Nashville NASCAR Next Gen Speed Rankings
| Rank | Driver | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Avg. Speed Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denny Hamlin | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3.0 |
| 2 | Christopher Bell | 7 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4.4 |
| 3 | Ryan Blaney | 8 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7.0 |
| 4 | Chase Elliott | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 7.6 |
| 5 | Ross Chastain | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 8.2 |
| 6 | Kyle Larson | 10 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 3 | 8.6 |
| 7 | Tyler Reddick | 21 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 9.2 |
| 8 | William Byron | 17 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 19 | 10.6 |
| 9 | Ty Gibbs | 12 | 7 | 21 | 9 | 12.3 | |
| 10 | Bubba Wallace | 11 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 12.8 |
| 11 | Joey Logano | 13 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 13.6 |
| 12 | Carson Hocevar | 18 | 10 | 15 | 14.3 | ||
| 13 | Erik Jones | 20 | 10 | 34 | 5 | 8 | 15.4 |
| 14 | Shane van Gisbergen | 25 | 7 | 16.0 | |||
| 15 | Chris Buescher | 16 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 24 | 16.2 |
| 16 | AJ Allmendinger | 15 | 6 | 24 | 26 | 12 | 16.6 |
| 17 | Brad Keselowski | 18 | 17 | 11 | 23 | 21 | 18.0 |
| 18 | Michael McDowell | 14 | 30 | 29 | 14 | 12 | 19.8 |
| 19 | Corey Heim | 21 | 22 | 17 | 20.0 | ||
| 20 | Daniel Suarez | 12 | 17 | 23 | 29 | 20 | 20.2 |
| 21 | Austin Cindric | 19 | 28 | 17 | 9 | 32 | 21.0 |
| 21 | Chase Briscoe | 30 | 32 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 21.0 |
| 21 | Zane Smith | 35 | 17 | 11 | 21.0 | ||
| 24 | Josh Berry | 20 | 20 | 27 | 22.3 | ||
| 25 | Alex Bowman | 24 | 14 | 19 | 36 | 22 | 23.0 |
| 26 | Austin Dillon | 25 | 20 | 22 | 27 | 25 | 23.8 |
| 27 | Riley Herbst | 27 | 23 | 25.0 | |||
| 28 | Noah Gragson | 29 | 15 | 29 | 28 | 25.3 | |
| 29 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 22 | 22 | 36 | 31 | 26 | 27.4 |
| 30 | Ryan Preece | 27 | 28 | 18 | 37 | 27.5 | |
| 31 | Cole Custer | 28 | 24 | 31 | 27.7 | ||
| 32 | Ty Dillon | 32 | 31 | 33 | 29 | 31.3 | |
| 33 | Todd Gilliland | 31 | 36 | 32 | 32 | 30 | 32.2 |
| 34 | Connor Zilisch | 33 | 33.0 | ||||
| 35 | John H Nemechek | 37 | 34 | 34 | 35.0 | ||
| 36 | Cody Ware | 33 | 37 | 36 | 35.3 |