NASCAR Xfinity Series Is Rockin’ And Rollin’ Into Music City

After a well-deserved off week, the NASCAR Xfinity Series will be heading to Nashville Superspeedway for the Tennessee Lottery 250 on Saturday, June 24 at 3:30 p.m. ET, streaming on the USA Network, the NBC Sports App, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

Nashville Superspeedway has hosted 23 NASCAR Xfinity Series races, producing 15 different race winners and 16 different pole winners. Carl Edwards, who will be honored this weekend by Nashville Superspeedway, sits as the winningest driver in the Xfinity Series at the 1.33-mile track with five victories (2006, 2007 sweep, 2011 sweep), while Cup Series champions Kyle Busch and Joey Logano are tied for most poles at three each.

After the inaugural race in 2001, which was won by Greg Biffle, the Xfinity Series raced at the 1.33-mile track twice a year through the 2011 season. The series then took a 10-year hiatus from Nashville Superspeedway before returning in 2021 in a race that saw Kyle Busch take the checkered flag.

JR Motorsports’ Justin Allgaier is the track’s most recent winner. It was a race he dominated by leading 134 of 188 laps and crossing the finish line by a margin of victory of 4.513 seconds. If he wins the Tennessee Lottery 250 again, he’ll become just the second back-to-back race winner in the Xfinity Series at Nashville Superspeedway, joining Carl Edwards (2006, 2007 sweep, 2011 sweep).

The on-track action will kick off on Friday, June 23 with practice at 5:35 p.m. ET followed by qualifying on Saturday, June 24 at noon. Both can be streamed on the USA Network and on the NBC Sports App.

NASCAR Xfinity Series

Next Race: Tennessee Lottery 250

The Place: Nashville Superspeedway

The Date: Saturday, June 24

The Time: 3:30 p.m. ET

The Purse: $1,616,383

TV: USA, 3 p.m. ET

Radio: PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio

Distance: 250.04 miles (188 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 45),

Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 90), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 188)

Drivers to watch: Nashville edition

A few drivers have done well on the 1.33-mile Nashville track and could very well find themselves in Victory Lane this weekend.

An obvious favorite is JR Motorsports’ Justin Allgaier, who is the only previous winner entered in Saturday’s Tennessee Lottery 250. He has made eight starts at the track, posting one win (2022), five top fives and five top 10s.

Stewart-Haas Racing’s Riley Herbst is still on the hunt to post his first Xfinity Series win and he could make it happen this weekend at Nashville Superspeedway. When the series made its return to the track in 2021, Herbst posted a 10th-place finish and then last year he won the pole and ultimately finished in third.

Richard Childress Racing’s Austin Hill started the season off strong, racking up three wins (Daytona, Las Vegas, Atlanta) in the first five races. Now, he’ll be looking to add a fourth trophy to his trophy case. Hill has made two starts at the Nashville track, posting two top-10 finishes.

Nashville Superspeedway: A place of “firsts”

Nashville Superspeedway has been a place of firsts for some drivers – seven of the 14 race winners were first-time winners when the series competed at the track from 2001-2011.

One week off, two races on

Some drivers are making up for the off week by pulling double duty this weekend at Nashville Superspeedway including AJ Allmendinger, Ty Gibbs, Zane Smith and Carson Hocevar.

Allmendinger will be getting behind the wheel of the No. 10 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet for his third Xfinity Series start of the season. He’s made two starts at Nashville Superspeedway in the series, posting a fifth-place and 16th-place finish, respectively.

Gibbs will be piloting the No. 19 Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing for his fourth start in the Xfinity Series this season. He’s only made one start at the Nashville track in the series where he posted a fourth-place finish.

Smith will be joining RSS Racing to drive the No. 28 Ford. This will be his first start in the Xfinity Series since the 2021 season and his first at Nashville Superspeedway.

Hocevar will be behind the wheel of the No. 77 Chevrolet for Spire Motorsports for his fourth Xfinity Series start of the season. This weekend’s Tennessee Lottery 250 will mark his Xfinity Series debut at Nashville Superspeedway.

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Justin Marks to run in Chicago Street Course for Kaulig Racing – Trackhouse Racing team owner, Justin Marks, will be putting his driver hat on and joining Kaulig Racing in the No. 10 Chevrolet for the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at the Chicago Street Course.

This will be his first Xfinity Series race since the 2018 season but his 35th overall.

“It’s very difficult to retire as a race car driver,” said the 41-year-old Marks. “I’ve got a lot of experience on street courses, so when NASCAR announced it was going to Chicago, I just felt like I really had to be a part of that experience. We have a great relationship with Kaulig Racing through our pit crew department and being a fellow Chevrolet team, so making my return to racing with the team just felt right. Jockey coming on board makes it even more enticing to run well in Chicago.”

Brent Sherman to compete at the Chicago Street Course – Chicago native Brent Sherman will be joining RSS Racing in the No. 28 Ford to run in the inaugural Chicago Street Race next month.

The race will mark his 62nd career start in the NASCAR Xfinity Series and his first in a NASCAR National Series event since 2009.

“This opportunity just fell into place,” said Sherman. “When the street race was announced, I knew I wanted to explore the chance to get back in a race car. I can’t thank RSS Racing enough for the opportunity to compete in the No. 28. I know I’ll have some challenges with the temperature in Chicago during the summer months, but I’m up for the challenge and have been training to be prepared for it.