What’s Happening?
Legacy Motor Club announced on Wednesday that Noah Gragson has been cleared to return this weekend at Nashville Superspeedway. In addition to that, he has been given a Playoff waiver, keeping him eligible for the postseason despite missing a race.
He’s back! @NoahGragson will be back behind the wheel of the No. 42 @blckriflecoffee Chevrolet for @NashvilleSuperS this weekend. @NASCAR has also granted him a playoff waiver. pic.twitter.com/eRuBSX5q8x
— LEGACY MOTOR CLUB (@LegacyMotorclub) June 21, 2023
You Need to Know:
- Noah Gragson returns after missing the race at Sonoma two weekends ago. Because of the off-week, it will be the first time in almost three weeks that Gragson has been behind the wheel of a race car.
- Gragson was injured at World Wide Technology Raceway on June 4th. A brake rotor exploded heading into turn one, and Gragson backed his car into the wall. The injury and subsequent sitting out of the race was not announced until a few days later.
- This return had been teased in a couple of tweets the day prior, but today it was officially announced. Fans are excited to see Gragson back at the track.
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The Main Characters
This was the incident that injured Gragson at Gateway earlier in June.
Gragson teased his return with this tweet on Tuesday.
https://t.co/sBl967vKzj pic.twitter.com/iAmXo2u8CT
— Noah Gragson (@NoahGragson) June 20, 2023
Legacy Motor Club’s paint scheme reveal also teased Gragson’s return.
Grab your hat 🤠, it's almost time to 𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙚 in Nashville pic.twitter.com/ITexVwkMdE
— LEGACY MOTOR CLUB (@LegacyMotorclub) June 20, 2023
In the Stands
avery watkins is nothing short of excited.

Michelle Kronick is happy to see this update.

Kelly Dayton with a New Girl reference.

Micah is excited.

Brannon Morton is excited to have cowboy Noah Gragson back.

Always a good question…

besong does not have high expectations for Gragson’s return.

Christopher Hansen is excited
