The NASCAR Cup Collection heads to Nashville Superspeedway this weekend for the 2026 Cracker Barrel 400, as drivers proceed battling for playoff positioning throughout one of many busiest stretches of the season.
The Tennessee race weekend will function Cup Collection apply, qualifying and a prime-time Sunday night time race at one among NASCAR’s most bodily demanding concrete tracks.
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A number of championship contenders arrive in Nashville trying to strengthen their playoff place throughout one of many greatest race weekends of the early summer time schedule.
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The place to observe and full Cracker Barrel 400 occasion schedule
The 2026 Cracker Barrel 400 takes place on Sunday, Could 31, at Nashville Superspeedway in Lebanon, Tennessee.
Race protection will air stay on Amazon Prime Video, with radio protection obtainable by way of PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
Prime Video’s NASCAR broadcast workforce once more options Adam Alexander, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Steve Letarte following the streaming platform’s profitable first season overlaying Cup Collection races.
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Saturday, Could 30
NASCAR Cup Collection Follow — 4:30 p.m. ET / 3:30 p.m. CT
NASCAR Cup Collection Qualifying — 5:40 p.m. ET / 4:40 p.m. CT
Sunday, Could 31
Cracker Barrel 400 — 7:00 p.m. ET / 6:00 p.m. CT
The race will cowl 300 laps and 399 miles round Nashville Superspeedway’s 1.33-mile concrete oval.
The weekend will even function NASCAR Xfinity Collection and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Collection motion alongside fan occasions, concert events and driver appearances all through the ability.
Followers attending the weekend must also anticipate elevated visitors across the Lebanon space as Nashville hosts one of many largest sporting occasions in Tennessee.
Drivers to observe throughout the Cracker Barrel 400 weekend
Nashville Superspeedway has developed a fame for aggressive racing, tire administration and late-race technique battles since becoming a member of the Cup Collection schedule.
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The race is anticipated to put additional emphasis on long-run pace, tire put on and observe place as a result of Nashville’s concrete floor and altering night-race situations.
Denny Hamlin, Christopher Bell, Chase Briscoe and Ty Gibbs are all entered for the Cracker Barrel 400 because the playoff battle continues constructing deeper into the season.
Kyle Larson, William Byron, Chase Elliott, Joey Logano and Ryan Blaney additionally enter the Nashville weekend trying to strengthen their place throughout some of the necessary races of the early summer time stretch.
Extra notable entries embody Corey Heim within the No. 67 Toyota and Austin Hill within the No. 33 Chevrolet.
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The mix of playoff implications, prime-time protection and Nashville’s unpredictable racing fashion ought to as soon as once more make the Cracker Barrel 400 some of the necessary races of the early summer time NASCAR schedule.
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