Mitchell, Indiana native Chase Briscoe secured the pole position for Sunday's Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. This marks his fifth pole of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season. Briscoe's lap time was 49.136 seconds, translating to an average speed of 183.165 mph.
Bubba Wallace will start on the front row alongside Briscoe, qualifying second with a time of 49.149 seconds. Erik Jones qualified third. Tyler Reddick, the 2024 Brickyard 400 pole winner, will start fourth, and Ty Gibbs will round out the top five.
Toyota drivers swept the top five positions in qualifying. William Byron, in a Chevrolet, broke up the Toyota streak by qualifying sixth. Chris Buescher qualified seventh, and Carson Hocevar will start eighth.
Several drivers experienced issues in Turn 2 during qualifying. Denny Hamlin crashed hard into the inside wall. Hamlin will start at the rear of the field. John Hunter Nemechek, Brad Keselowski, Michael McDowell, and Kyle Busch also made contact with the Turn 2 wall.
Briscoe reflected on his achievement, recalling childhood memories of attending the Brickyard 400 as a fan. He now has claimed pole position at three out of four of NASCAR's "Crown Jewel" races, having won poles earlier this year at the Daytona 500 and Coca-Cola 600.
The Brickyard 400 is race number 22 on the 26-race regular season schedule. Most drivers will be looking to either solidify their position in the playoff standings or improve their chances of making the playoffs.
The starting lineup for the Brickyard 400 is: 1. Chase Briscoe 2. Bubba Wallace 3. Erik Jones 4. Tyler Reddick 5. Ty Gibbs 6. William Byron 7. Chris Buescher 8. Carson Hocevar 9. AJ Allmendinger 10. Austin Cindric 11. Shane Van Gisbergen 12. Kyle Busch 13. Kyle Larson 14. Brad Keselowski 15. Joey Logano 16. Christopher Bell 17. Josh Berry 18. Noah Gragson 19. Todd Gilliland 20. Austin Dillon 21. Alex Bowman 22. Michael McDowell 23. Ryan Preece 24. Ryan Blaney 25. Riley Herbst 26. Ty Dillon 27. Zane Smith 28. Justin Haley 29. Cole Custer 30. Chase Elliott 31. Daniel Suarez 32. Ricky Stenhouse, Jr 33. Ross Chastain 34. Cody Ware 35. Jesse Love 36. John Hunter Nemechek 37. Josh Bilicki 38. Katherine Legge 39. Denny Hamlin
The Brickyard 400 Presented by PPG will air at 2 p.m. ET on Sunday, July 27, on TNT.
