0.118	120.741
ROW 4	7	23	Bubba Wallace	23XI Racing Leidos Toyota	22.379	0.135	120.649
ROW 4	8	20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing DeWalt Toyota	22.384	0.140	120.622
ROW 5	9	48	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports Ally Chevrolet	22.397	0.153	120.552
ROW 5	10	71	Michael McDowell	Spire Motorsports Workforce Chevrolet	22.406	0.162	120.503
ROW 6	11	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing Bass Pro / Winchester Chevrolet	22.426	0.182	120.396
ROW 6	12	17	Chris Buescher	RFK Racing Fifth Third Bank Ford	22.430	0.186	120.374
ROW 7	13	2	Austin Cindric	Team Penske Menards / Richmond Ford	22.442	0.198	120.310
ROW 7	14	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports Liberty University Chevrolet	22.461	0.217	120.208
ROW 8	15	77	Carson Hocevar	Spire Motorsports Delaware Life Chevrolet	22.501	0.257	119.995
ROW 8	16	10	Ty Dillon	Kaulig Racing Sea Best Chevrolet	22.506	0.262	119.968
ROW 9	17	21	Josh Berry	Wood Brothers Racing Eero Ford	22.516	0.272	119.915
ROW 9	18	43	Erik Jones	LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Dollar Tree Toyota	22.526	0.282	119.861
ROW 10	19	19	Chase Briscoe	Joe Gibbs Racing Bass Pro Shops Toyota	22.545	0.301	119.760
ROW 10	20	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske BodyArmor Ford	22.548	0.304	119.745
ROW 11	21	99	Daniel Suarez	Trackhouse Racing Quaker State Chevrolet	22.549	0.305	119.739
ROW 11	22	4	Noah Gragson	Front Row Motorsports ArmorGuard Ford	22.549	0.305	119.739
ROW 12	23	54	Ty Gibbs	Joe Gibbs Racing SiriusXM Toyota	22.553	0.309	119.718
ROW 12	24	41	Cole Custer	Haas Factory Team HaasTooling.com Ford	22.577	0.333	119.591
ROW 13	25	7	Justin Haley	Spire Motorsports Gainbridge Super League Chevrolet	22.608	0.364	119.427
ROW 13	26	35	Riley Herbst	23XI Racing Monster Energy Toyota	22.608	0.364	119.427
ROW 14	27	88	Shane Van Gisbergen	Trackhouse Racing WeatherTech Chevrolet	22.646	0.402	119.226
ROW 14	28	8	Kyle Busch	Richard Childress Racing Rebel Bourbon Chevrolet	22.679	0.435	119.053
ROW 15	29	38	Zane Smith	Front Row Motorsports Long John Silver's Ford	22.680	0.436	119.048
ROW 15	30	5	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports HendrickCars.com Chevrolet	22.692	0.448	118.985
ROW 16	31	34	Todd Gilliland	Front Row Motorsports Love's Travel Stops Ford	22.725	0.481	118.812
ROW 16	32	67	Corey Heim	23XI Racing Robinhood Toyota	22.747	0.503	118.697
ROW 17	33	1	Ross Chastain	Trackhouse Racing Jockey Infinite Cool Underwear Chevrolet	22.755	0.511	118.655
ROW 17	34	42	John Hunter Nemechek	LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Pye Barker Fire & Safety Toyota	22.823	0.579	118.302
ROW 18	35	33	Jesse Love	Richard Childress Racing C4 Energy Chevrolet	22.831	0.587	118.260
ROW 18	36	47	Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.	HYAK Motorsports Chevrolet	22.842	0.598	118.203
ROW 19	37	51	Cody Ware	Rick Ware Racing Arrowhead Brass Ford	22.947	0.703	117.662
ROW 19	38	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske Shell Pennzoil Ford	0.000	--	0.000