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 on February 15 with the Daytona 300 at Daytona International Speedway and will end with the NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race on November 1 at Phoenix Raceway.
The 2025 season will be the second 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
[edit]Full-time teams
[edit]Part-time teams
[edit]Manufacturer | Team | No. | Driver | Crew chief | Races | References |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chevrolet | Jordan Anderson Racing | 32 | Jordan Anderson | TBA | 1 | [41] |
Driver changes
[edit]Moving teams
- Sheldon Creed will move from Joe Gibbs Racing to drive for Haas Factory Team in the No. 00.[31]
- Brandon Jones will leave JR Motorsports and return to Joe Gibbs Racing in the TBA car.[37][5]
- Sam Mayer will move from JR Motorsports to Haas Factory Team, where he will drive in the No. 41 car.[31]
- Ryan Ellis will move from Alpha Prime Racing to DGM Racing.[6]
- Parker Retzlaff will not return to the Jordan Anderson Racing No. 31 car.[42] He replaces Ryan Ellis at Alpha Prime Racing, with the No. 43 being renumbered to No. 4.[1]
- Blaine Perkins will move from RSS Racing to Jordan Anderson Racing, replacing Parker Retzlaff in the No. 31.[10]
Moving between series
- A. J. Allmendinger will move back to the Cup Series in 2025.[20]
- 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.[29]
- Cole Custer will move back to the Cup Series to drive for Haas Factory Team.[30]
- 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.[22]
- Chandler Smith will be driving for Front Row Motorsports in 2025 after it was announced he would not be driving for Joe Gibbs Racing.[43][44]
Retirement
- Parker Kligerman retired from full-time competition at the conclusion of the 2024 season.[45]
Rookies
- Daniel Dye will drive the Kaulig Racing No. 10 car full-time in 2025, after running part-time for the team in 2024.[17]
- 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.[21]
- Carson Kvapil will race full-time for JR Motorsports in the No. 1 car, replacing Sam Mayer.[11]
- Nick Sanchez will drive full-time for Big Machine Racing in the No. 48 car in 2025, replacing Parker Kligerman.[4]
- 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.[15][16]
- 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.[34]
- 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.[33]
Team changes
[edit]- Stewart–Haas Racing ceased operations at the end of the 2024 season, with co-owner Gene Haas retaining the two Xfinity Series teams under the Haas Factory Team banner.[46]
- 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.[39]
- 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.[28]
Schedule
[edit]The 2025 schedule was released on August 29, 2024 and consists of 26 oval races, 6 road course races, one street track race. [47]
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.
Notes
[edit]Schedule changes
[edit]- The series will return to Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez for the first time since the 2008 Corona Mexico 200.[49]
- Rockingham Speedway will return to the series for the first time since 2004.[50]
- Gateway will return to the series after a 14-year absence.[51]
- Bristol earns a second date, while Michigan, New Hampshire and Richmond are removed from the Xfinity series' schedule, and Darlington loses its second date.[52]
See also
[edit]- 2025 NASCAR Cup Series
- 2025 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
- 2025 ARCA Menards Series
- 2025 ARCA Menards Series East
- 2025 ARCA Menards Series West
- 2025 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
- 2025 NASCAR Canada Series
References
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- ^ a b "Christian Eckes driving full time for Kaulig Racing in 2025 Xfinity Series season". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media. August 31, 2024. Retrieved August 31, 2024.
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