Tag Archives: Nashville Superspeedway

Martinsville NASCAR tyre testing had varying results

Martinsville NASCAR

At this week’s Goodyear tyre test at Martinsville (Virginia) Speedway, two of the racers who took part reported largely different results. Unexpectedly, the Next Gen car’s ’s track races in Martinsville and Richmond, Virginia, earlier this season, delivered boring racing. Due to the absence of warnings (five overall, with two stage breaks) and numerous pit […]

Results of 2022 NASCAR Cup qualifying in Nashville

Results of 2022 NASCAR Cup qualifying in Nashville

In Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Nashville Superspeedway, Denny Hamlin will take the field to the starting line first. For the 35th time in his career and twice this year, Hamlin took the lead. Unexpected weather forced NASCAR to base the lineup off on Round 1 times because qualifying was postponed before the pole […]

Rain-shortened qualifying sees Hamlin take the lead for the Nashville NASCAR Cup

Denny Hamlin 2022

The last round of NASCAR Cup Series qualifying on Saturday in Nashville was postponed due to a timely downpour, and Denny Hamlin benefited. A significant downpour suddenly appeared near Nashville (Tenn.) Superspeedway immediately after the first round of qualifying ended, drenching the racetrack. Due to NASCAR’s unexpected cancellation of the last round, Hamlin won the […]

Allgaier wins the NASCAR Xfinity race convincingly in Nashville

Allgaier NASCAR Xfinity Nashville

On his approach to winning Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Nashville (Tenn.) Superspeedway, Justin Allgaier essentially controlled the whole race from beginning to finish. Early on, Allgaier moved to the front, dominated the first two stages, took the lead on 134 of the 188 circuits, and handily defeated Trevor Bayne by 4.513 seconds to […]

Thunder and rainfall cause the Nashville Cup race to halt

Nashville Cup race 2022

Due to constant lightning strikes and localised rainfall, Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Nashville (Tenn.) Superspeedway was called barely before the halfway point. After multiple thunderstorms within an eight-mile radius of the racetrack, NASCAR was compelled to call a delay to the 300-lap race on lap 140. The racetrack was surrounded by powerful storms […]

Race results from the 2022 NASCAR Cup in Nashville

NASCAR Cup Series Nashville Superspeedway

The 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season’s second triumph went to Chase Elliott on Sunday at Nashville. In his Cup career, Elliott has now achieved 15 triumphs. He held on on a late-race resumption, winning the race over Ryan Blaney and Kurt Busch. During the final caution, Denny Hamlin, Kyle Busch, and Martin Truex Jr. all pitted, […]

Kurt Busch is defeated by Chase Elliott in the challenging Nashville Cup race

Chase Elliott Nashville Cup race

With four laps remaining, Kurt Busch was passed by Chase Elliott on a resumption, and Elliott went on to win the twice-postponed NASCAR Cup Series race at Nashville (Tenn.) Superspeedway on Sunday. Following a late yellow, many drivers vying for the victory chose to pit for new tyres, while Elliott and nine other drivers chose […]

Not “throwing some fenders” at Nashville, says Kurt Busch, is a mistake

Kurt Busch

Kurt Busch felt he might have had more in 2nd spot at Nashville (Tenn.) Superspeedway, where he performed the best of the entire race. The three Toyotas driven by Denny Hamlin, Martin Truex Jr., and Kyle Busch for Joe Gibbs Racing led the most of the twice-postponed NASCAR Cup race in Nashville on Sunday. They […]

Chase Elliott says “I feel like we’re as good as anybody”

Chase Elliott 2022

Despite continuing to lead the NASCAR Cup Series in points along the stretch, Chase Elliott’s performance had fallen short of expectations. But nothing removes the seeds of uncertainty like a triumph. In Sunday’s race at Nashville (Tenn.) Superspeedway, Elliott’s No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports finally got going after two interruptions, and he held off Kurt Buch […]

Three from Buescher’s squad are suspended by NASCAR due to a loose wheel

Buesche NASCAR

As a result of a loose wheel during a race, Chris Buescher is the most recent NASCAR Cup Series racer to lose his crew chief and two other members of the crew. For the following 4 races, starting with Sunday’s contest at Road America, NASCAR has penalized Buescher’s crew chief, Scott Graves, as well as […]