2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series

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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.

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, the defending series champion. Justin Allgaier Las Vegas Fall 2024.jpg
Justin Allgaier, the defending series champion.

Justin Allgaier of JR Motorsports enters the season as the defending 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series champion.

Teams and drivers

Full-time teams

ManufacturerTeamNo.DriverCrew chiefReferences
Chevrolet Alpha Prime Racing 44 Brennan Poole TBA [1]
Big Machine Racing 48 Nick Sanchez (R)TBA [2]
DGM Racing TBA Ryan Ellis TBA [3] [4]
JR Motorsports 1 Carson Kvapil (R)TBA [5]
7 Justin Allgaier TBA [6] [7]
8 Sammy Smith TBA [8]
88 Connor Zilisch (R)TBA [9] [10]
Kaulig Racing 10 Daniel Dye (R)TBA [11]
11 Josh Williams TBA [12]
16 Christian Eckes (R)TBA [13] [14]
Richard Childress Racing 2 Jesse Love TBA [15] [16]
21 Austin Hill TBA [17]
Ford AM Racing 15 Harrison Burton Danny Efland [18]
Haas Factory Team 00 Sheldon Creed TBA [19] [20]
41 Sam Mayer TBA [20]
Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 18 William Sawalich (R)TBA [21]
54 Taylor Gray (R) Tyler Allen [22] [23] [24]
TBA Brandon Jones TBA [25]

Driver changes

Moving teams

Moving between series

Retirement

Rookies

Team changes

Schedule

The 2025 schedule was released on August 29, 2024 and consists of 26 oval races, 6 road course races, one street track race. [28]

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.

NoRace title Track LocationDateTime [29] TV [29] Radio
1 United Rentals 300  O  Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida February 155 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 12:30 pmPRN
4 Call811.com Every Dig. Every Time. 200  O  Phoenix Raceway Avondale, Arizona March 85 pmMRN
5 The LiUNA!  O  Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, Nevada March 154:30 pmPRN
6 Contender Boats 300  O  Homestead-Miami Speedway Homestead, Florida March 224 pmMRN
7 Dude Wipes 250  O  Martinsville Speedway Ridgeway, Virginia March 295 pm
8 Crown Royal Purple Bag Project 200  O  Darlington Raceway Darlington, South Carolina April 53:30 pm
9 TBA  O  Bristol Motor Speedway Bristol, Tennessee April 125 pm
10 TBA  O  Rockingham Speedway Rockingham, North Carolina April 194 pmPRN
11 Ag-Pro 300  O  Talladega Superspeedway Lincoln, Alabama April 26MRN
12 Andy's Frozen Custard 300  O  Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, Texas May 32 pmPRN
13 BetMGM 300  O  Charlotte Motor Speedway Concord, North Carolina May 244:30 pmMRN
14 Tennessee Lottery 250  O  Nashville Superspeedway Lebanon, Tennessee May 317:30 pmPRN
15 TBA  R  Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez Mexico City, Mexico June 144:30 pmMRN
16 Explore the Pocono Mountains 225  O  Pocono Raceway Long Pond, Pennsylvania June 213:30 pmPRN
17 Focused Health 250  O  Atlanta Motor Speedway Hampton, Georgia June 277:30 pm
18 The Loop 110  S  Chicago Street Course Chicago, Illinois July 54:30 pmMRN
19 Zip Buy Now, Pay Later 250  R  Sonoma Raceway Sonoma, California July 12
20 BetRivers 200  O  Dover Motor Speedway Dover, Delaware July 19PRN
21 Pennzoil 250  O  Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana July 26 IMS
22 Hy-Vee PERKS 250  O  Iowa Speedway Newton, Iowa August 2MRN
23 Mission 200 at The Glen  R  Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York August 93 pm
24 Wawa 250  O  Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida August 227:30 pm
25 Pacific Office Automation 147  R  Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon August 30
26 TBA  O  World Wide Technology Raceway Madison, Illinois September 6PRN
NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs
Round of 12
27 Food City 300  O  Bristol Motor Speedway Bristol, Tennessee September 127:30 pmCWMRN
28 Kansas Lottery 250  O  Kansas Speedway Kansas City, Kansas September 274 pm
29 Drive for the Cure 250  R  Charlotte Motor Speedway (Roval) Concord, North Carolina October 4PRN
Round of 8
30 Focused Health 302  O  Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, Nevada October 117:30 pmCWPRN
31 United Rentals 250  O  Talladega Superspeedway Lincoln, Alabama October 184 pmMRN
32 Dead On Tools 250  O  Martinsville Speedway Ridgeway, Virginia October 257:30 pm
Championship 4
33 NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race  O  Phoenix Raceway Avondale, Arizona November 17:30 pmCWMRN

Notes

    O Oval track
    R Road course
    S Street course

    Schedule changes

    See also

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