NASCAR Turns Heads With Ford Post Before Michigan Race originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The 2025 NASCAR Cup Series started its June schedule with Ryan Blaney of Team Penske snatching the checkered flag at the Nashville Superspeedway to win the Cracker Barrel 400.

There’s one storyline in NASCAR as old as time – or at least my lifetime: Fast young guns, willing to push the limits of both their equipment and competitors. It was Jeff Gordon in the ’90s, then Kyle Busch in the 2000s and eventually Brad Keselowski in the 2010s.