Team Penske driver Ryan Blaney will lead the pack when the Ambetter Health 400 kicks off at Atlanta Motor Speedway tomorrow. Blaney captured pole position for this race with an impressive lap time of 30.908 seconds, reaching a speed of 179.371 mph.
That feat put him just ahead of his teammate Austin Cindric by a mere 0.002 seconds.
Reflecting on securing pole position, Blaney explained:
“It’s a big testament to our whole group.
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“Team Penske and the Wood Brothers being the top-four, so, it’s a great job by them. Hey, my job is pretty easy today. Just make sure I don’t hit the chip or overshift, and the rest of it is just raw speed that the teams build into them.”
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He added:
“Things are going to change through the race.
“But hopefully, that’s kind of nice that at least the start of the race, hopefully, the first Stage you can control, but it’s not going to be that way the whole race, right? It’s just that you’re going to get shuffled at some point, I’m sure pit strategy is going to come into play. So, it’s just how do you react to that?”
After a substantial reconfiguration in 2022, the Atlanta Motor Speedway now offers more of a superspeedway-style racing experience.
The Ambetter Health 400 marks the second stop in the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series schedule.
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NASCAR Cup Series: Ambetter Health 400 at Atlanta Motor Speedway Starting Lineup
- Ryan Blaney – Team Penske
- Austin Cindric – Team Penske
- Josh Berry – Wood Brothers Racing
- Joey Logano – Team Penske
- Todd Gilliland – Front Row Motorsports
- Kyle Busch – Richard Childress Racing
- Zane Smith – Front Row Motorsports
- Chris Buescher – RFK Racing
- Brad Keselowski – RFK Racing
- Noah Gragson – Front Row Motorsports
- Ryan Preece – RFK Racing
- AJ Allmendinger – Kaulig Racing
- Alex Bowman – Hendrick Motorsports
- Bubba Wallace – 23XI Racing
- Austin Dillon – Richard Childress Racing
- Kyle Larson – Hendrick Motorsports
- William Byron – Hendrick Motorsports
- Chase Elliott – Hendrick Motorsports
- Tyler Reddick – 23XI Racing
- Ty Dillon – Kaulig Racing
- Justin Haley – Spire Motorsports
- John Hunter Nemechek – LEGACY MOTOR CLUB
- Cole Custer – Haas Factory Team
- Michael McDowell – Spire Motorsports
- Chase Briscoe – Joe Gibbs Racing
- Carson Hocevar – Spire Motorsports
- Riley Herbst – 23XI Racing
- Erik Jones – LEGACY MOTOR CLUB
- Daniel Suarez – Trackhouse Racing
- Shane Van Gisbergen – Trackhouse Racing
- Cody Ware – Rick Ware Racing
- Christopher Bell – Joe Gibbs Racing
- Ross Chastain – Trackhouse Racing
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – HYAK Motorsports
- Corey LaJoie – Rick Ware Racing
- Ty Gibbs – Joe Gibbs Racing
- Denny Hamlin – Joe Gibbs Racing
- BJ McLeod – Live Fast Motorsports
- JJ Yeley – NY Racing Team