The 2025 FireKeepers Casino 400 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on June 8, 2025, at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan. Contested over 200 laps on the D-shaped oval, it was the 15th race of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season and the first of three seeding races for the inaugural NASCAR In-Season Challenge.
Denny Hamlin won the race. Chris Buescher finished 2nd, and Ty Gibbs finished 3rd. Bubba Wallace and Kyle Larson rounded out the top five, and Ross Chastain, Zane Smith, Kyle Busch, Ryan Preece, and Brad Keselowski rounded out the top ten.
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Background
The race was held at Michigan International Speedway, a moderate-banked D-shaped speedway located in Brooklyn, Michigan. The track is used primarily for NASCAR events. It is known as a "sister track" to Texas World Speedway as MIS's oval design was a direct basis of TWS, with moderate modifications to the banking in the corners, and was used as the basis of Auto Club Speedway. The track is owned by International Speedway Corporation. Michigan International Speedway is recognized as one of motorsports' premier facilities because of its wide racing surface and high banking (by open-wheel standards; the 18-degree banking is modest by stock car standards).
Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Driver Team Manufacturer 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 7 Justin Haley Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 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 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 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 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 88 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing ChevroletOfficial entry list
Practice Chase Briscoe was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 36.832 seconds and a speed of .
Practice results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 36.832 195.482 2 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 36.848 195.397 3 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 36.884 195.206Official practice results
Qualifying Chase Briscoe scored the pole for the race with a time of 36.826 and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 36.826 195.514 2 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 36.853 195.371 3 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 36.861 195.328 4 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 36.878 195.238 5 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 36.889 195.180 6 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 36.908 195.080 7 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 36.920 195.016 8 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 36.927 194.979 9 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 36.937 194.926 10 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 36.937 194.926 11 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 36.938 194.921 12 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 36.954 194.837 13 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 36.961 194.800 14 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 36.973 194.737 15 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 36.975 194.726 16 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 36.977 194.716 17 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 36.997 194.610 18 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 37.000 194.595 19 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 37.013 194.526 20 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 37.031 194.432 21 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 37.032 194.432 22 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 37.034 194.416 23 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 37.052 194.321 24 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Ford 37.052 194.321 25 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 37.061 194.274 26 88 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 37.075 194.201 27 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 37.081 194.170 28 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 37.124 193.945 29 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 37.125 193.939 30 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 37.137 193.877 31 7 Justin Haley Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 37.149 193.814 32 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 37.151 193.804 33 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 37.160 193.757 34 35 Riley Herbst (R) 23XI Racing Toyota 37.183 193.637 35 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 37.230 193.392 36 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 37.406 192.482Official qualifying results
Race
Race results
Stage results
Stage One Laps: 45
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 102 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 93 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 84 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 75 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 66 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 57 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 48 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 39 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 210 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 1Official stage one results
Stage Two Laps: 75
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 102 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 93 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 84 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 75 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 66 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 57 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 48 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 39 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 210 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 1Official stage two results
Final Stage results
Stage Three Laps: 80
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 3 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 200 51 2 6 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 200 45 3 8 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 200 34 4 9 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 200 40 5 5 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 200 36 6 20 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 200 37 7 10 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 200 30 8 2 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 200 31 9 23 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 200 33 10 27 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 200 27 11 22 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 200 27 12 7 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 200 31 13 12 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 200 31 14 35 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 200 23 15 17 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 200 22 16 25 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 200 21 17 19 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 200 2018 26 88 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 200 19 19 28 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 200 18 20 30 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 200 17 21 31 7 Justin Haley Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 200 16 22 15 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 200 15 23 1 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 200 21 24 18 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 200 15 25 34 35 Riley Herbst (R) 23XI Racing Toyota 200 12 26 36 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 200 11 27 29 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 200 10 28 4 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 200 29 29 14 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 199 17 30 32 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 199 7 31 11 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 199 15 32 13 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 196 10 33 33 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 145 4 34 21 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 72 3 35 24 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Ford 66 2 36 16 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 66 1 Official race results
Race statistics Lead changes: 15 among 11 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 7 for 33 Red flags: 1 for 11 minutes and 32 seconds Time of race: 2 hours, 48 minutes, and 20 seconds Average speed:
Media
Television Prime Video covered the race on the television side. Adam Alexander, two-time Michigan winner Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Steve Letarte called the race from the broadcast booth. Kim Coon, Marty Snider, and Trevor Bayne handled pit road for the television side.
Prime VideoBooth announcersPit reportersLap-by-lap: Adam AlexanderColor-commentator: Dale Earnhardt Jr.Color-commentator: Steve Letarte Kim CoonMarty SniderTrevor Bayne
Radio Radio coverage of the race was broadcast by Motor Racing Network (MRN) and simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden Mike Bagley & former championship Crew Chief Todd Gordon called the race in the booth while the field races on the front stretch. Lead MRN Turn Announcer Dave Moody called the race from a billboard outside of turn 2 when the field is racing through turns 1 and 2. Tim Catafalmo called the race from a platform outside of turn 3 when the field races through turns 3 and 4. Lead MRN Radio Pit Reporter Steve Post, Chris Wilner, Brienne Pedigo and Jason Toy worked pit road for the radio side.
MRNBooth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Alex HaydenAnnouncer: Mike BagleyAnnouncer: Todd Gordon Turns 1 & 2: Dave MoodyTurns 3 & 4: Tim Catafalmo Steve PostChris WilnerBrienne PedigoJason Toy
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 William Byron 576 2 Kyle Larson 535 (–41) 1 3 Denny Hamlin 494 (–82) 1 4 Christopher Bell 480 (–96) 5 Chase Elliott 464 (–112) 6 Tyler Reddick 460 (–116) 7 Ryan Blaney 427 (–149) 1 8 Ross Chastain 414 (–162) 1 9 Joey Logano 395 (–181) 10 Bubba Wallace 383 (–193) 11 Chase Briscoe 363 (–213) 2 12 Chris Buescher 342 (–234) 1 13 Alex Bowman 335 (–241) 2 14 Ryan Preece 322 (–254) 15 Kyle Busch 322 (–254) 3 16 Austin Cindric 318 (–258)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 544 2 Toyota 533 (–11) 3 Ford 512 (–32)
Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings. . – Driver has clinched a position in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.
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