NASCAR Xfinity Series News & Notes – Nashville Superspeedway

NASCAR Xfinity Series
Next Race: Tennessee Lottery 250
The Place: Nashville Superspeedway
Track Length: 1.33 Mile Concrete Paved Oval
The Date: Saturday, May 31
The Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
The Purse: $1,651,939
TV: CW, 7 p.m. ET
Radio: PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR (Channel 90)
Distance: 250.04 miles (188 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 45),
Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 90), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 188)

Where To Watch NASCAR This Week:

Friday, May 30

NCTS Practice & Kennametal Pole Qualifying (FS1 at 4:30 p.m. ET)

NCTS Race: Rackley Roofing 200 (FS1, NRN, SiriusXM at 8 p.m. ET)

Saturday, May 31

NXS Practice & Kennametal Pole Qualifying (CW App at 2 p.m. ET)

NCS Practice & Busch Light Pole Qualifying (Amazon Prime, PRN, SiriusXM at 4:30 p.m. ET)

NXS Race: Tennessee Lottery 250 (CW Network, PRN, SiriusXM at 7:30 p.m. ET)

Sunday, June 1

NCS Race: Cracker Barrel 400 (Amazon Prime, PRN, SiriusXM at 7 p.m. ET)

Nashville Storylines and Insights:

• This will be the 26th NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Nashville Superspeedway all-time and the fifth since the series returned in 2021. NASCAR didn’t race at Nashville between 2012-2020.
• After Charlotte, the regular season for the NASCAR Xfinity Series is now at the halfway point.
• Six of 12 Playoff spots have been filled after 12 races.
• The first 4 drivers below the cutoff are all rookies.
• Hendrick Motorsports’ No. 17 has two wins, five top-two finishes and six stage wins in eight races in 2025. Corey Day is scheduled to drive the No. 17 this weekend.
• Joe Gibbs Racing won their 200th career Xfinity Series pole at Charlotte, no other team has reached 100.
• Five different drivers won the last five NASCAR Xfinity Series Nashville races.
• 2022 winner Justin Allgaier is the only past Xfinity Series Nashville winner in the field.
• Coca-Cola 600 winner Ross Chastain will be driving the #9 for JR Motorsports.
• Seven drivers earned their first career Xfinity Series win at Nashville, most-recently Brad Keselowski in 2008.
• Austin Hill is the only active driver to finish inside the top-10 all four Nashville races since return in 2021.
• Thirteen drivers entered this weekend have never made an Xfinity Series start at Nashville.
• Two of the last four Nashville races went to overtime. Prior to 2021, no Nashville race went to overtime.
• Driver that led the most laps won 14 of 25 Nashville races, including eight of the last 10.
• Stage 2 winner has gone on to win the race in three of four Nashville races.
• Seven different drivers have won the last seven Nashville poles.
• Joe Gibbs Racing has won seven of the last 12 Nashville poles.
• Only three times in 25 Nashville races has there been a pass for the win in the final two laps of the race.
• The 2024 race featured the fewest leaders (3), lead changes (4) and DNFs (0) in Nashville NXS history, it was also tied for the fewest cautions (3).
• Justin Allgaier leads all drivers with nine top-five finishes and 537 laps led in 2025.
• Justin Allgaier’s nine top-five finishes in 2025 are his most ever after 13 races in a season.
• Justin Allgaier has won Fastest Lap Award four times this season, no other driver has more than two.
• Justin Allgaier is nine top 10s away from being the first driver to reach 300.
• JR Motorsports is seven wins away from 100, only three other teams won at least 100 NXS races (Joe Gibbs Racing-217, Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing-138, Richard Childress Racing-100).
• Sam Mayer is the only driver to finish top-15 in 11 of 13 races this season.
• Five of the 13 NASCAR Xfinity Series races this year have ended with a last lap pass.
• The last three races this season had a pass for the win in the final two laps.
• Seven of the 13 races this season went to overtime.
• Three crew chiefs got their first NXS win in 2025: Adam Wall at Bristol, Sam McAulay at Darlington and Chad Haney at Atlanta.
• Daniel Dye’s crew chief Kevin Walter returns after one-race suspension at Charlotte.
• Chevrolet led 1,938 of 2,448 laps this season.
• Chevrolet has won 11 of the first 13 races, tied for the most wins by a manufacturer in the first 13 races in series history (Chevrolet won 11 of the first 13 in 1994).
• Alpha Prime had three top-five finishes in the last seven races, the team only had two career top five entering 2025.
• 2025 is the first season since 2017 without a first time winner in the first 13 races.
• Katherine Legge returns and will pilot the No. 32 Jordan Anderson Racing Chevrolet this weekend at Nashville; her fifth Xfinity Series start of the season.
• The 13 Xfinity Series races this season have produced 191 lead changes – third-most all-time.
• The 13 Xfinity Series races this season have also produced 106 different leaders – second-most all-time.
• There have been 68 cautions for incident in 2025, tied for the most all-time through 13 races (2022).

Historical & Significant Events at Nashville Superspeedway:

• Nashville Superspeedway is a 1.33-mile long concrete D-shaped oval located in Lebanon, Tennessee approximately 30 miles southeast of Nashville.
• Nashville Superspeedway was built in 2001 and was originally owned by Dover Motorsports Inc.
• Nashville is the longest concrete oval on the NASCAR schedule at 1.33 Mile.
• From its first year of operation Nashville Superspeedway was host to all forms of racing – NXS, NTS, ARCA, K&N East and IndyCars all raced there starting in 2001.
• The NASCAR Xfinity Series made two visits to the track from 2002 until its closure in 2011.
• Thew NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series made two stops in Nashville in 2010 and 2011 after the closure of Memphis Motorsports Park.
• As attendance to events dwindled and the prospect of gaining a NASCAR Cup Series event seemed unlikely Dover Motorsports announced the track would not sanction events for the 2012 NASCAR season. The track was put up for sale but remained available for rental for private use.
• The track became a prime filming location for various television and commercial shoots. Nashville Superspeedway also became a testing facility for NASCAR teams.
• In 2014 a potential sale of the track was announced with NeXovation for $27 million but the deal eventually fell through. In 2016, Dover Motorsports agreed to sell a portion of the property to Panattoni Development Company which would be used as a commercial real estate and logistics facility.
• With the move of the NASCAR Cup Series Championship banquet weekend to Nashville in 2019 a campaign for a race in Nashville began.
• On Sunday June 20, 2020, Dover Motorsports announced that Nashville Superspeedway would host a Cup Series race in 2021 taking one of Dover Motor Speedway’s race dates.
• Speedway Motorsports purchased Nashville Superspeedway in 2021 for a total of $131.5 million.
• A Goodyear tire test was held in March of 2021 at Nashville Superspeedway with each manufacturer represented Toyota (Christopher Bell), Ford (Chase Briscoe), Chevrolet (Kurt Busch).
• A tradition at Nashville Superspeedway is that in place of a conventional trophy race winners are presented with a specially-designed Gibson Les Paul guitar. The Gibson headquarters is located in Nashville.
• Prior to the Cup Series racing at Nashville Superspeedway, the Nashville Fairgrounds hosted 42 Cup Series races from 1958-1984. Richard Petty is the all-time wins leader at the Fairgrounds with nine wins, followed by Darrell Waltrip with eight and Cale Yarborough with seven. Those three drivers combined to win 57% of the races ran there.
• The first NASCAR Cup Series race at Nashville Superspeedway was on June 20, 2021. The event was won by Hendrick Motorsport’s driver and Kyle Larson in a Chevrolet.
• Nashville Superspeedway has hosted four NASCAR Cup Series races total (2021-2024).

Nashville City Facts

• Its well-known nickname was first uttered in 1950, when WSM announcer David Cobb proclaimed Nashville “Music City, USA.”
• Originally named WSM Barn Dance, Nashville’s famous weekly country music show was renamed “the Grand Ole Opry” in 1927. It remains the world’s longest-running live music radio show.
• Nashville has over 180 live music venues. If a venue plays music for four or more nights a week, they are issued a guitar pick shaped sign with the words ‘Live Music Venue’ on it.
• The city has the highest concentration of music industry employees anywhere in the world, at nearly 60,000.

Latest News & Events at Nashville Superspeedway:

• NASCAR Cup Series driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr. visited Fort Campbell to engage with troops and experience military life firsthand ahead of Nashville Superspeedway’s Cracker Barrel 400 NASCAR triple-header race weekend (May 30-June 1). The visit highlighted the deep-rooted connection between NASCAR and the United States military while amplifying the NASCAR Salutes Together with Coca-Cola initiative, which reached over 250,000 military-affiliated individuals in the Clarksville area.
• The United States Marine Corps announced that “Marine Week Nashville” will take place June 1-7 as part of the service’s 250th birthday celebration. Marines will honor the legacy and tradition of service, celebrate Veterans, connect with fellow Americans and inspire the next generation of leaders to wear the cloth of the nation. Activations at the Cracker Barrel 400 include performances by the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Band and the silent drill platoon. United States Marine Corps equipment will be positioned throughout the venue, along with commemorations before and during the race.
• Cracker Barrel Old Country Store® has been named the entitlement partner for the June 1 NASCAR Cup Series race at Nashville Superspeedway — the first race in a multi-year agreement, officials have announced. The Cracker Barrel 400 will spotlight two Tennessee institutions, uniting them to celebrate rich community and authentic experiences on a national and international stage.