The 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series was 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 ended with the NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race on November 1 at Phoenix Raceway.
The 2025 season was 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 marked the final season with Xfinity as the title sponsor of the series, as O'Reilly Auto Parts replaced the title sponsor starting next season.
Justin Allgaier of JR Motorsports entered the season as the defending series champion. Rookie Connor Zilisch won the regular season championship. At season's end, Jesse Love of Richard Childress Racing won the championship.
Teams and drivers Full-time teams Manufacturer Team Driver Crew chief References Chevrolet Alpha Prime Racing 4 Parker Retzlaff Joe Williams Jr. 44 Brennan Poole Frank Kerr 45 Caesar Bacarella Mike Tyska Keith Wolfe Wayne Carroll Jr. Mason Massey Brad Perez Vicente Salas Lavar Scott Stefan Parsons Josh Williams Big Machine Racing 48 Nick Sanchez (R) Patrick Donahue Cope Family Racing 70 Leland Honeyman George Church Aeden McHugh Thomas Annunziata Will Rodgers DGM Racing with Jesse Iwuji Motorsports 71 Ryan Ellis Mario Gosselin 91 Josh Bilicki Bryan Berry Steve Addington Myatt Snider C. J. McLaughlin Jesse Iwuji Andrés Pérez de Lara Josh Williams Matt Mills Mason Maggio Jeremy Clements Racing 51 Jeremy Clements Kase Kallenbach Jordan Anderson Racing 27 Jeb Burton Mark Setzer 31 Blaine Perkins Jeff Kirkendall Cody McKenzie JR Motorsports 1 Carson Kvapil (R) Andrew Overstreet 7 Justin Allgaier Jim Pohlman 8 Sammy Smith Phillip Bell 88 Connor Zilisch (R) Mardy Lindley Dale Earnhardt Jr. Kyle Larson Kaulig Racing 10 Daniel Dye (R) Kevin Walter Lennie Chandler 11 Josh Williams Eddie Pardue Carson Hocevar Michael McDowell Justin Haley Will Brown Daniel Hemric Brenden Queen 16 Christian Eckes (R) Alex Yontz Richard Childress Racing 2 Jesse Love Danny Stockman Jr. 21 Austin Hill Chad Haney The Austin Hill who drives for Richard Childress Racing and the Austin Hill who drives for Joey Gase Motorsports are different people. Austin Dillon SS-Green Light Racing 07 Patrick Emerling Paul Clapprood Nick Leitz Alex Labbé Carson Ware Logan Bearden Preston Pardus Brad Perez SS-Green Light Racing with BRK Racing 14 Garrett Smithley Jason Miller Robbie Freeman Doug Richert Carson Hocevar Logan Bearden Josh Bilicki Connor Mosack Viking Motorsports 99 Matt DiBenedetto Pat Tryson Connor Mosack Young's Motorsports 42 Anthony Alfredo Andrew Abbott Ford AM Racing 25 Harrison Burton Danny Efland Haas Factory Team 00 Sheldon Creed Jonathan Toney 41 Sam Mayer Jason Trinchere Ryan Sieg RSS Racing 28 Kyle Sieg Wayne Carroll Jr. Eli Griffeth R. B. Bracken Brad Parrott Joey Hand Nick Leitz 39 Ryan Sieg Matt Noyce Kyle Sieg Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 18 William Sawalich (R) Jeff Meendering Justin Bonsignore 19 Justin Bonsignore Seth Chavka Aric Almirola Riley Herbst Christopher Bell Chase Briscoe Jack Perkins Ty Gibbs 20 Brandon Jones Sam McAulay 54 Taylor Gray (R) Jason Ratcliff Sam Hunt Racing 26 Dean Thompson (R) Kris Bowen Chevrolet Ford Toyota Joey Gase Motorsports with Scott Osteen 35 Greg Van Alst Scott Eggleston Mike Hillman Sr. Mike Tyska Jim Gase Keith Wolfe Joey Gase Baltazar Leguizamón Carson Ware Glen Reen Rubén Rovelo Andre Castro Austin J. Hill David Starr Tyler Tomassi Entry was fielded in a collaboration with MBM Motorsports. Mason Maggio Takuma Koga Stefan Parsons Chevrolet Ford Toyota 53 Joey Gase Mike Hillman Sr. Scott Eggleston Mason Maggio Sage Karam David Starr J. J. Yeley 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. Katherine Legge Logan Bearden Austin J. Hill Kyle Sieg
Part-time teams Manufacturer Team Driver Crew chief Races References Chevrolet DGM Racing with Jesse Iwuji Motorsports 92 C. J. McLaughlin Steve Addington Natalie Decker Leland Honeyman Hendrick Motorsports 17 William Byron Adam Wall Greg Ives Alex Bowman Kyle Larson Corey Day Chase Elliott Jake Finch Rajah Caruth Jordan Anderson Racing 32 Jordan Anderson Bruce Schlicker Jody Measamer Shane Whitbeck Austin Green Katherine Legge Rajah Caruth Andrew Patterson 87 Austin Green Jody Measamer JR Motorsports 9 Ross Chastain Cory Shea Daniel Suárez Shane van Gisbergen Connor Mosack Mike Harmon Racing 74 Carson Ware Mike Harmon Kevin Cram Dawson Cram Our Motorsports 5 Kris Wright Dan Stillman Kaz Grala Pardus Racing Inc. 50 Preston Pardus Dan Pardus Steve Addington Richard Childress Racing 3 Austin Dillon Andy Street 33 Kasey Kahne Ford AM Racing 76 Kole Raz Matthew Lucas RSS Racing 29 J. J. Yeley Kevin Johnson Eddie Troconis Jake Garcia Toyota Sam Hunt Racing 24 Ryan Truex Brian Gainey Corey Heim Patrick Staropoli Jeffrey Earnhardt Christopher Bell Kaz Grala Alon Day Trevor Bayne Chevrolet Ford Alpha Prime Racing 5 Caesar Bacarella Keith Wolfe Glen ReenEntry was fielded in a collaboration with Joey Gase Motorsports with Scott Osteen. Ford Chevrolet MBM Motorsports 66 Tyler Tomassi Carl Long Doug Richert Mason Maggio Notes:
Driver changes Moving teams Sheldon Creed will move from Joe Gibbs Racing to drive for Haas Factory Team in the No. 00. Brandon Jones will leave JR Motorsports and return to Joe Gibbs Racing in the No. 20 car. Sam Mayer will move from JR Motorsports to Haas Factory Team, where he will drive in the No. 41 car. Ryan Ellis will move from Alpha Prime Racing to DGM Racing. Anthony Alfredo will move from Our Motorsports to drive the No. 42 full-time for Young's Motorsports, replacing Leland Honeyman. Parker Retzlaff will not return to the Jordan Anderson Racing No. 31 car. He replaces Ryan Ellis at Alpha Prime Racing, with the No. 43 being renumbered to No. 4. Blaine Perkins will move from RSS Racing to Jordan Anderson Racing, replacing Parker Retzlaff in the No. 31.
Moving between series A. J. Allmendinger will move back to the Cup Series in 2025. 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. Cole Custer will move back to the Cup Series to drive for Haas Factory Team. 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. 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.
Retirement Parker Kligerman retired from full-time competition at the conclusion of the 2024 season.
Rookies
Daniel Dye will drive the Kaulig Racing No. 10 car full-time in 2025, after running part-time for the team in 2024. 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. Carson Kvapil will race full-time for JR Motorsports in the No. 1 car, replacing Sam Mayer. Nick Sanchez will drive full-time for Big Machine Racing in the No. 48 car in 2025, replacing Parker Kligerman. 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. 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. Operation 300 will sponsor him for all 33 races in 2025. 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. 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.
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. 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. 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. 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. Jesse Iwuji Motorsports will have an ownership stake with DGM Racing of their cars in 2025.
Schedule
The 2025 schedule was released on August 29, 2024, and consists of 26 oval races, 6 road course races, one street track race. Dash 4 Cash races are bolded.
No Race title Track Location DateTime (ET)TVRadio 1 United Rentals 300 Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida February 155 pmCWMRN 2 Bennett Transportation & Logistics 250 Atlanta Motor Speedway Hampton, Georgia February 22PRN 3 Focused Health 250 Circuit of the Americas Austin, Texas March 12:30 pmPRN 4 GOVX 200 Phoenix Raceway Avondale, Arizona March 85 pmMRN 5 The LiUNA! Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, Nevada March 154:30 pmPRN 6 Hard Rock Bet 300 Homestead–Miami Speedway Homestead, Florida March 224 pmMRN 7 US Marine Corps 250 Martinsville Speedway Ridgeway, Virginia March 295 pm 8 Sport Clips Haircuts VFW 200 Darlington Raceway Darlington, South Carolina April 53:30 pm 9 SciAps 300 Bristol Motor Speedway Bristol, Tennessee April 12 5 pm 10 North Carolina Education Lottery 250 Rockingham Speedway Rockingham, North Carolina April 194 pmMRN 11 Ag-Pro 300 Talladega Superspeedway Lincoln, Alabama April 26MRN 12 Andy's Frozen Custard 300 Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, Texas May 32 pmPRN 13 BetMGM 300 Charlotte Motor Speedway Concord, North Carolina May 244:30 pmMRN 14 Tennessee Lottery 250 Nashville Superspeedway Lebanon, Tennessee May 317:30 pmPRN 15 The Chilango 150 Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez Mexico City, Mexico June 144:30 pmMRN 16 Explore the Pocono Mountains 250 Pocono Raceway Long Pond, Pennsylvania June 213:30 pmPRN 17 Focused Health 250 Atlanta Motor Speedway Hampton, Georgia June 277:30 pm 18 The Loop 110 Chicago Street Course Chicago, Illinois July 54:30 pmMRN 19 Pit Boss/FoodMaxx 250 Sonoma Raceway Sonoma, California July 12 20 BetRivers 200 Dover Motor Speedway Dover, Delaware July 19PRN 21 Pennzoil 250 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana July 26IMS 22 Hy-Vee PERKS 250 Iowa Speedway Newton, Iowa August 2MRN 23 Mission 200 at The Glen Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen, New York August 93 pm 24 Wawa 250 Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida August 227:30 pm 25 Pacific Office Automation 147 Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon August 30 26 Nu Way 200 World Wide Technology Raceway Madison, Illinois September 6PRN NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs Round of 12 27 Food City 300 Bristol Motor Speedway Bristol, Tennessee September 127:30 pmCWMRN 28 Kansas Lottery 300 Kansas Speedway Kansas City, Kansas September 27 4 pm 29 Blue Cross NC 250 Charlotte Motor Speedway (Roval) Concord, North Carolina October 4 5 pmPRN Round of 8 30 Focused Health 302 Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, Nevada October 117:30 pmCWPRN 31 United Rentals 250 Talladega Superspeedway Lincoln, Alabama October 184 pmMRN 32 IAA and Ritchie Bros. 250 Martinsville Speedway Ridgeway, Virginia October 257:30 pm Championship 4 33 Phoenix Raceway Avondale, Arizona November 17:30 pmCWMRN
Schedule changes The series will return to Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez for the first time since the 2008 Corona Mexico 200.