LEBANON – Dale Earnhardt Jr. spent Could 31 in victory lane a day earlier than returning to the broadcast sales space for the NASCAR Cup Cracker Barrel 400 at Nashville Superspeedway.
The previous Cup Sequence driver and proprietor of JR Motorsports joined his driver Justin Allgaier, who gained the Xfinity Sequence Tennessee Lottery 250. Making the second much more satisfying for Earnhardt was that Allgaier handed one other JR Motorsports driver, Connor Zilisch, for the win. Zilisch completed second.
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“It is a nice racetrack for Justin; he all the time runs good right here,” Earnhardt stated. “Jim Pohlman (Allgaier’s crew chief) places a extremely nice racecar on each single racetrack we go to for Justin. Justin’s coming off an (Xfinity Sequence) championship. He is chased that for therefore a few years and I really feel like now that he has that out of the best way his race craft is pretty much as good because it’s ever been.”
It was the third win this season for Allgaier. He gained back-to-back at Las Vegas and Miami in March and is coming off a fourth-place end final week at Charlotte.
Allgaier now has 10 top-5 finishes this season.
NASCAR Xfinity Sequence driver Justin Allgaier celebrates after profitable the Tennessee Lottery 250 at Nashville Superspeedway in Lebanon, Tenn., Saturday, Could 31, 2025.
Zilisch took to the lead on Lap 123. After pole setter William Sawalich spun out, Allgaier previous Zilisch on the restart on Lap 141 and stayed within the lead the remainder of the best way.
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Allgaier was joined in his No. 7 Chevrolet to victory lane for the primary time by his daughters Harper and Willow.
Earnhardt stated Allgaier’s potential to remain calm by means of races just like the Tennessee Lottery 250 has been the important thing to his success.
“He makes approach, approach much less errors (than earlier in his profession),” Earnhardt stated. “He is simply actually calm. He is put nice races collectively. He is actually harmful for the remainder of the competitors at this level, I feel, in his profession.”
Allgaier stated profitable the championship modified the angle on his profession.
“I all the time thought I used to be fairly calm,” Allgaier stated. “However profitable the championship for me was an unbelievable eye-opening second. That modified my mentality for the way these races go. I used to assume it is received to be the proper night time (to win).
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“We type of had that tonight. However 5 years in the past I most likely would have pushed myself into the fence making an attempt to get again to the clear air. I might have possibly made a mistake on a type of restarts, put myself in a extremely dangerous place and wrecked myself or anyone else.”
Zilisch, 18, made his Cup debut within the 2025 Daytona 500. He gained the Xfinity race on the Circuits of America two weeks later and completed second final week at Charlotte.
“Zilisch was simply actually robust (on Could 31),” Earnhardt stated. “He is nonetheless received lots to achieve and develop and perceive and he is already pushing Justin for a win tonight. As he continues to develop he will be sensational.”
JR Motosports’ different three entrees additionally ran nicely with Ross Chastain ending fifth, Carson Kvapil ninth and Sammy Smith tenth.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. appears to be like ahead to second Amazon Prime NASCAR Cup race broadcast
Earnhardt was pleased with the primary Amazon Prime Video broadcast for the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte. It exceeded his expectations, which have been excessive.
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“That was a enjoyable race; the 600 has been top-of-the-line races, lots of people say it is likely to be one of the best race within the collection,” Earnhardt stated. “So we had a extremely good race to kick off our protection. We’ve lots of flexibilities on a streaming platform that enable us to do issues just a little otherwise the networks do not have. We have been ready to succeed and I am glad folks loved what they noticed.”
The stress is now on for Earnhardt and the remainder of the Amazon crew that features Carl Edwards, Adam Alexander, Steve Letarte, Trevor Bayne and Kim Coon to maintain produce one other robust broadcast.
“We’ve an unbelievable staff of individuals; some that I’ve identified very briefly, some that I’ve identified for years,” Earnhardt stated. “It is bizarre, it is like a race staff with that very same aggressive spirit, the identical want-to, the get-up-and-go, the hustle. All of that’s current within the TV compound identical to it’s in a race store or storage.”
