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The Top 32 drivers in points following today's race at Nashville will be eligible for the $1 million In-Season Tournament (Bracket Challenge) beginning at Atlanta The 32 drivers will be seeded based off their finishes in the next 3 races (Michigan, Mexico City, Pocono)

Ryan Blaney leads 139 laps and wins at Nashville, his 14th career win. This is Team Penske's 153rd Cup Series win, tying Junior Johnson & Associates for 4th most all-time.

Following the race at Nashville, the drivers that failed to qualify for the In-Season Tournament are: Shane Van Gisbergen: -21 pts to 32nd Cole Custer: -21 pts to 32nd Riley Herbst: -21 pts to 32nd Cody Ware: -110 pts to 32nd

Ryan Blaney was winless in the first 11 races in which he lead 100+ laps in his career. He has now won 4 of the last 5.

Most points scored in the last 5 races (Talladega - Nashville)

In his 700th career start, Denny Hamlin earned Toyota their 900th Top 5 finish in the NASCAR Cup Series. This ranks 4th all-time among manufacturers. Top 5s by Manufacturer: 1. Chevrolet - 4,405 2. Ford - 4,021 3. Dodge - 1,202 4. Toyota - 900 5. Pontiac - 808

Most laps led in the Craftsman Truck Series in 2025

Wins by manufacturer in 2025: Chevrolet - 5 Toyota - 5 Ford - 4 2025 is just the 5th season in NASCAR Cup Series history to have 3 manufacturers win at least 4 of the first 14 races (1953, 1963, 2000, 2021, 2025)

Most points scored at Michigan in the NextGen Era

Michigan is 1 of 10 tracks to host more than 100 NASCAR Cup Series races. In its 107 Cup races, Michigan has only seen 2 first-time winners: Dale Jarrett in 1991 and Kyle Larson in 2016. No other track has had more races and fewer first-time winners in the history of NASCAR.

Chase Briscoe wins the pole at Michigan with a speed of 195.514 mph. This is the fastest pole speed in the NASCAR Cup Series since Ryan Blaney ran 200.505 mph at Texas in November 2018 Here are the fastest poles in the NextGen Era:

Chase Briscoe is the first driver to win 3 straight poles since Kyle Larson in March/April 2024 Briscoe's 4 poles in 2025 are the most through 15 races since Joey Logano in 2015. The 19 team has now won 6 of the last 17 poles in the Cup Series.

Stewart Friesen wins at Michigan, ending a 72 race winless streak, the second winless streak over 70 races to be broken in 2025 (Ankrum - Rockingham). He becomes the 16th different winner in the last 17 Michigan races.

Drivers to win for Dodge in the Truck Series: Ted Musgrave - 16 Bobby Hamilton - 10 Brendan Gaughan - 8 Dennis Setzer - 6 Joe Ruttman - 5 Scott Riggs - 5 Kasey Kahne - 2 Chad Chaffin - 2 Robert Pressley - 2 Jimmy Hensley - 2 Ryan Blaney - 1 Bob Keselowski - 1 Jimmy Spencer - 1

These are the first laps Buescher has led on a non-drafting oval since Pocono in July of last year.

Denny Hamlin wins at Michigan, he becomes just the 10th driver in NASCAR Cup Series history to win with more than 700 career starts. With 57 wins, he is now the winningest driver in Joe Gibbs Racing history, breaking a tie with Kyle Busch (56 wins)

RFK Racing placed 3 cars in the Top 10 today at Michigan: Chris Buescher - 2nd Ryan Preece - 9th Brad Keselowski - 10th This is the first time they've had 3 cars finish in the Top 10 since Daytona in July of 2016.

Michigan marked the 1st of 3 seeding races for the In-Season Tournament, beginning at Atlanta. Seeding is based off of a drivers best finish in the 3 races. After 1 race, here are the current seeding positions:

Top 10 finishes in 2025 by the NASCAR Xfinity Series rookies: Connor Zilisch - 5 Carson Kvapil - 5 Nick Sanchez - 5 Taylor Gray - 5 Daniel Dye - 5 Christian Eckes - 5 Dean Thompson - 4 William Sawalich - 2