Superspeedway ace Austin Hill wins at Talladega, locks No. 21 team into Championship 4: Once again, Richard Childress Racing’s Austin Hill proved himself the driver to beat on NASCAR’s big drafting-style tracks, the veteran holding off the field on a dramatic overtime restart with two laps remaining at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway to earn the victory in Saturday’s United Rentals 250.(Read more)(NASCAR)

Stretching his fuel tank, #21-Austin Hill won the United Rentals 250 Xfinity Series race at Talladega Superspeedway. Hill swept all three stages and led a race-high 48 laps. The win is his fourth victory of the 2025 season and he swept the Talladega races this season.
#1-Carson Kvapil rallied to second in overtime after pitting for fuel. #7-Justin Allgaier did the same, restarting outside the top 10. #16-Christian Eckes and #5-Caesar Bacarella rounded out the top five. It’s the best career finish for Bacarella.
#31-Blaine Perkins placed sixth, with #4-Parker Retzlaff, #70-Leland Honeyman Jr., #8-Sammy Smith and #2-Jesse Love filling the rest of the top 10.
Playoff drivers finishing outside the top 10: #88-Connor Zilisch (23rd), #20-Brandon Jones (26th), #00-Sheldon Creed (34th) and  #41-Sam Mayer (38th).
There were 17 lead changes among 10 drivers and five cautions for 22 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was 131.322 mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Points Standings, Owner Points Standings, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report.

Talladega Paint Schemes

Race Fast Facts – Talladega Superspeedway:
Austin Hill (P) won the United Rentals 250, his 14th victory in 144 Xfinity Series races.
This is his fourth victory and 17th top-10 finish in 2025.
This is his second victory and second top-10 finish in eight races at Talladega Superspeedway.
Carson Kvapil # (P) (second) posted his first top-10 finish in three races at Talladega Superspeedway. It is his 14th top-10 finish in 2025.
Justin Allgaier (P) (third) posted his ninth top-10 finish in 20 races at Talladega Superspeedway.
Carson Kvapil (P) (second) was the highest finishing rookie.
Connor Zilisch # (P) leads the point standings by 7 points over Justin Allgaier (P).

Xfinity Series Playoff Standings after Talladega (Race 31 of 33):
1)#88-Connor Zilisch 3,145 points (Advanced to Championship 4)
2)#7-Justin Allgaier 3,138 points (Advanced to Championship 4)
3)#2-Jesse Love 3,102, +40
4)#1-Carson Kvapil 3,073, +11
Currently below elimination line
5)#8-Sammy Smith 3,062, -11
6)#20-Brandon Jones 3,053, -20
7)#41-Sam Mayer 3,051, -22
8)#00-Sheldon Creed 3,032, -41
See the Driver Points Standings and Owner Points Standings.

Race Updates:
Lap 100: #21-Hill wins at Talladega. #1-Kvapil, #7-Allgaier, #16-Eckes and #5-Bacarella round out the top five. #31-Perkins, #4-Retzlaff, #70-Honeyman, #8-Smith and #2-Love complete the top 10.
Lap 99: #21-Hill leads at the white flag in overtime. #48-Sanchez is in pursuit with #14-Smithley in third.
Lap 98: #45-Williams stumbles on the restart, backing up the outside line. #21-Hill clears for the lead with #70-Honeyman in second.
Lap 95: #7-Allgaier and #2-Love pit from the top five.
Lap 94: With fuel running low, #1-Kvapil leads a host of cars to pit road while #8-Smith runs out of fuel and needs a shove to pit road.
Lap 92: #8-Smith makes contact with #19-Almirola on the backstretch and Almirola clobbers the outside wall after hitting #27-Burton. #10-Dye spun to the backstretch and pounded the inside wall.
Lap 89: #21-Hill continues to lead, with #7-Allgaier, #2-Love, #19-Almirola, #8-Smith rounding out the top five. #27-Burton drops to the bottom with help from #25-Burton and #48-Sanchez.
Lap 86: #10-Dye dropped to the bottom to lead #48-Sanchez and #16-Eckes towards the backside of the top 10.
Lap 84: #21-Hill remains the leader as the field is still single-file. #7-Allgaier, #2-Love, #19-Almirola and #8-Smith round out the top five.
Lap 77: #8-Smith fades up to the top line after reaching fifth position and settles in line around the top. #16-Eckes and #48-Sanchez are dropping positions on the bottom.
Lap 75: #2-Love makes a power move, passing #19-Almirola for third spot. #8-Jones peeled out and remains having little help.
Lap 74: #8-Smith drops to the bottom line with help from #16-Eckes and #48-Smith but have little help.
Lap 73: #48-Sanchez is the only driver using the bottom lane, trying to leap up the running order a few positions at a time.
Lap 71: #88-Zilisch hits pit road after making contact with the outside wall with a flat right-front tire.
Lap 70: Nothing has changed throughout the field as it remains single file. #18-Sawalich has been transported to a local hospital for further evaluation after getting involved in a Lap 44 crash.
Lap 65: The 21-car lead pack is single file throughout with #21-Hill leading #7-Allgaier, #19-Almirola, #2-Love and #70-Honeyman rounding out the top five. #45-Williams, #27-Burton, #10-Dye, #25-Burton and #8-Smith round out the top 10.
Lap 62: #21-Hill gets a run on #7-Allgaier and drops low to take the lead. #2-Love leaps to the front of the inside line with help from #27-Burton. The top lane is the most formed together.
Lap 61: #25-Burton gets hung out in the middle and loses the lead to #7-Allgaier. #31-Perkins is now in command of the inside lane.
Lap 60: #21-Hill gets to the inside of #19-Almirola but #25-Burton crosses over behind with help from #27-Burton to take the top two spots.
Lap 57: #10-Dye and #1-Kvapil lost all of their help and faded to the rear of the lead draft.
Lap 56: #19-Almirola moves to the point of the lead with a push from #21-Hill. Almirola is weaving back and forth to block all three lanes.
Lap 55: #10-Dye keeps the lead on the restart. #2-Love made up a few rows running on the inside lane before splitting to the middle line.
Lap 54: #10-Dye stayed out and is the new race leader. Kaulig Racing will control the restart with #16-Eckes on the front row.
Lap 50: #21-Hill wins Stage 2, his eighth stage victory of the season. #7-Allgaier, #1-Kvapil, #16-Eckes, #48-Sanchez, #2-Love, #19-Almirola, #8-Smith, #10-Dye and #27-Burton earn stage points. Only 24 cars remain on the lead lap, with #07-Leitz one lap down in 25th and #20-Jones running 31st, 15 laps back.
Lap 49: #21-Hill gets to the outside of #7-Allgaier with a push from #1-Kvapul. #48-Sanchez moves to the second car on the inside lane.
Lap 48: #21-Hill shoves #7-Allgaier to the lead. #1-Kvapil files in behind Hill with #8-Smith leading the inside lane.
Lap 47: #88-Zilisch will pit coming to the green flag with a left-rear tire rub.
Lap 45: The second red flag of the race is out with five laps remaining in the second stage. Pit road is open with a split strategy. #16-Eckes was the first car to hit pit road.
Lap 44: #70-Honeyman got turned entering Turn 1, connecting with #88-Zilisch. #99-Mosack got tagged and collided with #26-Thompson and #18-Sawalich.
Lap 43: The field shuffles through Turns 3 and 4, with #8-Smith switching lanes from bottom to stop.
Lap 41: #54-Gray is limping around the track with no power, believing he has a transmission issue.
Lap 40: #7-allgaier is blocking both lanes, led by #21-Hill and the outside in command by #16-Eckes.
Lap 38: #7-Allgaier pulls even with #2-Love for the top spot. #21-Hill has started a third lane and charging forward before #8-Smith throws a block high.
Lap 36: #8-Smith and #16-Eckes are trading shots for the runner-up spot. #7-Allgaier, #19-Almirola and #70-Honeyman are pushing the bottom lane led by Eckes.
Lap 34: #2-Love drops to the bottom line with #21-Hill to lead the bottom groove. #8-Smith and #48-Sancez go three wide with Hill for second position.
Lap 33: #88-Zilisch dips to the bottom and comes back up the track to clear #2-Love for the race lead. #8-Smith leads the inside lane, five rows back.
Lap 32: #2-Love shuffles #26-Thompson out of line to re-take the lead. #88-Zilisch, #54-Gray, #21-Hill and #7-Allgaier round out the top five in a single-file line.
Lap 31: #26-Thompson and #28-Sieg stayed out at the end of Stage 1 and will restart on the front row.
Lap 28: #45-Williams wins the race off pit road but he missed his stall. #2-Love will reclaim the lead. #21-Hill lost three positions.
Lap 25: #21-Hill hang on for the stage victory. #7-Allgaier, #2-Love, #88-Zilisch, #19-Almirola, #8-Smith, #31-Perkins, #26-Thompson, #1-Kvapil and #18-Sawalich earn stage points.
Lap 22: #2-Love darted from bottom to top and nearly got turned by #7-Allgaier with three laps remaining in the stage.
Lap 20: #21-Hill blocks the outside land led by #1-Kvapul. #88-Zilisch has already cracked the top five after pitting during the last caution.
Lap 18: Some of the field pits, led by #88-Zilisch. #41-Mayer has had time expire on the DVP clock and is done for the race.
Lap 17: Red flag is out for wall repair on the frontstretch. #00-Creed, #39-Sieg, #11-Queen and #51-Clements have gone to the garage and are done for the race.
Lap 14: The big one transpires through the tri-oval with #27-Burton getting into the rear of #00-Creed and lost control, correcting into #20-Jones who was turned into Creed. #39-Sieg, #32-Anderson, #41-Mayer, #42-Alfredo, #25-Burton, #51-Clements, #11-Queen were all involved.
Lap 13: #48-Sanchez passes #2-Love for the lead with a shove from #21-Hill.
Lap 12: #48-Sanchez is in the mix, splitting the RCR teammates and runs in second position. #18-Sawalich now leads the inside lane with help from #00-Creed. #20-Jones is the leader of the third lane.
Lap 11: The field is back to three-wide for the lead draft. #27-Burton is challenging the Richard Childress Racing teammates #2-Love and #21-Hill at the front of the pack.
Lap 10: The bottom lane is beginning to single-file out. #2-Love leads #16-Eckes, #21-Hill, #19-Almirola and #1-Kvapil.
Lap 6: #00-Creed has led the outside lane to the top five. #18-Sawalich leaves #1-Kvapil in the middle to block the top lane. #2-Love, #16-Eckes and #21-Hill have cleared both other lanes.
Lap 4: #2-Love and #18-Sawalich continue to lead the bottom and middle lanes. #00-Creed is 12th leading the top line. The majority of the field from 10th on back is three wide.
Lap 2: #00-Creed has started a lane on the outside with help from #48-Sanchez and #25-Burton to race for a spot inside the top 10.
Lap 1: #2-Love gets the jump the restart and stays on the bottom lane in front of #16-Eckes. #18-Sawalich gets a push across the start/finish line to lead the opening lap.

Race Info:
Broadcast: CW, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 94 laps / 250.04 Miles
Stages: 25 / 50 / 94
Average time of race: 2:05:12
Pit road speed: 55 mph
Caution vehicle speed: 70 mph
Fuel window: 45 laps

Cars to the rear: #31-Blaine Perkins, #54-Taylor Gray and #91-Mason Maggio (unapproved adjustments).

Pit-Stall Selections

With a speed of 182.036 mph, #2-Jesse Love won the pole for the United Rentals 250 Xfinity Series race at Talladega Superspeedway. It’s his third consecutive pole at Talladega and the ninth of his career (seventh at drafting-style tracks).
Rookie #18-William Sawalich turned the second-quickest lap (181.701 mph). #16-Christian Eckes (181.677 mph), #1-Carson Kvapil (181.484 mph) and April winner #21-Austin Hill (181.412 mph) round out the top five.
#27-Jeb Burton, #88-Connor Zilisch, #7-Justin Allgaier, #19-Aric Almirola and #20-Brandon Jones complete the top 10.
Playoff drivers starting outside the top 10: #8-Sammy Smith (11th), #41-Sam Mayer (13th) and #00-Sheldon Creed (16th).
See the complete Talladega Starting Lineup.

Qualifying Fast Facts — Talladega Superspeedway:
Jesse Love (P) won the Pole Award for the United Rentals 250 with a lap of 52.605 seconds, 182.036 mph.
This is his ninth pole in 64 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
This is his fourth pole and 21st top-10 start in 2025.
This is his third pole in four races at Talladega Superspeedway.
William Sawalich # (second) posted his 18th top-10 start of 2025 and his first in two races at Talladega Superspeedway.
Christian Eckes # (third) posted his first top-10 start at Talladega Superspeedway. It is his 10th in 31 races this season.
William Sawalich (second) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

Qualifying Order

There is no practice for the Xfinity Series race at Talladega Superspeedway.

Crew Rosters

NASCAR Xfinity Series News & Notes — Talladega Superspeedway

• This weekend marks the 38th running of a NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Talladega Superspeedway.
• Any driver who leaves Talladega 57 points above 4th place will clinch a spot in the Championship 4 on points.
• Connor Zilisch enters Talladega 74 points above 4th place after runner-up finish at Las Vegas.
• Justin Allgaier and Sam Mayer are the only remaining Playoff drivers to make Championship 4.
• Joe Gibbs Racing #19 advanced to owner’s Championship 4 with Aric Almirola’s Las Vegas win; Almirola will be in #19 for remainder of season.
• Austin Hill is the only driver in series history to win at all three drafting tracks: Atlanta (5), Daytona (3) and Talladega (1).
• Sheldon Creed and Jeb Burton each finished Top 10 in last four Talladega races, one away from tying the Talladega record.
• Fifteen Talladega races had last-lap passes for the win; Daytona has the most with 16.
• Austin Hill and Jesse Love combined to lead 340 laps on drafting tracks this season; 49 other drivers combined to lead 329.
• Richard Childress Racing won 11 of last 22 drafting track races.
• Justin Allgaier earned his 300th career Top 10 at Las Vegas, the first driver in series history to reach 300 Top 10s.

Goodyear Tire Notes: Xfinity Series teams will also use the same combinations as in April’s Talladega round. The series’ left-side tires are the same specification as those used at both visits to Daytona this season, while the right-side specification is the same as that used at both visits to Atlanta Motor Speedway.

There are 38 drivers/teams on the entry list for the United Rentals 250 Xfinity Series race at Talladega Superspeedway. No cars will miss the race.
Notables: #5-Caesar Bacarella, #07-Nick Leitz, #11-Brenden Queen, #14-Garrett Smithley, #19-Aric Almirola, #32-Jordan Anderson, #35-David Starr, #45-Josh Williams, #53-Joey Gase, #70-Leland Honeyman Jr., #74-Carson Ware, #91-Mason Maggio, #99-Connor Mosack.
See the full Talladega entry list.

2025 practice and qualifying procedures

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Race rules and information:

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