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2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series

44th season of the NASCAR Xfinity Series From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series
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The 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series is the 44th season of the NASCAR Xfinity Series, a stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in the United States. The season started on February 15 with the United Rentals 300 at Daytona International Speedway and will end with the NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race on November 1 at Phoenix Raceway.

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Connor Zilisch, the current points leader.

The 2025 season will be the second season, and the first as the exclusive broadcaster, in which The CW will be televising the NASCAR Xfinity Series under NASCAR's new TV deal that will take place until 2031. This season also marks the final season with Xfinity as the title sponsor of the series.[1]

Justin Allgaier of JR Motorsports entered the season as the defending series champion.

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Teams and drivers

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Full-time teams

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Part-time teams

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Notes:

  1. [N 1]
    Ty Dillon relieved Williams in the No. 11 car during the race at Las Vegas in March (race #5) due to Williams being sick on the day of the race.[43]
  2. [N 2]
    The Austin Hill who drives for Richard Childress Racing and the Austin Hill who drives for Joey Gase Motorsports are different people.
  3. [N 3]
    Entry was fielded in a collaboration with MBM Motorsports.
  4. [N 4]
    At Rockingham (race #10), J. J. Yeley qualified the No. 53, but after Legge failed to qualify for the race in her own No. 32 car, she replaced J. J. Yeley in the No. 53.

Driver changes

Moving teams

Moving between series

Retirement

Rookies

See also: NASCAR Rookie of the Year § Xfinity Series

Team changes

Other potential and rumored changes

Drivers

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Schedule

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The 2025 GOVX 200 at Phoenix Raceway in March.

The 2025 schedule was released on August 29, 2024, and consists of 26 oval races, 6 road course races, one street track race.[137] Dash 4 Cash races are bolded.

Notes: Race names and title sponsors are subject to change. Not all title sponsors/names of races have been announced for 2025. For the races where a 2025 name and title sponsor has yet to be announced, the title sponsors/names of those races in 2024 are listed.

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    O Oval track
    R Road course
    S Street course

    Schedule changes

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    Season summary

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    Regular season

    Round 1: United Rentals 300

    Justin Allgaier scored the pole for the race. Austin Hill dominated most of the race, sweeping the stages and leading the most laps however, Hill would finish 33rd after an early incident. After Connor Zilisch hit the wall, the race went into an overtime finish. In the end, Jesse Love would hold on and earn his second career win and his first of the season.[145]

    Round 2: Bennett Transportation & Logistics 250

    Jesse Love scored the pole for the race. Austin Hill swept the stages for the second straight week and led the most laps, securing his 11th career Xfinity victory and his first of the season. This win also marked Hill's third consecutive victory in the spring Atlanta race and tied him with Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Tony Stewart for the most superspeedway wins in series history, each with eight.[146]

    Round 3: Focused Health 250

    Connor Zilisch started on the pole. William Byron would win the first stage and Harrison Burton won the second stage. Zilisch would navigate through late-race adversity, and continued his road course dominance by winning and earning his second career Xfinity win and his first of the season.[147]

    Round 4: GOVX 200

    Alex Bowman scored the pole for the race. Bowman won the first stage and Justin Allgaier won the second stage. With four laps to go, Nick Leitz hit the wall which sent the race into overtime. On the restart, Bowman had the lead but Aric Almirola edged Bowman at the line at 0.045 seconds, the 26th closest finish in NASCAR Xfinity Series history.[148]

    Round 5: The LiUNA!

    Sammy Smith scored the pole for the race. Justin Allgaier won the first stage and Aric Almirola won the second stage. In the end, Allgaier would edge out Almirola to earn his 26th career Xfinity Series victory and first of the season.[149]

    Round 6: Hard Rock Bet 300

    Taylor Gray won the pole. Sammy Smith won the first stage and Kyle Larson won the second stage. In overtime, Justin Allgaier would hold off Sam Mayer to earn his 27th career Xfinity Series victory and second in a row. In addition, Allgaier would earn $100,000 in part of the Dash 4 Cash event.[150]

    Round 7: US Marine Corps 250

    Connor Zilisch won the pole. Zilisch swept the stages for the first time in his career. With a highly controversial overtime finish, Austin Hill would steal the win on the final lap after Sammy Smith spun the leader Taylor Gray in the final turn. Hill snuck his way through to earn his 12th career Xfinity Series victory, and his second of the season. In addition, Hill would earn $100,000 in part of the Dash 4 Cash event.[151]

    Round 8: Sport Clips Haircuts VFW 200

    Christopher Bell won the pole. Harrison Burton won the first stage and Justin Allgaier won the second stage. In the end, Brandon Jones would snap an 98-race winless streak to earn his 6th Xfinity Series victory and his first of the season.[152]

    Round 9: SciAps 300

    Kyle Larson won the pole. Sam Mayer won the first stage after a wreck occurred, involving Brennan Poole and Sheldon Creed, Dash 4 Cash drivers, sending the red flag out for 14 minutes. Larson won the second stage and won the race for his 16th Xfinity Series win and first of the season. Justin Allgaier would earn $100,000 in part of the Dash 4 Cash event.[153]

    Round 10: North Carolina Education Lottery 250

    Connor Zilisch won the pole. Nick Sanchez won the first stage, his first career Xfinity stage and Dean Thompson won the second stage, his and his team's first stage win. In the end, Jesse Love initially won, but was disqualified after failing post race inspection; as a result, Sammy Smith was declared the winner, Smith's third career Xfinity Series win, and his first of the season.[154]

    Round 11: Ag-Pro 300

    Jesse Love won the pole and the first stage, while his teammate Austin Hill won the second stage. On lap 100, Aric Almirola moved to the top lane on the backstretch but wasn't clear, causing contact with Katherine Legge and also collecting Jeffrey Earnhardt and Brandon Jones. On the final lap, Connor Zilisch made a late block on Love, resulting in Zilisch hitting the inside wall hard. After a lengthy review involving Love, Hill, and Jeb Burton, Hill was declared the winner.[155]

    Round 12: Andy's Frozen Custard 300

    Austin Hill scored the provisional pole for the race after practice and qualifying was cancelled. Justin Allgaier won the first stage and Hill won the second stage. Kyle Larson, substituting for Connor Zilisch, would take over the lead in the final stages, and held off the field in two-overtime restarts to earn his 17th career Xfinity Series win, and second of the season.[156]

    Round 13: BetMGM 300

    Taylor Gray won the pole. William Byron swept the stages and won after an overtime attempt over Justin Allgaier.[157]

    Round 14: Tennessee Lottery 250

    William Sawalich won the pole. Justin Allgaier swept the stages and held off teammate Connor Zilisch for the win.[158]

    Round 15: The Chilango 150

    Connor Zilisch won the pole. Carson Kvapil won stage one and Sammy Smith won stage two. Daniel Suárez led the final 19 laps and held off a hard-charging Taylor Gray to earn his fourth career NASCAR Xfinity Series win—and his first of the season. Gray finished second, with Austin Hill rounding out the podium in third.[159]

    Round 16: Explore the Pocono Mountains 250

    Chase Elliott won the pole. Brandon Jones won stage one, and Connor Zilisch won stage two and the race.[160] Dale Earnhardt Jr., filling in for the suspended Mardy Lindley, earned his first win as a crew chief.[161]

    Round 17: Focused Health 250 (Atlanta)

    Sheldon Creed won the pole. Taylor Gray won stage one and Brandon Jones won stage two on Friday. In a wreck-filled race, Nick Sanchez took the lead on the final restart and held off the field to earn his first career NASCAR Xfinity Series win on Saturday.[162]

    Round 18: The Loop 110

    Shane van Gisbergen won the pole. van Gisbergen won stage one while Sheldon Creed won stage two. van Gisbergen won the race, but with setbacks.[163] During the race, van Gisbergen experienced a cool suit malfunction, and his car also had a balky carburetor.[164]

    Round 19: Pit Boss/FoodMaxx 250

    Shane van Gisbergen won the pole. Sam Mayer won stage one while Brandon Jones won stage two. While battling a hard-charging van Gisbergen, Connor Zilisch managed to defend his position and win the race.[165]

    Round 20: BetRivers 200

    Taylor Gray won the pole and stage one. Connor Zilisch won stage two and won the race after it was shorten with 66 laps to go due to rain.[166] This was also the final Xfinity Series event for Our Motorsports, after they announced that they would cease operations following this race.[167]

    Round 21: Pennzoil 250

    Sam Mayer won the pole and stage one. Justin Allgaier won stage two. Stage three had many rain cautions that could have ended the race with either Allgaier or Kyle Larson winning, but during the second-to-final restart, Allgaier and Larson were involved in an accident. With five laps remaining, coming out of Turn three, Aric Almirola made contact with the back of Austin Hill’s car, causing Hill to get loose and drift up the track. As Hill regained control, he came back down and hooked Almirola in the right-rear quarter panel, sending him head-on into the outside wall. Almirola was evaluated and released from the infield care center, while Hill received a five-lap penalty for reckless driving. On Tuesday following the race, Hill received a one-race suspension for the incident.[168][50] Connor Zilisch won his fifth of the season, and his third consecutive win, and this was also the 100th victory for JR Motorsports in the Xfinity Series.[169]

    Round 22: Hy-Vee PERKS 250

    Jesse Love won the pole. Connor Zilisch won stage one while Ross Chastain won stage two. Sam Mayer would go on to win the race, his first with Haas Factory Team and Ford's first of the season.[170]

    Round 23: Mission 200 at The Glen

    Connor Zilisch won the pole. Justin Allgaier won stage one while Zilisch won stage two. With eight laps to go, Austin Hill tagged Michael McDowell from behind through turns 5 and 6, causing McDowell to hit two different sides and creating a 16-car pileup. A red flag waved to stop the race for 45 minutes for debris pickup and track repairs. Following the resumption of the race, Zilisch would clinch his sixth race win of the season. However, while in Victory Lane celebrating the win, Zilisch slipped off his car and fell head first to the ground. Zilisch was taken to a local hospital where it was revealed he suffered only a broken collarbone.[171]

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    Results and standings

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    Race results

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    Drivers' championship

    Further information: List of NASCAR points scoring systems

    (key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by competition-based formula. * – Most laps led. F – Fastest lap. 1 – Stage 1 winner. 2 – Stage 2 winner.

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    Owners' championship (Top 15)

    (key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by competition-based formula. * – Most laps led. F – Fastest lap. 1 – Stage 1 winner. 2 – Stage 2 winner.

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    Manufacturers' championship

    After 23 of 33 races

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