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.

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

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Full-time teams

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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 71 Ryan Ellis TBA [4][5][6][3]
Jordan Anderson Racing 27 Jeb Burton TBA [7]
31 Blaine Perkins TBA [7]
JR Motorsports 1 Carson Kvapil (R) TBA [8][3]
7 Justin Allgaier TBA [9][10]
8 Sammy Smith TBA [11]
88 Connor Zilisch (R) TBA [12][13][3]
Kaulig Racing 10 Daniel Dye (R) TBA [14]
11 Josh Williams TBA [15]
16 Christian Eckes (R) TBA [16][17][3]
Our Motorsports 5 Kris Wright (R) TBA [18][3]
Richard Childress Racing 2 Jesse Love TBA [19][20]
21 Austin Hill TBA [21]
Ford AM Racing 15 Harrison Burton Danny Efland [22][3]
Haas Factory Team 00 Sheldon Creed TBA [23][24][3]
41 Sam Mayer TBA [24][3]
Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 18 William Sawalich (R) TBA [25][3]
19 Brandon Jones TBA [26][3]
54 Taylor Gray (R) Jason Ratcliff [27][28][29][3]
TBA Joey Gase Motorsports
with Scott Osteen
35 TBA TBA [30][31]
53 TBA TBA

Part-time teams

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Manufacturer Team No. Driver Crew chief Races References
Chevrolet Jordan Anderson Racing 32 Jordan Anderson TBA 1 [32]

Driver changes

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Moving teams

Moving between series

Retirement

Rookies

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Schedule

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The 2025 schedule was released on August 29, 2024 and consists of 26 oval races, 6 road course races, one street track race. [36]

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[37] TV[37] 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 SciAps 300  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 NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race  O  Phoenix Raceway Avondale, Arizona November 1 7:30 pm CW MRN

Notes

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O Oval track
R Road course
S Street course

Schedule changes

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See also

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References

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  2. ^ a b "Nick Sanchez to drive for Big Machine Racing in 2025 Xfinity Series". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media. September 18, 2024. Retrieved September 18, 2024.
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