The 2025 Cracker Barrel 400 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on June 1, 2025, at Nashville Superspeedway in Lebanon, Tennessee. Contested over 300 laps on the speedway, it was the 14th race of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season.
Ryan Blaney won the race. Carson Hocevar finished 2nd, and Denny Hamlin finished 3rd. Joey Logano and William Byron rounded out the top five, and Bubba Wallace, Erik Jones, Kyle Larson, Tyler Reddick, and Christopher Bell rounded out the top ten.
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Background
Nashville Superspeedway is a motor racing complex located in Lebanon, Tennessee, United States, about southeast of Nashville. The track was built in 2001 and is currently used for events, driving schools and GT Academy, a reality television competition.
It is a concrete oval track long. Nashville Superspeedway is owned by Dover Motorsports, Inc., which also owns Dover International Speedway. Nashville Superspeedway was the longest concrete oval in NASCAR during the time it was on the NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series circuits. Current permanent seating capacity is approximately 25,000. Additional portable seats are brought in for some events, and seating capacity can be expanded to 150,000. Infrastructure is in place to expand the facility to include a short track, drag strip, and road course.
Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Driver Team Manufacturer 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 7 Justin Haley Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 35 Riley Herbst (R) 23XI Racing Toyota 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Ford 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 44 J. J. Yeley (i) NY Racing Team Chevrolet 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 66 Chad Finchum Garage 66 Ford 67 Corey Heim (i) 23XI Racing Toyota 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 88 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing ChevroletOfficial entry list
Practice Tyler Reddick was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 29.677 seconds and a speed of .
Practice results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 29.677 161.337 2 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.738 161.006 3 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.772 160.822Official practice results
Qualifying Chase Briscoe scored the pole for the race with a time of 29.125 and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.125 164.395 2 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.174 164.119 3 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.307 163.374 4 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 29.308 163.368 5 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 29.310 163.357 6 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 29.377 162.985 7 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.387 162.929 8 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 29.397 162.874 9 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 29.434 162.669 10 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 29.443 162.619 11 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.477 162.432 12 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 29.526 162.162 13 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 29.588 161.822 14 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 29.589 161.817 15 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 29.601 161.751 16 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 29.606 161.724 17 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 29.619 161.653 18 7 Justin Haley Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 29.623 161.631 19 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 29.635 161.566 20 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 29.651 161.479 21 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29.657 161.446 22 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.658 161.440 23 88 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 29.659 161.435 24 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.670 161.375 25 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29.732 161.039 26 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 29.754 160.920 27 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 29.766 160.855 28 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.778 160.790 29 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Ford 29.807 160.633 30 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 29.820 160.563 31 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 29.824 160.542 32 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 29.884 160.220 33 67 Corey Heim (i) 23XI Racing Toyota 29.896 160.155 34 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 29.951 159.861 35 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 29.996 159.621 36 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 30.023 159.478 37 35 Riley Herbst (R) 23XI Racing Toyota 30.160 158.753 38 44 J. J. Yeley (i) NY Racing Team Chevrolet 30.443 157.278 39 66 Chad Finchum Garage 66 Ford 31.729 150.903Official qualifying results
Race
Race results
Stage results
Stage One Laps: 90
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 102 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 93 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 84 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 75 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 66 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 57 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 48 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 39 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 210 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 1Official stage one results
Stage Two Laps: 95
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 102 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 93 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 84 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 75 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 66 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 57 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 48 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 39 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 210 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1Official stage two results
Final Stage results
Stage Three Laps: 115
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 15 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 300 54 2 26 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 300 39 3 2 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 300 534 9 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 300 42 5 3 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 300 48 6 12 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 300 31 7 14 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 300 368 28 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 300 29 9 4 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 300 37 10 7 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 300 34 11 5 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 300 2712 25 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 300 25 13 27 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 300 27 14 10 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 300 23 15 11 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 300 2716 32 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 300 21 17 1 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 300 28 18 16 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 300 24 19 29 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Ford 300 18 20 17 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 300 17 21 8 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 300 19 22 35 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 300 15 23 6 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 300 14 24 37 35 Riley Herbst (R) 23XI Racing Toyota 300 13 25 23 88 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 300 12 26 31 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 299 11 27 36 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 299 10 28 19 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 299 9 29 21 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 299 8 30 20 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 299 9 31 22 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 299 6 32 18 7 Justin Haley Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 299 5 33 34 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 297 4 34 38 44 J. J. Yeley (i) NY Racing Team Chevrolet 297 035 39 66 Chad Finchum Garage 66 Ford 288 2 36 24 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 188 1 37 33 67 Corey Heim (i) 23XI Racing Toyota 129 0 38 30 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 112 1 39 13 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 110 1 Official race results
Race statistics Lead changes: 18 among 9 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 7 for 35 Red flags: 0 Time of race: 3 hours, 5 minutes, and 29 seconds Average speed:
Media
Television Prime Video covered the race on the television side. Adam Alexander, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Steve Letarte called the race from the broadcast booth. Kim Coon, Marty Snider, and Trevor Bayne handled pit road for the television side.
Prime VideoBooth announcersPit reportersLap-by-lap: Adam AlexanderColor-commentator: Dale Earnhardt Jr.Color-commentator: Steve Letarte Kim Coon Marty SniderTrevor Bayne
Radio Radio coverage of the race was broadcast by the Performance Racing Network (PRN), and was also simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Brad Gillie and Mark Garrow called the race in the booth when the field races through the quad-oval. Rob Albright called the race from a billboard in turn 2 when the field would race through turns 1 and 2 and halfway down the backstretch. Pat Patterson called the race from a billboard outside of turn 3 when the field would race through the other half of the backstretch and through turns 3 and 4. Wendy Venturini, Heather Debeaux, and Alan Cavanna were the pit reporters during the broadcast.
PRN RadioBooth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Brad GillieAnnouncer: Mark Garrow Turns 1 & 2: Rob AlbrightTurns 3 & 4: Pat Patterson Wendy VenturiniHeather DeBeauxAlan Cavanna
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 William Byron 547 2 Kyle Larson 499 (–48) 3 Christopher Bell 459 (–88) 2 4 Denny Hamlin 442 (–105) 1 5 Chase Elliott 442 (–105) 1 6 Tyler Reddick 429 (–118) 7 Ryan Blaney 417 (–130) 1 8 Joey Logano 380 (–167) 1 9 Ross Chastain 377 (–170) 2 10 Bubba Wallace 343 (–204) 11 Chase Briscoe 342 (–205) 2 12 Alex Bowman 334 (–213) 2 13 Austin Cindric 303 (–244) 2 14 Chris Buescher 297 (–250) 4 15 Kyle Busch 291 (–256) 2 16 Ryan Preece 289 (–258)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 512 2 Toyota 492 (–19) 3 Ford 477 (–35)
Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings. . – Driver has clinched a position in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.
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