Entry List

The official 2023 Ally 400 NASCAR CUP Series entry list features top NASCAR drivers set to compete at Nashville Superspeedway, highlighting the full lineup of race participants and teams.

Ally 400

Sunday, June 25th, 2023

Nashville Superspeedway, Lebanon, TN

  • 16 Chevrolet
  • 14 Ford
  • 6 Toyota

  • Nashville Superspeedway
  • Ally 400
  • Busch Pole Award Pole Winner: Ross Chastain
  • Age: 30
  • Team : No. 1 - Worldwide Express Chevrolet
  • Owner: Justin Marks
  • Crew Chief: Philip Surgen
  • Ross Chastain won the Pole Award for the Ally 400 with a lap of 29.797 seconds, 160.687 mph.
  • This is his first pole in 168 NASCAR Cup Series races.
  • This is his first pole and eighth top-10 start in 2023.
  • This is his first pole in three races at Nashville Superspeedway.
  • Tyler Reddick (second) posted his 10th top-10 start of 2023 and his first in three races at Nashville Superspeedway.
  • Justin Haley (third) posted his first top-10 start at Nashville Superspeedway. It is his first in 17 races this season.
  • Ty Gibbs (16th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

  • Sunday, June 25th, 2023
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Holly Cain
Ross Chastain Earns Hometown Win for Trackhouse Racing at Nashville Superspeedway

Ross Chastain capped off a “perfect” race weekend, hitting all the right notes in Music City to earn the winner’s guitar trophy in Sunday’s Ally 400 at Nashville Superspeedway – his first NASCAR Cup Series race victory of the season, a day after claiming his first career pole position.

But before hoisting his new guitar, the 30-year old Chastain had a watermelon to smash – his trademark victory celebration – a nod to his family’s multi-generation watermelon farm in rural Alva, Florida. And the sold-out Nashville crowd – home to his race team owner Justin Marks – roared with enthusiasm for the long smoke-filled victory burnout he did in front of the grandstands to his enthusiastic melon drop.

“This is incredible,” a grinning Chastain said. “This is why every little kid out there, anyone in the world, when you get criticized and you’re going to if you’re a competitor, they will try to tear you down and you’ll start believing it and you can’t do that.

“Go to your people. Trust in the process. Read your books and trust in the Big Man’s plan upstairs. And just keep getting up and going to work on it.

“A lot of self-reflection through all this, but I had a group that believed in me and they didn’t let me get down,” he said of his challenges in 2023.

Chastain certainly proved that resilience and his faith in the process. He led early Sunday and then led late – thanks to incredibly fast pit stops from his Trackhouse Racing team helping position him for the race lead on the final round of stops of the night.

It’s the first race win of 2023 for Chastain, who led the championship standings for seven weeks early in the year, and the first win of the year and first pole position ever for Trackhouse Racing.

Ultimately Chastain had to hold off Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Martin Truex Jr. and Denny Hamlin by .789-second for the win – leading a race best 99 of the 300 laps, including the final 34.

Lapped traffic was a factor for Chastain to overcome all night. He lost his early race lead to Tyler Reddick after Noah Gragson raced Chastain hard trying not to be lapped. There is a history between Gragson and Chastain, who had a physical confrontation at Kansas Speedway in early May. Reddick went on to win Stage 1 after Chastain was unable to clear Gragson easily, but Reddick – who started the race alongside Chastain on the front row – spun out on pit road on a caution shortly thereafter and ultimately was not a factor for the win.

In the closing laps – with Truex hot on his bumper – Chastain had to navigate traffic again; and again cars held him up in an effort not to get lapped.

Fortunately for Chastain, some of that traffic made things difficult for Truex as well and the “Melon Man” as Chastain is nicknamed was able to pull away some in the final 20 laps.

It was a clean race – only two short extra caution flags beyond the two scheduled Stage breaks. Reddick took his third stage win of the season in Stage 1 and Hamlin notched his fourth in Stage 2.

“I just think we had a third place car,” Hamlin said. “I thought the 19 [Truex] was a little better and obviously the 1 [Chastain] came on really strong there at the end.

“Just didn’t have quite a fast enough car to go for the win,” he added.

With his runner-up showing Truex maintained the NASCAR Cup Series championship lead, now up by 18-points on both Hendrick Motorsports’ William Byron and Chastain.

“Just needed to get the lead. Once we lost it, just too loose on the long runs, just could never get off the corner good to make a move,” Truex said, adding, “Just needed a little bit. Had a lot of speed. … overall a good night.”

The 1.33-mile Nashville oval has been a good place for Chastain. He finished runner-up in 2021 and was fifth last year. And having won his first career pole position on Saturday, he went into Sunday’s race feeling optimistic.

“I trust in my people, my family back home, the agriculture industry and all the people Justin Marks has in place,” Chastain said, adding, “It’s absolutely incredible the fight that we have.”

Chase Elliott, the 2022 Nashville winner, finished fourth, followed by his Hendrick Motorsports teammates Kyle Larson and Byron. Joe Gibbs Racing’s Christopher Bell, Legacy Motor Club’s Erik Jones, Richard Childress Racing’s Kyle Busch and Kaulig Racing’s A.J. Allmendinger – who won the Nashville NASCAR Xfinity Series race on Saturday – rounded out the Top-10.

  • Drivers Entered: 36
  • Laps Scheduled: 300
  • Margin of Victory: 0.789 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 3 Hours 0 Minutes 7 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 132.914
  • Cautions: 4 for 24 laps
  • Lead Changes: 21
  • Green Flag Passes: 3,367 (12.2 passes per green flag lap)

  • Nashville Superspeedway
  • Ally 400
  • Race Winner: Ross Chastain
  • Age: 30
  • Team : No. 1 - Worldwide Express Chevrolet
  • Owner: Justin Marks
  • Crew Chief: Philip Surgen
  • Ross Chastain won the Ally 400, his third victory in 168 Cup Series races.
  • This is his first victory and eighth top-10 finish in 2023.
  • This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in three races at Nashville Superspeedway.
  • Martin Truex Jr. (second) posted his first top-10 finish in three races at Nashville Superspeedway. It is his ninth top-10 finish in 2023.
  • Denny Hamlin (third) posted his second top-10 finish in three races at Nashville Superspeedway.
  • Ty Gibbs (14th) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • Martin Truex Jr. leads the point standings by 18 points over William Byron.
Chase Elliott poses for photos
Lebanon, Tennessee - June 26, 2022 : Chase Elliott, driver of the #9 NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet, poses for photos with Nashville Superspeedway president Erik Moses in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Ally 400 at Nashville Superspeedway.
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ENTRY
#
DRIVER
HOMETOWN
DOB
AGE
MAKE
SPONSOR
TEAM
CREW CHIEF

1
16
Los Gatos, CA
Dec 16, 1981
41
Chevrolet
Celsius
2
10
Tampa, FL
Mar 14, 1984
39
Ford
Smithfield
3
6
Auburn Hills, MI
Feb 12, 1984
39
Ford
Solomon Plumbing
4
11
Chesterfield, VA
Nov 18, 1980
42
Toyota
FedEx Ground
5
51
Phoenix, AZ
Oct 5, 1976
46
Ford
Patriot Mobile
6
22
Middleton, CT
May 24, 1990
33
Ford
Shell Pennzoil
7
4
Bakersfield, CA
Dec 8, 1975
47
Ford
Busch Light Peach
8
8
Las Vegas, NV
May 2, 1985
38
Chevrolet
Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen
9
19
Mayetta, NJ
Jun 29, 1980
42
Toyota
Bass Pro Shops
10
34
Phoenix, AZ
Dec 21, 1984
38
Ford
Love's / Fleetguard
11
3
Lewisville, NC
Apr 27, 1990
33
Chevrolet
Huk Performance Fishing
12
47
Olive Branch, MS
Oct 2, 1987
35
Chevrolet
TBA
13
5
Sacremento, CA
Jul 31, 1992
30
Chevrolet
HendrickCars.com
14
48
Tuscon, AZ
Apr 25, 1993
30
Chevrolet
Ally
15
12
High Point, NC
Dec 31, 1993
29
Ford
Menards\Pennzoil
16
7
Kannapolis, NC
Sep 25, 1991
31
Chevrolet
Garner Trucking
17
77
Lewisville, NC
Feb 27, 1992
31
Chevrolet
Raze Tea
18
9
Dawsonville, GA
Nov 28, 1995
27
Chevrolet
NAPA Auto Parts
19
17
Prosper, TX
Oct 29, 1992
30
Ford
Fastenal
20
43
Byron, MI
May 30, 1996
27
Chevrolet
Allegiant
21
41
Berlin, CT
Oct 25, 1990
32
Ford
Morton Buildings
22
99
Monterrey, Mexico
Jan 7, 1992
31
Chevrolet
Tootsies Orchid Lounge
23
1
Alva, FL
Dec 4, 1992
30
Chevrolet
Worldwide Express
24
23
Mobile, AL
Oct 8, 1993
29
Toyota
McDonald's
25
24
Charlotte, NC
Nov 29, 1997
25
Chevrolet
Liberty University
26
15
Sacramento, CA
Apr 11, 1991
32
Ford
MACC Door Systems
27
78
Menomonee Falls, WI
Jun 3, 1995
28
Chevrolet
Zeigler Auto Group
28
45
Corning, CA
Jan 11, 1996
27
Toyota
The Big 615/MoneyLion
29
31
Winamac, IN
Apr 28, 1999
24
Chevrolet
LeafFilter Gutter Protection
30
20
Norman, OK
Dec 16, 1994
28
Toyota
DeWalt
31
2
Columbus, OH
Sep 2, 1998
24
Ford
Snap on
32
14
Mitchell, IN
Dec 15, 1994
28
Ford
Mahindra Tractors
33
21
Huntersville, NC
Oct 9, 2000
22
Ford
DEX Imaging
34
42
Las Vegas, NV
Jul 15, 1998
24
Chevrolet
Black Rifle Coffee Company
35
54
Charlotte, NC
Oct 4, 2002
20
Toyota
Interstate Batteries
36
38
Sherrills Ford, NC
May 15, 2000
23
Ford
Serial 1 E-Bikes