
After the Goodyear 400, the 2025 NASCAR Cup Collection season heads to Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee, for the Meals Metropolis 500. The ninth race of the season will go dwell on FS1 at 3 p.m. ET on Sunday, April 13.
The Bristol Spring race will likely be contested on a 0.533-mile-long concrete oval observe. Thirty-eight drivers will compete over 500 laps to drive down Victory Lane at Bristol. FOX Sports activities journalist Bob Pockrass tweeted the beginning lineup for the 2025 Meals Metropolis 500.
Who’s on pole for the Meals Metropolis 500?
In Saturday’s (April 12) Cup Collection qualifying, Hendrick Motorsports driver Alex Bowman claimed his second pole of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Collection season with a time of 14.912 and a velocity of 128.675 mph. It marked Bowman’s eighth pole of his profession.
Hyak Motorsports driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr. will share the entrance row with Bowman after a lap of 128.563 mph.
The pair will likely be adopted by Kyle Larson, the defending winner of the occasion, Denny Hamlin, and Ryan Blaney within the high 5. Ty Gibbs, Christopher Bell, A. J. Allmendinger, Carson Hocevar, and Justin Haley accomplished the highest 10.
Joey Logano, the defending NASCAR Cup Collection champion, will begin thirty eighth within the 39-driver discipline on Sunday.
2025 Meals Metropolis 500 beginning line-up
Under is the whole beginning lineup for the 39-car grid at Bristol Motor Speedway:
- #48 – Alex Bowman
- #47 – Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
- #5 – Kyle Larson
- #11 – Denny Hamlin
- #12- Ryan Blaney
- #54 – Ty Gibbs
- #20 – Christopher Bell
- #16 – A. J. Allmendinger
- #77 – Carson Hocevar
- #7 – Justin Haley
- #21 – Josh Berry
- #10 – Ty Dillon
- #71 – Michael McDowell
- #19 – Chase Briscoe
- #8 – Kyle Busch
- #6 – Brad Keselowski
- #3 – Austin Dillon
- #38 – Zane Smith
- #33 – Jesse Love (i)
- #9 – Chase Elliott
- #2 – Austin Cindric
- #23 – Bubba Wallace
- #99 – Daniel Suárez
- #17 – Chris Buescher
- #35 – Riley Herbst (R)
- #24 – William Byron
- #45 – Tyler Reddick
- #43 – Erik Jones
- #60 – Ryan Preece
- #34 – Todd Gilliland
- #4 – Noah Gragson
- #42 – John Hunter Nemechek
- #41 – Cole Custer
- #51 – Cody Ware
- #1 – Ross Chastain
- #88 – Shane van Gisbergen (R)
- #01 – Corey LaJoie
- #22 – Joey Logano
- #66 – Josh Bilicki (i)
Watch all NASCAR Cup Collection groups and drivers on the Bristol Motor Speedway for Sunday’s Meals Metropolis 500.