Starting Lineup: 2025 NCS The Great American Getaway 400 at Pocono

Denny Hamlin will start from the pole position in Sunday’s The Great American Getaway 400 at Pocono Raceway after he turned the fastest lap in Saturday’s qualifying session around the 2.5-mile triangular track.

Hamlin, the track’s all-time winningest driver (seven wins) turned a lap time of 52.144 seconds (172.599 mph), which allowed him to secure the pole over RFK Racing’s Chris Buescher. Carson Hocevar, John Hunter Nemechek, and Cole Custer rounded out the top-five starters for Sunday’s race.

Here is the official starting lineup for the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series The Great American Getaway 400 at Pocono Raceway, race 17 of 36.

The Great American Getaway 400 Starting Lineup

Row	Rank	Car	Driver	Team	Lap time	Diff	Speed
ROW 1	1	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing Progressive Insurance Toyota	52.144	--	172.599
ROW 1	2	17	Chris Buescher	RFK Racing Nexletol Ford	52.227	0.083	172.325
ROW 2	3	77	Carson Hocevar	Spire Motorsports Delaware Life Chevrolet	52.379	0.235	171.825
ROW 2	4	42	John Hunter Nemechek	LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Pye Barker Fire & Safety Toyota	52.390	0.246	171.789
ROW 3	5	41	Cole Custer	Haas Factory Team HaasTooling.com Ford	52.436	0.292	171.638
ROW 3	6	19	Chase Briscoe	Joe Gibbs Racing Bass Pro Shops Toyota	52.444	0.300	171.612
ROW 4	7	54	Ty Gibbs	Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota	52.464	0.320	171.546
ROW 4	8	45	Tyler Reddick	23XI Racing The Beast Toyota	52.500	0.356	171.429
ROW 5	9	20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing Rheem Toyota	52.525	0.381	171.347
ROW 5	10	99	Daniel Suarez	Trackhouse Racing Very Good Ventures Chevrolet	52.631	0.487	171.002
ROW 6	11	43	Erik Jones	LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Toyota	52.632	0.488	170.999
ROW 6	12	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske Shell-Pennzoil Ford	52.673	0.529	170.866
ROW 7	13	60	Ryan Preece	RFK Racing Kroger / Scott 1000 Ford	52.727	0.583	170.691
ROW 7	14	6	Brad Keselowski	RFK Racing BuildSubmarines.com Ford	52.781	0.637	170.516
ROW 8	15	38	Zane Smith	Front Row Motorsports Long John Silver's Ford	52.803	0.659	170.445
ROW 8	16	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing Bass Pro Shops / Winchester Chevrolet	52.811	0.667	170.419
ROW 9	17	4	Noah Gragson	Front Row Motorsports MillerTech Ford	52.813	0.669	170.413
ROW 9	18	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet	52.820	0.676	170.390
ROW 10	19	2	Austin Cindric	Team Penske Menards / Tarkett Ford	52.836	0.692	170.338
ROW 10	20	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske Wabash Ford	52.837	0.693	170.335
ROW 11	21	1	Ross Chastain	Trackhouse Racing Busch Light Apple Chevrolet	52.861	0.717	170.258
ROW 11	22	7	Justin Haley	Spire Motorsports Dorman Products Chevrolet	52.927	0.783	170.046
ROW 12	23	88	Shane Van Gisbergen	Trackhouse Racing Safety Culture Chevrolet	52.962	0.818	169.933
ROW 12	24	5	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports HendrickCars.com Chevrolet	52.966	0.822	169.920
ROW 13	25	48	Alex Bowman	Hendrick Motorsports Ally Financial Chevrolet	52.978	0.834	169.882
ROW 13	26	8	Kyle Busch	Richard Childress Racing Zone / GetGo Chevrolet	53.095	0.951	169.507
ROW 14	27	10	Ty Dillon	Kaulig Racing Chevrolet	53.107	0.963	169.469
ROW 14	28	71	Michael McDowell	Spire Motorsports Gainbridge Chevrolet	53.140	0.996	169.364
ROW 15	29	35	Riley Herbst	23XI Racing Monster Energy Zero Sugar Toyota	53.159	1.015	169.303
ROW 15	30	47	Ricky Stenhouse	HYAK Motorsports Martin's Famous Potato Rolls Chevrolet	53.661	1.517	167.720
ROW 16	31	24	William Byron	Hendrick Motorsports Valvoline Chevrolet	57.645	5.501	156.128
ROW 16	32	34	Todd Gilliland	Front Row Motorsports Grillo's Pickles Ford	59.181	7.037	152.076
ROW 17	33	16	AJ Allmendinger	Kaulig Racing Chevrolet	64.077	11.933	140.456
ROW 17	34	23	Bubba Wallace	23XI Racing McDonald's Toyota	0.000	--	0.000
ROW 18	35	21	Josh Berry	Wood Brothers Racing Eero Ford	0.000	--	0.000
ROW 18	36	51	Cody Ware	Rick Ware Racing Parts Plus Ford	0.000	--	0.000
ROW 19	37	44	Brennan Poole	NY Racing Members 1st Federal Credit Union Chevrolet	0.000	--	0.000