Ryan Blaney's long-awaited win at Nashville Superspeedway came at a pivotal point in the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season.

Motor Speedway, Spire Motorsports has logged two top-20 finishes. Corey LaJoie posted a team-best 17th-place result in the 2023 Coca-Cola 600. Spire Motorsports fields the Nos. 7, 71 and 77 Chevrolet ZL1s in the Cup Series for Justin Haley,

The two provisionals will allow the field to be expanded by two entries, but only if needed. It would push the starting grid from 38 to a maximum of 40 teams.

While it is generally believed that an increase in horsepower would improve NASCAR's racing product, Michael McDowell begged to differ.