2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series

The 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series will be the 44th season of the NASCAR Xfinity Series, a stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in the United States. The season will start in mid-February with the Daytona 300 at Daytona International Speedway and will end with the NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race in early November at Phoenix Raceway.

Justin Allgaier, the defending series champion.

The 2025 season will be the first season in which The CW will be the exclusive broadcaster of the NASCAR Xfinity Series, under NASCAR's new TV deal that will take place until 2031.

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

Teams and drivers

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Full-time teams

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Manufacturer Team No. Driver Crew chief References
Chevrolet Alpha Prime Racing 44 Brennan Poole TBA [1]
Big Machine Racing 48 Nick Sanchez (R) TBA [2][3]
DGM Racing TBA Ryan Ellis TBA [4][5][3]
JR Motorsports 1 Carson Kvapil (R) TBA [6][3]
7 Justin Allgaier TBA [7][8]
8 Sammy Smith TBA [9]
88 Connor Zilisch (R) TBA [10][11][3]
Kaulig Racing 10 Daniel Dye (R) TBA [12]
11 Josh Williams TBA [13]
16 Christian Eckes (R) TBA [14][15][3]
Richard Childress Racing 2 Jesse Love TBA [16][17]
21 Austin Hill TBA [18]
Ford AM Racing 15 Harrison Burton Danny Efland [19][3]
Haas Factory Team 00 Sheldon Creed TBA [20][21][3]
41 Sam Mayer TBA [21][3]
Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 18 William Sawalich (R) TBA [22][3]
19 Brandon Jones TBA [23][3]
54 Taylor Gray (R) Tyler Allen [24][25][26][3]

Driver changes

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Moving teams

Moving between series

Retirement

Rookies

Team changes

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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. [30]

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.

No Race title Track Location Date Time[31] TV[31] Radio
1 United Rentals 300  O  Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida February 15 5 pm CW MRN
2 Raptor King of Tough 250  O  Atlanta Motor Speedway Hampton, Georgia February 22 PRN
3 Focused Health 250  R  Circuit of the Americas Austin, Texas March 1 2:30 pm PRN
4 Call811.com Every Dig. Every Time. 200  O  Phoenix Raceway Avondale, Arizona March 8 5 pm MRN
5 The LiUNA!  O  Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, Nevada March 15 4:30 pm PRN
6 Contender Boats 300  O  Homestead-Miami Speedway Homestead, Florida March 22 4 pm MRN
7 Dude Wipes 250  O  Martinsville Speedway Ridgeway, Virginia March 29 5 pm
8 Crown Royal Purple Bag Project 200  O  Darlington Raceway Darlington, South Carolina April 5 3:30 pm
9 TBA  O  Bristol Motor Speedway Bristol, Tennessee April 12 5 pm
10 TBA  O  Rockingham Speedway Rockingham, North Carolina April 19 4 pm PRN
11 Ag-Pro 300  O  Talladega Superspeedway Lincoln, Alabama April 26 MRN
12 Andy's Frozen Custard 300  O  Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, Texas May 3 2 pm PRN
13 BetMGM 300  O  Charlotte Motor Speedway Concord, North Carolina May 24 4:30 pm MRN
14 Tennessee Lottery 250  O  Nashville Superspeedway Lebanon, Tennessee May 31 7:30 pm PRN
15 TBA  R  Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez Mexico City, Mexico June 14 4:30 pm MRN
16 Explore the Pocono Mountains 225  O  Pocono Raceway Long Pond, Pennsylvania June 21 3:30 pm PRN
17 Focused Health 250  O  Atlanta Motor Speedway Hampton, Georgia June 27 7:30 pm
18 The Loop 110  S  Chicago Street Course Chicago, Illinois July 5 4:30 pm MRN
19 Zip Buy Now, Pay Later 250  R  Sonoma Raceway Sonoma, California July 12
20 BetRivers 200  O  Dover Motor Speedway Dover, Delaware July 19 PRN
21 Pennzoil 250  O  Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana July 26 IMS
22 Hy-Vee PERKS 250  O  Iowa Speedway Newton, Iowa August 2 MRN
23 Mission 200 at The Glen  R  Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York August 9 3 pm
24 Wawa 250  O  Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida August 22 7:30 pm
25 Pacific Office Automation 147  R  Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon August 30
26 TBA  O  World Wide Technology Raceway Madison, Illinois September 6 PRN
NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs
Round of 12
27 Food City 300  O  Bristol Motor Speedway Bristol, Tennessee September 12 7:30 pm CW MRN
28 Kansas Lottery 300  O  Kansas Speedway Kansas City, Kansas September 27 4 pm
29 Drive for the Cure 250  R  Charlotte Motor Speedway (Roval) Concord, North Carolina October 4 PRN
Round of 8
30 Focused Health 302  O  Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, Nevada October 11 7:30 pm CW PRN
31 United Rentals 250  O  Talladega Superspeedway Lincoln, Alabama October 18 4 pm MRN
32 Dead On Tools 250  O  Martinsville Speedway Ridgeway, Virginia October 25 7:30 pm
Championship 4
33 NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race  O  Phoenix Raceway Avondale, Arizona November 1 7:30 pm CW MRN

Notes

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O Oval track
R Road course
S Street course

Schedule changes

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Brennan Poole returning to Alpha Prime Racing in 2025". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media. October 31, 2024. Retrieved October 31, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Nick Sanchez to drive for Big Machine Racing in 2025 Xfinity Series". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media. September 18, 2024. Retrieved September 18, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Familiar faces in new places for 2025 NASCAR season in Cup and Xfinity". NBC Sports. November 18, 2024. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
  4. ^ a b Christie, Toby (October 18, 2024). "Ryan Ellis Not Returning to Alpha Prime Racing in 2025". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved October 18, 2024.
  5. ^ Christie, Toby (October 18, 2024). "Ryan Ellis Moving to DGM Racing for 2025 Xfinity Season". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved October 31, 2024.
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  10. ^ a b "Connor Zilisch to Drive #88". Trackhouse Racing. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
  11. ^ a b Sturniolo, Zach (August 7, 2024). "Connor Zilisch to compete full-time in Xfinity for JRM in 2025". NASCAR. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
  12. ^ a b "Daniel Dye competing for Kaulig Racing full time in 2025 Xfinity Series season". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media. August 23, 2024. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
  13. ^ "Josh Williams running full Xfinity schedule for Kaulig Racing in 2024". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media. November 16, 2023. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
  14. ^ a b "A.J. Allmendinger returning to Cup full-time next season". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media. August 15, 2024. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
  15. ^ a b "Christian Eckes driving full time for Kaulig Racing in 2025 Xfinity Series season". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media. August 31, 2024. Retrieved August 31, 2024.
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  22. ^ a b Srigley, Joseph (October 21, 2024). "William Sawalich Added to 2025 Joe Gibbs Racing Xfinity Series Lineup". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
  23. ^ a b Rutherford, Kevin (September 3, 2024). "Brandon Jones Back at JGR in 2025". Frontstretch. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
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  26. ^ "Taylor Gray joins Joe Gibbs Racing Xfinity Series lineup full-time in 2025". NASCAR. October 16, 2024. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
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