Daytona Motor Mouths: Darlington, Bristol and Denny Hamlin
The fellows speak William Byron’s Darlington run, Denny Hamlin’s win, Chase Elliott’s throwback weekend criticism and NASCAR’s upcoming Bristol journey.
The 2025 NASCAR Cup Sequence season reaches the top of its first quarter Sunday with the Meals Metropolis 500 at Bristol.
Denny Hamlin and Kyle Larson are the favorites of the percentages makers. Denny largely as a result of he is coming off two straight wins. Kyle, amongst different causes, as a result of he has an incredible monitor file at Bristol over the previous few seasons.
They’re going to each begin Sunday behind Alex Bowman, who gained the pole Saturday. In a little bit of a shock, Bowman will begin alongside Ricky Stenhouse Jr., who was second quickest Saturday on the half-mile Bristol Motor Speedway.
NASCAR Qualifying: High 10 speeds at Bristol
Alex Bowman: 126.675
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.: 128.563
Kyle Larson: 128.511
Denny Hamlin: 128.460
Ryan Blaney: 128.305
Ty Gibbs: 128.228
Christopher Bell: 128.040
AJ Allmendinger: 127.903
Carson Hocevar: 127.758
Justin Haley: 127.665
Bristol lineup for Meals Metropolis 500
1st – Alex Bowman, No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
2nd – Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet
third – Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
4th – Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
fifth – Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Staff Penske Ford
sixth – Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
seventh – Christopher Bell, No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
eighth – A.J. Allmendinger, No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
ninth – Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
tenth – Justin Haley, No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
eleventh – Josh Berry, No. 21 Wooden Brothers Racing Ford
twelfth – Ty Dillon, No. 10 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
thirteenth – Michael McDowell, No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
14th – Chase Briscoe, No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
fifteenth – Kyle Busch, No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
sixteenth – Brad Keselowski, No. 6 RFK Racing Ford
seventeenth – Austin Dillon, No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
18th – Zane Smith, No. 38 Entrance Row Motorsports Ford
nineteenth – Jesse Love, No. 33 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
twentieth – Chase Elliott, No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
twenty first – Austin Cindric, No. 2 Staff Penske Ford
twenty second – Bubba Wallace, No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota
twenty third – Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
twenty fourth – Chris Buescher, No. 17 RFK Racing Ford
twenty fifth – Riley Herbst, No. 35 23XI Racing Toyota
twenty sixth – William Byron, No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
twenty seventh – Tyler Reddick, No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota
twenty eighth – Erik Jones, No. 43 Legacy Motor Membership Toyota
twenty ninth – Ryan Preece, No. 60 RFK Racing Ford
thirtieth – Todd Gilliland, No. 34 Entrance Row Motorsports Ford
thirty first – Noah Gragson, No. 4 Entrance Row Motorsports Ford
thirty second – John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42 Legacy Motor Membership Toyota
thirty third – Cole Custer, No. 41 Haas Manufacturing unit Staff Ford
thirty fourth – Cody Ware, No. 51 Rick Ware Racing Ford
thirty fifth – Ross Chastain, No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
thirty sixth – Shane van Gisbergen, No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
thirty seventh – Corey LaJoie, No. 01 Rick Ware Racing Ford
thirty eighth – Joey Logano, No. 22 Staff Penske Ford
thirty ninth – Josh Bilicki, No. 66 Storage 66 Ford
NASCAR TV information for Bristol: watch
Saturday: Xfinity Sequence, SciAps 300 (CW).
Sunday: Cup Sequence, Meals Metropolis 500 (FS1).
