NASCAR Xfinity Series
Next Race: Pennzoil 250
The Place: Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Track Length: 2.5 Mile Asphalt Oval
The Date: Saturday, July 26
The Time: 4:30 p.m. ET
The Purse: $1,651,939
TV: CW, 4 p.m. ET
Radio: IMS, SiriusXM NASCAR (Channel 90)
Distance: 250 miles (100 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 30),
Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 60), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 100)
Indianapolis Storylines and Insights:
- This weekend marks the 10th running of a NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway (2012-2025), and second consecutive Xfinity Series race on the Indianapolis oval after the series ran the road course configuration from 2020-2023.
- There are six races left in the regular season and five Playoff spots remain open.
- Cousins Jeb Burton and Harrison Burton are separated by seven points at the Playoff cutline; Jeb is in while Harrison is out.
- Harrison Burton has been within 16 points of the Playoff cutoff after every race this season; his high was +16 after Atlanta 1 and his low was -16 after Sonoma.
- The drivers from 11th-14th in the Playoff standings are separated by 59 points, less than one race.
- Sheldon Creed gained 61 points to the cut in the last three races, and Taylor Gray gained 28 points to the cut in the last two races.
- Jeb Burton lost 17 points to the cut in the last four races.
- Ryan Sieg gained 20 points to the cut at Dover after losing 68 points in the previous three races.
- Christian Eckes gained 10 points to the cut at Dover after losing 30 points in the previous two races.
- Connor Zilisch won the last two races, the second driver this season to win back-to-back races – Justin Allgaier at Las Vegas & Miami.
- Connor Zilisch became the youngest driver to win back-to-back races in NXS history – 18y, 11m, 27d (previous was Chase Elliott).
- Connor Zilisch’s eight straight top fives since returning from back injury is the longest top-five finish streak of the season; Zilisch is the youngest driver with more than five straight top fives.
- Connor Zilisch leads the series with four wins this season and a 10.68 average finish.
- Connor Zilisch became the youngest driver to win five NXS races – 18y, 11m, 27d (previous was Kyle Busch).
- JR Motorsports is one win away from 100, only three other teams won at least 100 NXS races (Joe Gibbs Racing-217, Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing-138, Richard Childress Racing-100).
- JR Motorsports finished inside the top five in a record-tying 22 straight races; they can break the record with a top five at Indianapolis.
- JR Motorsports won 11 races this season with a series-record six different drivers, all six drivers won in the last 11 races. Carson Kvapil could become JR Motorsports’ seventh different winner this season.
- JR Motorsports is the third team all-time to win 11 or more times in the first 20 races of a season.
- JR Motorsports’ #88 won five races with three different driver/crew chief combos this season.
- JR Motorsports had at least one car finish Top 2 in nine straight races, tied for the second-longest streak all-time.
- Chevrolet won the last 12 races this season, the longest winning streak by a manufacturer all-time.
- Chevrolet led 2,441 of 3,227 laps this season.
- Chevrolet won 18 of 20 races, the most all time by a manufacturer through 20 races in series history.
- Toyota is winless in the last 12 races, tied for their longest winless streak since the first NXS win in 2007.
- Kyle Larson will drive Hendrick Motorsports’ #17; Larson has won his last two starts this season with two different teams – Hendrick Motorsports at Bristol & JR Motorsports at Texas.
- There are only two previous Indianapolis winners on the entry list: Justin Allgaier – 2018 Xfinity & Kyle Larson – 2024 Brickyard 400.
- Four drivers are doing double duty in Cup/Xfinity: Kyle Larson, Jesse Love, Katherine Legge & Josh Bilicki.
- Jeremy Clements is the only driver to start all nine Xfinity Series races at Indianapolis.
- Joe Gibbs Racing won four of nine Indianapolis races.
- Eleven drivers on the entry list are making first Xfinity Series start at Indianapolis; nine drivers have never raced at Indianapolis.
- All nine Indianapolis Xfinity race winners started in the Top 8.
- Only one of nine Indianapolis races went to overtime – 2016.
- Two of the last six Indianapolis races featured a last-lap pass for the win.
- The last four Indianapolis races featured at least 12 lead changes.
- The last two races this season went caution-free in the first two stages, only the third time it has happened in Xfinity Series history.
- Five crew chiefs got their first NXS win in 2025: Chad Haney at Atlanta, Sam McAulay at Darlington, Adam Wall at Bristol, Cory Shea at Mexico City & Dale Earnhardt Jr. at Pocono.
- Justin Allgaier’s 28 career wins are ninth on the all-time wins list and one away from tying Matt Kenseth.
- Justin Allgaier is five top 10s away from 300 in his career, he would be the first driver with 300 top 10s.
- Justin Allgaier leads all drivers with 11 top-five finishes and 648 laps led in 2025.
- Justin Allgaier’s 11 top-five finishes in 2025 are his most ever after 20 races in a season.
- Justin Allgaier won the Fastest Lap Award five times this season, no other driver has more than two.
- Sam Mayer leads all drivers with top-15 finishes in 16 of 20 races this season.
- Five races this year ended with a last lap pass.
- Six of the last ten races this season had a pass for the win in the final six laps.
- Seven of the 20 races this season went to overtime.
- There hasn’t been an overtime finish in the last seven races, the longest streak without an OT since Feb- April 2023.
Only five spots remain in Playoffs
- It’s possible to get more than 12 series winners with six races remaining in regular season.
- If there are more than 12 winners after 26 races, the winner with the fewest regular season points will miss the Playoffs.
- Cousins Jeb Burton and Harrison Burton are separated by seven points at the Playoff cut line.
- Taylor Gray in 11th to Harrison Burton in 14th are separated by 59 points, less than one race.
- The first four drivers below the cut all gained points to the cutoff at Dover.
- The three drivers in 15th-17th are all rookies.