{"id":52486,"date":"2025-05-31T18:45:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T23:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racedaysa.com\/?p=52486"},"modified":"2025-06-01T08:38:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T13:38:37","slug":"chase-briscoe-claims-second-consecutive-pole-ahead-of-the-cracker-barrel-400-at-nashville-superspeedway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/31\/chase-briscoe-claims-second-consecutive-pole-ahead-of-the-cracker-barrel-400-at-nashville-superspeedway\/","title":{"rendered":"Chase Briscoe claims second consecutive pole ahead of the Cracker Barrel 400 at Nashville Superspeedway \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Holly Cain, NASCAR Wire Service <\/em><\/p>\n

Chase Briscoe claimed the Busch Light Pole Award for the second consecutive week and third time of the season Saturday, besting his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate, Denny Hamlin, by only 0.049 seconds in qualifying to earn the top starting position for Sunday\u2019s Cracker Barrel 400 at Nashville Superspeedway (7 p.m. ET, Amazon Prime, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).<\/p>\n

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Chase Briscoe, driver of the #19 Bass Pro Shops Toyota, poses for photos after winning the pole award during qualifying for the NASCAR Cup Series Cracker Barrel 400 at Nashville Superspeedway on May 31, 2025 in Lebanon, Tennessee. (Photo by James Gilbert\/Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n

Briscoe was among the very last to take to the 1.33-mile concrete oval turning in a track record lap of 164.395 mph in the No. 19 JGR Toyota. He and his teammate Hamlin \u2013 a two-time Nashville pole winner \u2013 will lead the field to green with current NASCAR Cup Series championship leader, Hendrick Motorsports\u2019 William Byron in the No. 24 Chevrolet and 23XI Racing\u2019s Tyler Reddick in the No. 45 Toyota, a row behind.<\/p>\n

\u201cI guess I just pushed my head farther forward as I was coming to the line,\u2019\u2019 Briscoe joked of the tight margin between the teammates to decide pole position.<\/p>\n

\u201cHonestly, I thought I ran a decent lap. Just a smooth lap and sometimes that\u2019s what it takes. Obviously, a good Saturday for our Bass Pro Shops Toyota and obviously two weeks in a row we\u2019ve been able to do that now, which is nice. Just need to put a Sunday together now.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrack position is going to be really really big here tomorrow and that\u2019s the name of the game most every place we go, certainly at this place. So hopefully we can maintain track position and keep it up front all day long.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Hamlin agreed about the significance of a good starting position. <\/p>\n

\u201cCertainly going to be a track position-type race, and with very minimum [tire] falloff, even in practice I kept having to back up from the guys that I was catching.\u2019\u2019 said Hamlin, driver of the No. 11 JGR Toyota. \u201cObviously great job for our Progressive Toyota team to get us a good starting spot and pit stall.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would have loved to have number one, but Chase just ruined that,\u2019\u2019 he added smiling. \u201cReally happy for the whole Joe Gibbs Racing team to get the whole front row there. I definitely think we can race from that spot.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Reddick held the number one position on the speed chart for much of qualifying, only to be bested later by his team co-owner Hamlin, Briscoe, and Byron late in the session. Last year\u2019s regular season champion Reddick was fastest in practice in both single-lap speed and 10-lap average speed.<\/p>\n

Last week\u2019s Charlotte race winner Ross Chastain \u2013 the 2023 Nashville winner \u2013 was fifth fastest in the No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet, followed by RFK Racing owner and driver Brad Keselowski, who set the fastest time among the Fords.<\/p>\n

Joe Gibbs Racing\u2019s Christopher Bell, Spire Motorsports\u2019 Michael McDowell, Team Penske\u2019s Joey Logano and RFK\u2019s Christopher Buescher rounded out the top-10 in qualifying.<\/p>\n

Former race winner (2021) Kyle Larson will start 28th and his Hendrick teammate Chase Elliott, the 2022 Nashville winner, will roll off 11th.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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