Race number 14 of 26 on the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series regular season schedule is the Cracker Barrel 400 at Nashville Superspeedway.
The playoff battle, specifically the battle at the cut line, is heating up heading into this 300-lap race around the four-turn, 1.333-mile (2.145-kilometer) Lebanon, Tennessee oval, which is set to kick off the regular season's second half.
Seven drivers who qualified for the 2026 playoffs are currently outside the top 16 and therefore out of the provisional playoff picture, a playoff picture which has changed after almost every race that has been contested so far this year.
Due to the fact that Saturday's qualifying session was rained out, Joe Gibbs Racing's Denny Hamlin took pole for Sunday's race by way of the qualifying metric, and 23XI Racing's Tyler Reddick is set to start beside him on the front row.
A full starting lineup can be found here.
Follow along with our Cracker Barrel 400 race updates from Nashville.
NASCAR Cup Series at Nashville: Race updates
NASCAR Cup Series at Nashville: Cracker Barrel 400 Stage 1 results
1 - A.J. Allmendinger, No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
2 - Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
3 - Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Team Penske Ford
4 - Chase Elliott, No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
5 - Tyler Reddick, No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota
6 - Bubba Wallace, No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota
7 - William Byron, No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
8 - Chase Briscoe, No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
9 - Riley Herbst, No. 35 23XI Racing Toyota
10 - Corey Heim, No. 67 23XI Racing Toyota
NASCAR Cup Series at Nashville: Cracker Barrel 400 Stage 2 results
1 - Daniel Suarez, No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
2 - Alex Bowman, No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
3 - Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet
4 - Austin Cindric, No. 2 Team Penske Ford
5 - Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
6 - Michael McDowell, No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
7 - William Byron, No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
8 - Christopher Bell, No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
9 - Chase Briscoe, No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
10 - Brad Keselowski, No. 6 RFK Racing Ford
NASCAR Cup Series at Nashville: Full Cracker Barrel 400 results
Order | Driver |
|---|---|
1 | Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota |
2 | Christopher Bell, No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota |
3 | Chase Briscoe, No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota |
4 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet |
5 | Shane van Gisbergen, No. 97 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet |
6 | Tyler Reddick, No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota |
7 | Chase Elliott, No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet |
8 | Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Team Penske Ford |
9 | Zane Smith, No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford |
10 | Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet |
11 | Erik Jones, No. 43 Legacy Motor Club Toyota |
12 | Ty Dillon, No. 10 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet |
13 | Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota |
14 | Joey Logano, No. 22 Team Penske Ford |
15 | Michael McDowell, No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet |
16 | Noah Gragson, No. 4 Front Row Motorsports Ford |
17 | Riley Herbst, No. 35 23XI Racing Toyota |
18 | Austin Dillon, No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet |
19 | Daniel Suarez, No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet |
20 | Todd Gilliland, No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford |
21 | Cole Custer, No. 41 Haas Factory Team Chevrolet |
22 | Cody Ware, No. 51 Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet |
23 | Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet |
24 | John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42 Legacy Motor Club Toyota |
25 | Corey Heim, No. 67 23XI Racing Toyota |
26 | Austin Cindric, No. 2 Team Penske Ford |
27 | Austin Hill, No. 33 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet |
28 | Chad Finchum, No. 66 Garage 66 Ford |
29 | Chris Buescher, No. 17 RFK Racing Ford |
30 | William Byron, No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet |
31 | Josh Berry, No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford |
32 | Bubba Wallace, No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota |
33 | Alex Bowman, No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet |
34 | Brad Keselowski, No. 6 RFK Racing Ford |
35 | A.J. Allmendinger, No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet |
36 | Ryan Preece, No. 60 RFK Racing Ford |
37 | Ross Chastain, No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet |
38 | Connor Zilisch, No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet |
Full point standings following the Cracker Barrel 400 can be found here.
Michigan International Speedway is scheduled to host next weekend's NASCAR Cup Series race. The FireKeepers Casino 400 is set to be shown live on Amazon Prime Video beginning at 3:00 p.m. ET on Sunday, June 7.
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