Chase Briscoe turned the fastest lap in NASCAR Cup Series qualifying from Nashville Superspeedway, with an average speed of 164.395 mph to earn the pole for Sunday night’s (June 1) Cracker Barrel 400.
The pole marks the fifth of Briscoe’s career and his third of the season, after previously earning the top spot at the Daytona 500 in February and at Charlotte Motor Speedway this past weekend.
.@chasebriscoe said, "Hold my beer." #BuschLightPole https://t.co/9wqCCvJ2B6 pic.twitter.com/2b99JBlEHE
— NASCAR (@NASCAR) May 31, 2025
Briscoe’s Joe Gibbs Racing Teammate Denny Hamlin will start beside him on the front row, with William Byron being the highest starting Chevrolet in third. Tyler Reddick and Ross Chastain rounded out the top five.
RFK Racing’s Brad Keselowski scored his best qualifying effort of the season with a sixth-place start, while Christopher Bell will roll off seventh, his third consecutive week starting inside the top 10. Michael McDowell, Joey Logano and Chris Buescher completed the top 10.
With 39 cars entered, all 39 of them made the race with no one going home.
Cup Starting Lineup
The Cracker Barrel 400, the 14th race of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season, goes green from Nashville on Sunday, June 1 at 7:00 p.m. ET, with TV coverage on Amazon Prime Video.
Jake Altmayer joined the Frontstretch team in 2025, assisting as a news writer and contributing to other weekly columns and articles, such as Friday Faceoff and Xfinity Breakdown. A 2024 graduate of DePaul University, Altmayer has closely followed NASCAR's national series (Cup, Xfinity and Trucks) for nearly a decade and has attended more than a dozen races over the course of that time. In his free time, he enjoys cycling, spending time with his loved ones, and listening to his favorite band, the Beach Boys.