Joe Gibbs Racing driver Chase Briscoe became one of the more competitive threats as the Bass Pro Shops Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway went on, but ultimately settled for a top-10 finish. Briscoe started the race deep in the field from the 31st position. He spent the entire first stage trying to make up ground on the field, both on pit road and on the track. Briscoe ended the first stage in 13th, failing to score stage points. In the second stage, Briscoe did make it up to the top 10, but as pit stops occurred, he fell back outside of the top 10 and ended the stage in the 11th position, falling short of stage points. In the final stage, Briscoe finally made it up to the front and acquired the lead after pit stops cycled him to first. He led for most of the final stage until lap 416, when his teammate Ty Gibbs bumped him out of the way for the lead. Briscoe never made it back up to first from this point, but still executed on pit stops and restarts in order to leave Bristol with a finish of ninth. This marks Briscoe's third career top-10 finish at Bristol as well as his third consecutive in the Cup Series.

Hendrick Motorsports driver Alex Bowman had a rollercoaster performance during Saturday's Bass Pro Shops Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway. Starting in the 15th position, Bowman needed to basically win or have help in order to advance in the playoffs. In the first stage, he suffered a setback when he spun late in the stage. As a result, he was mired back in the pack and ended the first stage in 27th. In the second stage, Bowman made up ground by taking care of his car and managing his tires better than most other drivers, and made it up to the top 10. Extra cautions during the stage helped to solidify his position in the top 10, as others fell off the lead lap while Bowman remained on the lead lap. He ended the second stage in the third position, gaining several stage points, but it would not be enough to overcome the points deficit he was facing without help. In the final stage, Bowman ran inside the top five for most of the stage and was a threat to compete for the win, even getting on a tire strategy that aimed to have him take the lead from Brad Keselowski, Carson Hocevar, and others. A late race caution derailed Bowman's plan, forcing him to stay out on old tires for the race's final restart. Unfortunately for Bowman, his old tires would not give him enough grip to maintain his position, and he fell back to eighth, where he finished the race. Despite earning the sixth top-10 finish of his Cup career at Bristol, Bowman was 10 points short of advancing to the Round of 12 and was eliminated from the 2025 playoffs.

Christopher Bell of Joe Gibbs Racing won Saturday's Bass Pro Shops Night Race, taking place at Bristol Motor Speedway. Bell began the race from the ninth position, but lost ground in the first stage and even fell outside of the lead lap. He did not have the car or the right circumstances to go his way through pit road and ended the first stage in 19th. In the second stage, his team improved his car, and he got back to the lead lap. Bell ran as high as the top five before pit stops moved him outside of the top 10 by the end of the stage. Bell finished stage two in 12th and did not earn any stage points for the race. In the final stage, Bell cycled towards the top five through pit stops and ran there for most of the stage. The No. 20 Toyota driver made no further mistakes and stayed on the lead lap through the rest of the stage. Bell eventually restarted fourth on what would be the race's final restart behind Carson Hocevar and Zane Smith and was alongside Brad Keselowski. It was on this restart that Bell tapped Smith out of the way into Hocevar for the race lead and then held off a hard-charging Keselowski for the final three laps. As a result, Bell collected his first Bristol victory and his fourth overall for the 2025 season, advancing him to the Round of 12 in the playoffs.

Truck Series regular and part-time Cup driver Corey Heim finished in the sixth position in Saturday Night's Bass Pro Shops Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway. Heim started the race from the 38th position and was not much of a factor in the early part of the event. Heim earned no stage points, as he placed 31st at the end of the first stage and 26th at the end of the second stage. In the final stage, Heim did take care of his equipment, and as a result, he would continue to pass drivers who struggled with tires until he made it to the top 10. After a few late-race cautions that allowed him to restart on the lead lap in the top 10, Heim made a charge for the top five on the race's final restart but ended up with a sixth-place finish. It is Heim's first career top-10 finish in the Cup Series in what is expected to be his final start of the 2025 Cup season.