Winners, losers of the NASCAR CUP race at Nashville won by Ryan Blaney

Lebanon, Tenn. – A look at the winners and losers of Sunday night’s cup race at Nashville Superspeedway.

Winners

Ryan Blaney – He led 139 rounds, including the final 32, to achieve his first cup victory of the season. This is the eighth time in the last nine seasons that he has achieved at least one cup victory. “It was nice to finally get to a rocky start of the year in Victory Lane tonight,” said Blaney, who did not complete five races this year.

The team Penske driver took control of a long green flag run to end the race after winning phase 2.

Team Penske – Become the first organization that makes all its managers win a race this season. Team Penske won three of the last five points races – Austin Cindric in Talladega, Joey Logano in Texas and Ryan Blaney in Nashville. The Wood Brothers are also in line with Team Penske and won with Josh Berry earlier this season at Las Vegas.

The team Penske manager becomes the ninth manager to win in the 2025 season.

Carson Hocevar – Has tied his career the best finish by placing second on Nashville.

Carson Hcevar bound his best finish to the career by placing second on Nashville.

Denny Hamlin – Third placed on Nashville. This is his fifth top five-final in the last nine races.

Erik Jones – His result of seventh place is his second top 10 in the last four races. Not a bad way to go to Michigan, his home lane this weekend.

Losers

Justin Haley – His 32nd place finishes the third consecutive race he ended 30th or worse.

You gibbs – He finishes 31st on Nashville. This is the fourth race in a row he has placed 23rd or worse.

AJ Public – Nascar caught the team that adjusted the car after it went through the inspection on Saturday. He had to perform a stop-and-go strip after taking the green flag in Sunday’s race. He lost a shot. With the first phase without a caution, he kept a shot and tied deep into the suit. He finally got his shot back and finished 20th. The day could have been better if they had not had the punishment.

Nascar discovered that AJ Allmender’s team made a non -approved adjustment before Saturday’s practice and qualifying.