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Taylor Gray nabs first Xfinity win; Jesse Love, Carson Kvapil lock into Champ 4

David Jensen/Getty Images

October 25, 2025

 

By Reid Spencer

NASCAR Wire Service

 

MARTINSVILLE, Va.—Not only did Taylor Gray have plenty of reason to celebrate his first NASCAR Xfinity Series victory Saturday night at Martinsville Speedway, but he also made Carson Kvapil’s day.

 

Driving the No.54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, Gray pulled away from former nemesis Sammy Smith after an overtime restart on Lap 252 and held on to win the IAA & Ritchie Bros. 250 at the 0.526-mile short track.

 

When Gray took the checkered flag, keeping Playoff contenders Smith and Brandon Jones behind him, Kvapil had a place in next Saturday’s Championship 4 Race at Phoenix Raceway.

 

After a frenetic drive from 30th place in the final 17 laps of regulation, Kvapil advanced to the Xfinity title race by four points over Jones and five over Smith. Kvapil joins Jesse Love, Justin Allgaier and rookie Connor Zilisch in the championship event.

 

Eliminated along with Jones and Smith were Sam Mayer, who took out his frustrations on Jeb Burton’s car after the race, and fourth-place finisher Sheldon Creed, who couldn’t prevail in a must-win situation entering the event.

 

The Playoff drama, however, did nothing to diminish the effort of Gray, who surged into the lead after a restart on Lap 202 and held it the rest of the way.

 

Gray was driving toward a probable victory in regulation when Daniel Dye’s Chevrolet began spewing sparks and stopped on the track to cause the ninth caution of the evening and force overtime.

 

With a great launch on the overtime restart, Gray pulled away to win by 0.344 seconds over Smith and 0.650 seconds over Jones.

 

“(Crew chief) Jason Ratcliff, all these guys—the pit crew did an awesome job tonight,” exulted Gray, who led a race-high 52 laps in his 45th start in the series. “They give me opportunities to win every time I walk through the gates to this race track.

 

“I knew I needed to get a good enough launch so that I wouldn’t have anyone in reach of me heading into Turn 1. At that point, I knew we had a good enough car to drive away from the guys behind me.”

 

Last spring, Gray was in a similar position before Smith knocked him out of the way in the closing laps with such aggression that NASCAR penalized the driver of the No. 8 JR Motorsports Chevrolet.

 

In Saturday’s race, Smith drove with more restraint in his pursuit, and Gray had his maiden victory in the series.

 

“I feel like we’re good enough to be in the final four,” Smith said. “We weren’t good enough in the Playoffs to do that. It really sucks, so we’ll just regroup and keep digging.”

 

Love, who came to Martinsville with a 40-point cushion above the elimination line, suffered through an evening fraught with errors, including a pair of pit road penalties, and finished 23rd. Nevertheless, he advanced by 18 points over Jones.

 

Kvapil seemed secure in points until a chain-reaction collision involving Ryan Sieg and Harrison Burton sent his No.1 JR Motorsports Chevrolet spinning on Lap 227.

 

Kvapil restarted 30th and drove frantically through the field to finish 18th and preserve his spot in the Championship 4.

 

“That was probably the most nerve-wracking racing I’ve done in my career,” Kvapil said. “Obviously, we were sitting in a pretty good spot before we got turned around there...

 

“I think the sky’s the limit for these guys. Our season hasn’t been the flashiest ... but you never know. It all comes down to one race, and we’ve got a 25-percent chance of winning.”

 

Aric Almirola, who will battle for the Xfinity owners’ championship next Saturday against Allgaier, Zilisch and Austin Hill, finished fifth behind Creed. Jeb Burton, Mayer, Dean Thompson, Connor Zilisch and Justin Bonsignore completed the top 10.

 

NASCAR Xfinity Series Race - IAA & Ritchie Bros. 250

Martinsville Speedway

Martinsville, Virginia

Saturday, October 25, 2025

 

                  1. (13)  Taylor Gray #, Toyota, 253.

                  2. (15)  Sammy Smith (P), Chevrolet, 253.

                  3. (11)  Brandon Jones (P), Toyota, 253.

                  4. (5)  Sheldon Creed (P), Ford, 253.

                  5. (3)  Aric Almirola (P), Toyota, 253.

                  6. (12)  Jeb Burton, Chevrolet, 253.

                  7. (24)  Sam Mayer (P), Ford, 253.

                  8. (30)  Dean Thompson, Toyota, 253.

                  9. (38)  Connor Zilisch # (P), Chevrolet, 253.

                  10. (14)  Justin Bonsignore, Toyota, 253.

                  11. (1)  Harrison Burton, Ford, 253.

                  12. (6)  Austin Hill (P), Chevrolet, 253.

                  13. (23)  Corey Day, Chevrolet, 253.

                  14. (19)  Myatt Snider, Chevrolet, 253.

                  15. (7)  Ryan Sieg, Ford, 253.

                  16. (29)  Anthony Alfredo, Chevrolet, 253.

                  17. (33)  Patrick Staropoli, Toyota, 253.

                  18. (2)  Carson Kvapil # (P), Chevrolet, 253.

                  19. (18)  Nick Sanchez #, Chevrolet, 253.

                  20. (17)  Blaine Perkins, Chevrolet, 253.

                  21. (27)  Kyle Sieg, Ford, 253.

                  22. (25)  Ryan Ellis, Chevrolet, 253.

                  23. (21)  Jesse Love (P), Chevrolet, 253.

                  24. (37)  Austin Green, Chevrolet, 253.

                  25. (26)  Connor Mosack(i), Chevrolet, 253.

                  26. (4)  Justin Allgaier (P), Chevrolet, 253.

                  27. (9)  Christian Eckes #, Chevrolet, 253.

                  28. (32)  Josh Williams, Chevrolet, 253.

                  29. (10)  Parker Retzlaff, Chevrolet, 253.

                  30. (31)  Garrett Smithley, Chevrolet, 253.

                  31. (28)  Brad Perez, Chevrolet, 253.

                  32. (34)  Mason Maggio, Ford, 252.

                  33. (22)  Daniel Dye #, Chevrolet, 252.

                  34. (35)  Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 226.

                  35. (8)  Brenden Queen, Chevrolet, Accident, 197.

                  36. (16)  Brennan Poole, Chevrolet, DVP, 195.

                  37. (36)  Takuma Koga, Toyota, Carburetor, 149.

                  38. (20)  Thomas Annunziata, Chevrolet, Rear Gear, 120.

 

Average Speed of Race Winner:  63.12 mph.

Time of Race:  2 Hrs, 6 Mins, 30 Secs. Margin of Victory:  .344 Seconds.

Caution Flags:  9 for 71 laps.

Lead Changes:  11 among 9 drivers.

Lap Leaders:   H. Burton 1-16;A. Almirola (P) 17-33;J. Allgaier (P) 34;B. Queen 35-53;S. Mayer (P) 54-57;J. Allgaier (P) 58-93;C. Kvapil # (P) 94-133;S. Mayer (P) 134-161;A. Almirola (P) 162-195;J. Bonsignore 196;N. Sanchez # 197-201;T. Gray # 202-253.

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led):  Taylor Gray # 1 time for 52 laps; Aric Almirola (P) 2 times for 51 laps; Carson Kvapil # (P) 1 time for 40 laps; Justin Allgaier (P) 2 times for 37 laps; Sam Mayer (P) 2 times for 32 laps; Brenden Queen 1 time for 19 laps; Harrison Burton 1 time for 16 laps; Nick Sanchez # 1 time for 5 laps; Justin Bonsignore 1 time for 1 lap.

Stage #1 Top Ten: 7,19,11,20,41,88,25,16,00,17

Stage #2 Top Ten: 1,11,16,41,54,7,20,19,00,42

 

 

Superspeedway ace Austin Hill completes Talladega season sweep

 

Chris Graythen/Getty Images

Oct. 18, 2025

 

By Holly Cain

NASCAR Wire Service

 

TALLADEGA, Ala. – Once again, Richard Childress Racing’s Austin Hill proved himself the driver to beat on NASCAR’s big drafting-style tracks, the veteran holding off the field on a dramatic overtime restart with two laps remaining at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway to earn the victory in Saturday’s United Rentals 250.

 

Hill’s No. 21 RCR Chevrolet led a race-best 48 of the 100 laps to earn a season sweep at the 2.66-mile speedway, NASCAR’s biggest track. The 31-year old Georgia native claimed both stage wins and the .105-second victory over JR Motorsports Playoff driver Carson Kvapil. The victory now gives him 10 wins at drafting style tracks – having already eclipsed the previous record set by NASCAR Hall of Famers Dale Earnhardt and Tony Stewart who each had eight victories on that style of track.

 

Although Hill has been eliminated from contention for the driver’s title, his win Saturday does guarantee his RCR team a car in the 2025 owner’s championship.

 

“If you have any questions and it’s green-white-checkered, you probably just go to the bottom [of the track] because of how crazy was the second and third lane there at the end,’’ an elated Hill said after climbing down from the hood of this Chevy where he waved his hands and encouraged the huge crowd’s loud reaction.

 

“Being able to race for Richard Childress is always special and to be able to deliver wins like this,’’ Hill continued. “As the Playoff started and us getting knocked out the way we did, stung a lot, but once we knew we were still in it for the owner’s championship, I decided I’d do it just like I would going for a driver’s championship.

 

“To be able to lock ourselves in and go to Phoenix knowing we’re going for an owner’s championship and be able to try and deliver one to Richard Childress Racing means the world to me.”

 

Kvapil’s JR Motorsports teammate and fellow Playoff driver Justin Allgaier finished third, significant in that it boosted the reigning champion’s points total enough to clinch one of the four Championship eligible entries for the Nov. 1 season finale at Phoenix.

 

Another JR Motorsports teammate, rookie Connor Zilisch had a rough outing Saturday. His No. 88 JRM Chevy finishing 23rd, three laps down after being collected in a late-race accident. But the good news for the series 10-race winner and regular season champion was that his outing earned enough points for him to officially claim a championship bid. While it ended a series record streak of 18 top-five finishes for the young phenom, it was still good enough to allow him a shot at his first NASCAR title.

 

The final two championship positions will be decided next week at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway although the JR Motorsports team certainly showed the intensity and purpose it’s carrying forward in hopes of deciding the championship completely among themselves.

 

Sammy Smith, driver of the No. 8 JRM Chevrolet, finished ninth moving him from last place among the eight Playoff drivers entering Saturday’s race to now fifth place, only 11 points behind Kvapil who moved into that all important fourth-place transfer spot.

 

Hill’s RCR teammate Jesse Love, who led 19 laps – second only to Hill Saturday – finished 10th after a decision to give up track position to pit for fuel during the caution period leading into the overtime re-start. He raced back through the field for that top-10 effort, but had been running top-three behind Hill and Allgaier before topping off for that fuel. He goes to Martinsville third in the standings, a healthy 40 points above the Playoff cutoff line.

 

“Just a bit mundane,’’ Love said of his result, conceding how difficult the call to get fuel was in the closing laps. “Nothing crazy good or bad, but obviously we’ll never know if that was right call to come down and take fuel, but I had to trust my gut and I didn’t know if I was going to make it or not.

 

“It was honestly kind of close. … It does stink because I think we had as good a car as the 21 (Hill). I think he was a little bit more aggressive than I was, but we did what we needed to do and didn’t beat ourselves today.’’

 

Overtime was necessitated when Smith – running in the middle lane trying to make a late move for the win – just nudged his No. 8 Chevrolet’s right front bumper from the middle lane into the left rear of Aric Almirola’s Toyota in the outside lane. The result was a five-car accident that eliminated the last week's race winner Almirola and brought out that final two-lap overtime session to decide the trophy.

 

On the other side of the afternoon, there was almost immediate trouble at the start of the race for a trio of Playoff contenders. Both Haas Factory Team cars driven by Sheldon Creed and Sam Mayer were eliminated from the race after suffering significant damage in that Lap 15 eight-car pileup. They finished 34th (Creed) and 38th  (Mayer). Joe Gibbs Racing’s Playoff driver Brandon Jones’ was also involved in the accident to a lesser degree and able to keep his No. 20 Toyota running, albeit several laps down. He finished 26th.

 

Jones now sits sixth in the standings, 20 points below the cutoff line heading into Martinsville. Mayer dropped from fourth place to seventh place – 22 points behind Kvapil; the first time he’s fallen below the elimination line this Playoff run. Creed is now 41 points below the transfer line in eighth place needing a clutch victory at Martinsville to continue his Playoff hopes.

 

On the upside of Saturday’s Talladega results, Kaulig Racing rookie Christian Eckes finished fourth, his sixth top-five of the year. And veteran Caesar Bacarella’s fifth-place run in the No. 5 Alpha Prime Racing Chevy was a career-best effort.

 

Blaine Perkins, Parker Retzlaff, Leland Honeyman, Smith and Love rounded out the top-10.

 

The NASCAR Xfinity Series moves to Martinsville (Va.) Speedway for next Saturday’s all-important IAA and Ritchie Bros. 250 (7:30 p.m. ET, The CW Network, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Almirola is the defending race winner.

 

NASCAR Xfinity Series Race - United Rentals 250

Talladega Superspeedway

Talladega, Alabama

Saturday, October 18, 2025

 

                  1. (5)  Austin Hill (P), Chevrolet, 100.

                  2. (4)  Carson Kvapil # (P), Chevrolet, 100.

                  3. (8)  Justin Allgaier (P), Chevrolet, 100.

                  4. (3)  Christian Eckes #, Chevrolet, 100.

                  5. (25)  Caesar Bacarella, Chevrolet, 100.

                  6. (14)  Blaine Perkins, Chevrolet, 100.

                  7. (24)  Parker Retzlaff, Chevrolet, 100.

                  8. (29)  Leland Honeyman, Chevrolet, 100.

                  9. (11)  Sammy Smith (P), Chevrolet, 100.

                  10. (1)  Jesse Love (P), Chevrolet, 100.

                  11. (28)  Nick Leitz, Chevrolet, 100.

                  12. (33)  Garrett Smithley, Chevrolet, 100.

                  13. (30)  Harrison Burton, Ford, 100.

                  14. (31)  Josh Williams, Chevrolet, 100.

                  15. (35)  Kyle Sieg, Ford, 100.

                  16. (36)  Joey Gase, Chevrolet, 100.

                  17. (6)  Jeb Burton, Chevrolet, 100.

                  18. (32)  David Starr, Chevrolet, 100.

                  19. (34)  Brennan Poole, Chevrolet, 100.

                  20. (20)  Nick Sanchez #, Chevrolet, 100.

                  21. (37)  Carson Ware, Chevrolet, 100.

                  22. (19)  Mason Maggio, Chevrolet, 99.

                  23. (7)  Connor Zilisch # (P), Chevrolet, 97.

                  24. (9)  Aric Almirola (P), Toyota, Accident, 92.

                  25. (15)  Daniel Dye #, Chevrolet, Accident, 92.

                  26. (10)  Brandon Jones (P), Toyota, 84.

                  27. (22)  Ryan Ellis, Chevrolet, Radiator, 49.

                  28. (18)  Connor Mosack(i), Chevrolet, Accident, 44.

                  29. (17)  Dean Thompson #, Toyota, Accident, 44.

                  30. (2)  William Sawalich #, Toyota, Accident, 44.

                  31. (38)  Taylor Gray #, Toyota, Rear Gear, 41.

                  32. (26)  Jordan Anderson, Chevrolet, Accident, 19.

                  33. (27)  Anthony Alfredo, Chevrolet, Accident, 17.

                  34. (16)  Sheldon Creed (P), Ford, Accident, 15.

                  35. (23)  Ryan Sieg, Ford, Accident, 15.

                  36. (12)  Brenden Queen, Chevrolet, Accident, 15.

                  37. (21)  Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, Accident, 15.

                  38. (13)  Sam Mayer (P), Ford, DVP, 15.

 

Average Speed of Race Winner:  131.322 mph.

Time of Race:  2 Hrs, 1 Mins, 32 Secs. Margin of Victory:  0.105 Seconds.

Caution Flags:  5 for 22 laps.

Lead Changes:  17 among 10 drivers.

Lap Leaders:   W. Sawalich # 1;J. Love (P) 2-5;W. Sawalich # 6;J. Love (P) 7-14;N. Sanchez # 15-20;A. Hill (P) 21-27;D. Thompson # 28-31;J. Love (P) 32;C. Zilisch # (P) 33;J. Love (P) 34-39;J. Allgaier (P) 40-49;A. Hill (P) 50-52;D. Dye # 53-56;A. Almirola (P) 57-60;H. Burton 61;J. Allgaier (P) 62;A. Hill (P) 63-100.

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led):  Austin Hill (P) 3 times for 48 laps; Jesse Love (P) 4 times for 19 laps; Justin Allgaier (P) 2 times for 11 laps; Nick Sanchez # 1 time for 6 laps; Dean Thompson # 1 time for 4 laps; Aric Almirola (P) 1 time for 4 laps; Daniel Dye # 1 time for 4 laps; William Sawalich # 2 times for 2 laps; Harrison Burton 1 time for 1 lap; Connor Zilisch # (P) 1 time for 1 lap.

Stage #1 Top Ten: 21,7,2,88,19,8,31,26,1,18

Stage #2 Top Ten: 21,7,1,16,48,2,19,8,10,27

 

 

Aric Almirola bests Connor Zilisch in Xfinity Playoff race at Las Vegas

 

Logan Riely/Getty Images

October 11, 2025

 

By Holly Cain

NASCAR Wire Service

 

LAS VEGAS – An incredible race-long scramble among the day’s front-running trio of veteran Aric Almirola and young talents Connor Zilisch and Jesse Love ended in favor of the experienced Almirola, but he really had to earn this trophy in Saturday’s Focused Health 302 NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoff race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

 

Almirola, who led a race best 107 of the 201 laps, took the lead for good from the season’s most dominant driver Zilisch with nine laps remaining and he held off the championship leader by .696-second in one of the most competitive races of the season.

 

The win for the 41-year-old Almirola - who is racing part-time this season - gives his No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota the first automatic berth for the owners championship in the Nov. 1 season-ending Championship Four finale in Phoenix.

 

It was the third win of the 2025 season and 10th of his career for Almirola, who made the dramatic race-winning move – diving low on the 19-year-old Zilisch – and then having to out-run and out-maneuver the talented young star in the closing laps.

 

Almirola’s victory settles an owner’s championship position but also means the final four championship race is still open to four drivers – at least two of which will now advance based on points.

 

“Such an awesome opportunity to go race for an owner’s championship with [Gibbs’ late son] J.D. Gibbs name on the car," Almirola said. “I’m having so much fun. This is the time of my life.

 

“Our car was good. Our car was really good but the longer I ran the tighter I got and I was just struggling on the long run at the beginning of Stage 3 and finally on that re-start [with 23 laps remaining] I took off incredibly tight and couldn’t get going and was able to go chase the 88 [Zilisch] down. He looked pretty loose and I was able to capitalize on that.

 

"It was awesome racing them."

 

Zilisch’s runner-up finish extends his series record consecutive top-five efforts to 18 races. He’s finished first or second place an incredible 11 of the last 13 races. However, that streak of success was no comfort in the immediate moments after Saturday’s checkered flag. He even apologized to his JR Motorsports team on the cool-down lap for not being more aggressive in the race’s closing laps.

 

“The frustration just comes from the fact this means so much to me and the chance to lock into Phoenix," said Zilisch, who boosted his advantage in the championship to 82 points above the four-driver Playoff cutoff line.

 

“I gave it my all and I drove as hard as I could. But I guess that’s all we had today. I just have to do a better job."

 

“We put ourselves int eh right spots, but unfortunately I just didn’t come away with it," he added. “Plus, 82 [points] is not bad, it could have been a lot worse but having another “win” sticker on this thing would have been a lot better.

 

Zilisch’s JR Motorsports teammate Justin Allgaier, Saturday’s polesitter and the defending race winner, finished third  followed by Hendrick Motorsports’ development driver Corey Day and Big Machine Racing’s Nick Sanchez.

 

Love, who led three times for 22 laps, finished sixth in the No. 2 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet. He got caught up racing hard with Sanchez in the closing laps after running among the top-three for most of the day. He was frustrated and he and Sanchez had words on pit road following the checkered flag.

 

“I had words with him and obviously I’m extremely pissed off," said Love who is now 20-points above the cutoff line. “It was my fault I was in the spot racing him. … I don’t run into people and don’t put people in bad spots for no reason and that’s why I’m upset about it.

 

“I did a lot of things really really good tonight and I did a lot of things really really bad tonight," Love added.

 

For his part, Sanchez said he was just racing hard an even though he is no longer Playoff-eligible, he still intends to race hard for wins in these final races of the season.

 

Ryan Sieg, Taylor Gray, Playoff driver Sam Mayer and Austin Hill rounded out the top-10.

 

Beyond Zilisch’s huge lead in the Playoff standings, Allgaier is second, 44 points up on the cutoff. Love’s sixth place showing moved him from fifth place into third place and Mayer is fourth, eight points above the line.

 

JGR’s Brandon Jones, who finished 13th Saturday, is now fifth in points, minus-eight. Mayer’s Haas Factory Team teammate Sheldon Creed, who finished 11th is now 21 points off the cutline. Zilisch’s JR Motorsports teammates Carson Kvapil, who finished 15th and Sammy Smith, who finished 20th are now 22 and 24 points, respectively, below the four-drive cutoff.

 

The series returns to Playoff action next week at the 2.66-mile Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway for next Saturday’s United Rentals 250 (4 p.m. ET, CW Network, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Sammy Smith is the defending race winner.

 

NASCAR Xfinity Series Race - Focused Health 302

Las Vegas Motor Speedway

Las Vegas, Nevada

Saturday, October 11, 2025

 

                1. (4)  Aric Almirola (P), Toyota, 201.

                2. (2)  Connor Zilisch # (P), Chevrolet, 201.

                3. (1)  Justin Allgaier (P), Chevrolet, 201.

                4. (19)  Corey Day, Chevrolet, 201.

                5. (5)  Nick Sanchez #, Chevrolet, 201.

                6. (6)  Jesse Love (P), Chevrolet, 201.

                7. (14)  Ryan Sieg, Ford, 201.

                8. (8)  Taylor Gray #, Toyota, 201.

                9. (16)  Sam Mayer (P), Ford, 201.

                10. (12)  Austin Hill (P), Chevrolet, 201.

                11. (10)  Sheldon Creed (P), Ford, 201.

                12. (11)  William Sawalich #, Toyota, 201.

                13. (3)  Brandon Jones (P), Toyota, 201.

                14. (20)  Harrison Burton, Ford, 201.

                15. (9)  Carson Kvapil # (P), Chevrolet, 201.

                16. (13)  Daniel Hemric(i), Chevrolet, 201.

                17. (18)  Daniel Dye #, Chevrolet, 201.

                18. (7)  Christian Eckes #, Chevrolet, 201.

                19. (17)  Matt DiBenedetto, Chevrolet, 201.

                20. (15)  Sammy Smith (P), Chevrolet, 201.

                21. (24)  Kyle Sieg, Ford, 201.

                22. (26)  Trevor Bayne(i), Toyota, 201.

                23. (27)  Josh Williams, Chevrolet, 201.

                24. (25)  Anthony Alfredo, Chevrolet, 201.

                25. (31)  Brennan Poole, Chevrolet, 201.

                26. (22)  Jeb Burton, Chevrolet, 201.

                27. (28)  Blaine Perkins, Chevrolet, 201.

                28. (23)  Dean Thompson #, Toyota, 200.

                29. (38)  Ryan Ellis, Chevrolet, 200.

                30. (37)  Parker Retzlaff, Chevrolet, 200.

                31. (33)  Austin Green, Chevrolet, 199.

                32. (36)  Garrett Smithley, Chevrolet, 199.

                33. (35)  Mason Maggio, Ford, 198.

                34. (34)  Nick Leitz, Chevrolet, 198.

                35. (32)  Joey Gase, Chevrolet, 196.

                36. (21)  Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, Transmission, 146.

                37. (30)  Mason Massey, Chevrolet, Suspension, 84.

                38. (29)  Thomas Annunziata, Chevrolet, Transmission, 68.

 

Average Speed of Race Winner:  135.489 mph.

Time of Race:  2 Hrs, 13 Mins, 31 Secs. Margin of Victory:  0.696 Seconds.

Caution Flags:  4 for 22 laps.

Lead Changes:  15 among 9 drivers.

Lap Leaders:   J. Allgaier (P) 1-28;A. Almirola (P) 29-49;J. Love (P) 50-53;A. Almirola (P) 54-94;C. Zilisch # (P) 95-106;A. Almirola (P) 107-142;J. Love (P) 143;C. Zilisch # (P) 144;N. Sanchez # 145;B. Jones (P) 146;D. Dye # 147-148;D. Hemric(i) 149-152;K. Sieg 153-154;J. Love (P) 155-171;C. Zilisch # (P) 172-192;A. Almirola (P) 193-201.

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led):  Aric Almirola (P) 4 times for 107 laps; Connor Zilisch # (P) 3 times for 34 laps; Justin Allgaier (P) 1 time for 28 laps; Jesse Love (P) 3 times for 22 laps; Daniel Hemric(i) 1 time for 4 laps; Daniel Dye # 1 time for 2 laps; Kyle Sieg 1 time for 2 laps; Nick Sanchez # 1 time for 1 lap; Brandon Jones (P) 1 time for 1 lap.

Stage #1 Top Ten: 19,88,2,7,39,21,16,41,54,48

Stage #2 Top Ten: 19,2,88,7,39,21,16,41,17,1

 

 

Connor Zilisch gets 10th win, as all four JR Motorsports drivers advance in Playoffs

 

Jordan Bank/Getty Images

By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service 
 CONCORD, N.C.—It was another routine victory for NASCAR Xfinity Series rookie phenom Connor Zilisch, who hit double digits with his 10th win of the season.
Behind Zilisch, it was a chaotic scramble for the remaining five berths in the Round of 8 of the series Playoffs.
It was a banner day for JR Motorsports, which needed an unlikely stroke of good fortune to get all four of its drivers into the Round of 8—and got it.
It was a study in heartbreak for hard-luck Taylor Gray, who lost his bid to advance to the next Playoff round by one point.
For the record, after leading practice and winning his eighth pole position of the season, Zilisch led 61 of 68 laps and collected the victory when NASCAR called the sixth caution for oil on the track after Zilisch had taken the white flag.
The win was the 10th of the season for the 19-year-old driver of the No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet, his first on the 2.28-mile circuit and the 11th of his career.
“It’s so much fun getting to race in my hometown,” Zilisch said. “The JR Motorsports cars were so fast this weekend… It feels really good to get 10. Double digits is pretty awesome for my first year in the series.
“Now we’ve got to go win the championship.”
By the time Zilisch took the checkered flag under yellow, Harrison Burton, Nick Sanchez and Austin Hill had, for practical purposes, lost their respective chances to advance in the Playoffs thanks to self-inflicted wounds.
But the battle for the final berth in the Round of 8 hung in the balance until the moment of caution on Lap 68. That Smith was even in the running for the final berth was the product of a series of remarkable circumstances that began when he brought his No. 8 JRM Chevrolet to pit road with a cut tire on Lap 63.
Almost immediately thereafter, Sage Karam wrecked on the frontstretch to cause the fifth caution, erase Zilisch’s 10.987-second lead and give Smith the chance to exit pit road with fresh tires.
Zilisch stayed out under caution, but a sizable number of drivers pitted behind him—enough to put Smith in seventh, one spot behind Gray, for the overtime restart on Lap 67.
Smith made immediate progress from the drop of the green flag and climbed to third at the finish, but Gray, tangled up in traffic, dropped to 13th in the overtime, just enough to hand Smith the chance to advance by one point.
“I’m proud of everyone at JRM and everyone on my team,” Smith said. (Crew chief) Phillip Bell made a great call to pit, obviously. It was a Hail Mary move, and it worked.
“I’m just excited to go try to race for a championship and put ourselves in position to make the final four.”
Gray was in position to advance but for the caution called for Karam’s accident.
“Just obviously bummed out,” Gray said. “We don’t get to go racing for a championship at the end of the year. Just weren’t good enough. We weren’t good enough today.
“We didn’t have a good Bristol, and we shouldn’t have to even be in this spot. We are, though, and we are going to take our loss and move on to the next four and try to win us a couple of races.” 
The drama of the Playoffs all but obscured a career-best runner-up finish by Austin Green, who stayed out with Zilisch for the overtime restart. Non-Playoff drivers Kaz Grala, Connor Mosack, Jeb Burton and William Sawalich secured positions four through seven.
Defending series champion Justin Allgaier was eighth, with Sanchez finishing ninth.
Two pit road penalties had already dimmed Sanchez’s hopes of advancing. Burton lost six laps in the garage with fuel pressure issues. Hill was competitive for the final Round of 8 berth until Lap 50, when he reported engine issues (a dropped cylinder) that relegated him to 28th at the finish, 21 points short of a trip to the next round.
Carson Kvapil joined Zilisch, Allgaier and Smith as JR Motorsports entries in the Round of 8—but not by much. Kvapil survived the chaos of the final restart to finish 15th and advance by three points over Gray.
Sheldon Creed (11th), Jesse Love (12th) and Sam Mayer (19th) all made the Round of 8 on points.
 
NASCAR Xfinity Series Race - Blue Cross NC 250
Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course
Concord, North Carolina
Saturday, October 4, 2025
 
                  1. (1)  Connor Zilisch # (P), Chevrolet, 68.
                  2. (10)  Austin Green, Chevrolet, 68.
                  3. (4)  Sammy Smith (P), Chevrolet, 68.
                  4. (9)  Kaz Grala(i), Toyota, 68.
                  5. (3)  Connor Mosack(i), Chevrolet, 68.
                  6. (30)  Jeb Burton, Chevrolet, 68.
                  7. (15)  William Sawalich #, Toyota, 68.
                  8. (2)  Justin Allgaier (P), Chevrolet, 68.
                  9. (14)  Nick Sanchez # (P), Chevrolet, 68.
                  10. (18)  Christian Eckes #, Chevrolet, 68.
                  11. (13)  Sheldon Creed (P), Ford, 68.
                  12. (8)  Jesse Love (P), Chevrolet, 68.
                  13. (17)  Taylor Gray # (P), Toyota, 68.
                  14. (11)  Aric Almirola (P), Toyota, 68.
                  15. (5)  Carson Kvapil # (P), Chevrolet, 68.
                  16. (26)  Parker Retzlaff, Chevrolet, 68.
                  17. (27)  Daniel Hemric(i), Chevrolet, 68.
                  18. (23)  Brandon Jones (P), Toyota, 68.
                  19. (7)  Sam Mayer (P), Ford, 68.
                  20. (22)  Ryan Sieg, Ford, 68.
                  21. (24)  Josh Bilicki, Chevrolet, 68.
                  22. (6)  Corey Day, Chevrolet, 68.
                  23. (34)  Anthony Alfredo, Chevrolet, 68.
                  24. (29)  Ryan Ellis, Chevrolet, 68.
                  25. (25)  Sage Karam, Toyota, 68.
                  26. (31)  Leland Honeyman, Chevrolet, 68.
                  27. (36)  Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 68.
                  28. (16)  Austin Hill (P), Chevrolet, 68.
                  29. (35)  Blaine Perkins, Chevrolet, 68.
                  30. (21)  Alex Labbe, Chevrolet, 67.
                  31. (12)  Brennan Poole, Chevrolet, 67.
                  32. (20)  Matt DiBenedetto, Chevrolet, 67.
                  33. (37)  Kyle Sieg, Ford, 67.
                  34. (28)  Harrison Burton (P), Ford, 64.
                  35. (33)  Dean Thompson #, Toyota, 62.
                  36. (38)  Daniel Dye #, Chevrolet, Transmission, 44.
                  37. (32)  Josh Williams, Chevrolet, Fuel Pump, 20.
                  38. (19)  Preston Pardus, Chevrolet, Transmission, 7.
 
Average Speed of Race Winner:  72.628 mph.
Time of Race:  2 Hrs, 8 Mins, 5 Secs. Margin of Victory:  1.134 Seconds.
Caution Flags:  6 for 13 laps.
Lead Changes:  6 among 5 drivers.
Lap Leaders:   C. Zilisch # (P) 1-15;C. Mosack(i) 16;N. Sanchez # (P) 17;C. Zilisch # (P) 18-37;J. Love (P) 38-41;A. Hill (P) 42;C. Zilisch # (P) 43-68.
Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led):  Connor Zilisch # (P) 3 times for 61 laps; Jesse Love (P) 1 time for 4 laps; Austin Hill (P) 1 time for 1 lap; Nick Sanchez # (P) 1 time for 1 lap; Connor Mosack(i) 1 time for 1 lap.
Stage #1 Top Ten: 88,2,7,8,1,21,48,19,00,9
Stage #2 Top Ten: 2,8,21,00,1,41,07,91,53,88
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Brandon Jones advances in Playoffs with NASCAR Xfinity win at Kansas

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By Reid Spencer

NASCAR Wire Service

 

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — With a flawlessly executed race from start to finish, Brandon Jones preserved his bragging rights at Kansas Speedway, winning Saturday’s Kansas Lottery 300 NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoff event.

 

The only driver in the field to have won a previous Xfinity race at the 1.5-mile intermediate track, Jones pulled away during the final 38-lap green-flag and beat runner-up rookie sensation Connor Zilisch to the finish line by 2.787 seconds.

 

With the victory, his second of the season, his third at Kansas and the seventh of his career, Jones claimed a berth in the Playoff’s Round of 8. Zilisch and defending series champion Justin Allgaier also advanced to the next round on points.

 

“That was exactly like how we needed that to go down,” said Jones, who started from the pole, led 54 of 200 laps and finished second in each of the first two stages. “Two really solid stages—no mistakes. The entire day was so well executed. That’s probably by far in my career my most well-executed race.

 

“I’m so proud of these guys (his No.20 Joe Gibbs Racing team). We worked so hard all week to get here and put a race like this together.”

 

Allgaier and Sam Mayer stayed out on 15-lap older tires during the fourth and final caution of the afternoon, hoping for a subsequent caution that would allow them to use their final set of Goodyears. But the caution never came, and Allgaier and Mayer finished 13thand 16th, respectively.

 

Allgaier, who won the first two stages and led a race-high 79 laps, didn’t have a problem with crew chief Jim Pohlman’s strategic call.

 

“They work for you sometimes, they don’t some other times,” Allgaier said. “Disappointed… our (No. 7 JR Motorsports) Chevrolet was really good.”

 

Though the handling of his No. 88 Chevrolet wasn’t precisely to his liking, Zilisch scored his 16th straight top-five result, breaking a tie with Sam Ard (1983) for the series record.

 

“I didn’t feel like our car was winning-capable, except at a point there in stage three, I thought we had a chance at it,” said Zilisch, who led 42 laps. “We’ll look at it and see what we could have done better. We were just kind of throwing Hail Marys at it all day and trying to make one stick—but it didn’t stick.”

 

Austin Hill finished third, followed by fellow Playoff drivers Sammy Smith, Sheldon Creed, Taylor Gray, Jesse Love and Nick Sanchez.

 

Next Saturday’s final Round of 12 race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course has the makings of an intense battle for the final positions in the Round of 8. Love, the last driver above the current elimination line, leads Sanchez by five points, Hill by seven, Harrison Burton (20th Saturday after starting from the rear) by eight and Smith by 14.

 

Mayer, highest in the standings of the drivers not yet locked into the Round of 8, has a 38-point cushion entering the final event in the round, the Blue Cross NC 250 (5 p.m. ET, Oct. 4 on CW, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

 

Contact from Sanchez’s No. 48 Chevrolet knocked the No.19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota of Justin Bonsignore out of the race in 37th place and dropped that car nine points below the elimination line in the owners’ standings.

 

NASCAR Xfinity Series Race - Kansas Lottery 300

Kansas Speedway

Kansas City, Kansas

Saturday, September 27, 2025

 

                1. (1)  Brandon Jones (P), Toyota, 200.

                2. (7)  Connor Zilisch # (P), Chevrolet, 200.

                3. (17)  Austin Hill (P), Chevrolet, 200.

                4. (14)  Sammy Smith (P), Chevrolet, 200.

                5. (10)  Sheldon Creed (P), Ford, 200.

                6. (2)  Taylor Gray # (P), Toyota, 200.

                7. (12)  Jesse Love (P), Chevrolet, 200.

                8. (13)  Nick Sanchez # (P), Chevrolet, 200.

                9. (4)  Brenden Queen, Chevrolet, 200.

                10. (9)  Dean Thompson #, Toyota, 200.

                11. (6)  William Sawalich #, Toyota, 200.

                12. (38)  Daniel Dye #, Chevrolet, 200.

                13. (5)  Justin Allgaier (P), Chevrolet, 200.

                14. (20)  Christian Eckes #, Chevrolet, 200.

                15. (19)  Carson Kvapil # (P), Chevrolet, 200.

                16. (3)  Sam Mayer (P), Ford, 200.

                17. (24)  Kyle Sieg, Ford, 200.

                18. (8)  Rajah Caruth(i), Chevrolet, 199.

                19. (15)  Ryan Sieg, Ford, 199.

                20. (18)  Harrison Burton (P), Ford, 199.

                21. (27)  Leland Honeyman, Chevrolet, 199.

                22. (11)  Patrick Staropoli, Toyota, 199.

                23. (21)  Matt DiBenedetto, Chevrolet, 199.

                24. (36)  Josh Williams, Chevrolet, 199.

                25. (22)  Anthony Alfredo, Chevrolet, 199.

                26. (34)  Ryan Ellis, Chevrolet, 198.

                27. (23)  Parker Retzlaff, Chevrolet, 198.

                28. (29)  Brennan Poole, Chevrolet, 198.

                29. (31)  Austin Green, Chevrolet, 198.

                30. (26)  Jeb Burton, Chevrolet, 198.

                31. (30)  Mason Massey, Chevrolet, 197.

                32. (25)  Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 197.

                33. (33)  Joey Gase, Chevrolet, 196.

                34. (37)  Garrett Smithley, Chevrolet, 195.

                35. (32)  Kole Raz, Ford, 195.

                36. (28)  Blaine Perkins, Chevrolet, 195.

                37. (16)  Justin Bonsignore (P), Toyota, Accident, 154.

                38. (35)  Nick Leitz, Chevrolet, 140.

 

Average Speed of Race Winner:  127.992 mph.

Time of Race:  2 Hrs, 20 Mins, 38 Secs. Margin of Victory:  2.787 Seconds.

Caution Flags:  4 for 26 laps.

Lead Changes:  16 among 7 drivers.

Lap Leaders:   T. Gray # (P) 1-13;J. Allgaier (P) 14-49;B. Jones (P) 50-54;J. Allgaier (P) 55-63;B. Jones (P) 64;J. Allgaier (P) 65-94;B. Jones (P) 95-98;C. Zilisch # (P) 99-137;B. Jones (P) 138-143;C. Zilisch # (P) 144-145;N. Sanchez # (P) 146;C. Eckes # 147-149;B. Queen 150-157;C. Zilisch # (P) 158;J. Allgaier (P) 159-162;B. Jones (P) 163-200.

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led):  Justin Allgaier (P) 4 times for 79 laps; Brandon Jones (P) 5 times for 54 laps; Connor Zilisch # (P) 3 times for 42 laps; Taylor Gray # (P) 1 time for 13 laps; Brenden Queen 1 time for 8 laps; Christian Eckes # 1 time for 3 laps; Nick Sanchez # (P) 1 time for 1 lap.

Stage #1 Top Ten: 7,20,41,88,54,11,2,21,8,26

Stage #2 Top Ten: 7,20,41,88,8,54,26,21,00,19

 

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NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoff Media Day Notebook

 

Notebook Items:

  • Connor Zilisch Turns Rookie Year into a Championship Crusade
  • Reigning Champ Justin Allgaier Remains Confident
  • Sam Mayer Not To Be Overlooked
  • Austin Hill Expects To Be A Contender

 

September 9, 2025

 

By Holly Cain

NASCAR Wire Service

 

Connor Zilisch Turns Rookie Year into a Championship Crusade

 

The 12 drivers who have qualified for the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs met with the national media Tuesday and there was a common and clear storyline in their plans to hoist the championship trophy as they kick off the seven-race Playoff run.

 

They need to beat JR Motorsports driver Connor Zilisch.

 

Zilisch, the 19-year-old rookie driver of the No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet conceded his own path toward to a title in his first full season in the sport, really only seemed plausible mid-season but he heads into the Friday night’s Playoff opener – the Food City 300 at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway (7:30 p.m. ET on CW, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) – a strong championship favorite.

 

A road course ace with a background in formula cars and the Trans Am Series, it was of no surprise that Zilisch would immediately fare well on the series’ road courses, but the talented young driver quickly proved he was good on a wide assortment of venues. And the 2025 championship soon became a realistic goal.

 

“I feel like it was a pretty obvious turn after Talladega, getting hurt and having to sit out for a week and then I came back from that with a fresh mindset and just wanted to turn my season around," said Zilisch, who has a rookie record nine wins this season.

 

“It was a rough first 10, 11 races and I knew we had the speed to contend and we were always fast enough to win. But one mistake, whether me or the pit crew – whatever that was – would take us out of contention for wins. I knew if we just cleaned up what we were doing and executed at 90 percent I knew we could go out and win a lot of races.

 

“I think that three-week break to just kind of think about things and re-set, really helped me and changed my mindset. Then when we started winning races the confidence and momentum of the team really started to pick up and that’s when it started to snowball."

 

Zilisch’s victories have come not only on the road courses where he is most comfortable but also at traditionally tough venues from the 2.5-mile Pocono (Ra.) Raceway to places such as the Dover (Del) one-miler and even first-time visits at tracks such as World Wide Technology Raceway just last week. Zilisch goes into the Playoffs with a string of four consecutive victories and wins in seven of the last eight races. He earned 64 Playoff points – twice that of any other driver in the series.

 

“I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t surprised," Zilisch said of the unprecedented success this year. “I came into this year and was hoping to win three or four races and make the Playoffs and start to contend for more wins as the Playoffs started. But I’ve picked up on things a lot quicker than I expected. My team has gotten a better understanding of what they need out of me and what I need out of them to go win races and things have just clicked a little bit quicker than I expected.

 

"It’s definitely caught me by surprise and I take every week in and I celebrate and I enjoy these wins but it’s really all leading up to [championship finale] Phoenix and trying to go out and win a championship.”

 

*Reigning Champ Justin Allgaier Remains Confident

 

Reigning NASCAR Xfinity Series champion JR Motorsports veteran Justin Allgaier finished second to his teammate Zilisch in the Regular Season Championship. And he joins Zilisch and Austin Hill as the series’ only other multi-race winners.

 

Allgaier has hoisted three trophies – the last at Nashville in June. And he heads into the Playoffs feeling confident about becoming the first repeat champ since Tyler Reddick in 2018-19. Even with so much on the line, Allgaier said the “pressure” is off his No. 7 JR Motorsports Chevrolet team to win a title because they have done that. And, he says that even coming into the year as the reigning champ the only significant boost is the experience of successfully going through a title run.

 

“I think for us it’s just a matter of executing, we’ve had the speed," said Allgaier, adding, “I could look back at the last couple of months and say, “coulda woulda shoulda,” but we had the car to beat, we just got caught up in someone else’s mess or made mistakes on our own.

 

“One thing I love is that they’ve had success," Allgaier acknowledged of the Zilisch nine-win run. “As a company we’re still winning and we’re still doing all the right things. … it doesn’t matter what race team you work at, when at least one of your cars is having success everybody’s elevated, everybody is ready to keep pushing and keep going.

 

“We’ve got four fast race cars every week, we just haven’t been able to show what we’re capable of and I’m hoping once these Playoffs start we can do a better job of executing. I know I have the team behind me.”

 

*Sam Mayer Not To Be Overlooked

 

Haas Factory Team driver Sam Mayer may not have turned in the flash and multi-victory pizzazz this year that Zilisch has demonstrated, but the 22-year-old Wisconsin native won at Iowa Speedway in August and his 15 top-10s through the opening 26-races points to the consistent success he’s shown all year.

 

The driver of the No. 41 HFT Ford concedes Zilisch has proven himself the driver to beat, but Mayer said he’s up for the challenge.

 

“I’m really proud of everyone at the Haas Factory Team right now, for sure, I feel like we’ve definitely had a lot of adversity the last couple weeks to fight through and we never gave up on each other," said Mayer, whose best championship finish was third in 2023.

 

“I guess it’s the 88 (Zilisch) and everyone else. … but I feel like we’re making steps in the right direction with the Playoff (points) reset and the way these Playoffs are, all the stuff you do [in the regular season], can also not matter in an instant. You just want to peak at the right time. You want to be able to do what you can in these next three races to make it to the next round.

 

“I feel pretty good with what we have," he added, “We’re not good enough to be dominant like that [Zilisch] but I don’t feel like we’re too far off from that point either."

 

*Austin Hill Expects To Be A Contender

 

A three-race winner this year in the No 21 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet, driver Austin Hill heads into the 2025 Playoffs with reason to be optimistic but also cognizant of the challenge ahead. A big penalty for rough driving at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in July cost Hill all his accumulated Playoff points and puts him in an immediate position to play catch-up.

 

He begins the seven-race Playoff stretch ranked last among the 12 competitors, minus-five points to eighth-place Taylor Gray with only eight drivers advancing after the opening round of races - Friday at Bristol, Sept. 27 at Kansas Speedway and Oct. 4 at the Charlotte ROVAL.

 

“I’m just going to do the same thing I’ve done each and every year," said Hill, who has maintained he is not a rough driver despite the one-race suspension and points-penalty he received for crashing into Aric Almirola at Indy.

 

“As far as I know I don’t have a lot of enemies on the race track," he continued. "I probably have a few, but I think once the Playoffs start, I think it’ll be just like everyone else. Everybody’s going to be going for it and you only worry about your race team and your organization and go out and get the job done and try to get to the Championship Four."

 

Hill acknowledged the penalty has made his path to a title harder. But he’s turned the challenge into motivation.

 

“For me, I think going into the Playoffs and not having the Playoff points and all that just kind of gave me a little bit more determination in these last few races before the Playoffs started, kind of fired me up a little bit more," Hill said. “Almost made me angry in a sense. … just that I want to show the world and all the outside noise what this 21-team is capable of and what I’m capable of doing and that’s to try and win a championship and I think we can do that no matter if our backs are to the walls or not."

 

 

  Xfinity series

  2025 NASCAR XFINITY SERIES SCHEDULE

 

Date

Race / Track

Saturday, February 15

Daytona

Saturday, February 22

Atlanta

Saturday, March 1

COTA

Saturday, March 8

Phoenix

Saturday, March 15

Las Vegas

Saturday, March 22

Homestead-Miami

Saturday, March 29

Martinsville

Saturday, April 5

Darlington

Saturday, April 12

Bristol

Saturday, April 19

Rockingham

Saturday, April 26

Talladega

Saturday, May 3

Texas

Saturday, May 24

Charlotte

Saturday, May 31

Nashville Superspeedway

Saturday, June 14

Mexico City

Saturday, June 21

Pocono

Friday, June 27

Atlanta

Saturday, July 5

Chicago Street Race

Saturday, July 12

Sonoma

Saturday, July 19

Dover

Saturday, July 26

Indianapolis

Saturday, August 2

Iowa

Saturday, August 9

Watkins Glen

Friday, August 22

Daytona

Saturday, August 30

Portland

Saturday, September 6

World Wide Technology Raceway

Friday, September 12

Bristol

Saturday, September 27

Kansas

Saturday, October 4

Charlotte Roval

Saturday, October 11

Las Vegas

Saturday, October 18

Talladega

Saturday, October 25

Martinsville

Saturday, November 1

Phoenix (Championship)

 

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