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Chase Briscoe wins pole for Cracker Barrel 400 at Nashville Superspeedway
NASCAR Cup Series driver Chase Briscoe. Jerome Miron-Imagn Images

Chase Briscoe wins pole for Cracker Barrel 400 at Nashville Superspeedway

For the second straight week, Chase Briscoe will lead the NASCAR Cup Series field to the green flag. 

Briscoe won the pole for Sunday's Cracker Barrel 400 at Nashville Superspeedway, beating out his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate in Denny Hamlin for the top spot. 

It's the third pole of the season for Briscoe, who also won the pole for the season-opening Daytona 500 and last week's Coca-Cola 600. 

William Byron, Tyler Reddick — who was the fastest driver in Saturday's practice session — and Ross Chastain rounded out the top-five, with Brad Keselowski, Christopher Bell, Michael McDowell, Joey Logano and Chris Buescher completing the top-10. 

Other notable qualifying efforts include 2022 Nashville winner Chase Elliott in 11th, Bubba Wallace in 12th, Ryan Blaney in 15th, Kyle Busch in 25th and 2021 Nashville winner Kyle Larson in 28th. 

Truck Series championship favorite Corey Heim — who finished second in Friday's Truck Series race — qualified 33rd for what will be his second start at Nashville in a fourth 23XI Racing entry. 

Knoxville, Tennessee, native Chad Finchum posted the slowest qualifying lap of the 39 cars to take time and will start Sunday's race in last. 

The Cracker Barrel 400 will go green shortly after 7 p.m. ET on Sunday, with coverage on Prime Video, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. Pre-race coverage will begin at 6:30 p.m. ET on Prime Video at and 6 p.m. ET on PRN. 

Samuel Stubbs

Hailing from the same neck of the woods as NASCAR Hall of Famer Mark Martin, Samuel has been covering NASCAR for Yardbarker since February 2024. He has been a member of the National Motorsports Press Association (NMPA) since October of 2024. When he’s not writing about racing, Samuel covers Arkansas Razorback basketball for Yardbarker

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