Aric Almirola dominates Xfinity race at Las Vegas, locks No. 19 car into Championship 4: An incredible race-long scramble among the day’s front-running trio of veteran Aric Almirola and young talents Connor Zilisch and Jesse Love ended in favor of the experienced Almirola, but he really had to earn this trophy in Saturday’s Focused Health 302 NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoff race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.(Read more)(NASCAR)

In dominant fashion, leading a race-high 107 laps and sweeping all three stages, #19-Aric Almirola won the Focused Health 302 Xfinity Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. It’s his third win of the 2025 season and his 10th in 132 career starts.
#88-Connor Zilisch led 34 laps, but lost the lead with nine laps remaining and finished runner-up. It’s his 18th consecutive top-five finish. Pole sitter #7-Justin Allgaier placed third, with #17-Corey Day and #48-Nick Sanchez rounding out the top five.
#2-Jesse Love dropped to sixth in the finishing order despite leading three separate times for 22 laps. #39-Ryan Sieg, #54-Taylor Gray, #41-Sam Mayer and #21-Austin Hill completed the top 10.
Playoff drivers finishing outside the top 10: #00-Sheldon Creed (11th), #20-Brandon Jones (13th), #1-Carson Kvapil (15th) and #8-Sammy Smith (20th).
There were 15 lead changes among nine drivers and four cautions for 22 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was 135.489 mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Points Standings, Owner Points Standings, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report.

Las Vegas Paint Schemes

Race Fast Facts – Las Vegas Motor Speedway:
Aric Almirola (P) won the Focused Health 302, his 10th victory in 132 Xfinity Series races.
This is his third victory and ninth top-10 finish in 2025.
This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in eight races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Connor Zilisch # (P) (second) posted his second top-10 finish in two races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. It is his 21st top-10 finish in 2025.
Justin Allgaier (P) (third) posted his 20th top-10 finish in 23 races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Connor Zilisch (P) (second) was the highest finishing rookie.
Connor Zilisch # (P) leads the point standings by 38 points over Justin Allgaier (P).

Xfinity Series Playoff Standings after Las Vegas (Race 30 of 33):
1)#88-Connor Zilisch 3,124, +82
2)#7-Justin Allgaier 3,084, +44
3)#2-Jesse Love 3,062, +20
4)#41-Sam Mayer 3,050, +8
Currently below elimination line
5)#20-Brandon Jones 3,042, -8
6)#00-Sheldon Creed 3,029, -21
7)#1-Carson Kvapil 3,028, -22
8)#8-Sammy Smith 3,026, -24
See the Driver Points Standings and Owner Points Standings.

Race Updates:
Lap 201: #19-Almirola hangs on for the victory. #88-Zilisch finishes runner-up, with #7-Allgaier, #17-Day, #48-Sanchez, #2-Love, #39-Sieg, #54-Gray, #41-Mayer and #21-Hill completing the top 10.
Lap 193: #88-Zilisch got loose through Turns 3 and 4, allowing #19-Almirola to move out to a half-second lead.
Lap 191: #19-Almirola and #88-Zilisch collide on the backstretch, though Almirola clears for the race lead. #7-Allgaier is now 1.1 seconds back of the lead.
Lap 189: #19-Almirola is all over the back bumper of #88-Zilisch for the race lead. #7-Allgaier has moved within 1.5 seconds.
Lap 187: #19-Almirola is closing the gap on #88-Zilisch and is within four-tenths of a second with 14 laps remaining. #7-Allgaier clears #48-Sanchez for third position, 1.8 seconds back of the lead.
Lap 184: #2-Love got loose battling #48-Sanchez, allowing #7-Allgaier to sneak by for fourth position.
Lap 182: #48-Sanchez gets loose underneath #19-Almirola, allowing #2-Love to take third position.
Lap 179: #88-Zilisch clears for the lead. #19-Almirola is battling #48-Sanchez and #2-Love for second. #00-Creed holds fifth, ahead of #7-Allgaier and #17-Day.
Lap 178: #88-Zilisch and #19-Almirola remain side-by-side battling for the lead one lap after the restart. #48-Sanchez drives to third position.
Lap 174: #88-Zilisch maintains the lead on the restart. #19-Almirola passes #2-Love on pit road to take the runner-up spot.
Lap 171: #88-Zilisch gets #2-Love loose and takes the lead off Turn 4. #26-Thompson spins in Turns 3 and 4 to bring out the caution.
Lap 170: #2-Love continues to lead by two-tenths of a second over #88-Zilisch. #8-Smith gets put a lap down running in 20th position.
Lap 160: #19-Almirola is struggling to get through traffic, dropping nearly one-second off the race lead.
Lap 154: #28-Sieg dips to pit road, handing the lead to #2-Love. #88-Zilisch is two-tenths of a second behind with #19-Almirola a half-second back in third position.
Lap 153: #88-Zilisch passes #19-Almirola for what will be second position. #28-Sieg is now the only driver that has yet to pit.
Lap 152: Only #11-Hemric and #28-Sieg have yet to pit. #2-Love runs third, with #19-Almirola and #88-Zilisch in close pursuit after making their final scheduled pit stop.
Lap 145: #20-Jones, #48-Sanchez and #8-Smith all hit pit road for the final scheduled time.
Lap 144: #88-Zilisch hits pit road from the lead. #16-Eckes is also on pit road.
Lap 143: Race leaders #2-Love and #19-Almirola enter pit road for the final scheduled time, handing the lead to #88-Zilisch. #21-Hill and #1-Kvapil are also on pit road.
Lap 142: #7-Allgaier is the first car to pit inside the top five. #41-Mayer is also on pit road.
Lap 141: #19-Almirola washes up the track in Turn 2, allowing #2-Love to take control of the race.
Lap 140: #54-Gray has hit pit road, running just outside the top 10.
Lap 137: #00-Creed is the first car to hit pit road for a final scheduled pit stop. Creed nearly lost control of the car transitioning onto the apron.
Lap 136: #39-Sieg has cracked the top 10 after restarting the stage at the rear of the field for a pit-road penalty.
Lap 132: #2-Love has eaten into the lead of #19-Almirola and is within four-tenths of a second.
Lap 120: #19-Almirola continues to lead by nearly three-quarters of a second over #2-Love. #48-Sanchez has raced up to fifth after an early pit-road penalty. #17-Day is challenging #20-Jones for sixth position.
Lap 107: #19-Almirola and #88-Zilisch make contact battling for the lead off Turn 4. Zilisch got loose and made a save while pointed towards the infield.
Lap 106: #19-Almirola passes #2-Love on the outside to take second position and is all over the back bumper of #88-Zilisch for the race lead.
Lap 97: #88-Zilisch clears #2-Love for the lead on the restart. #19-Almirola, #21-Hill and #20-Jones are the top five positions. #7-Allgaier has fallen to eighth.
Lap 94: #39-Sieg has been penalized for an uncontrolled tire and will have to start Stage 3 at the rear of the field. #88-Zilisch is the race leader. #19-Almirola lost two spots on pit road to third. The socket on the air gun for #1-Kvapil broke during his pit stop and he fell to 18th position.
Lap 90: #19-Almirola wins Stage 2, his third stage victory of the season. #2-Love, #88-Zilisch, #7-Allgaier, #39-Sieg, #21-Hill, #16-Eckes, #41-Mayer, #17-Day and #1-Kvapil earn stage points. Playoff drivers not earning stage points: #20-Jones (11th), #00-Creed (15th) and #8-Smith (24th).
Lap 83: #8-Smith has sunk to 24th, believing something could be broken in the car. The other seven playoff drivers run inside the top 15.
Lap 77: #2-Love has driven to the bumper of #19-Almirola. #21-Hill got loose entering Turn 3 and lost fifth position to #39-Sieg.
Lap 66: #7-Allgaier and #21-Hill trade paint battling for fourth position. Allgaier powers on continuing his surge forward.
Lap 65: #2-Love is inching closer to #19-Almirola for the race lead. #88-Zilisch runs third, more than one-second behind. Five playoff drivers run inside the top 10.
Lap 57: #7-Allgaier passes #41-Mayer to get back inside the top five. Mayer loses an additional position to #16-Eckes.
Lap 53: #2-Love leads at the line one lap after the restart, though #88-Zilisch pushes #19-Almirola by for the top spot after crossing the start/finish line.
Lap 49: #2-Love gained two spots to take the lead. #21-Hill moved up three spots on pit road to third. #19-Almirola dropped to second; #88-Zilisch lost two positions to fourth.
Lap 45: #19-Almirola wins Stage 1, his second stage victory of the season. #88-Zilisch, #2-Love, #7-Allgaier, #39-Sieg, #21-Hill, #16-Eckes, #41-Mayer, #54-Gray and #48-Sanchez earn stage points. Playoff drivers not earning stage points #1-Kvapil (11th), #8-Smith (18th), #20-Jones (23rd) and #00-Creed (26th).
Lap 42: #20-Jones continues to fall through the field, down to 18th position in a battle with #8-Smith.
Lap 39: #2-Love is dialed in on the long run, passing #7-Allgaier for third position. #19-Almirola leads #88-Zilisch by a half-second with six laps remaining in the stage.
Lap 34: #41-Mayer has soared inside the top 10, currently running ninth after earlier issues with oil pressure and voltage. #20-Jones is fighting a tight condition and plummeted to 11th.
Lap 31: #39-Sieg cracks the top five for the first time in the race. #20-Jones went wide through Turns 3 and 4, losing four spots to ninth.
Lap 29: #2-Love dips to the bottom on the restart and puts #7-Allgaier in the middle. Love got loose through Turns 3 and 4 and loses control of the lead to #19-Almirola. #7-Allgaier lost three spots to fourth position.
Lap 25: #00-Creed is among the few cars to hit pit road for big wedge and track bar adjustments.
Lap 24: First caution is out for debris in Turn 2.
Lap 22: #2-Love continues charging forward, taking third position from #88-Zilisch.
Lap 20: #41-Mayer reports that he’s losing oil pressure and voltage, running in 15th position.
Lap 18: #00-Creed continues to free-fall through the field, dropping to 27th position, a half-lap down.
Lap 15: #2-Love is the quickest car on the track, battling #20-Jones for fourth position.
Lap 11: #88-Zilisch is charging back towards the front, passing #19-Almirola on the outside of Turns 1 and 2. #7-Allgaier has stretched the lead to nearly one second.
Lap 10: #00-Creed has faded to 20th positions with an ill-handling car. He’s the worst running playoff driver, one spot behind #8-Smith.
Lap 8: #16-Eckes makes two passes on #2-Love and #54-Gray to take sixth position before getting loose through Turns 3 and 4 to drop three more spots.
Lap 3: #19-Almirola passes #88-Zilisch to take second spot. #20-Jones has dropped to fifth after battling for second in the opening two laps.
Lap 1: #7-Allgaier paints the bottom line to pull away with the lead on the opening lap.

Race Info:
Focused Health 302
Broadcast: CW, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 201 laps / 301.5 Miles
Stages: 45 / 90 / 201
Average time of race: 2:14:59
Pit road speed: 45 mph
Caution vehicle speed: 55 mph
Fuel window: 60 laps

Cars to the rear: #4-Parker Retzlaff (unapproved adjustments) and #71-Ryan Ellis (engine change).

Pit-Stall Selections

#7-Justin Allgaier won the pole for the Focused Health 302 Xfinity Series race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway with a speed of 179.063 mph. It’s his second pole of the 2025 season, both coming in the last four races.
JR Motorsports swept the front row with #88-Connor Zilisch turning the second-quickest speed (178.719 mph). #20-Brandon Jones will start third (177.860 mph), with #19-Aric Almirola (177.725 mph) and #48-Nick Sanchez (177.620 mph).
#2-Jesse Love, #16-Christian Eckes, #54-Taylor Gray, #1-Carson Kvapil and #00-Sheldon Creed complete the top 10.
Playoff drivers starting outside the top 10: #8-Sammy Smith (15th) and #41-Sam Mayer (16th).
See the complete Las Vegas Starting Lineup.

Qualifying Fast Facts — Las Vegas Motor Speedway:
Justin Allgaier (P) won the Pole Award for the Focused Health 302 with a lap of 30.157 seconds, 179.063 mph.
This is his 12th pole in 501 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
This is his second pole and 25th top-10 start in 2025.
This is his first pole in 23 races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Connor Zilisch # (P) (second) posted his 25th top-10 start of 2025 and his second in two races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Brandon Jones (P) (third) posted his 10th top-10 start at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. It is his 14th in 30 races this season.
Connor Zilisch (P) (second) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

Qualifying Order

Practice for the Focused Health 302 Xfinity Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway is complete. The top five, slowest, news and notes:
#54-Taylor Gray 176.718 mph
#39-Ryan Sieg 176.603 mph
#48-Nick Sanchez 176.493 mph
#2-Jesse Love 176.435 mph
#19-Aric Almirola 176.418 mph
Slowest: #53-Joey Gase 170.035 mph
Most laps run: #1-Carson Kvapil, 39
Best 10 consecutive lap avg (of 22 drivers): #17-Corey Day 174.481 mph
Notes: Late in the opening group practice, #71-Ryan Ellis blew an engine entering Turn 3.
See full Las Vegas Practice Results.

Crew Rosters

NASCAR Xfinity Series News & Notes:

• This weekend marks the 37th running of a NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
• Connor Zilisch enters the round with a 57-point lead on the cutoff, the largest gap entering the Round of 8 in Playoff history.
• Six drivers, from Brandon Jones in 3^rd to Sheldon Creed in 8^th, 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).
• 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.
• 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.

Goodyear Tire Notes: The Goodyear Racing Eagle tire setups awaiting NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series teams at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will be the same left- and right-side tire pairings both series used at Kansas Speedway two weeks ago.

There are 38 drivers/teams on the entry list for the Focused Health 302 Xfinity Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. No cars will miss the race.
Notables: #07-Nick Leitz, #11-Daniel Hemric, #17-Corey Day, #19-Aric Almirola, #24-Trevor Bayne, #32-Austin Green, #35-Mason Maggio, #45-Mason Massey, #53-Joey Gase, #70-Thomas Annunziata, #91-Josh Williams.
See the full Las Vegas entry list.

2025 practice and qualifying procedures

Las Vegas At-Track Schedule

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Race rules and information:

• Inspection Penalty Protocol
• Pit Road Penalties
• Pit Road Speeds
• Points Explanation
• Qualifying Procedures