NASCAR Cup, Xfinity and Craftsman Truck teams will be on track Friday at Nashville Superspeedway.Cup and Xfinity teams each will have 50 minutes of practice on the 1.33-mile concrete track. Truck teams will practice, qualify and race Friday night.This weekend marks the return of NBC Sports broadcasting the Cup and Xfinity Series. Both Cup and Xfinity practice sessions Friday can be seen on USA Network.Nashville SuperspeedwayWeatherFriday: Mix of sunshine and clouds with a high of 81 degrees. Forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and a high of 78 degrees at the start of the Truck race.Friday, June 23(All times Eastern)Garage open
11 a.m. — Craftsman Truck Series
3:30 – 8:30 p.m. — Xfinity Series
3:30 – 10 p.m. — Cup Series
Track activity
4 – 4:30 p.m. — Truck practice (FS1)
4:30 – 5:30 p.m. — Truck qualifying (FS1)
5:35 – 6:25 p.m. — Xfinity practice (USA)
6:30 – 7:20 p.m. — Cup practice (USA)
8 p.m. — Truck race (150 laps, 199.5 miles; FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)

LEBANON, Tenn. — AJ Allmendinger collected his second victory of the season and the 17th of his Xfinity Series career Saturday at Nashville Superspeedway.Riley Herbst placed second and was followed by Sam Mayer, Austin Hill and Josh Berry.MORE: Nashville Xfinity resultsMORE: Xfinity driver points after NashvilleThe race had 11 cautions. Twenty-one of the 38 cars in the race were involved in accidents. The 11 cautions tied an event record.John Hunter Nemechek remains the points leader. He leads Austin Hill by nine points and Justin Allgaier by 41 points.

LEBANON, Tenn. — AJ Allmendinger pulled away from the field on the second overtime to win Saturday’s Xfinity Series race at Nashville Superspeedway and claim his second victory of the year.Allmendinger’s win snapped the streak of 11 consecutive different winners this season.Riley Herbst, working with new crew chief Davin Restivo in a change made this week, finished second to tie his career series best. Sam Mayer placed third and was followed by Austin Hill and Josh Berry in a race that had 11 cautions and 21 cars involved in accidents.MORE: Race results Allmendinger passed Parker Kligerman for the lead with 11 laps left in the scheduled distance as Kligerman tried to save fuel. A caution for Chad Chastain’s spin sent the race into overtime. Contact on the restart led to Chandler Smith spinning. That set up the second overtime restart.There were three cautions in the first 20 laps for multi-car accidents.The field failed to complete a lap before a five-car incident in Turn 2 that collected Justin Allgaier, who entered the race third in the points. Shortly after the race restarted, the caution came back out again for an incident that included Hill bouncing off the wall. Hill entered the race second in the points.The start of the second stage had a caution almost immediately. Hill, who was on older tires, slid up into Ty Gibbs, triggering an incident that collected Allmendinger and Carson Hocevar, ending Hocevar’s race. Hill was on older tires because he had put on new tires earlier after he was involved in an incident early in the first stage. With limits on tires, Hill’s team did not pit for tires at the end of the first stage. He moved to the lead when the rest of the field pitted during the stage break.STAGE 1 WINNER: Ty GibbsSTAGE 2 WINNER: Chandler SmithWHO HAD A BAD RACE: Stefan Parsons was collected in an accident on the opening lap and finished last. … After winning the first stage, Ty Gibbs was collected in a crash and finished 36th.NOTABLE: There were five cautions for multi-car crashes in the first two stages of the race. There had been five cautions for multi-car crash in the previous five races combined. … The 11 cautions tied an event record.NEXT: The series races July 1 on the Chicago street course (5 p.m. ET on USA Network)

LEBANON, Tenn. — Ross Chastain will lead the field to the green flag for Sunday’s Cup race at Nashville Superspeedway after winning his first career Cup pole.The pole also is the first in Cup for Trackhouse Racing.MORE: Nashville Cup starting lineupMORE: Nashville Cup race details Chastain will be joined on the front row by Tyler Reddick.The second row has Justin Haley and Joey Logano. Haley’s third starting spot is his career best in Cup. His previous best was sixth.The third row has William Byron and Martin Truex Jr., who is coming off his victory two weeks ago at Sonoma in the most recent Cup race.The race is scheduled to begin at 7:22 p.m. ET Sunday on NBC.

LEBANON, Tenn. — Ross Chastain scored his first career Cup pole and the first pole for Trackhouse Racing on Saturday at Nashville Superspeedway.Chastain won the pole with a lap of 160.687 mph.“This is a day I’ll never forget,” Chastain said.MORE: Nashville Cup starting lineupChastain’s Trackhouse Racing teammate Daniel Suarez saw his hopes to contend for the pole end when he wrecked in Turn 4 in the final round of qualifying. Chastain’s pole was assured when Bubba Wallace, the final driver in the last round, spun off Turn 4. Earlier in qualifying, Corey LaJoie also hit the wall in Turn 4. Kyle Busch spun off Turn 4 in Friday’s practice.Tyler Reddick qualified second after a lap of 159.573 mph. He was followed by Justin Haley (159.557 mph), Joey Logano (159.515) and William Byron (159.398).Haley’s starting spot is his career best in Cup. His previous best starting spot was sixth at the Bristol Dirt race in 2022.Martin Truex Jr., who won at Sonoma in the most recent Cup race, qualified sixth. Chase Elliott, who won this race last year, qualified 14th.

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