Ryan Blaney won Sunday’s (June 1) NASCAR Cup Series race at Nashville Superspeedway, notching his first win of the 2025 season.
After taking the lead from the jump in stage 3, Blaney held on to the top spot after green flag pit stops and drove away from Carson Hocevar to finally earn his first trip to victory lane in 2025
Hocevar, Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano, William Byron, Bubba Wallace, Erik Jones, Kyle Larson, Tyler Reddick and Christopher Bell rounded out the top 10.
“I never gave up hope, that’s for sure,” Blaney told Amazon Prime Video. “We’ve had great speed all year, it just hasn’t been the best year for us as far as good fortune. It was great to finish one out tonight.”
Logano was unable to repeat his Nashville win from a year ago, but still brought home a strong fourth-place finish.
“We got the details right,” Logano said. “The last run after the last pit stop was pretty solid. Just took me 15 to 20 laps to get speed in the Shell Pennzoil Mustang.”
Stage 2 featured a rash of yellow flags. Contact from Hocevar sent Ricky Stenhouse Jr. into the wall, while Alex Bowman and Noah Gragson were both knocked out of contention in a crash that occurred on the following restart. Bell and Corey Heim were also involved in crashes during the stage, though Bell’s damage was minimal. The only incident in stage 3 came at the expense of Ryan Preece, who spun in turn 1.
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The NASCAR Cup Series will return to action at Michigan International Speedway on June 8. The FireKeepers Casino 400 will begin at 2 p.m. ET, with coverage on Prime Video, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
A member of the National Motorsports Press Association (NMPA), Samuel also covers NASCAR for Yardbarker, Field Level Media, and Heavy Sports. He will attend the University of Arkansas in the fall of 2025.