The Daytona 500 is one of my favorite races which; is on my bucket list. I love the high speed, close racing & intensity of racing in the draft. These are my picks in order with # 1 being my choice to win:
2025 Daytona 500
1. Car 2 Austin Cindric Discount Tire Ford
2. Car 23 Bubba Wallace McDonald’s Toyota
3. Car 24 William Byron Axalta Chevrolet
4. Car 17 Chris Buescher Fastenal Ford
5. Car 11 Denny Hamlin National Debt Relief Toyota
6. Car 19 Chase Briscoe Bass Pro Shops Toyota
7. Car 9 Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet
8. Car 8 Kyle Busch zone Chevrolet
9. Car 12 Ryan Blaney Menards/Peak Ford
10. Car 1 Ross Chastain Busch Light Chevrolet
My pick for 1st Caution is on lap 10.
My Top picks for the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series Championship:
1. Car 5 Kyle Larson HendrickCars.com Chevrolet
2. Car 20 Christopher Bell DEWALT/Interstate Batteries Toyota
3. Car 24 William Byron Axalta Chevrolet
4. Car 11 Denny Hamlin National Debt Relief Toyota
5. Car 17 Chris Buescher Fastenal Ford
6. Car 8 Kyle Busch zone Chevrolet
7. Car 9 Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet
8. Car 1 Ross Chastain Busch Light Chevrolet
9. Car 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford
10. Car 8 Kyle Busch zone Chevrolet
Starting Line Up by Row unless a team make an engine change, unauthorized modifications, engine change or switch to back-up car.
2025 Daytona 500 Starting Line Up by Row
Daytona International Speedway
DAYTONA 500
Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Friday, 2/14/2025 @ 12:30 AM Eastern
Driver Date Time Speed
Track Race Record: Bill Elliott 02/08/87 00:15:10 197.802
Pos Car Driver Team Time Speed
Row 1:
1. Car 19 Chase Briscoe Bass Pro Shops Toyota
2. Car 2 Austin Cindric Discount Tire Ford
Row 2:
3. Car 23 Bubba Wallace McDonald’s Toyota
4. Car 43 Erik Jones AdventHealth Toyota
Row 3:
5. Car 24 William Byron Axalta Chevrolet
6. Car 17 Chris Buescher Fastenal Ford
Row 4:
7. Car 10 Ty Dillon Grizzly Nicotine Pouches Chevrolet
8. Car 11 Denny Hamlin National Debt Relief Toyota
Row 5:
9. Car 1 Ross Chastain Busch Light Chevrolet
10. Car 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford
Row 6:
11. Car 45 Tyler Reddick Nasty Beast Toyota
12. Car 01 Corey LaJoie Take 5 Oil Change/DuraMax Ford
Row 7:
13. Car 16 AJ Allmendinger Celsius Chevrolet
14. Car 34 Todd Gilliland Love’s Travel Stops Ford
Row 8:
15. Car 3 Austin Dillon Bass Pro Shops/Winchester Chevrolet
16. Car 12 Ryan Blaney Menards/Peak Ford
Row 9:
17. Car 9 Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet
18. Car 42 John Hunter Nemechek Dollar Tree Toyota
Row 10:
19. Car 40 Justin Allgaier(i) Traveller Whiskey Chevrolet
20. Car 20 Christopher Bell DEWALT/Interstate Batteries Toyota
Row 11:
21. Car 8 Kyle Busch zone Chevrolet
22. Car 5 Kyle Larson HendrickCars.com Chevrolet
Row 12:
23. Car 54 Ty Gibbs Monster Energy Toyota
24. Car 35 Riley Herbst # Monster Energy/Zero Sugar Toyota
Row 13:
25. Car 71 Michael McDowell Go Bowling Chevrolet
26. Car 88 Shane Van Gisbergen # WeatherTech Chevrolet
Row 14:
27. Car 60 Ryan Preece BuildSubmarines.com Ford
28. Car 51 Cody Ware Parts Plus/Jacob Construction Ford
Row 15:
29. Car 21 Josh Berry Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford
30. Car 41 Cole Custer HaasTooling.com Ford
Row 16:
31. Car 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. SUNNYD Chevrolet
32. Car 4 Noah Gragson Rush Truck Centers Ford
Row 17:
33. Car 77 Carson Hocevar Zeigler Auto Group Chevrolet
34. Car 6 Brad Keselowski Kroger/Cottonelle Ford
Row 18:
35. Car 7 Justin Haley Chili’s Ride the ‘Dente Chevrolet
36. Car 99 Daniel Suarez Freeway Insurance Chevrolet
Row 19:
37. Car 38 Zane Smith Speedy Cash Ford
38. Car 48 Alex Bowman Ally Chevrolet
Row 20:
39. Car 56 Martin Truex Jr. Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Toyota
40. Car 84 Jimmie Johnson Carvana Toyota
Row 21:
41. Car 91 Helio Castroneves Wendy’s Chevrolet
Did Not Qualify: #66 Chandler Smith(i),#62 Anthony Alfredo(i),#78 BJ McLeod,#44 JJ Yeley
Manufacturer Starting Lineup DNQs Manufacturer Starting Lineup DNQs
Chevrolet 17 3 Ford 13 1
Toyota 11 0
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
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