NASCAR Xfinity Series
Next Race: Focused Health 302
The Place: Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Track Length: 1.5 Mile Asphalt Oval
The Date: Saturday, October 11
The Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
The Purse: $1,651,939
TV: CW, 7 p.m. ET
Radio: PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR (Channel 90)
Distance: 301.5 miles (201 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 45),
Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 90), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 201)
NASCAR Xfinity Series
Las Vegas Motor Speedway Storylines and Insights:
- This weekend marks the 37th running of a NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
- Las Vegas was on the Xfinity Series schedule every year since inaugural race in 1997.
- Las Vegas has hosted a Playoff race every year since 2020.
- Las Vegas has been the Round of 8 opener every year since 2022.
- Round of 8 races are Las Vegas, Talladega and Martinsville.
- Lowest four drivers in points will be eliminated after Martinsville.
- Any win in Round of 8 by Playoff driver will advance them to Championship 4.
- At least one driver will advance to Championship 4 on points.
- Connor Zilisch enters the round with a 57-point lead on the cutoff, the largest gap entering the Round of 8 in Playoff history.
- Connor Zilisch leads second place by 33 points; the other seven drivers are separated by 35 points.
- Six drivers, from Brandon Jones in 3rd to Sheldon Creed in 8th, are separated by just 15 points.
- Justin Allgaier and Sam Mayer are the only remaining Playoff drivers to make Championship 4.
- Four teams are represented in Round of 8: JR Motorsports (4), Haas Factory Team (2), Joe Gibbs Racing (1) and Richard Childress Racing (1).
- Two rookies remain in the Playoffs: Connor Zilisch and Carson Kvapil.
- No driver has won Round of 8 opener and gone on to win championship.
- Connor Zilisch got his tenth win of season at the Charlotte Roval, he is the sixth driver in series history to win ten races in a season and the first since Kyle Busch in 2016.
- After winning the Charlotte Roval, Connor Zilisch holds the track record as the youngest winner on 10 different tracks.
- Connor Zilisch extended his all-time top-5 finish record streak to 17 after winning at the Roval.
- Connor Zilisch’s 10 wins this season is the record for most wins by a rookie.
- Connor Zilisch’s 2.1 average finish in the last 17 races is the best in series history in a 17-race span.
- Connor Zilisch won eight of last 11 races this season, the most in any 11-race span in series history.
- Connor Zilisch won 34% of his starts, the best win percentage all-time.
- Connor Zilisch led in his last 18 NXS starts, the record for most consecutive starts leading is 22 by Brad Keselowski.
- Randall Burnett was announced as Connor Zilisch’s crew chief next season when he moves to Trackhouse Racing in the Cup Series.
- JR Motorsports won 17 races this season with a series-record six different drivers (does not include Parker Kligerman who won in relief role at Daytona).
- JR Motorsports had at least one car finish top five in a record 31 straight races.
- Justin Allgaier earned his 299th career top 10 at Charlotte Roval, he will be first driver in series history to reach 300 top 10s.
- Las Vegas is the sixth and final 1.5-mile race this season.
- Justin Allgaier won at Las Vegas in March, his only win at the track despite having 19 top-10s in 22 starts there.
- The last seven Las Vegas races were won by seven different drivers.
- Justin Allgaier is the all-time leader at Las Vegas in runner-ups (4), Top 5s (12), Top 10s (19) and stage wins (4).
- Justin Allgaier finished in Top 10 in eight straight Las Vegas races, tied with Noah Gragson for longest top 10 streak at Las Vegas.
- Six of the eight Playoff drivers finished in Top 10 at Las Vegas in March.
- JR Motorsports won three of five races on 1.5-mile tracks this season.
- Justin Allgaier won or was passed for the win in four of five races on 1.5-mile tracks this season.
- Austin Hill and Justin Allgaier are the only active drivers to win at Las Vegas in the Xfinity Series.
- Austin Hill and Christian Eckes also won at Las Vegas in the CRAFTSMAN Truck Series.
- Connor Zilisch leads the series with 10 wins, 18 top fives, 20 top 10s, 951 laps led, a 7.9 average finish and eight poles this season.
- Connor Zilisch won Fastest Lap Award six times this season, Justin Allgaier is second with five.
- Justin Allgaier leads the series with 13 stage wins this season.
- Justin Allgaier’s 28 career wins are 9th on the all-time wins list and one away from tying Matt Kenseth.
- Justin Allgaier made his 500th career start at the Roval, the fifth driver in series history to make 500 starts.
- Chevrolet led 3,492 of 4,569 laps this season (76%).
- Chevrolet won 24 of 29 races, the most all time by a manufacturer through 29 races in 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.
- Five races this year ended with a last lap pass.
- O’Reilly Auto Parts will replace Xfinity as title sponsor starting in 2026 becoming the fifth different title sponsor of the series: Budweiser, Busch, Nationwide, Xfinity & O’Reilly.
NXS Clinch Scenarios for Las Vegas Motor Speedway (Playoff Race #4)
Already Clinched
- No drivers have clinched a spot in the 4-driver field of the next round.
Can clinch via win
- The following drivers would clinch on their win alone: Connor Zilisch, Justin Allgaier, Brandon Jones, Sam Mayer, Jesse Love, Sammy Smith, Carson Kvapil, Sheldon Creed.
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