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Pit Stops : Nashville Superspeedway

Cracker Barrel 400

Nashville Superspeedway , Lebanon, TN

Sunday, June 1st, 2025 Race 14 of 36 2025 Season
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  • Nashville Superspeedway
  • Cracker Barrel 400
  • Busch Pole Award Pole Winner: Chase Briscoe
  • Age: 30
  • Team : No 19 - Bass Pro Shops Toyota
  • Owner: Joe Gibbs
  • Crew Chief: James Small
  • Chase Briscoe won the Pole Award for the Cracker Barrel 400 with a lap of 29125 seconds, 164395 mph
  • This is his fifth pole in 158 NASCAR Cup Series races
  • This is his third pole and fifth top-10 start in 2025
  • This is his first pole in five races at Nashville Superspeedway
  • Denny Hamlin (second) posted his seventh top-10 start of 2025 and his fourth in five races at Nashville Superspeedway
  • William Byron (third) posted his fourth top-10 start at Nashville Superspeedway It is his 10th in 14 races this season
  • Shane Van Gisbergen (23rd) was the fastest qualifying rookie

  • Sunday, June 1st, 2025
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Holly Cain
Blaney Ends Season of Frustration with Nashville Victory, Penske Trio Now Playoff-Bound

Ryan Blaney claimed his first victory of the 2025 season Sunday night in the Cracker Barrel 400 at Nashville Superspeedway. The 2023 NASCAR Cup Series champion led a commanding, race-best 139 of the 300 laps to finally secure that all-important Playoff position.

Blaney has come so close this season to hoisting a trophy only to have random racing bad luck break his heart and challenge his resolve. But Sunday, the sport’s popular 31-year-old, third-generation racer ultimately drove his No. 12 Team Penske Ford to a 2.830-second win over 22-year-old Spire Motorsports’ Carson Hocevar in a 103-lap green flag run that closed out the race.

Blaney was so thrilled to take the win, he climbed on top of his Ford, raised his arms in triumph and then jumped off the car and ran up and into the track’s front grandstands to claim the checkered flag before handing it off to an excited young fan. 

“I never gave up hope that’s for sure,’’ said Blaney, whose victory puts all three drivers of the reigning champion Penske team into the 2025 Playoffs.

“We’ve had adversity, and this hasn’t really been a good year for us in terms of good fortune, but the 12-boys are awesome. They stick with it no matter how it goes.”

Hocevar’s runner-up finish ties a career-best effort turned in at Atlanta in February.

“It just proves how strong this group is to go from the disappointment last week,” said Hocevar, who looked strong and led laps at Charlotte Motor Speedway last Sunday only to retire early with mechanical problems. “Sticking to it and having a shot, just proud of this group. 

“We were one spot short again, but hopefully this is a step in the right direction,’’ he added.

Joe Gibbs Racing’s Denny Hamlin, who won the opening stage and led 79 laps, finished third despite his helmet hose and hydration system issues. Blaney’s Penske teammate Joey Logano finished fourth with current NASCAR Cup Series championship leader, Hendrick Motorsports’ William Byron rounding out the top-five.

“Just couldn’t run with the 12 there in the super long run, after 40 laps I could maintain with him, but after that he’d just pull away and stretch it on us,’’ said Hamlin, whose fiancé Jordan is expecting to deliver the couple’s third child at any time.

Logano, the defending race winner also led laps but ultimately wasn’t able to challenge at the end giving up positions to Hocevar and Hamlin.

“The 12 was just lights out which gave them a huge lead and we just weren’t able to hold onto second, the 11 [Hamlin] got by me,’’ Logano said, adding, “Good execution and proud of Team Penske. All our cars have a win now and that’s pretty impressive to have everybody with a win. All the teams are really strong.’’

23XI Racing’s Bubba Wallace, Legacy Motor Club’s Erik Jones, Hendrick Motorsports’ Kyle Larson, 23XI Racing’s Tyler Reddick and JGR’s Christopher Bell rounded out the top-10. The effort marked a particularly significant comeback for Larson, who started 28th on the grid and was involved in an incident on lap 115.

There were 18 lead changes in all among nine drivers with Hamlin (stage one) and Blaney (stage two) claiming the stage wins.

New this year, the Nashville race sets the 32-car field for the inaugural NASCAR In-Season Challenge – a bracket-style tournament taking place during the TNT broadcast’s five-race stretch this summer. The tournament starts June 28 at Atlanta followed by the races at Chicago, Sonoma, Dover, and Indianapolis with the winner receiving a $1 million prize.

Now, the next three races – Michigan, Mexico City’s Autodromo Hermanos Rodriquez and Pocono – will determine the bracket seeding based on a driver’s best finish out of those races.

Former series champion Brad Keselowski claimed the 32nd position for the competition by only 21 points over Trackhouse Racing’s Shane Van Gisbergen.

Byron continues to lead the NASCAR Cup Series championship standings, now 48 points up on Hendrick Motorsports teammate Larson with 12 regular season races remaining to set the 16-driver Playoff field. Their teammate Chase Elliott, who finished 15th Sunday, is the highest-ranked driver (fifth) without a win. 

The NASCAR Cup Series returns to action next Sunday afternoon in the Firekeeper’s Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway (2 p.m. ET, Amazon Prime, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Reddick is the defending winner at the two-mile speedway – traditionally one of the drivers’ favorite venues on the schedule.

  • Drivers Entered: 39
  • Laps Scheduled: 300
  • Margin of Victory: 02.830 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 3 Hours 5 Minutes 29 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 129.068
  • Cautions: 7 for 35 laps
  • Lead Changes: 18
  • Green Flag Passes: 4,093 (15.4 passes per green flag lap)

  • Nashville Superspeedway
  • Cracker Barrel 400
  • Race Winner: Ryan Blaney
  • Age: 31
  • Team : No 12 - Menards/Cardell Cabinetry Ford
  • Owner: Roger Penske
  • Crew Chief: Jonathan Hassler
  • Ryan Blaney won the Cracker Barrel 400, his 14th victory in 356 Cup Series races
  • This is his first victory and seventh top-10 finish in 2025
  • This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in five races at Nashville Superspeedway
  • Carson Hocevar (second) posted his first top-10 finish in two races at Nashville Superspeedway It is his third top-10 finish in 2025
  • Denny Hamlin (third) posted his third top-10 finish in five races at Nashville Superspeedway
  • Riley Herbst (24th) was the highest finishing rookie
  • William Byron leads the point standings by 48 points over Kyle Larson
The pit crew of the #71 Delaware Life Chevrolet
North Wilkesboro, North Carolina - May 16, 2025 : The pit crew of the #71 Delaware Life Chevrolet, leap into action for driver, Michael McDowell pit stop during qualifying for the NASCAR Cup Series All-Star Pit Crew Challenge Entries at North Wilkesboro Speedway.
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Pit Stop Summary Report

Aggregate of each driver's pit stops during the race.

 
DRIVER
START
FINISH
STATUS
# STOPS
DRIVER / PIT CREW
FASTEST
SLOWEST
AVG TIME
RANK
DRIVER
AVG TIME
RANK
PIT CREW
AVG TIME
RANK

Brad Keselowski
6
23
Running
4
34.163
38.918
36.474
1
28.768
31
7.705
1
Noah Gragson
30
38
Accident
3
34.315
37.657
36.525
2
28.711
27
7.813
2
Ryan Blaney
15
1
Running
5
32.732
39.554
36.861
3
28.437
18
8.424
3
Zane Smith
27
13
Running
5
33.319
42.645
36.961
4
28.481
19
8.480
4
Chase Elliott
11
15
Running
5
32.311
39.233
37.076
5
28.060
5
9.016
6
Corey Heim
33
37
Accident
3
34.486
40.061
37.750
6
28.897
34
8.853
5
Josh Berry
20
30
Running
4
34.575
39.356
37.761
7
28.000
3
9.760
11
Carson Hocevar
26
2
Running
5
32.899
39.922
37.777
8
28.601
23
9.176
7
Erik Jones
14
7
Running
5
33.890
41.067
37.843
9
28.275
13
9.568
9
Ross Chastain
5
11
Running
5
32.517
40.281
37.901
10
28.097
6
9.804
12
William Byron
3
5
Running
5
33.203
40.612
38.029
11
28.525
20
9.504
8
Christopher Bell
7
10
Running
5
37.326
39.465
38.049
12
28.353
17
9.696
10
Chase Briscoe
1
17
Running
4
37.288
40.624
38.225
13
27.980
2
10.245
17
Denny Hamlin
2
3
Running
4
37.530
39.460
38.270
14
28.120
8
10.150
15
Joey Logano
9
4
Running
4
37.609
39.547
38.301
15
28.296
14
10.005
13
Tyler Reddick
4
9
Running
6
37.577
39.684
38.373
16
28.052
4
10.320
18
Kyle Busch
25
12
Running
5
37.958
40.173
38.515
17
28.107
7
10.408
20
Bubba Wallace
12
6
Running
6
38.211
39.357
38.588
18
28.228
10
10.360
19
Ricky Stenhouse Jr
13
39
Accident
2
38.121
39.165
38.643
19
28.213
9
10.430
21
Daniel Suarez
32
16
Running
6
37.851
40.133
38.700
20
28.237
11
10.463
22

Pit Stop Detailed Report

Each 2- and 4-wheel pit stop during the race.

DRIVER
LEADER LAP
DRIVER LAP
DRIVER TIME
CREW TIME
TOTAL
TYPE

AJ Allmendinger
248
247
28.385
10.140
38.525
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
AJ Allmendinger
187
187
28.934
10.640
39.574
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
AJ Allmendinger
106
106
28.789
13.020
41.809
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
AJ Allmendinger
70
69
28.501
14.600
43.101
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
AJ Allmendinger
132
132
29.005
14.900
43.905
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Brad Keselowski
268
268
27.963
6.200
34.163
TWO WHEEL CHANGE RIGHT
Brad Keselowski
106
106
30.057
4.880
34.937
TWO WHEEL CHANGE RIGHT
Brad Keselowski
92
92
28.136
9.740
37.876
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Brad Keselowski
45
44
28.918
10.000
38.918
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Denny Hamlin
92
92
27.850
9.680
37.530
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Denny Hamlin
40
40
28.026
9.540
37.566
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Denny Hamlin
255
255
28.503
10.020
38.523
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Denny Hamlin
187
187
28.100
11.360
39.460
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
JJ Yeley
65
62
29.325
12.560
41.885
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
JJ Yeley
265
263
29.060
14.080
43.140
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
JJ Yeley
133
132
29.714
14.080
43.794
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
JJ Yeley
188
188
29.748
17.440
47.188
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
JJ Yeley
107
105
29.867
21.140
51.007
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Joey Logano
92
92
27.909
9.700
37.609
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE
Joey Logano
44
43
28.303
9.680
37.983
FOUR WHEEL CHANGE