Last weekend at Charlotte was difficult to say the least. It started with the devastating news of Kyle Busch’s death, then was followed by rain, rain, and more rain that ended with Daniel Suarez in victory lane. Now, we as a NASCAR community must somehow move on to Nashville and continue to heal with hopefully more racing than we saw at Charlotte. Down below you will find different statistics from all of the NASCAR Cup races here at Nashville Superspeedway ranging from Most Wins to Best Average Finishes by starting position. So read and enjoy these fun fact track stats!
In this post you will only find all-time stats, if you are looking for only active drivers stats or Next Gen stats check out my next article Active/Next Gen Cup Track Stats: Nashville.
Active Drivers will be highlighted like so
Active means any driver who started a race in the 2026 Cup Series season.

First Winner:
Kyle Larson 06/20/2021

Most Recent Winner: Ryan Blaney 06/01/2025
Worst Starting Positions by Winner
Rank Race Start Pos. Driver Rank Race Start Pos. Driver
1 2024-19 26 Joey Logano 4 2022-17 4 Chase Elliott
2 2025-14 15 Ryan Blaney 5 2023-17 1 Ross Chastain
3 2021-17 5 Kyle Larson

3 of the 5 drivers to win at Nashville in the Cup Series have started inside the Top 5, but the last two years Penske drivers have found a way to not start good and still win.

Worst Finish by Pole Winner
Rank Race Finish Driver Rank Race Finish Driver
1 2025-14 17 Chase Briscoe 4 2021-17 4 Aric Almirola
2 2024-19 12 Denny Hamlin 5 2023-17 1 Ross Chastain
3 2022-17 6 Denny Hamlin

Winning the Pole at Nashville has seen mixed results as 2 finished in the Top 5 while 2 have finished outside the Top 10.

Drivers who won Pole & Race
Race Driver
2023-17 Ross Chastain

In just the 3rd Cup race at Nashville, Ross Chastain became the first (and only) driver to win the Pole and Race here. Photo by Meg Oliphant — Getty Images

Drivers who swept both Stages in race
Race Driver Race Finish
2022-17 Martin Truex Jr. 22nd
2024-19 Christopher Bell 36th
Drivers to win both Stages and Race Drivers to win Pole, both Stages & Race
Race Driver Race Driver

Winning Stage 1 and 2 at Nashville hasn’t been a good omen for race results as both drivers that have done it finished out of the Top 20.

Best Laps Led% by Winner Worst Laps Led% by Winner
Rank Race Laps Led% Driver Rank Race Laps Led% Driver
1 2021-17 88.00 Kyle Larson 1 2024-19 2.72 Joey Logano
2 2025-14 46.33 Ryan Blaney 2 2022-17 14.00 Chase Elliott
3 2023-17 33.00 Ross Chastain 3 2023-17 33.00 Ross Chastain
4 2022-17 14.00 Chase Elliott 4 2025-14 46.33 Ryan Blaney
5 2024-19 2.72 Joey Logano 5 2021-17 88.00 Kyle Larson

Kyle Larson absolutely dominated the first ever Nashville Cup race as he led 88% of the race, and as you can see below he’s the only driver to lead over half of the laps in a Cup race at Nashville. Photo by Logan Riely — Getty Images

Best Laps Led% in race
Rank Race Laps Led% Driver Fin. Rank Race Laps Led% Driver Fin.
1 2021-17 88.00 Kyle Larson 1st 6 2022-17 27.33 Martin Truex Jr. 22nd
2 2025-14 46.33 Ryan Blaney 1st 7 2023-17 27.00 Denny Hamlin 3rd
3 2024-19 39.58 Christopher Bell 36th 8 2025-14 26.33 Denny Hamlin 3rd
4 2022-17 38.00 Denny Hamlin 6th 9 2024-19 21.15 Denny Hamlin 12th
5 2023-17 33.00 Ross Chastain 1st 10 2022-17 18.00 Kyle Busch 21st

Look for Denny Hamlin to be up front a lot this weekend and finish well as he’s led over 20% of the laps in 4 of the 5 Nashville Cup races (table above) and 4 of his 5 races here are in the Driver Rating table below as well.

Best Driver Rating in race
Rank Race Driver
Driver
Rating
Fin. Rank Race Driver
Driver
Rating
Fin.
1 2021-17 Kyle Larson 149.7 1st 6 2023-17 Martin Truex Jr. 124.7 2nd
2 2025-14 Ryan Blaney 140.8 1st 7 2022-17 Chase Elliott 122.3 1st
3 2023-17 Ross Chastain 138.3 1st 8 2024-19 Denny Hamlin 118.5 12th
4 2022-17 Denny Hamlin 131.2 6th 9 2023-17 Denny Hamlin 117.4 3rd
5 2025-14 Denny Hamlin 129.5 3rd 10 2021-17 Aric Almirola 116.7 4th
Most recent times a Driver ran every lap in Top 15 in race
Most Recent Driver Finish Most Recent Driver Finish
2021-17 Kyle Larson 1st 2023-17 Ross Chastain 1st

The only two times a driver has ran every lap in the Top 15 in a race at Nashville they have won the race, so if a driver runs every lap in the Top 15 this weekend expect them to win.

Most Lead Lap cars at finish of race Fewest Lead Lap cars at finish of race
Rank Race # of cars Rank Race # of cars
1 2022-17 26 1 2021-17 20
2 2025-14 25 2 2023-17 21
3 2024-19 24 3 2024-19 24
4 2023-17 21 4 2025-14 25
5 2021-17 20 5 2022-17 26

Every Nashville race has seen 20+ drivers finish on the lead lap but not more than 26. So, expect a moderate amount of drivers to finish on the lead lap this weeekend.

Best Avg. Fin. by Starting Position
(1-39)
Worst Avg. Fin. by Starting Position
(1-39)
Rank Start Pos. Avg. Fin Rank Start Pos. Avg. Fin
T1 1st 8.00 1 39th 36.50
T1 4th 8.00 2 38th 35.33
3 9th 10.20 3 34th 31.60
4 5th 11.60 4 13th 29.80
5 26th 11.80 5 35th 28.20
6 19th 12.60 6 27th 27.80
T7 7th 13.80 7 33rd 27.00
T7 22nd 13.80 8 17th 26.00
9 6th 14.00 9 31st 24.80
T10 8th 14..20 T10 29th 24.20
T10 14th 14.20 T10 30th 24.20
T10 32nd 24.20

Starting Top 10 seems to be good in terms of finishing well at Nashville as 7 of the Top 10 starting positions are in the “Best” table above.

Best Avg. Driver Rating
Best Avg. Top 15%
Rank Driver Driv. Rate Starts Rank Driver Top 15% Starts
1 Denny Hamlin 117.46 5 1 Denny Hamlin 93.93 5
2 Kyle Larson 106.62 5 2 Kurt Busch 85.50 2
3 Ross Chastain 105.48 5 3 Chase Elliott 84.00 5
4 Chase Elliott 98.52 5 4 Ross Chastain 81.06 5
5 Christopher Bell 97.78 5 5 Kyle Larson 79.88 5
6 Martin Truex Jr. 96.48 4 6 Martin Truex Jr. 76.93 4
7 Kurt Busch 96.40 2 7 Joey Logano 76.36 5
8 Kevin Harvick 94.33 3 8 Christopher Bell 75.77 5
9 Joey Logano 91.34 5 9 William Byron 69.37 5
10 William Byron 90.46 5 10 Kevin Harvick 69.33 3

Denny Hamlin ranks 1st in 3 of the 4 tables above and below, but the one he doesn’t rank 1st in is the most important one. The Avg. Finish table.

Best Avg. Fin. All-time
Best Laps Led% All-time
Rank Driver Avg. Fin. Starts Rank Driver Laps Led% Starts
1 Kurt Busch 5.00 2 1 Denny Hamlin 22.47 5
2 Kyle Larson 5.20 5 2 Kyle Larson 17.24 5
3 Zane Smith 7.50 2 3 Ryan Blaney 10.84 5
4 Joey Logano 8.60 5 4 Martin Truex Jr. 10.72 4
T5 Carson Hocevar 9.00 2 5 Ross Chastain 9.67 5
T5 Daniel Hemric 9.00 1 6 Christopher Bell 8.75 5
T5 Denny Hamlin 9.00 5 7 Kyle Busch 4.96 5
8 Ross Chastain 10.40 5 T8 Chase Briscoe 3.66 5
9 Bubba Wallace 12.00 5 T8 Chase Elliott 3.66 5
T10 Kevin Harvick 13.00 3 T8 Tyler Reddick 3.66 5
T10 Ryan Newman 13.00 1
Most Nashville Starts All-time Best Laps Completed%
Rank Driver Starts Rank Driver Lap Comp% Starts
T1 21

drivers

tied

5 T1 Chase Elliott 100 5
T1 Daniel Suarez 100 5
T1 Joey Logano 100 5
T1 Kyle Larson 100 5
T1 A.J. Allmendinger 100 4
T1 Corey LaJoie 100 4
T1 Carson Hocevar 100 2
T1 Kurt Busch 100 2
T1 Zane Smith 100 2
T1 Anthony Alfredo 100 1
T1 Daniel Hemric 100 1
T1 Ryan Newman 100 1
T1 Shane Van Gisbergen 100 1

Only 8 of the 13 drivers in the Laps Completed% table above are racing this weekend.

Most Nashville Wins All-time Best Win% All-time
Rank Driver Wins Rank Driver Win% Wins
T1 Chase Elliott 1 T1 Chase Elliott 20.00 1
T1 Joey Logano 1 T1 Joey Logano 20.00 1
T1 Kyle Larson 1 T1 Kyle Larson 20.00 1
T1 Ross Chastain 1 T1 Ross Chastain 20.00 1
T1 Ryan Blaney 1 T1 Ryan Blaney 20.00 1

The 5 drivers that have a win in the Cup Series at Nashville are all racing this weekend looking to become the first two-time winner here.

Most Nashville Poles All-time
Rank Driver Poles Rank Driver Poles
1 Denny Hamlin 2 T2 Chase Briscoe 1
T2 Aric Almirola 1 T2 Ross Chastain 1

Denny Hamlin has been really fast here at Nashville as he’s the only 2x Pole winner here. Photo by James Gilbert — Getty Images

Most Nashville Top 3’s All-time Best Top 3% All-time
Rank Driver Top 3’s Rank Driver Top3% Top3’s
T1 Denny Hamlin 2 T1 Carson Hocevar 50.00 1
T1 Ross Chastain 2 T1 Kurt Busch 50.00 1
T1 Ryan Blaney 2 T1 Zane Smith 50.00 1
T4 Carson Hocevar 1 T4 Denny Hamlin 40.00 2
T4 Kurt Busch 1 T4 Ross Chastain 40.00 2
T4 Zane Smith 1 T4 Ryan Blaney 40.00 2
T4 Martin Truex Jr. 1 7 Martin Truex Jr. 25.00 1
T4 Chase Elliott 1 T8 Chase Elliott 20.00 1
T4 Joey Logano 1 T8 Joey Logano 20.00 1
T4 Kyle Larson 1 T8 Kyle Larson 20.00 1
T4 Tyler Reddick 1 T8 Tyler Reddick 20.00 1
T4 William Byron 1 T8 William Byron 20.00 1

There has been lots of turnover in Nashville races as in 5 races here there have been 12 different drivers to get a Top 3 finish here.

Most Nashville Top 5’s All-time Best Top 5% All-time
Rank Driver Top 5’s Rank Driver Top5% Top5’s
T1 Kyle Larson 3 T1 Kyle Larson 60.00 3
T1 Ross Chastain 3 T1 Ross Chastain 60.00 3
T3 Chase Elliott 2 T3 Carson Hocevar 50.00 1
T3 Denny Hamlin 2 T3 Kurt Busch 50.00 1
T3 Joey Logano 2 T3 Zane Smith 50.00 1
T3 Ryan Blaney 2 T6 Chase Elliott 40.00 2
T3 William Byron 2 T6 Denny Hamlin 40.00 2
T8 9
drivers
tied
1 T6 Joey Logano 40.00 2
T6 Ryan Blaney 40.00 2
T6 William Byron 40.00 2

Despite not getting a Top 5 in either of the last 2 Nashville Cup races Kyle Larson and Ross Chastain are still atop both Top 5 tables above.

Most Nashville Top 10’s All-time Best Top 10% All-time
Rank Driver Top 10’s Rank Driver Top10% Top10’s
1 Kyle Larson 5 T1 Kyle Larson 100 5
T2 Christopher Bell 4 T1 Kurt Busch 100 2
T2 Joey Logano 4 T1 Daniel Hemric 100 1
T4 Denny Hamlin 3 T4 Christopher Bell 80.00 4
T4 Ross Chastain 3 T4 Joey Logano 80.00 4
T4 Ryan Blaney 3 6 Kevin Harvick 66.67 2
T4 William Byron 3 T7 Denny Hamlin 60.00 3
T8 Kurt Busch 2 T7 Ross Chastain 60.00 3
T8 Kevin Harvick 2
T8 Bubba Wallace 2 T7 Ryan Blaney 60.00 3
T8 Chase Elliott 2
T8 Erik Jones 2 T7 William Byron 60.00 3
T8 Tyler Reddick 2

Kyle Larson is the only driver that has finished all 5 Nashville Cup races inside the Top 10, and he hopes to keep that going this weekend. Photo by Jeff Robinson — Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

Most Nashville Stage Wins All-time Best Stage Win% All-time
Rank Driver Stage
W’s
Rank Driver Stage W% Stage W’s
T1 Martin Truex Jr. 2 T1 Martin Truex Jr. 25.00 2
T1 Christopher Bell 2 T1 Kurt Busch 25.00 1
T1 Denny Hamlin 2 T3 Christopher Bell 20.00 2
T4 Kurt Busch 1 T3 Denny Hamlin 20.00 2
T4 Kyle Larson 1 T5 Kyle Larson 10.00 1
T4 Ryan Blaney 1 T5 Ryan Blaney 10.00 1
T4 Tyler Reddick 1 T5 Tyler Reddick 10.00 1

Look for Toyota to be strong in stages this weekend as they have won 7 of the 10 stages contested here at Nashville.

Most Nashville Stage T10’s All-time Best Stage T10% All-time
Rank Driver Stage
T10’s
Rank Driver Stage T10% Stage T10’s
1 Denny Hamlin 10 T1 Denny Hamlin 100 10
T2 Christopher Bell 7 T1 Kurt Busch 100 4
T2 Kyle Larson 7 3 Martin Truex Jr. 75.00 6
T4 Martin Truex Jr. 6 T4 Christopher Bell 70.00 7
T4 Chase Elliott 6 T4 Kyle Larson 70.00 7
T4 William Byron 6 6 Kevin Harvick 66.67 4
T7 Kyle Busch 5 T7 Chase Elliott 60.00 6
T7 Ryan Blaney 5 T7 William Byron 60.00 6
T9 Kurt Busch 4 T9 Kyle Busch 50.00 5
T9 Kevin Harvick 4 T9 Ryan Blaney 50.00 5
T9 Ross Chastain 4 T9 Matt DiBendedetto 50.00 1
T9 Tyler Reddick 4

Denny Hamlin is the only driver to compete in every race here at Nashville and not finish out of the Top 10 in Stage 1 or Stage 2 of any race. Photo by Jeffrey Vest — Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

Most Nashville Starts
without Win
Longest Nashville Win Streak
All-time
Rank Driver Starts Rank Driver Streak Year
T1 16 drivers tied 5 T1 Kyle Larson 1 2022
T1 Chase Elliott 1 2022
T1 Ross Chastain 1 2023
T1 Joey Logano 1 2024
T1 Ryan Blaney 1 2025

This weekend Ryan Blaney will look to become the first driver with a 2+ race Win streak here at Nashville, and Chase Briscoe will look to become the first driver with a 2+ race Pole streak here.

Most Nashville Starts
without Pole
Longest Nashville Pole Streak
All-time
Rank Driver Starts Rank Driver Streak Year
T1 18 drivers tied 5 T1 Aric Almirola 1 2021
T1 Denny Hamlin 1 2022
T1 Ross Chastain 1 2023
T1 Denny Hamlin 1 2024
T1 Chase Briscoe 1 2025
Most Nashville Starts
without Top 3
Longest Nashville Top 3 Streak
All-time
Rank Driver Starts Rank Driver Streak Year
T1 Alex Bowman 5 T1 15

drivers

tied

1 2021-2025
T1 Austin Dillon 5
T1 Brad Keselowski 5
T1 Bubba Wallace 5
T1 Chase Briscoe 5
T1 Chris Buescher 5
T1 Christopher Bell 5
T1 Daniel Suarez 5
T1 Erik Jones 5
T1 Justin Haley 5
T1 Kyle Busch 5
T1 Michael McDowell 5
T1 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 5

In the 5 Nashville Cup races no driver has finished back-to-back races in the Top 3, and there are 13 drivers to start every Cup race here and not get a Top 3 finish.

Most Nashville Starts
without Top 5
Longest Nashville Top 5 Streak
All-time
Rank Driver Starts Rank Driver Streak Year
T1 Alex Bowman 5 T1 Kyle Larson 3 2021-23
T1 Austin Dillon 5 T1 Ross Chastain 3 2021-23
T1 Brad Keselowski 5 T3 Chase Elliott 2 2022-23
T1 Bubba Wallace 5 T3 Joey Logano 2 2024-25
T1 Chase Briscoe 5 T5 15

drivers

tied

1 2021-2025
T1 Christopher Bell 5
T1 Daniel Suarez 5
T1 Erik Jones 5
T1 Justin Haley 5
T1 Kyle Busch 5
T1 Michael McDowell 5
T1 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 5

This weekend Joey Logano hopes to join Kyle Larson and Ross Chastain as the only drivers to finish 3 straight Nashville races in the Top 5.

Most Nashville Starts
without Top 10
Longest Nashville Top 10 Streak
All-time
Rank Driver Starts Rank Driver Streak Year
T1 Alex Bowman 5 1 Kyle Larson 5 2021-25
T1 Austin Dillon 5 T2 Christopher Bell 3 2021-23
T1 Brad Keselowski 5 T2 Ross Chastain 3 2021-23
T1 Chase Briscoe 5 T4 Joey Logano 2 2021-22
T1 Justin Haley 5 T4 Kevin Harvick 2 2021-22
T1 Michael McDowell 5 T4 Kurt Busch 2 2021-22
T7 Corey LaJoie 4 T4 Chase Elliott 2 2022-23
T7 J.J. Yeley 4 T4 Denny Hamlin 2 2022-23
T7 Todd Gilliland 4 T4 Bubba Wallace 2 2024-25
T4 Joey Logano 2 2024-25
T10 6 drivers tied 3 T4 Ryan Blaney 2 2024-25
T4 Tyler Reddick 2 2024-25

Kyle Larson has been on quite a roll here at Nashville as he’s finished Top 10 in all 5 races, but his teammate Alex Bowman has been the opposite as he’s yet to finish in the Top 10 here.

Most Nasvhille Stages
without Stage Win
Longest Nashville Stage Win
Streak (since 2017)
Rank Driver Stages Rank Driver Streak Race
T1 16

drivers

tied

10 T1 Martin Truex Jr. 2 2022.17 s1&s2
T1 Christopher Bell 2 2024.19 s1&s2
T3 Kurt Busch 1 2021.17 s1
T3 Kyle Larson 1 2021.17 s2
T3 Tyler Reddick 1 2023.17 s1
T3 Denny Hamlin 1 2023.17 s2
T3 Denny Hamlin 1 2025.14 s1
T3 Ryan Blaney 1 2025.14 s2

This weekend Ryan Blaney looks to win Stage 1 and 2 to become the first driver to get 3 Stage Wins in a row here at Nashville.

Most Nashville Stages
without Stage T10
Longest Nashville Stage T10
Streak (since 2017)
Rank Driver Stages Rank Driver Streak Race
T1 Alex Bowman 10 1 Denny Hamlin 10 2021.17 s1- 2025.14 s2
T1 Justin Haley 10 T2 Martin Truex Jr. 6 2022.17 s1- 2024.19 s2
T3 Corey LaJoie 8 T2 Christopher Bell 6 2023.17 s1- 2025.14 s2
T3 J.J. Yeley 8 T4 Kyle Busch 5 2021.17 s1- 2023.17 s1
T3 Ryan Preece 8 T4 Kyle Larson 5 2021.17 s1- 2023.17 s1
T3 Todd Gilliland 8 T6 Kurt Busch 4 2021.17 s1- 2022.17 s2
T7 Chad Finchum 6 T6 Chase Elliott 4 2022.17 s1- 2023.17 s2
T7 Cole Custer 6 T8 Kevin Harvick 3 2021.17 s2- 2022.17 s2
T7 Harrison Burton 6 T8 Ross Chastain 3 2022.17 s2- 2023.17 s2
T7 Josh Bilicki 4 T8 Wiliiam Byron 3 2023.17 s1- 2024.19 s1
T7 Ty Dillon 6 T8 Tyler Reddick 3 2024.19 s1-2025.14 s1
T8 Ryan Blaney 3 2024.19 s2- 2025.14 s2

If Alex Bowman cannot get a Stage T10 this weekend then he would be the only driver to start all 6 Nashville Cup races and not get a Stage T10 here. Photo by Sean Gardner — Getty Images