The Cup Series heads to Nashville Superspeedway for the Cracker Barrel 400, the only Cup stop on the 1.33-mile concrete oval. Five Cup races have been run here since 2021 with five different winners. The 750-horsepower short-track package returns for the sixth running, the same rules set Phoenix, Darlington, Martinsville, Bristol, and Dover used this season. Three names with real edges from the data below.

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Denny Hamlin | Race Winner (+450)

Five career Nashville starts have produced three top-tens, two third-place finishes, and 344 total laps led. The No. 11 sat on pole in 2022 and 2024 and finished third from the second starting spot in 2025. The only outliers are a 22nd in the inaugural 2021 race and a 12th in 2024, despite leading 70 laps from the pole.

Hamlin’s current form more than checks the box. It always does. One has to rack their brain to remember when Hamlin struggled and for how long. There’s no point to that exercise. He’s rolling regardless of track or racing package. His 2026 Martinsville win — 292 laps led from the pole — isn’t a good comp for Nashville, but it did feature the new high horsepower package. His Dover All-Star victory — 103 laps led from the pole — is a better indicator. Dover, like Nashville, is a concrete track. Hamlin clearly knows how to drive on concrete, and the No. 11 JGR Toyota knows how to set up for concrete with the new racing package.

Kyle Larson | Race Winner (+750)

A perfect top-ten record at Nashville anchors the case. Five starts have produced five top-tens, three top-fives, and the 2021 inaugural win with 264 laps led. The 2022 and 2023 races ended in fourth and fifth place. His biggest disappointments were eighth-place finishes in 2024 and 2025, but the 2025 race finish wasn’t too unsettling. Larson started 28th on the grid.

Current short-track-package form backs the track record. The 2026 Bristol race (concrete track) produced 284 laps led and a third-place finish. The Phoenix opener produced a third. The Martinsville race produced a ninth.

Bubba Wallace | Race Winner (+3000)

The Nashville trajectory has only moved one direction. Twenty-first in 2021. Twelfth in 2022. Fifteenth in 2023. Seventh in 2024. Sixth in 2025. Three straight improvements with two top-tens in the last two starts, both from outside the top fifteen on the grid.

Current short-track-package form has flashed when the lights come on. The Phoenix opener produced a sixth from 28th on the grid. The Bristol race produced an eleventh. The two finishes between were poor (34th at Darlington, 36th at Martinsville), but Phoenix proved the speed exists. A longshot price will be available on race morning. The Nashville pattern is real. Take the value.