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Active/Next Gen Cup Track Stats: Nashville

Last week New Hampshire turned into New Dampshire as we saw the final 87 laps run on wet weather tires. In the end it was the driver who dominated the day in dry and wet conditions, Christopher Bell, who went on to take home the checkered flag. Next we head to a track where wet weather racing will not even be considered this weekend, Nashville. Down below you will find different statistics for active drivers and Next Gen races of the NASCAR Cup series here at Nashville Superspeedway ranging from Most Wins to Best Average Finishes by starting position in the Next Gen era. So read and enjoy these fun fact track stats!
In this post you will only find active and Next Gen stats, if you are looking for all-time stats check out my previous article All-Time Cup Track Stats: Nashville.

Active means any driver who started a race in the 2024 Cup Series season.
 
Last Nashville Race (06/25/23)
Finish Start Driver Laps Led S1 Fin S2 Fin Driver Rating
1 1 Ross Chastain 300 99 2nd 3rd 138.3
2 6 Martin Truex Jr. 300 50 4th 2nd 124.7
3 8 Denny Hamlin 300 81 5th 1st 117.4
4 14 Chase Elliott 300 1 6th 7th 105.6
5 7 Kyle Larson 300 0 8th 99.0
6 5 William Byron 300 5 3rd 4th 108.6
7 22 Christopher Bell 300 3 9th 5th 100.8
8 23 Erik Jones 300 0 10th 84.1
9 11 Kyle Busch 300 12 7th 85.8
10 19 A.J. Allmendinger 300 0 10th 8th 90.3
11 20 Brad Keselowski 300 2 76.1
12 10 Daniel Suarez 300 1 72.1
13 26 Austin Dillon 300 0 66.3
14 16 Ty Gibbs 300 0 80.9
15 9 Bubba Wallace 300 0 6th 71.5
16 25 Ryan Preece 300 0 55.0
17 15 Alex Bowman 300 9 70.4
18 12 Chris Buescher 300 0 75.9
19 4 Joey Logano 300 0 72.4
20 36 Corey LaJoie 300 0 53.0
21 31 Harrison Burton 300 0 51.2
22 28 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 299 0 56.5
23 3 Justin Haley 299 0 56.1
24 17 Kevin Harvick 299 0 9th 71.5
25 21 Aric Almirola 299 0 52.4
26 30 Noah Gragson 299 0 43.5
27 24 Austin Cindric 299 0 42.2
28 33 Michael McDowell 299 0 36.6
29 29 J.J. Yeley 298 0 9th 35.3
30 2 Tyler Reddick 298 33 1st 92.3
31 18 Chase Briscoe 298 0 33.8
32 34 Ty Dillon 298 4 36.6
33 32 Brennan Poole 297 0 29.0
34 35 Josh Bilicki 297 0 25.5
35 27 Todd Gilliland 296 0 25.3
36 13 Ryan Blaney 146 0 56.0

Every driver that finished in the Top 10 here last year finished Top 10 in at least one stage, and 7 of the 10 finished Top 10 in both stages.

Active Nashville Average Finish w/ Best and Worst Finish
Rank Driver Avg. Fin. Best Worst Starts
1 Ross Chastain 2.67 1st 5th 3
2 Kyle Larson 3.33 1st 5th 3
3 Christopher Bell 8.00 7th 9th 3
4 Denny Hamlin 10.00 3rd 21st 3
5 Daniel Suarez 11.33 7th 15th 3
T6 Erik Jones 12.67 8th 19th 3
T6 Joey Logano 12.67 9th 19th 3
8 Austin Dillon 13.00 12th 14th 3
9 Kyle Busch 13.67 9th 21st 3
10 Ty Gibbs 14.00 14th 14th 1
11 A.J. Allmendinger 14.50 10th 19th 2
T12 Chase Elliott 14.67 1st 39th 3
T12 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 14.67 6th 22nd 3
T12 William Byron 14.67 3rd 35th 3
15 Martin Truex Jr. 15.33 2nd 22nd 3
16 Bubba Wallace 15.67 12th 20th 3
T17 Anthony Alfredo 17.00 17th 17th 1
T17 Austin Cindric 17.00 7th 27th 2
19 Corey LaJoie 18.33 15th 20th 3
20 Michael McDowell 19.00 13th 28th 3
21 Brad Keselowski 21.00 11th 29th 3
22 Tyler Reddick 22.00 18th 30th 3
23 Alex Bowman 22.33 14th 36th 3
24 Harrison Burton 23.00 21st 25th 2
25 Ryan Preece 24.00 16th 32nd 2
26 Ryan Blaney 25.33 3rd 37th 3
27 Noah Gragson 26.00 26th 26th 1
T28 Cody Ware 27.00 27th 27th 1
T28 Justin Haley 27.00 23rd 35th 3
T30 Chris Buescher 28.00 18th 36th 3
T30 J.J. Yeley 28.00 27th 29th 3
32 Todd Gilliland 29.50 24th 35th 2
33 B.J. McLeod 30.00 28th 32nd 2
34 Ty Dillon 31.50 31st 32nd 2
35 Chase Briscoe 32.00 31st 34th 3
36 David Starr 34.00 34th 34th 1
Chase Briscoe (#14) is the only active driver to run all 3 races at Nashville and not have a finish inside the Top 30. Photo by Logan Riely — Getty Images
Best Active Nashville
Avg. Driver Rating
Best Active Nashville
Avg. Top 15%
Rank Driver Driv. Rate Starts Rank Driver Top 15% Starts
1 Ross Chastain 117.90 3 1 Chase Elliott 94.67 3
2 Kyle Larson 115.6 3 2 Kyle Larson 91.56 3
3 Denny Hamlin 113.10 3 3 Denny Hamlin 90.89 3
4 Chase Elliott 108.67 3 4 Ross Chastain 89.00 3
5 Martin Truex Jr. 99.47 3 5 Joey Logano 81.56 3
6 Kyle Busch 95.03 3 6 Martin Truex Jr. 78.11 3
7 Christopher Bell 93.07 3 7 Ty Gibbs 77.33 1
8 William Byron 87.63 3 8 Christopher Bell 74.33 3
9 Joey Logano 84.23 3 9 A.J. Allmendinger 71.33 2
10 A.J. Allmendinger 81.25 2 10 Kyle Busch 70.56 3

The only difference in the two tables above, in terms of drivers, is that William Byron is in the Driver Rating table, but Ty Gibbs replaces him in the Top 15% table.

Best Active Laps Led% Best Active Laps Completed%
Rank Driver Laps Led% Starts Rank Driver Laps Comp% Starts
1 Kyle Larson 29.33 3 T1 14

drivers

tied

100 1-3
2 Denny Hamlin 21.67 3
3 Martin Truex Jr. 14.67 3
4 Ross Chastain 11.44 3
5 Kyle Busch 8.44 3
6 Chase Elliott 6.22 3
7 Tyler Reddick 3.67 3
8 Alex Bowman 1.00 3
9 Ty Dillon 0.67 2
T10 Chase Briscoe 0.56 3
T10 William Byron 0.56 3
Kyle Larson has only led laps in one Nashville race, but he led so many laps that he still tops the active Laps Led% table above. Photo by Jared C. Tilton — Getty Images
Most Active Nashville Starts Most Active Nashville Poles
Rank Driver Starts Rank Driver Poles
T1 24 drivers tied 3 T1 Denny Hamlin 1
T1 Ross Chastain 1

There are plenty of drivers looking for their first Nashville Pole and Win this weekend.

Active Nasvhille Win List (w/ %)
Rank Driver Wins Win% Rank Driver Wins Win%
T1 Chase Elliott 1 33.33 T1 Ross Chastain 1 33.33
T1 Kyle Larson 1 33.33
Most Active Nashville Top 3’s Best Active Nashville Top 3%
Rank Driver Top 3’s Rank Driver Top3% Top3’s
1 Ross Chastain 2 1 Ross Chastain 66.67 2
T2 Chase Elliott 1 T2 Chase Elliott 33.33 1
T2 Denny Hamlin 1 T2 Denny Hamlin 33.33 1
T2 Kyle Larson 1 T2 Kyle Larson 33.33 1
T2 Martin Truex Jr. 1 T2 Martin Truex Jr. 33.33 1
T2 Ryan Blaney 1 T2 Ryan Blaney 33.33 1
T2 William Byron 1 T2 William Byron 33.33 1
Ross Chastain is the only driver that has figured out how to finish in the Top 3 on multiple occasions at Nashville. Photo by Logan Riely — Getty Images
Most Active Nashville Top 5’s Best Active Nashville Top 5%
Rank Driver Top 5’s Rank Driver Top5% Top5’s
T1 Kyle Larson 3 T1 Kyle Larson 100 3
T1 Ross Chastain 3 T1 Ross Chastain 100 3
3 Chase Elliott 2 3 Chase Elliott 66.67 2
T4 Denny Hamlin 1 T4 Denny Hamlin 33.33 1
T4 Martin Truex Jr. 1 T4 Martin Truex Jr. 33.33 1
T4 Ryan Blaney 1 T4 Ryan Blaney 33.33 1
T4 William Byron 1 T4 William Byron 33.33 1

Every active driver that has finished in the Top 5 at Nashville has also finished in the Top 3 here at least once.

Most Active Nashville Top 10’s Best Active Nashville Top 10%
Rank Driver Top 10’s Rank Driver Top 10% Top 10’s
T1 Christopher Bell 3 T1 Christopher Bell 100 3
T1 Kyle Larson 3 T1 Kyle Larson 100 3
T1 Ross Chastain 3 T1 Ross Chastain 100 3
T4 Chase Elliott 2 T4 Chase Elliott 66.67 2
T4 Denny Hamlin 2 T4 Denny Hamlin 66.67 2
T4 Joey Logano 2 T4 Joey Logano 66.67 2
T4 William Byron 2 T4 William Byron 66.67 2
T8 8 drivers tied 1 T8 A.J. Allmendinger 50.00 1
T8 Austin Cindric 50.00 1
T10 6 drivers tied 33.33 1

Christopher Bell and Joey Logano are the only active drivers to score multiple Top 10’s at Nashville without also having a Top 5 finish here.

Active Nashville Stage Win List (w/ %)
Rank Driver Stage Wins Stage Win% Rank Driver Stage Wins Stage Win%
1 Martin Truex Jr. 2 33.33 T2 Kyle Larson 1 16.67
T2 Denny Hamlin 1 16.67 T2 Tyler Reddick 1 16.67

Martin Truex Jr. has only finished 4 of the 6 stages at Nashville in the Top 10, but half of those Stage T10’s have been Stage Wins.

Most Active Nashville Stage T10’s Best Active Nashville Stage T10%
Rank Driver Stage T10’s Rank Driver Stage T10% Stage T10’s
1 Denny Hamlin 6 1 Denny Hamlin 100 6
T2 Kyle Busch 5 T2 Kyle Busch 83.33 5
T2 Kyle Larson 5 T2 Kyle Larson 83.33 5
T4 Chase Elliott 4 T4 Chase Elliott 66.67 4
T4 Martin Truex Jr. 4 T4 Martin Truex Jr. 66.67 4
T6 Christopher Bell 3 T6 Christopher Bell 50.00 3
T6 Ross Chastain 3 T6 Ross Chastain 50.00 3
T6 William Byron 3 T6 William Byron 50.00 3
T9 A.J. Allmendinger 2 T6 A.J. Allmendinger 50.00 2
T9 Austin Dillon 2 T10 Austin Dillon 33.33 2
T9 Bubba Wallace 2 T10 Bubba Wallace 33.33 2
T9 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 2 T10 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 33.33 2
T9 Ryan Blaney 2 T10 Ryan Blaney 33.33 2
Most Active Nashville Starts without Win Most Active Nashville Starts without Pole
Rank Driver Starts Rank Driver Starts
T1 21 drivers tied 3 T1 22 drivers tied 3

There are a lot of active drivers that have ran every Cup race at Nashville and not scored a Win, Pole, Top 3, or Top 5 here.

Most Active Nashville Starts without Top 3 Most Active Nashville Starts without Top 5
Rank Driver Starts Rank Driver Starts
T1 17 drivers tied 3 T1 17 drivers tied 3
Most Active Nashville Starts
without Top 10
Rank Driver Starts
T1 11 drivers tied 3

Of the 11 drivers to run every Nashville Cup race and not score a Top 10, 10 of them will be running this weekend looking to get that elusive Top 10 finish.

Most Active Nashville Stages without Stage Win Most Active Nashville Stages without Stage T10
Rank Driver Stages Rank Driver Stages
T1 20

drivers

tied

6 T1 Alex Bowman 6
T1 Chris Buescher 6
T1 Corey LaJoie 6
T1 J.J. Yeley 6
T1 Justin Haley 6
T6 Austin Cindric 4
T6 B.J. McLeod 4
T6 Harrison Burton 4
T6 Ryan Preece 4
T6 Todd Gilliland 4
T6 Ty Dillon 4

The 5 active drivers above that have ran every race at Nashville and not gotten a Stage T10 have also not gotten a Top 10 finish in a race either.

Active Nashville Streaks (2+ in a row)
Driver Streak Category Driver Streak Category
Kyle Larson 3 Top 5’s Chase Elliott 4 Stage T10’s
Ross Chastain 3 Top 5’s Martin Truex Jr. 4 Stage T10’s
Chase Elliott 2 Top 5’s Ross Chastain 3 Stage T10’s
Christopher Bell 3 Top 10’s A.J. Allmendinger 2 Stage T10’s
Denny Hamlin 2 Top 10’s Christopher Bell 2 Stage T10’s
Denny Hamlin 6 Stage T10’s William Byron 2 Stage T10’s

Kyle Larson and Ross Chastain look to keep their perfect Nashville Top 5/10 streak alive this weekend, while Christopher Bell looks to keep his perfect Top 10 streak alive, and Denny Hamlin looks to keep his perfect Stage T10 streak alive.

 

Next Gen Stats

Best Next Gen Laps Led% in race
Rank Race Laps Led% Driver Fin. Rank Race Laps Led% Driver Fin.
1 2022-17 38.00 Denny Hamlin 6th 6 2023-17 16.67 Martin Truex Jr. 2nd
2 2023-17 33.00 Ross Chastain 1st 7 2022-17 14.00 Chase Elliott 1st
3 2022-17 27.33 Martin Truex Jr. 22nd 8 2023-17 11.00 Tyler Reddick 30th
4 2023-17 27.00 Denny Hamlin 3rd 9 2023-17 4.00 Kyle Busch 9th
5 2022-17 18.00 Kyle Busch 21st 10 2023-17 3.00 Alex Bowman 17th

Watch out for Joe Gibbs Racing to lead a good amount of laps this weekend as drivers that have been in their cars hold 5 of the top 6 spots in the table above.

Best Next Gen Driver Rating in race
Rank Race Driver
Driv.
Rate
Fin. Rank Race Driver
Driv.
Rate
Fin.
1 2023-17 Ross Chastain 138.3 1st 6 2022-17 Martin Truex Jr. 111.0 22nd
2 2022-17 Denny Hamlin 131.2 6th 7 2022-17 Ross Chastain 109.4 5th
3 2023-17 Martin Truex Jr. 124.7 2nd 8 2023-17 William Byron 108.6 6th
4 2022-17 Chase Elliott 122.3 1st 9 2023-17 Chase Elliott 105.6 4th
5 2023-17 Denny Hamlin 117.4 3rd 10 2022-17 Kevin Harvick 103.4 10th

There are only 6 drivers that make up the 10 best Driver Ratings in the table above thanks to Chastain, Hamlin, Truex, and Elliott holding 8 spots.

Best % of Next Gen Race Laps ran in Top 15 in race
Rank Race Driver
Top 15% Fin. Rank Race Driver
Top 15% Fin.
1 2023-17 Ross Chastain 100 1st T4 2023-17 William Byron 98.67 6th
2 2023-17 Denny Hamlin 99.33 3rd 7 2022-17 Kurt Busch 96.67 2nd
3 2023-17 Martin Truex Jr. 99.00 2nd 8 2022-17 Martin Truex Jr. 95.33 22nd
T4 2022-17 Denny Hamlin 98.67 6th 9 2023-17 Kyle Larson 94.67 5th
T4 2023-17 Chase Elliott 98.67 4th 10 2022-17 Kevin Harvick 94.00 10th
Out of the 72 drivers to run a Next Gen race at Nashville only Ross Chastain has ran every lap in a race here in the Top 15. Photo by Logan Riely — Getty Images
Best Next Gen Avg. Fin. by
Starting Position (1-36)
Worst Next Gen Avg. Fin. by
Starting Position (1-36)
Rank Start Pos. Avg. Fin Rank Start Pos. Avg. Fin
1 6th 2.50 1 13th 35.50
2 1st 3.50 2 35th 33.00
3 7th 5.00 3 34th 32.50
4 19th 6.00 4 27th 32.00
5 8th 6.50 5 32nd 30.50
6 23rd 9.50 6 29th 30.00
7 4th 10.00 7 28th 28.00
8 5th 10.50 8 12th 27.00
T9 9th 11.50 9 33rd 26.00
T9 14th 11.50 10 17th 25.00

There has only been 2 races at Nashville in the Next Gen car, but so far starting 13th has produced a last place, and second to last place finish. So, don’t start 13th this weekend.

Best Next Gen Nashville
Avg. Driver Rating
Best Next Gen Nashville
Avg. Top 15%
Rank Driver Driv. Rate Starts Rank Driver Top 15% Starts
1 Denny Hamlin 124.30 2 1 Denny Hamlin 99.00 2
2 Ross Chastain 123.85 2 2 Martin Truex Jr. 97.17 2
3 Martin Truex Jr. 117.85 2 3 Kurt Busch 96.67 1
4 Chase Elliott 113.95 2 4 Chase Elliott 94.00 2
5 Kurt Busch 102.10 1 5 Ross Chastain 92.67 2
6 Kyle Larson 98.60 2 6 Kyle Larson 87.33 2
7 Christopher Bell 96.95 2 7 Christopher Bell 81.00 2
8 Kyle Busch 93.55 2 8 Ty Gibbs 77.33 1
9 Kevin Harvick 87.45 2 9 Chris Buescher 75.33 2
10 William Byron 82.20 2 10 Joey Logano 73.00 2
Denny Hamlin may be the driver to beat this weekend as even without a win he has the 4th best Next Gen Avg. Finish here, and has the best Avg. Driver Rating, Avg. Top 15%, and Laps Led%. Photo by Logan Riely — Getty Images
Best Next Gen Nashville Avg. Finish Best Next Gen Nashville Laps Led%
Rank Driver Avg. Fin. Starts Rank Driver Laps Led% Starts
1 Kurt Busch 2.00 1 1 Denny Hamlin 32.50 2
2 Chase Elliott 2.50 2 2 Martin Truex Jr. 22.00 2
3 Ross Chastain 3.00 2 3 Ross Chastain 16.50 2
T4 Denny Hamlin 4.50 2 4 Kyle Busch 11.00 2
T4 Kyle Larson 4.50 2 5 Chase Elliott 7.17 2
6 Christopher Bell 7.50 2 6 Tyler Reddick 5.50 2
7 Erik Jones 9.50 2 7 Alex Bowman 1.50 2
8 Martin Truex Jr. 12.00 2 8 Kurt Busch 1.00 1
T9 Austin Dillon 13.50 2 9 William Byron 0.83 2
T9 Bubba Wallace 13.50 2 T10 Joey Logano 0.67 2
T9 Daniel Suarez 13.50 2 T10 Ty Dillon 0.67 2
Next Gen Nashville Win List Next Gen Nashville Pole List
Rank Driver Wins Win% Rank Driver Poles
T1 Chase Elliott 1 50.00 T1 Denny Hamlin 1
T1 Ross Chastain 1 50.00 T1 Ross Chastain 1

No driver has won multiple races or Poles, or even had multiple Top 3’s, in the 2 Next Gen Nashville races.

Next Gen Nashville Top 3’s List
Rank Driver Top 3’s Top 3%
T1 Chase Elliott 1 50.00
T1 Denny Hamlin 1 50.00
T1 Kurt Busch 1 50.00
T1 Martin Truex Jr. 1 50.00
T1 Ross Chastain 1 50.00
T1 Ryan Blaney 1 50.00
Most Next Gen Nashville Top 5’s Most Next Gen Nashville Top 10’s
Rank Driver Top 5’s Top 5% Rank Driver Top 10’s Top 10%
T1 Chase Elliott 2 100 T1 Chase Elliott 2 100
T1 Kyle Larson 2 100 T1 Christopher Bell 2 100
T1 Ross Chastain 2 100 T1 Denny Hamlin 2 100
T4 Kurt Busch 1 100 T1 Kyle Larson 2 100
T4 Denny Hamlin 1 50.00 T1 Ross Chastain 2 100
T4 Martin Truex Jr. 1 50.00 T1 Kurt Busch 1 100
T4 Ryan Blaney 1 50.00 T7 9 drivers tied with same % 1 50.00
Chase Elliott and Denny Hamlin are the only drivers to finish in the Top 10 of every stage and every race at Nashville in the Next Gen car. Photo by Meg Oliphant — Getty Images
Most Next Gen Nashville Stage Wins Most Next Gen Nashville Stage T10’s
Rank Driver Stage Wins Stage Win% Rank Driver Stage T10’s Stage T10%
1 Martin Truex Jr. 2 50.00 T1 Chase Elliott 4 100
T1 Denny Hamlin 4 100
T1 Martin Truex Jr. 4 100
T4 Christopher Bell 3 75.00
T2 Denny Hamlin 1 25.00 T4 Kevin Harvick 3 75.00
T4 Kyle Busch 3 75.00
T4 Kyle Larson 3 75.00
T4 Ross Chastain 3 75.00
T2 Tyler Reddick 1 25.00 T9 Kurt Busch 2 100
T9 A.J. Allmendinger 2 50.00
T9 Bubba Wallace 2 50.00
T9 Ryan Blaney 2 50.00
T9 William Byron 2 50.00
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Cup drivers: Kyle Larson & Ross Chastain, Xfinity drivers: SVG & Ryan Sieg, Truck drivers: Grant Enfinger & Jake Garcia

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