A pair of youngsters rallied from an early multi-car wreck and their share of on-track challenges to post top-15 results at Talladega and keep their championship hopes alive.
The three-time Daytona 500 champion prevailed in a wild, controversial finish to win at Talladega and race his way into the Round of 8 in the 2020 Cup Playoffs.
The Winamac, Indiana, native stormed to the lead with two laps remaining before notching up another superspeedway victory of this season and keeping his title hopes alive.
A dominating run and a late restart in the Alsco 300 at Las Vegas, Briscoe fulfilled his goal after claiming his eighth victory of the season over Noah Gragson.
A group of current and former Stewart-Haas Racing competitors survived a long evening at Thunder Valley to transfer into the second round of the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs.
The Round of 16 in the 2020 Cup Playoffs resulted with Ryan Blaney, Cole Custer and Matt DiBenedetto joining William Byron as the first four competitors to be eliminated from title contention.
The 26-year-old Ferguson from Lincolnton, North Carolina, will make his second career Truck start with Kaulig Racing more than a month after making his Truck debut at Bristol.
Spire Motorsports has earned one win and three top five finishes. Rajah Caruth took the checkered flag in last year's Rackley Roofing 200 after leading 61 laps.
In 12 previous NASCAR Cup Series starts at Nashville (Tenn.) Superspeedway, Spire Motorsports has two top-five finishes with a best result of second earned twice by Zane Smith (2024) and Carson Hocevar (2025).