Last week in the first race on Prime Video we saw a barn burner of a race as William Byron and Denny Hamlin dominated the majority of the 600 miles, but in the end it was Ross Chastain smashing a watermelon at Charlotte. This leaves big shoes to fill for the next track on deck, somewhere Chastain won 2 years ago, 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 2025 Cup Series season.
 
Last Nashville Race (06/30/24)
Finish Start Driver Laps Led S1 Fin S2 Fin Driver Rating
1 26 Joey Logano 331 9 21st 21st 91.8
2 36 Zane Smith 331 0 33rd 33rd 54.3
3 6 Tyler Reddick 331 16 3rd 2nd 115.0
4 22 Ryan Preece 331 0 25th 26th 59.0
5 9 Chris Buescher 331 0 8th 9th 98.5
6 18 Ryan Blaney 331 26 14th 8th 102.0
7 24 Bubba Wallace 331 0 10th 27th 86.7
8 4 Kyle Larson 331 0 4th 3rd 108.8
9 37 Daniel Hemric 331 0 32nd 35th 52.8
10 16 Noah Gragson 331 0 16th 10th 76.4
11 28 A.J. Allmendinger 331 1 30th 23rd 67.9
12 1 Denny Hamlin 331 70 2nd 4th 118.5
13 33 Justin Haley 331 0 36th 31st 60.7
14 12 Alex Bowman 331 0 13th 22nd 73.2
15 10 Austin Cindric 331 0 17th 25th 68.9
16 15 Carson Hocevar 331 0 19th 14th 66.2
17 32 Todd Gilliland 331 0 35th 19th 49.7
18 13 Chase Elliott 331 0 11th 6th 84.8
19 7 William Byron 331 0 7th 13th 74.5
20 21 Corey LaJoie 331 0 20th 30th 55.8
21 19 Chase Briscoe 331 0 27th 17th 55.2
22 31 Daniel Suarez 331 0 24th 18th 56.0
23 8 Ty Gibbs 331 2 6th 11th 95.6
24 17 Martin Truex Jr. 331 0 9th 7th 87.5
25 5 Brad Keselowski 330 0 5th 5th 87.7
26 2 Josh Berry 327 0 12th 29th 66.7
27 27 Kyle Busch 319 0 26th 24th 67.4
28 25 Harrison Burton 312 0 23rd 32nd 41.8
29 29 Corey Heim 312 0 22nd 12th 55.7
30 23 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 312 0 34th 34th 39.1
31 35 John Hunter Nemechek 306 0 37th 37th 33.8
32 11 Austin Dillon 305 0 18th 36th 55.7
33 20 Ross Chastain 304 45 15th 15th 82.5
34 34 Erik Jones 287 0 31st 20th 31.7
35 14 Michael McDowell 239 31 28th 16th 54.9
36 3 Christopher Bell 227 131 1st 1st 110.2
37 30 Riley Herbst 201 0 29th 28th 26.7
38 38 Chad Finchum 132 0 38th 38th 23.2

Even with the chaotic, long drawn out finish to last years Nashville race there were still 3 drivers that finished all 3 stages in the Top 10.

Active Nashville Average Finish w/ Best and Worst Finish
Rank Driver Avg. Fin. Best Worst Starts
1 Zane Smith 2.00 2nd 2nd 1
2 Kyle Larson 4.50 1st 8th 4
3 Joey Logano 9.75 1st 19th 4
4 Ross Chastain 10.25 1st 33rd 4
5 Denny Hamlin 10.50 3rd 21st 4
6 A.J. Allmendinger 13.33 10th 19th 3
7 Bubba Wallace 13.50 7th 20th 4
8 Daniel Suarez 14.00 7th 22nd 4
9 Christopher Bell 15.00 7th 36th 4
10 Chase Elliott 15.50 1st 39th 4
11 William Byron 15.75 3rd 35th 4
12 Carson Hocevar 16.00 16th 16th 1
13 Austin Cindric 16.33 7th 27th 3
T14 Anthony Alfredo 17.00 17th 17th 1
T14 Kyle Busch 17.00 9th 27th 4
16 Tyler Reddick 17.25 3rd 30th 4
17 Ryan Preece 17.33 4th 32nd 3
18 Martin Truex Jr. 17.50 2nd 24th 4
19 Austin Dillon 17.75 12th 32nd 4
T20 Erik Jones 18.00 8th 34th 4
T20 Noah Gragson 18.00 10th 26th 2
T22 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 18.50 6th 30th 4
T22 Ty Gibbs 18.50 14th 23rd 4
24 Corey LaJoie 18.75 15th 20th 4
25 Alex Bowman 20.25 14th 36th 4
26 Ryan Blaney 20.50 3rd 37th 4
27 Brad Keselowski 22.00 11th 29th 4
28 Chris Buescher 22.25 5th 36th 4
29 Michael McDowell 23.00 13th 35th 4
30 Justin Haley 23.50 13th 35th 4
31 Todd Gilliland 25.33 17th 35th 3
32 Josh Berry 26.00 26th 26th 1
33 Cody Ware 27.00 27th 27th 1
T34 Cole Custer 28.00 26th 30th 2
T34 J.J. Yeley 28.00 27th 29th 3
36 Corey Heim 29.00 29th 29th 1
37 Chase Briscoe 29.25 21st 34th 4
38 B.J. McLeod 30.00 28th 32nd 2
T39 John Hunter Nemechek 31.00 31st 31st 1
T39 Josh Bilicki 31.00 26th 34th 3
41 Ty Dillon 31.50 31st 32nd 2
42 Chad Finchum 35.50 33rd 38th 2
43 Riley Herbst 37.00 37th 37th 1

Chase Briscoe (#14) is the only active driver to run all 4 races at Nashville and not have a finish inside the Top 20. 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 Denny Hamlin 114.45 4 1 Denny Hamlin 93.10 4
2 Kyle Larson 113.93 4 2 Kyle Larson 91.47 4
3 Ross Chastain 109.05 4 3 Chase Elliott 90.33 4
4 Chase Elliott 102.70 4 4 Ty Gibbs 80.98 2
5 Christopher Bell 97.35 4 5 Ross Chastain 78.96 4
6 Martin Truex Jr. 96.48 4 6 Martin Truex Jr. 76.93 4
7 Ty Gibbs 88.25 2 7 Christopher Bell 72.38 4
8 Kyle Busch 88.13 4 8 Joey Logano 72.30 4
9 Joey Logano 86.13 4 9 Chris Buescher 64.50 4
10 Tyler Reddick 85.43 4 10 William Byron 62.39 4

Look out for Denny Hamlin, Kyle Larson, and Chase Elliott to be strong this weekend as they are the only drivers with a 100+ Avg. Driver Rating and a 90%+ Top 15%.

Best Active Laps Led% Best Active Laps Completed%
Rank Driver Laps Led% Starts Rank Driver Laps Comp% Starts
1 Denny Hamlin 21.53 4 T1 Chase Elliott 100 4
2 Kyle Larson 21.45 4 T1 Corey LaJoie 100 4
3 Ross Chastain 12.02 4 T1 Daniel Suarez 100 4
4 Christopher Bell 10.89 4 T1 Joey Logano 100 4
5 Martin Truex Jr. 10.72 4 T1 Kyle Larson 100 4
6 Kyle Busch 6.17 4 T1 A.J. Allmendinger 100 3
7 Chase Elliott 4.55 4 T1 Ty Gibbs 100 2
8 Tyler Reddick 3.98 4 T1 Anthony Alfredo 100 1
9 Michael McDowell 2.52 4 T1 Carson Hocevar 100 1
10 Ryan Blaney 2.19 4 T1 Zane Smith 100 1

Of the 5 drivers to run every race and never finish a lap down, 4 off them have a chance to keep that trend going this weekend.

Most Active Nashville Starts Most Active Nashville Poles
Rank Driver Starts Rank Driver Poles
T1 23 drivers tied 4 1 Denny Hamlin 2
2 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 25.00 T1 Kyle Larson 1 25.00
T1 Joey Logano 1 25.00 T1 Ross Chastain 1 25.00
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 Zane Smith 100 1
T2 Zane Smith 1 2 Ross Chastain 50.00 2
T2 Chase Elliott 1 T3 Chase Elliott 25.00 1
T2 Denny Hamlin 1 T3 Denny Hamlin 25.00 1
T2 Joey Logano 1 T3 Joey Logano 25.00 1
T2 Kyle Larson 1 T3 Kyle Larson 25.00 1
T2 Martin Truex Jr. 1 T3 Martin Truex Jr. 25.00 1
T2 Ryan Blaney 1 T3 Ryan Blaney 25.00 1
T2 Tyler Reddick 1 T3 Tyler Reddick 25.00 1
T2 William Byron 1 T3 William Byron 25.00 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 1 Zane Smith 100 1
T1 Ross Chastain 3 T2 Kyle Larson 75.00 3
3 Chase Elliott 2 T2 Ross Chastain 75.00 3
T4 Zane Smith 1 4 Chase Elliott 50.00 2
T4 Ryan Preece 1 5 Ryan Preece 33.33 1
T4 Chris Buescher 1 T6 Chris Buescher 25.00 1
T4 Denny Hamlin 1 T6 Denny Hamlin 25.00 1
T4 Joey Logano 1 T6 Joey Logano 25.00 1
T4 Martin Truex Jr. 1 T6 Martin Truex Jr. 25.00 1
T4 Ryan Blaney 1 T6 Ryan Blaney 25.00 1
T4 Tyler Reddick 1 T6 Tyler Reddick 25.00 1
T4 William Byron 1 T6 William Byron 25.00 1

Christopher Bell is the only active driver to score multiple Top 10’s at Nashville (table below) but not have a Top 5 finish here (table above).

Most Active Nashville Top 10’s Best Active Nashville Top 10%
Rank Driver Top 10’s Rank Driver Top 10% Top 10’s
1 Kyle Larson 4 T1 Kyle Larson 100 4
T2 Christopher Bell 3 T1 Zane Smith 100 1
T2 Joey Logano 3 T3 Christopher Bell 75.00 3
T2 Ross Chastain 3 T3 Joey Logano 75.00 3
T5 Chase Elliott 2 T3 Ross Chastain 75.00 3
T5 Denny Hamlin 2 T6 Chase Elliott 50.00 2
T5 Ryan Blaney 2 T6 Denny Hamlin 50.00 2
T5 William Byron 2 T6 Ryan Blaney 50.00 2
T9 13 drivers tied 1 T6 William Byron 50.00 2
T6 Noah Gragson 50.00 1
Active Nashville Stage Win List (w/ %)
Rank Driver Stage Wins Stage Win% Rank Driver Stage Wins Stage Win%
T1 Christopher Bell 2 25.00 T3 Kyle Larson 1 12.50
T1 Martin Truex Jr. 2 25.00 T3 Tyler Reddick 1 12.50
T3 Denny Hamlin 1 12.50

Watch out for Toyota to do well in stages this weekend as 6 of the 7 Stage Wins above belong to their drivers.

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 8 1 Denny Hamlin 100 8
2 Kyle Larson 7 2 Kyle Larson 87.50 7
3 Martin Truex Jr. 6 3 Martin Truex Jr. 75.00 6
T4 Chase Elliott 5 T4 Chase Elliott 62.50 5
T4 Christopher Bell 5 T4 Christopher Bell 62.50 5
T4 Kyle Busch 5 T4 Kyle Busch 62.50 5
7 William Byron 4 7 William Byron 50.00 4
T8 Brad Keselowski 3 T8 Brad Keselowski 37.50 3
T8 Bubba Wallace 3 T8 Bubba Wallace 37.50 3
T8 Ross Chastain 3 T8 Ross Chastain 37.50 3
T8 Ryan Blaney 3 T8 Ryan Blaney 37.50 3
T8 Tyler Reddick 3 T8 Tyler Reddick 37.50 3

If this Nashville race goes like previous races then you can lock Denny Hamlin into getting 2 Stage T10’s this weekend. Photo by Sean Gardner — Getty Images

Most Active Nashville Starts without Win Most Active Nashville Starts without Pole
Rank Driver Starts Rank Driver Starts
T1 19 drivers tied 4 T1 21 drivers tied 4

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 14 drivers tied 4 T1 13 drivers tied 4
Most Active Nashville Starts
without Top 10
Rank Driver Starts
T1 Alex Bowman 4
T1 Austin Dillon 4
T1 Brad Keselowski 4
T1 Chase Briscoe 4
T1 Corey LaJoie 4
T1 Justin Haley 4
T1 Michael McDowell 4

Alex Bowman, Corey LaJoie, and Justin Haley have had no luck here at Nashville as they are the only drivers to run all 4 races here and not get a Top 10 finish or a Stage T10.

Most Active Nashville Stages without Stage Win Most Active Nashville Stages without Stage T10
Rank Driver Stages Rank Driver Stages
T1 18

drivers

tied

8 T1 Alex Bowman 8
T1 Corey LaJoie 8
T1 Justin Haley 8
T4 Austin Cindric 6
T4 J.J. Yeley 6
T4 Josh Bilicki 6
T4 Ryan Preece 6
T4 Todd Gilliland 6
T9 B.J. McLeod 4
T9 Chad Finchum 4
T9 Cole Custer 4
T9 Ty Dillon 4
Active Nashville Streaks (2+ in a row)
Driver Streak Category Driver Streak Category
Kyle Larson 4 Top 10’s Brad Keselowski 2 Stage T10’s
Christopher Bell 2 Stage Wins Chris Buescher 2 Stage T10’s
Denny Hamlin 8 Stage T10’s Kyle Larson 2 Stage T10’s
Martin Truex Jr. 6 Stage T10’s Tyler Reddick 2 Stage T10’s
Christopher Bell 4 Stage T10’s

Coming into this weekend Kyle Larson is the only driver on an active Top 10 streak greater than 1 in a row.

 

Next Gen Stats

Best Next Gen Laps Led% in race
Rank Race Laps Led% Driver Fin. Rank Race Laps Led% Driver Fin.
1 2024-19 39.58 Christopher Bell 36th 6 2024-19 21.15 Denny Hamlin 12th
2 2022-17 38.00 Denny Hamlin 6th 7 2022-17 18.00 Kyle Busch 21st
3 2023-17 33.00 Ross Chastain 1st 8 2023-17 16.67 Martin Truex Jr. 2nd
4 2022-17 27.33 Martin Truex Jr. 22nd 9 2022-17 14.00 Chase Elliott 1st
5 2023-17 27.00 Denny Hamlin 3rd 10 2024-19 13.60 Ross Chastain 33rd

Watch out for Denny Hamlin to run well this weekend as he’s never led less than 21% of a race here in the Next Gen, his worst Driver Rating has been 117.4, and he holds 3 of the top 6 spots in both the table above and table below.

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 2023-17 Denny Hamlin 117.4 3rd
2 2022-17 Denny Hamlin 131.2 6th 7 2024-19 Tyler Reddick 115.0 3rd
3 2023-17 Martin Truex Jr. 124.7 2nd 8 2022-17 Martin Truex Jr. 111.0 22nd
4 2022-17 Chase Elliott 122.3 1st 9 2024-19 Christopher Bell 110.2 36th
5 2024-19 Denny Hamlin 118.5 12th 10 2022-17 Ross Chastain 109.4 5th
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 T5 2023-17 Chase Elliott 98.67 4th
2 2023-17 Denny Hamlin 99.33 3rd T5 2023-17 William Byron 98.67 6th
3 2024-19 Denny Hamlin 99.09 12th 8 2025-19 Tyler Reddick 96.98 3rd
4 2023-17 Martin Truex Jr. 99.00 2nd 9 2022-17 Kurt Busch 96.67 2nd
T5 2022-17 Denny Hamlin 98.67 6th 10 2022-17 Martin Truex Jr. 95.33 22nd

Out of the 110 drivers to run a Next Gen race at Nashville only Ross Chastain has ran every lap in the Top 15 in a race here. Photo by Logan Riely — Getty Images

Best Next Gen Avg. Fin. by
Starting Position (1-38)
Worst Next Gen Avg. Fin. by
Starting Position (1-38)
Rank Start Pos. Avg. Fin Rank Start Pos. Avg. Fin
1 6th 2.67 1 38th 38.00
2 1st 6.33 2 34th 33.00
3 37th 9.00 3 35th 32.33
T4 4th 9.33 4 27th 30.33
T4 9th 9.33 T5 13th 29.67
6 7th 9.67 T5 29th 29.67
7 22nd 10.33 7 32nd 26.00
8 19th 11.00 8 30th 25.00
9 8th 12.00 9 17th 24.67
10 26th 13.00 10 31st 23.33

According to the numbers above you want to start 6th this weekend, but 37th is an outlier since it’s only had 1 race.

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 122.37 3 1 Denny Hamlin 99.03 3
2 Ross Chastain 110.07 3 2 Kurt Busch 96.67 1
3 Martin Truex Jr. 107.73 3 3 Martin Truex Jr. 88.83 3
4 Chase Elliott 104.23 3 4 Kyle Larson 88.72 3
5 Kurt Busch 102.10 1 5 Chase Elliott 88.51 3
6 Kyle Larson 102.0 3 6 Ty Gibbs 80.98 2
7 Christopher Bell 101.37 3 7 Chris Buescher 80.02 3
8 Tyler Reddick 91.17 3 8 Ross Chastain 78.09 3
9 Ty Gibbs 88.25 2 9 Christopher Bell 76.05 3
10 Kevin Harvick 87.45 2 10 Ryan Blaney 64.34 3

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
T1 Kurt Busch 2.00 1 1 Denny Hamlin 28.46 3
T1 Zane Smith 2.00 1 2 Ross Chastain 15.47 3
3 Kyle Larson 5.67 3 3 Christopher Bell 14.39 3
4 Denny Hamlin 7.00 3 4 Martin Truex Jr. 14.18 3
5 Chase Elliott 7.67 3 5 Kyle Busch 7.09 3
6 Daniel Hemric 9.00 1 6 Tyler Reddick 5.26 3
7 Joey Logano 9.67 3 7 Chase Elliott 4.62 3
8 Ryan Preece 10.00 2 8 Michael McDowell 3.33 3
9 Bubba Wallace 11.33 3 9 Ryan Blaney 2.90 3
10 Ross Chastain 13.00 3 10 Joey Logano 1.40 3
Next Gen Nashville Win List Next Gen Nashville Pole List
Rank Driver Wins Win% Rank Driver Poles
T1 Chase Elliott 1 33.33 1 Denny Hamlin 2
T1 Joey Logano 1 33.33 2 Ross Chastain 1
T1 Ross Chastain 1 33.33

The Nashville Next Gen section is basically the Denny Hamlin hour with as great as he’s been, because no driver has multiple Wins, Poles, or Top 3’s except Hamlin, who has 2 Poles.

Next Gen Nashville Top 3’s List
Rank Driver Top 3’s Top 3%
T1 Kurt Busch 1 100
T1 Zane Smith 1 100
T1 Chase Elliott 1 33.33
T1 Denny Hamlin 1 33.33
T1 Joey Logano 1 33.33
T1 Martin Truex Jr. 1 33.33
T1 Ross Chastain 1 33.33
T1 Ryan Blaney 1 33.33
T1 Tyler Reddick 1 33.33
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 66.67 1 Kyle Larson 3 100
T1 Kyle Larson 2 66.67 T2 Chase Elliott 2 66.67
T1 Ross Chastain 2 66.67 T2 Christopher Bell 2 66.67
T4 Kurt Busch 1 100 T2 Denny Hamlin 2 66.67
T4 Zane Smith 1 100 T2 Joey Logano 2 66.67
T4 Ryan Preece 1 50.00 T2 Ross Chastain 2 66.67
T4 Chris Buescher 1 33.33 T2 Ryan Blaney 2 66.67
T4 Denny Hamlin 1 33.33 T8 Daniel Hemric 1 100
T4 Joey Logano 1 33.33 T8 Kurt Busch 1 100
T4 Martin Truex Jr. 1 33.33
T4 Ryan Blaney 1 33.33 T8 Zane Smith 1 100
T4 Tyler Reddick 1 33.33

Kyle Larson is the only driver to finish all 3 Next Gen Nashville races in the Top 10, while the driver to his outside, Denny Hamlin, is the only driver racing this weekend to get a Stage T10 in all 6 Next Gen stages here. Photo by Jeff Robinson — Icon Sportswire via 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%
T1 Christopher Bell 2 33.33 T1 Denny Hamlin 6 100
T1 Martin Truex Jr. 6 100
T3 Chase Elliott 5 83.33
T1 Martin Truex Jr. 2 33.33 T3 Christopher Bell 5 83.33
T3 Kyle Larson 5 83.33
T6 Kevin Harvick 3 75.00
T3 Denny Hamlin 1 16.67 T6 Bubba Wallace 3 50.00
T6 Kyle Busch 3 50.00
T6 Ross Chastain 3 50.00
T3 Tyler Reddick 1 16.67 T6 Ryan Blaney 3 50.00
T6 Tyler Reddick 3 50.00
T6 William Byron 3 50.00