Jun 1, 2026, 12:45 PM ET

Chase Briscoe of Joe Gibbs Racing was one of the main contenders for the win in the Cracker Barrel 400 at Nashville Superspeedway on Sunday night. Briscoe started the race from 31st position after qualifying was canceled on Saturday and spent the first stage trying to move up through the pack. Thanks to the top-notch speed of his car and some pit strategies, Briscoe went from 31st all the way to eighth by the end of the first stage. In the second stage, Briscoe finally advanced to the lead past Kyle Larson on lap 127 until he went for a green flag pit stop for tires and fuel on lap 140. Due to a caution a couple of laps later, however, Briscoe got shuffled back in the pack as he fell off the lead lap. After taking the wave around, he spent the rest of the stage recovering positions, but only made it up to ninth by the end of the stage. In the final stage, Briscoe made it back to the top five and spent the first half of the stage chasing down his teammate Denny Hamlin for the lead. Briscoe was unable to pass Hamlin, and his other teammate, Christopher Bell, also passed them both. Briscoe then passed Hamlin for second, but then went to pit road on lap 259 after Hamlin pitted two laps prior. Despite running ahead of Hamlin after pit stops, Briscoe then went to chase Bell until the race's final restart on lap 297. On the final lap, Briscoe attempted to go three-wide with Bell and Hamlin for the win, but was unable to move his car past his teammates and settled for third. This was a new career-best finish for Briscoe at Nashville, and he is now 14th in the regular season standings after 14 races.--Sean Engel - RotoBaller
Source: NASCAR.com