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.

2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series

Previous

2024

Next

2026

Champions | Seasons

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

Full-time teams

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]
	Our Motorsports	5	Kris Wright	TBA	[16][3]
	Richard Childress Racing	2	Jesse Love	TBA	[17][18]
		21	Austin Hill	TBA	[19]
Ford	AM Racing	15	Harrison Burton	Danny Efland	[20][3]
	Haas Factory Team	00	Sheldon Creed	TBA	[21][22][3]
		41	Sam Mayer	TBA	[22][3]
Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	18	William Sawalich (R)	TBA	[23][3]
		19	Brandon Jones	TBA	[24][3]
		54	Taylor Gray (R)	Tyler Allen	[25][26][27][3]

Driver changes

Moving teams

• Sheldon Creed will move from Joe Gibbs Racing to drive for Haas Factory Team in the No. 00.^[22]
• Brandon Jones will leave JR Motorsports and return to Joe Gibbs Racing in the No. 19 car.^[24][3]
• Sam Mayer will move from JR Motorsports to Haas Factory Team, where he will drive the newly numbered No. 41 car.^[22]
• Ryan Ellis will move from Alpha Prime Racing to DGM Racing.^[4]
• Parker Retzlaff will not return to the Jordan Anderson Racing No. 31 car. He has yet to find a new ride for 2025.^[28]

Moving between series

• A. J. Allmendinger will move back to the Cup Series in 2025.^[14]
• Harrison Burton, who was released by Wood Brothers Racing in the Cup Series, will move to AM Racing and drive the No. 15 car in 2025.^[20]
• Cole Custer will move back to the Cup Series to drive for Haas Factory Team.^[21]
• 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.^[16]

Retirement

• Parker Kligerman retired from full-time competition at the conclusion of the 2024 season.^[29]

Rookies

See also: NASCAR Rookie of the Year § Xfinity Series

• Daniel Dye will drive the Kaulig Racing No. 10 car full-time in 2025, after running part-time for the team in 2024.^[12]
• 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.^[15]
• Carson Kvapil will race full-time for JR Motorsports in the No. 1 car, replacing Sam Mayer.^[6]
• Nick Sanchez will drive full-time for Big Machine Racing in the No. 48 car in 2025, replacing Parker Kligerman.^[2]
• 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.^[10][11]
• 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.^[25]
• 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.^[23]

Team changes

• Stewart–Haas Racing, which was a joint venture of Tony Stewart and Gene Haas, is dissolved following Stewart's divestiture from the team. Haas becomes sole owner and renames the team Haas Factory Team in 2025.^[30]

Schedule

The 2025 schedule was released on August 29, 2024 and consists of 26 oval races, 6 road course races, one street track race. ^[31]

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[32]	TV[32]	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	Xfinity 200	O  Phoenix Raceway	Avondale, Arizona	November 1	7:30 pm	CW	MRN

Notes

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.^[33]
• Rockingham Speedway will return to the series for the first time since 2004.^[34]
• Gateway will return to the series after a 14-year absence.^[35]
• Bristol earns a second date, while Michigan, New Hampshire and Richmond are removed from the Xfinity series' schedule, and Darlington loses its second date.^[36]

See also

• 2025 NASCAR Cup Series
• 2025 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
• 2025 ARCA Menards Series
• 2025 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour

References

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