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Chase Briscoe Secures Pole at Nashville as NASCAR Reaches Midseason Milestone

Ross Chastain looks to build on his breakthrough Coca-Cola 600 victory under a 25 percent rain chance in Sunday’s 300-lap event

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May 24, 2025; Concord, North Carolina, USA; NASCAR Cup Series driver Brad Keselowski (6) during qualifying at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Mandatory Credit: Jim Dedmon-Imagn Images/File photo
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Overview

  • Chase Briscoe claimed the Busch Light Pole Award with a track-record lap of 164.395 mph, locking Joe Gibbs Racing’s cars on the front row in qualifying.
  • The 300-lap Cracker Barrel 400 kicks off at 7 p.m. ET Sunday at Nashville Superspeedway and will stream exclusively on Amazon Prime Video.
  • Ross Chastain arrives off his first NASCAR Cup Series win at the Coca-Cola 600, aiming to extend his momentum on the concrete oval where he triumphed in 2023.
  • Drivers will compete for an $11,055,225 purse in temperatures around 80 °F and a forecasted 25 percent chance of rain during the race.
  • Sunday’s results will set the top 32 drivers for NASCAR’s new In-Season Challenge seeding races beginning in Atlanta on June 28 and may see Denny Hamlin miss the event as his fiancée is due to give birth.