Ryan Blaney certified for the 2025 Cup Collection playoffs with a victory at Nashville Superspeedway, main a race-high 139 of 300 laps on the 1.333-mile concrete oval.
It’s the 14th victory for the No. 12 Ford driver and his first since 14 races in the past at Martinsville Speedway final November.
The Staff Penske driver turned the ninth driver to win and lock into the 10-race championship run in NASCAR’s premier sequence. With earlier victories by Austin Cindric (Talladega Superspeedway) and Joey Logano (Texas Motor Speedway), Staff Penske has its trio of drivers within the playoffs (in addition to Josh Berry, whose Wooden Brothers Racing Ford has a technical alliance with Penske).
Quotes from the longest concrete observe on the NASCAR Cup Collection schedule.
Blaney captured his first victory at Nashville in his fifth begin on the observe in Lebanon, Tennessee. Nashville Superspeedway has featured 5 totally different winners since becoming a member of the Cup schedule in 2021. It’s the tenth observe the place Blaney has received in Cup.
Carson Hocevar completed second, tying a career-best end from Atlanta Motor Speedway in February. Denny Hamlin completed third in his 700th profession Cup begin, adopted by Logano and William Byron, who elevated his lead within the regular-season championship standings.
Byron leads by 48 factors over Hendrick Motorsports teammate Kyle Larson, who railled for eighth to take care of his streak of being the one driver with high 10s in all 5 Cup Collection races at Nashville.
Christopher Bell, who rebounded from a Lap 119 spin, is third within the regular-season factors standings.
Ending order at Nashville Superspeedway:
1. Ryan Blaney, No. 12 Ford2. Carson Hocevar, No. 77 Chevrolet3. Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Toyota4. Joey Logano, No. 22 Ford5. William Byron, No. 24 Chevrolet6. Bubba Wallace, No. 23 Toyota7. Erik Jones, No. 43 Toyota8. Kyle Larson, No. 5 Chevrolet9. Tyler Reddick, No. 45 Toyota10. Christopher Bell, No. 20 Toyota11. Ross Chastain, No. 1 Chevrolet12. Kyle Busch, No. 8 Chevrolet13. Zane Smith, No. 38 Ford14. Chris Buescher, No. 17 Ford15. Chase Elliott, No. 9 Chevrolet16. Daniel Suarez, No. 99 Chevrolet17. Chase Briscoe, No. 19 Toyota18. Austin Cindric, No. 2 Ford19. Cole Custer, No. 41 Ford20. AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 Chevrolet21. Michael McDowell, No. 71 Chevrolet22. Todd Gilliland, No. 34 Ford23. Brad Keselowski, No. 6 Ford24. Riley Herbst, No. 35 Toyota25. Shane Van Gisbergen, No. 88 Chevrolet26. Ty Dillon, No. 10 Chevrolet27. John Hunter Nemechek, No. 42 Toyota28. Ryan Preece, No. 60 Ford29. Austin Dillon, No. 3 Chevrolet30. Josh Berry, No. 21 Ford31. Ty Gibbs, No. 54 Toyota32. Justin Haley, No. 7 Chevrolet33. Cody Ware, No. 51 Ford34. JJ Yeley, No. 44 Chevrolet35. Chad Finchum, No. 66 Ford36. Alex Bowman, No. 48 Chevrolet37. Corey Heim, No. 67 Toyota38. Noah Gragson, No. 4 Ford39. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 Chevrolet
