Noah Gragson to make NASCAR Cup Series return at Nashville
LEBANON, TENN. — Noah Gragson is set to make his return in the NASCAR Cup Series Ally 400 this Sunday at Nashville Superspeedway.
Legacy Motor Club announced Gragson’s return and said NASCAR granted him a playoff waiver.
On lap 199 of the Cup Series race June 4 at Gateway, Gragson’s brake rotor blew entering turn one. He spun, hit the grass and slammed the outside wall with the right-rear of the car.
Gragson missed the June 11 Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway due to concussion-like symptoms. Grant Enfinger filled in and finished 26th on the lead lap.
Gragson sit 33rd in points with no top-ten finishes, only two laps led and an average finish of 28.5. He only has two lead-lap finishes better than 26th this season: 12th at Atlanta in March, 20th at COTA in March.
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Jonathan Fjeld is the co-owner of the The Racing Experts, LLC. He has been with TRE since 2010.
A Twin Valley, MN, native, Fjeld became a motorsports fan at just three years old (first race was the 2002 Pennsylvania 500). He worked as a contributor and writer for TRE from 2010-18. Since then, he has stepped up and covered 24 NASCAR race weekends and taken on a larger role with TRE. He became the co-owner and managing editor in 2023 and has guided the site to massive growth in that time.
Fjeld has covered a wide array of stories and moments over the years, including Kevin Harvick's final Cup Series season, the first NASCAR national series disqualification in over 50 years, Shane van Gisbergen's stunning win in Chicago and the first Cup Series race at Road America in 66 years – as well as up-and-coming drivers' stories and stories from inside the sport, like the tech it takes for Hendrick Motorsports to remain a top-tier team.
Currently, he resides in Albuquerque, N.M., where he works for KOB 4, an NBC station. He works as a digital producer and does on-air reports. He loves spending time with friends and family, playing and listening to music, exploring new places, being outdoors, reading books and writing among other activities. You can email him at fjeldjonathan@gmail.com