Kyle Larson came into Nashville looking to rebound from Memorial Day Weekend where he crashed out of both the Coca-Cola 600 and Indianapolis 500. Unfortunately, things got off to a slow start as he only reached 24th in practice.
That continued in qualifying, placing 28th in the 39-car grid in his worst qualifying effort of the 2025 season. He was also the lowest of all four Hendrick Motorsports drivers in qualifying. His worst start of the year before this was 25th at Talladega, where he fought back to finish second. But of course, that was a superspeedway race. His worst start at a non-drafting track this year was 19th at Darlington, which saw him wreck early in the event as he tried to fight his way forward.
