The NASCAR Cup Series will tackle Round 3 of the 2025 In-Season Challenge this weekend, with the rolling hills of Sonoma Raceway being the venue of choice on Sunday (3:30 p.m. ET, TNT Sports/truTV, HBO Max, PRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
QUALIFYING ORDER: Cup Series | Xfinity Series
All 37 cars will have a chance to post a qualifying time Saturday (2:40 p.m. ET, truTV, PRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Saturday’s qualifying session will consist of one round, split into two 20-minute groups. The groups below are determined via a metric that combines the previous race finish by owner (70%) and current owner points position (30%).
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# denotes series rookie
(i) denotes ineligible for driver points
| Pos. | Car No. | Driver | Metric Score | Group |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 34 | Todd Gilliland | 35.6 | 1 |
| 2 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | 34.3 | 1 |
| 3 | 41 | Cole Custer | 33.3 | 1 |
| 4 | 3 | Austin Dillon | 33.0 | 1 |
| 5 | 4 | Noah Gragson | 30.9 | 1 |
| 6 | 77 | Carson Hocevar | 30.8 | 1 |
| 7 | 21 | Josh Berry | 30.4 | 1 |
| 8 | 71 | Michael McDowell | 29.3 | 1 |
| 9 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 29.2 | 1 |
| 10 | 51 | Cody Ware | 29.0 | 1 |
| 11 | 99 | Daniel Suarez | 29.0 | 1 |
| 12 | 24 | William Byron | 28.3 | 1 |
| 13 | 7 | Justin Haley | 24.7 | 1 |
| 14 | 78 | Katherine Legge (i) | 24.4 | 1 |
| 15 | 10 | Ty Dillon | 23.6 | 1 |
| 16 | 23 | Bubba Wallace | 23.5 | 1 |
| 17 | 2 | Austin Cindric | 23.4 | 1 |
| 18 | 43 | Erik Jones | 22.9 | 1 |
| 19 | 35 | Riley Herbst # | 22.4 | 1 |
| 20 | 19 | Chase Briscoe | 18.8 | 2 |
| 21 | 20 | Christopher Bell | 18.6 | 2 |
| 22 | 38 | Zane Smith | 17.0 | 2 |
| 23 | 42 | John Hunter Nemechek | 16.5 | 2 |
| 24 | 17 | Chris Buescher | 15.9 | 2 |
| 25 | 9 | Chase Elliott | 11.8 | 2 |
| 26 | 22 | Joey Logano | 11.3 | 2 |
| 27 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | 10.5 | 2 |
| 28 | 5 | Kyle Larson | 10.0 | 2 |
| 29 | 1 | Ross Chastain | 9.4 | 2 |
| 30 | 60 | Ryan Preece | 9.1 | 2 |
| 31 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | 9.0 | 2 |
| 32 | 88 | Shane van Gisbergen # | 8.8 | 2 |
| 33 | 8 | Kyle Busch | 8.6 | 2 |
| 34 | 48 | Alex Bowman | 8.6 | 2 |
| 35 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | 7.1 | 2 |
| 36 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | 4.0 | 2 |
| 37 | 45 | Tyler Reddick | 3.6 | 2 |
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