Ross Chastain Earns Hometown Win for Trackhouse Racing at Nashville Superspeedway: Ross Chastain capped off a “perfect” race weekend, hitting all the right notes in Music City to earn the winner’s guitar trophy in Sunday’s Ally 400 at Nashville Superspeedway – his first NASCAR Cup Series race victory of the season, a day after claiming his first career pole position. But before hoisting his new guitar, the 30-year old Chastain had a watermelon to smash – his trademark victory celebration – a nod to his family’s multi-generation watermelon farm in rural Alva, Florida. And the sold-out Nashville crowd – home to his race team owner Justin Marks – roared with enthusiasm for the long smoke-filled victory burnout he did in front of the grandstands to his enthusiastic melon drop.[Read More](6-25-2023)

#1-Ross Chastain won the Ally 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Nashville Superspeedway. The win is his 1st win of the year, 1st at Nashville and 3rd career win.
#19-Truex, Jr. finished 2nd followed by #11-Hamlin, #9-Elliott, #5-Larson, #24-Byron, #20-Bell, #43-Jones, #8-Busch, and #16-Allmendinger.
Chastain started from the pole and led 99 of 300 laps.  He took the lead with 70 laps remaining, cycled back to the lead after a final round of green flag pit stops, and held off Truex to win by nearly 1 second.
Stage 1 was won by #45-Reddick. Stage 2 was won by #11-Hamlin.
There were 21 lead changes among 12 drivers and 4 cautions for 24 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 132.914mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Points Standings, Owner Points Standings, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report.

Race Fast Facts – Nashville:
Ross Chastain won the Ally 400, his third victory in 168 Cup Series races.
This is his first victory and eighth top-10 finish in 2023.
This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in three races at Nashville Superspeedway.
Martin Truex Jr. (second) posted his first top-10 finish in three races at Nashville Superspeedway. It is his ninth top-10 finish in 2023.
Denny Hamlin (third) posted his second top-10 finish in three races at Nashville Superspeedway.
Ty Gibbs (14th) was the highest finishing rookie.
Martin Truex Jr. leads the point standings by 18 points over William Byron.
(NASCAR)

Cup Series Playoff Standings after Nashville:
Race 17 of 26 in the regular season
1) #24-William Byron [3 wins], 558
2) #8-Kyle Busch [3 wins], 528
3) #19-Martin Truex, Jr. [2 wins], 576
4) #5-Kyle Larson [2 wins], 475
5) #1-Ross Chastain, [1 win] 558
6) #20-Christopher Bell [1 win], 531
7) #11-Denny Hamlin [1 win], 512
8) #12-Ryan Blaney, [1 win], 502
9) #22-Joey Logano [1 win], 462
10) #45-Tyler Reddick [1 win], 437
11) #47-Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. [1 win], 415
12) #4-Kevin Harvick, 515, +164
13) #6-Brad Keselowski, 450, +99
14) #17-Chris Buescher, 449, +98
15) #23-Bubba Wallace, 381, +30
16) #99-Daniel Suarez, 353, +2 ahead of 17th
Outside the playoffs:
17) #48-Alex Bowman, 351, -2 behind 16th
18) #54-Ty Gibbs, 343, -10
See the Driver Points Standings and Owner Points Standings.

Paint Schemes

Cars to the rear: #7-LaJoie (unapproved adjustments), #99-Suarez (backup car)

Pit Stall Selections: The selections of pit stalls for the Ally 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Nashville Superspeedway have been made.
Pole winner #1-Chastain chose pit stall 1.
Outside pole sitter #45-Reddick took the 6thh stall, with an opening in front of it.
See all pit choices on the Nashville Pit Stall page.

#1-Ross Chastain won the Busch pole for the Ally 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Nashville Superspeedway with speed of 160687mph for his 1st career pole.
#45-Reddick will start second followed by #31-Haley, #22-Logano, #24-Byron, #19-Truex, Jr. #5-Larson, #11-Hamlin, and #99-Suarez.
#7-LaJoie spun during the first round. #99-Suarez hit the wall and spun out during the final round. #23-Wallace spun coming to the checkered flag on his final round attempt but did not hit anything.
See the complete qualifying results and the Ally 400 Starting Lineup.

Nashville Superspeedway – Qualifying Fast Facts:
Ross Chastain won the Pole Award for the Ally 400 with a lap of 29.797 seconds, 160.687 mph.
This is his first pole in 168 NASCAR Cup Series races.
This is his first pole and eighth top-10 start in 2023.
This is his first pole in three races at Nashville Superspeedway.
Tyler Reddick (second) posted his 10th top-10 start of 2023 and his first in three races at Nashville Superspeedway.
Justin Haley (third) posted his first top-10 start at Nashville Superspeedway. It is his first in 17 races this season.
Ty Gibbs (16th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
(NASCAR)

Qualifying Order

Practice for the Ally 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Nashville Superspeedway is complete after 50 minutes:
#45-Reddick 162.250
#19-Truex, Jr. 161.407
#1-Chastain 161.369
#43-Jones 160.989
#24-Byron 160.914
Slowest: #78-Bilicki, 151.102
Most laps run: #12-Blaney, 58 laps.
Best 10 consecutive lap avg (of 33 drivers): #45-Reddick 160.400
Notes: #8-Kyle Busch spun with 15 minutes remaining in the session.  He did not hit anything and drove back to the garage.
See the fastest speeds, best 10 consecutive lap average, laps run, and more on the Ally 400 Practice speeds page.

Crew Rosters

The entry list for the Ally 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Nashville Superspeedway is posted, 36 teams/drivers [for 40 spots] are listed.
Some of the drivers entered include: #15-Brennan Poole, #51-J.J. Yeley, #78-Josh Bilicki.
See the full entry list on the Ally 400 Entry List page.

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