The 2025 NASCAR All-Star Race (XLI) was a non-championship NASCAR Cup Series stock car exhibition race held on May 18, 2025, at North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina. Contested over 250 laps, it was the second exhibition race of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season.
In the open, Carson Hocevar won the race. John Hunter Nemechek finished 2nd, and Ty Dillon finished 3rd. Erik Jones and Michael McDowell rounded out the top five, and Zane Smith, A. J. Allmendinger, Bubba Wallace, Cole Custer, and Riley Herbst rounded out the top ten. Noah Gragson advanced to the main race after winning the fan vote.
In the main race, Christopher Bell won the $1 million. Joey Logano finished 2nd, and Ross Chastain finished 3rd. Alex Bowman and Chase Elliott rounded out the top five, and Christopher Bell, Tyler Reddick, Kyle Busch, Chase Briscoe, and Chris Buescher rounded out the top ten.
Report Background
The All-Star Race is open to race winners from last season through the 2025 AdventHealth 400 at Kansas Speedway, all previous All-Star race winners, NASCAR Cup champions who had attempted to qualify for every race in 2024, the top two race finishers of the All-Star Open, and the winner of the All-Star fan vote are eligible to compete in the All-Star Race.
Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
NASCAR All-Star Open Driver Team Manufacturer 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 7 Justin Haley Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 15 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 35 Riley Herbst (R) 23XI Racing Toyota 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Ford 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 66 Chad Finchum Garage 66 Ford 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 88 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Trackhouse Racing ChevroletOfficial entry list
NASCAR All-Star Race Driver Team Manufacturer 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 51 Harrison Burton (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing ChevroletOfficial entry list
Practice
Practice results Tyler Reddick was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 18.198 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 18.198 123.640 2 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 18.233 123.403 3 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 18.237 123.376Official practice results
All-Star Open Qualifying Shane van Gisbergen scored the pole for the race with a time of 1:28.694 seconds.
Open qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 88 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 1:28.684 2 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 1:28.884 3 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 1:29.596 4 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 1:29.610 5 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 1:29.688 6 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 1:30.477 7 7 Justin Haley Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 1:30.495 8 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 1:30.841 9 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1:30.917 10 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 1:31.444 11 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Ford 1:32.050 12 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 1:35.597 13 35 Riley Herbst (R) 23XI Racing Toyota 1:39.650 14 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 1:39.690 15 15 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 1:39.791 16 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 1:50.942 17 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 2:02.694 18 66 Chad Finchum Garage 66 Ford 2:24.024Official Open qualifying results
Qualifying (Pit Crew Challenge) The 2025 Pit Crew Challenge set the starting lineup for both the NASCAR All-Star Open and the qualifying heat races. Brad Keselowski scored the pole for Heat Race 1 with a time of 1:27.362 seconds. Christopher Bell scored the pole for Heat Race 2 with a time of 1:28.252 seconds. Michael McDowell's pit crew won the Pit Crew Challenge.
Heat Race 1 qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 1:27.362 2 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1:28.361 3 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1:29.120 4 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1:29.619 5 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 1:30.170 6 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 1:30.437 7 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 1:31.240 8 5 Justin Allgaier (i) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1:34.949 9 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 1:38.886 10 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 1:40.337 Heat Race 1 qualifying results
Heat Race 2 qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1:28.252 2 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1:28.649 3 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 1:29.257 4 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1:29.921 5 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1:30.450 6 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1:31.223 7 51 Harrison Burton (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 1:34.432 8 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 1:38.272 9 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 1:39.056 10 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 1:46.930 Heat Race 2 qualifying results
Qualifying heat races
Heat Race 1 results Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps1 1 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 752 9 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 753 3 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 754 10 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 755 2 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 756 7 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 757 5 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 758 4 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 759 6 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 7510 8 5 Justin Allgaier (i) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 0Official All-Star Heat race 1 results
Heat Race 2 results Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps1 1 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 752 3 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 753 5 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 754 6 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 755 8 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 756 10 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 757 2 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 758 9 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 759 7 51 Harrison Burton (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 7510 4 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 75Official All-Star Heat race 2 results
NASCAR All-Star Race Starting Lineup Driver Team Manufacturer Notes1 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford Heat Race 1 Winner2 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Heat Race 2 Winner3 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 2nd in Heat Race 14 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 2nd in Heat Race 25 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 3rd in Heat Race 16 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 3rd in Heat Race 27 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 4th in Heat Race 18 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 4th in Heat Race 29 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 5th in Heat Race 110 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 5th in Heat Race 211 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 6th in Heat Race 112 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 6th in Heat Race 213 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 7th in Heat Race 114 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 7th in Heat Race 215 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 8th in Heat Race 116 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 8th in Heat Race 217 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 9th in Heat Race 118 51 Harrison Burton (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 9th in Heat Race 219 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 10th in Heat Race 120 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 10th in Heat Race 221 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet All Star Open Winner22 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota All Star Open Runner-up23 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford Fan Vote WinnerOfficial starting lineup
NASCAR All Star Open
NASCAR All Star Open results Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps1 2 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 1002 8 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 1003 10 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 1004 12 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 1005 4 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 1006 6 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 1007 16 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 1008 14 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 1009 11 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Ford 10010 13 35 Riley Herbst (R) 23XI Racing Toyota 10011 5 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 10012 17 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 10013 1 88 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 10014 7 7 Justin Haley Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 10015 9 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 10016 15 15 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 10017 3 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 10018 18 66 Chad Finchum Garage 66 Ford 100Official NASCAR All Star Open race results
NASCAR All Star Race
NASCAR All Star Race results Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps1 2 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 2502 4 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 2503 3 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 2504 9 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 2505 6 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 2506 5 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 2507 13 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 2508 8 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 2509 14 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 25010 10 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 25011 21 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 25012 20 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 25013 23 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 25014 15 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 25015 17 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 25016 7 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 25017 11 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 25018 16 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 25019 22 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 25020 18 51 Harrison Burton (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 25021 19 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 24722 1 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 17523 12 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 63Official NASCAR All-Star Race results
Media
Television Fox Sports was the television broadcaster of the race in the United States. Lap-by-lap announcer, Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer, and two-time All-Star race winner Kevin Harvick called the race from the broadcast booth. Jamie Little and Regan Smith handled pit road for the television side. Larry McReynolds provided insight on-site during the race.
FS1Booth announcersPit reportersIn-race analystLap-by-lap: Mike JoyColor-commentator: Clint BowyerColor-commentator: Kevin Harvick Jamie LittleRegan Smith Larry McReynolds
Radio