Contenders and Pretenders - Michigan

Hello everyone! One of your three proud leaders of Nascar Amino, Tanor Campos, here and welcome to the 14th installment of Contenders and Pretenders! The 2023 Nascar Cup Series champion Ryan Blaney captured his first win of the 2025 season at Nashville Superspeedway after dominating the competition! Michigan International Speedway will play host to the yearly annual manufacturer showdown as the best drivers in the Nascar Cup Series will look to defend the honor of their brand during today's 200-lap showdown so anyways let's get started with the 14th installment of Contenders and Pretenders on Nascar Amino!

Major Pretender

51 Cody Ware

35 Riley Herbst

88 Shane Van Gisbergen

7 Justin Haley

10 Ty Dillon

34 Todd Gilliland

Slight Pretender

41 Cole Custer

43 Erik Jones

16 Aj Allmendinger

99 Daniel Suarez

47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr

21 Josh Berry

71 Michael McDowell

38 Zane Smith

3 Austin Dillon

4 Noah Gragson

Possible Contender

42 John Hunter Nemechek

77 Carson Hocevar

60 Ryan Preece

8 Kyle Busch

22 Joey Logano

1 Ross Chastain

12 Ryan Blaney

6 Brad Keselowski

5 Kyle Larson

23 Bubba Wallace

Major Contender

9 Chase Elliott

19 Chase Briscoe

2 Austin Cindric

17 Chris Buescher

11 Denny Hamlin

45 Tyler Reddick

48 Alex Bowman

54 Ty Gibbs

24 William Byron

Race Winner

Christopher Bell

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