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2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series
44th season of the NASCAR Xfinity Series From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.

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 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
Part-time teams
Notes:
- The Austin Hill who drives for Richard Childress Racing and the Austin Hill who drives for Joey Gase Motorsports are different people.
- Entry was fielded in a collaboration with MBM Motorsports.
- 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
- Sheldon Creed will move from Joe Gibbs Racing to drive for Haas Factory Team in the No. 00.[64]
- Brandon Jones will leave JR Motorsports and return to Joe Gibbs Racing in the No. 20 car.[77]
- Sam Mayer will move from JR Motorsports to Haas Factory Team, where he will drive in the No. 41 car.[64]
- Ryan Ellis will move from Alpha Prime Racing to DGM Racing.[17]
- Anthony Alfredo will move from Our Motorsports to drive the No. 42 full-time for Young's Motorsports, replacing Leland Honeyman.[60]
- Parker Retzlaff will not return to the Jordan Anderson Racing No. 31 car.[129] He replaces Ryan Ellis at Alpha Prime Racing, with the No. 43 being renumbered to No. 4.[2]
- Blaine Perkins will move from RSS Racing to Jordan Anderson Racing, replacing Parker Retzlaff in the No. 31.[24]
Moving between series
- A. J. Allmendinger will move back to the Cup Series in 2025.[43]
- Harrison Burton, who was released by Wood Brothers Racing in the Cup Series, will move to AM Racing and drive the No. 25 car in 2025.[61]
- Cole Custer will move back to the Cup Series to drive for Haas Factory Team.[63]
- Kris Wright will move from the ARCA Menards Series to replace Anthony Alfredo as the driver of the Our Motorsports No. 5 car in 2025.[111]
- Chandler Smith will be driving for Front Row Motorsports in the Truck Series in 2025 after it was announced he would not be driving for Joe Gibbs Racing.[130][131]
Retirement
- Parker Kligerman retired from full-time competition at the conclusion of the 2024 season.[132]
Rookies
- Daniel Dye will drive the Kaulig Racing No. 10 car full-time in 2025, after running part-time for the team in 2024.[34]
- Christian Eckes signed a deal to drive the No. 16 car for Kaulig Racing in 2024, replacing A. J. Allmendinger, who will move back to the Cup Series.[44]
- Carson Kvapil will race full-time for JR Motorsports in the No. 1 car, replacing Sam Mayer.[25]
- Nick Sanchez will drive full-time for Big Machine Racing in the No. 48 car in 2025, replacing Parker Kligerman.[13]
- Connor Zilisch will drive for JR Motorsports in the No. 88 car full-time in 2025, after running part-time for the team in 2024.[30][31]
- Taylor Gray will drive for Joe Gibbs Racing in the No. 54 car full-time in 2025, after running part-time for the team in 2024.[78]
- William Sawalich will drive for Joe Gibbs Racing in the No. 18 car full-time in 2025, after running part-time for the team in 2024.[68]
- Dean Thompson will drive for Sam Hunt Racing in the No. 26 car full-time in 2025, after running part-time for the team in 2024.[80]
Team changes
- The partnership of Tony Stewart and Gene Haas, known as Stewart–Haas Racing, was dissolved at the end of the 2024 season, with Gene Haas acquiring full ownership of the two Xfinity Series teams which will be called Haas Factory Team banner.[133]
- Scott Osteen, who was the owner of Floridian Motorsports, a new team that debuted in the Truck Series in 2024, became a co-owner of Joey Gase Motorsports for 2025. The team returns to fielding two full-time cars in 2025 after fielding only the No. 35 full-time and the No. 53 part-time in 2024.[81]
- Viking Motorsports, which was part of RSS Racing in 2024, is splitting off into its own team and switching to Chevy as its manufacturer for 2025.[58]
- Beth and Randy Knighton, the owners of Knight Fire Protection, one of the sponsors of Garrett Smithley's No. 14 car for SS-Green Light Racing, will have an ownership stake (BRK Racing) of that car in 2025.[56]
- Jesse Iwuji Motorsports will have an ownership stake with DGM Racing of their cars in 2025.[5][134]
Other potential and rumored changes
Drivers
- Supercars Championship driver Broc Feeney has been linked to Kaulig Racing for a partial schedule on the road courses, although it has yet to be confirmed by Feeney or the team.[135]
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Schedule
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The 2025 schedule was released on August 29, 2024, and consists of 26 oval races, 6 road course races, one street track race.[136] 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
- The series will return to Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez for the first time since the 2008 Corona Mexico 200.[140]
- Rockingham Speedway will return to the series for the first time since 2004.[141]
- Gateway will return to the series after a 14-year absence.[142]
- Bristol earns a second date, while Michigan, New Hampshire and Richmond are removed from the Xfinity series' schedule, and Darlington loses its second date.[143]
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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.[144]
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.[145]
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.[146]
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.[147]
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.[148]
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.[149]
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.[150]
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.[151]
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.[152]
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.[153]
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.[154]
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.[155]
Round 13: BetMGM 300
Taylor Gray won the pole. William Byron swept the stages and won after an overtime attempt over Justin Allgaier.[156]
Round 14: Tennessee Lottery 250
William Sawalich won the pole. Justin Allgaier swept the stages and held off teammate Connor Zilisch for the win.[157]
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.[158]
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.[159] Dale Earnhardt Jr., filling in for the suspended Mardy Lindley, earned his first win as a crew chief.[160]
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.[161]
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.[162] During the race, van Gisbergen experienced a cool suit malfunction, and his car also had a balky carburetor.[163]
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.[164]
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.[165] This was also the final Xfinity Series event for Our Motorsports, after they announced that they would cease operations following this race.[166]
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.[167][49] 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.[168]
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Results and standings
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Race results
Drivers' championship
(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.
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.
Manufacturers' championship
After 22 of 33 races
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See also
- 2025 NASCAR Cup Series
- 2025 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
- 2025 ARCA Menards Series
- 2025 ARCA Menards Series East
- 2025 ARCA Menards Series West
- 2025 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
- 2025 NASCAR Canada Series
- 2025 NASCAR Mexico Series
- 2025 NASCAR Euro Series
- 2025 NASCAR Brasil Series
- 2025 CARS Tour
- 2025 SMART Modified Tour
References
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