Christopher Bell outduels Joey Logano for first career NASCAR All-Star win: Fireworks lit up the sky, and smoke billowed from the tires of the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota as Christopher Bell celebrated his first victory in the NASCAR All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro Speedway. On Sunday night, Bell climbed from his car to a standing ovation. Scratch that—virtually everyone in the packed grandstands already had been standing for the final 28 lap green-flag run, as Bell battled Joey Logano side-by-side and finally cleared last year’s winner for the lead on Lap 241 of 250.[Read More]

#20-Christopher Bell won the NASCAR All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro Speedway on Sunday night. It is his first All-Star Race win.
#22-Joey Logano finished second followed by #1-Ross Chastain, #48-Alex Bowman, #9-Chase Elliott, #24-William Byron, #45-Tyler Reddick, #8-Kyle Busch, #19-Chase Briscoe, and #17-Chris Buescher.
Logano led the most laps on the night, but stayed on track during the final caution flag while Bell came in and took four tires. Bell took the lead from Logano with 9 laps remaining and pulled away for the win.
Chevrolet won the manufacturer’s showdown.
The race consisted of 250 laps with an All-Star caution and a promoter’s caution that came on lap 217.
Drivers that advanced from the Open to the All-Star race were #77-Carson Hocevar and #42-John Hunter Nemechek.
#4-Noah Gragson was the fan vote winner to get into the race.
There were 18 lead changes among 8 drivers and 5 cautions for 32 laps.
See race details at: Race Results and Penalty Report.

Race Fast Facts – All-Star Race:
Christopher Bell (T) won the 2025 NASCAR All-Star Race.
This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in three races at North Wilkesboro Speedway.
Joey Logano (F) (second) posted his third top-10 finish in three races at North Wilkesboro Speedway.
Ross Chastain (C) (third) posted his second top-10 finish in three races at North Wilkesboro Speedway.
Chevrolet won the first ever Manufacturer Showdown at North Wilkesboro Speedway
(NASCAR)

All-Star Race Updates:
Checkered flag for Christopher Bell.  He wins over Logano, Chastain, Bowman, Elliott, Byron, Reddick, Busch, Briscoe, and Buescher.
White flag for Bell.
Lap 248 – Bell pulling away now. Up by .7 second.
Lap 246 – Five to go.  Bell ahead of Logano by .58 second.
Lap 242 – Bell back to the lead.
Lap 241 – Ten to go. Logano over Bell by .09 second. Third place Chastain is .36 second back.
Lap 236 – Fifteen laps remaining: Logano, Bell, Chastain, Bowman, Elliott, Byron, Reddick, Berry, Busch, Briscoe the top 10.
Lap 231 – Logano back to the lead.
Lap 230 – Bell takes the lead from Logano.  Then Chastain, Bowman and Elliott.
Lap 229 – Bell is up to second with four fresh tires.
Lap 227 – Blaney falls through the field. He’s back to 16th.  Logano still leads.
Lap 223 – Green flag with 28 laps to go. Logano, Blaney, Hocevar, Chastain, Burton, Bell, Elliott, Byron, Bowman, Briscoe.
Lap 220 – Quickie yellow. Pit road is open: Logano and Blaney stay out. As well as Hocevar, Chastain, and Burton.  The rest of the field comes in. Bell and Gragson had contact on pit road. Larson has a bent toe link and the crew is trying to make some repairs. Bell comes off pit road first, followed by Elliott, Byron, and Briscoe.
Lap 216 – Promoter’s CAUTION is out. Logano leads Bell, Elliott, Blaney, Byron, Larson, Bowman, ADillon, Briscoe, and Busch. Larson hit the wall just before the caution came out.
Lap 201 – Logano’s lead over Bell is .5 second. The promoter’s caution can be thrown anytime in the next 20 laps if another caution does not come out.
Lap 196 – With 55 laps remaining, Logano leads Bell. Larson is third, then Elliott and Blaney.
Lap 190 – Keselowski officially out from his accident.
Lap 186 – Logano around Larson for the lead.
Lap 183 – Back to green with 68 laps remaining.
Lap 179 – Everyone on pit road for service.  Out of the pits: Larson, Logano, Bell, Elliott, Blaney, Bowman, Briscoe, Busch Byron, ADillon. Larson only took two tires, everyone else took four.
Lap 176 – CAUTION for Keselowski into the wall. He says the toe link is now broken.
Lap 167 – Logano ahead of Bell by 1.2 second. Larson up to 7th. Keselowski stuck in 9th.
Lap 151 – 100 laps remaining. Logano leads Bell by .85 second. Blaney, Elliott, and Bowman round out the top 5.
Lap 138 – Logano leads Bell by .6 second. Then Blaney, Elliott, Byron, Bowman, Busch, Larson, Keselowski, and Berry.
Lap 125 – Logano retakes the lead after battling Bell since the restart.
Lap 121 – Green flag back out. Bell leads Logano, Elliott, Blaney, and Byron.
Lap 114 – CAUTION is out. Chastain and Cindric have contact on the backstretch.
Lap 109 – Back to green flag racing with 142 laps remaining. There is still a promoter’s caution that can be used before lap 220.
Lap 104 – Everyone in the pits for service. Off pit road: Bell, Logano, Elliott, Blaney, Byron, Busch, Keselowski, Cindric, Berry.
Lap 101 – All-Star CAUTION is out.  Logano, Bell, Elliott, Blaney, Byron, Busch, Cindric, Keselowski, Chastain, Berry the top 10.
Lap 90 – Logano still leads. Bell is now back up to second, .7 second back.
Lap 83 – Suarez is officially out of the race.
Lap 79 – Logano leads Byron at the line. The different according to NASCAR timing and scoring was .000
Lap 73 – Suarez goes to the garage.
Lap 70 – Byron leads Logano, Busch, Bell, and Elliott. Keselowski has fallen to sixth.
Lap 67 – Byron now to the lead.
Lap 66 – Busch takes the lead over Keselowski and Byron.
Lap 64 – Back to green.
Lap 60 – Pit road open. Off pit road: Keselowski, Byron, Busch, Logano, Bell, Elliott, Blaney, Bowman. The top three only took 2 tires.
Lap 57 – CAUTION out for Suarez into the wall in turn 2. He had a tire going down.
Lap 51 – Keselowski leads Logano by .6 second. Hocevar scraped the wall and fell to 19th. Larson is up to 15th after starting last.
Lap 31 – Keselowski over Logano, Byron, Elliott, Bell, Chastain, Busch, Blaney, Buescher, Bowman.
Lap 21 – Keselowski still leads Logano but they continue to battle for the lead.
Lap 8 – Keselowski back to the lead as he continues to battle Logano.
Lap 7 – Logano to the lead over Keselowski.  Then Byron, Elliott, and Bell.
Lap 2 – Keselowski leads the first lap.
8:18pm/et – Green flag for the All-Star Race.
8:08pm/et – Engines are fired.
8:00pm/et – Pre-race ceremonies are underway.
7:49pm/et – Driver intros are complete. Pre-race ceremonies will begin at the top of the hour.
Drivers advancing from the Open to the All-Star race are #77-Carson Hocevar and #42-John Hunter Nemechek.
#4-Noah Gragson is the fan vote winner to get into the race.

All-Star Race Starting Lineup

To the rear (All-Star): #5-Kyle Larson (driver change)

All-Star Race Pit Stalls

All-Star Race & Open Paint Schemes

#77-Carson Hocevar and #42-John Hunter Nemechek advance to the NASCAR All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro Speedway by being the top two finishers in the All-Star Open.
They were followed by #10-Ty Dillon, #43-Erik Jones, 71-Michael McDowell, #38-Zane Smith, #16-A.J. Allmendinger, #23-Bubba Wallace, #41-Cole Custer, and #35-Riley Herbst,
The fan vote winner, advancing to the All-Star Race, was #4-Noah Gragson
There was one lead change among two drivers and two caution for 12 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 98.425 mph.
See race details at: All-Star Open Race Results and Penalty Report.

Race Fast Facts – All-Star Open:
Carson Hocevar won the NASCAR All-Star Open and will transfer to the All-Star Race
John Hunter Nemechek finished runner-up and will transfer to the All-Star Race.
Noah Gragson has won the NASCAR Fan Vote and will transfer to the All-Star Race.
(NASCAR)

Open Race Updates:
Checkered flag – Hocevar and Nemechek transfer to the All-Star race with their top two finish. They were followed by Jones, TDillon, Smith, McDowell, Allmendinger, Wallace, Custer, and Herbst.
Lap 96 – With five laps remaining it’s Hocevar, Nemechek, Jones, TDillon and Smith.
Lap 92 – Nemechek has moved to second place.
Lap 89 – Hocevar leads Wallace, but Nemechek is up to third on fresher tires. He pitted under the last caution.
Lap 85 – Hocevar, Wallace, Van Gisbergen, Gibbs, Nemechek the top 5.
Lap 84 – Green flag with 17 laps remaining.
Lap 83 – Preece penalized for running over the choose cone. He will drop to the rear.
Lap 81 – Pits are open but Hocevar, Preece, Gibbs, and Wallace stay out. Allmendinger pits, Van Gisbergen and Haley stay out.
Lap 78 – CAUTION out for Herbst into the wall in turn 4 after contact from McDowell
Lap 75 – Preece has moved to second, .9 second behind Hocevar. Preece has 4 fresh tires, while Hocevar has two.
Lap 70 – Hocevar leads Gibbs by .7 second. Then Preece, Wallace, and Allmendinger.
Lap 62 – Gibbs has moved to second. Hocevar leads.
Lap 59 – Green flag back out with 42 laps remaining.
Lap 55 – Pit road is open and everyone comes in. Off pit road: Hocevar, McDowell, Wallace, Gibbs, Smith, Van Gisbergen, Preece, TDillon, Nemechek, Haley. The first five only took 2 tires.
Lap 52 – CAUTION is out. This is the All-Star caution. Van Gisbergen, Hocevar, Preece, McDowell, Smith, Gibbs, TDillon, Wallace, Nemechek, Allmendinger the top 10.
Lap 40 – Gilliland pits for tires after scraping the wall.
Lap 35 – Van Gisbergen still in control with a lead of 3.1 seconds. However, there’s a caution coming around lap 50.
Lap 23 – Van Gisbergen has a 2.1 second lead over Hocevar. Preece up to third, 2.6 seconds back.
Lap 12 – Van Gisbergen continues to lead Hocevar. Then it’s McDowell, Smith, and Preece.
Lap 2 – Van Gisbergen  leads the first lap.
5:39pm/et – Green flag for the NASCAR Open. Van Gisbergen and Hocevar on the front row.
5:32pm/et – Engines fired for the NASCAR Open.
5:24pm/et – All-Star Open pre-race ceremonies are underway.
5:05pm/et – FS1 now has race coverage.
No drivers falling to the rear for the Open as of 4:10pm/et.
Weather will be good for tonight’s races. The National Weather Service says: Cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 84.

Race details:

NASCAR All-Star Open
Broadcast: FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 100 laps / 62.5 miles
Average time of race: 0:42:23
Pit road speed: 30 mph
Caution vehicle speed: 35 mph
Fuel window: 160 laps

NASCAR All-Star Race
Broadcast: FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 250 laps / 156.25 miles
Average time of race: 1:41:00
Pit road speed: 30 mph
Caution vehicle speed: 35 mph
Fuel window: 160 laps

Timing (all times local & subject to change)

All-Star Open Timing:
Invocation: 5:24:20 p.m.
God Bless America: 5:25:00 p.m.
Command: 5:32:00 p.m.
Green Flag: 5:38:00 p.m.

All-Star Race Timing:
Invocation: 8:00:20 p.m.
National Anthem: 8:01:20 p.m.
Command: 8:08:00 p.m.
Green Flag: 8:14:00 p.m.

To the rear (Open): none

The All-Star race qualifying races are complete. Each race was 75 laps. Lineups were set based on qualifying Friday night.
#6-Brad Keselowski will start on the pole Sunday night, based on his qualifying speed and his win in the first qualifying race. The rest of the lineup was based on the heat races with finishers from the first heat lining up on the inside row, with the second heat race setting the outside row.
#20-Christopher Bell will start second after winning his heat race.
They will be followed by #1-Ross Chastain, #22-Joey Logano, #24-William Byron, #9-Chase Elliott, #4-Ryan Blaney, #8-Kyle Busch, #48-Alex Bowman, #17-Chris Buescher, #21-Josh Berry, #99-Daniel Suarez, #45-Tyler Reddick, #19-Chase Briscoe, #3-Austin Dillon, #2-Austin Cindric #47-Ricky Stenhouse Jr, #51-Harrison Burton, #5-Kyle Larson, and #11-Denny Hamlin.
The All-Star Race field will be joined by the top two finishers of the All-Star Open and the top vote receiver in the fan vote that is not already in the race.
See the heat races results.

Heat race updates:
Heat race 2 checkered flag for Bell. He’s followed by Logano, Elliott, Busch, Buescher, Suarez, Briscoe, Cindric, Burton, and Hamlin.
Lap 69 – Bell leads Logano by 1.4 second with 7 laps remaining.
Lap 63 – With 13 laps to go it’s Bell, Logano, Elliott, Busch, and Buescher.
Lap 50 – Back to green.
Lap 42 – Caution is out for a spin by Briscoe.
Lap 40 – Back to green flag.
Lap 35 – Briscoe stays out but the rest of the field pits.  Off pit road: Bell, Cindric, Logano, Buescher and Elliott.
Lap 32 – CAUTION is out. This is the ‘All-Star” caution. Bell leads Briscoe, Logano, Buescher, Busch, Cindric, Elliott, Suarez, Burton and Hamlin.
Lap 21 – Bell now leads Briscoe by 1.3 second.
Lap 11 – Bell leads Briscoe, Logano, Buescher and Busch.
6:17pm/et – Green flag for the second heat race. Bell and Briscoe on the front row.
6:10pm/et – Engines fired for the second heat race.
5:44pm/et – NASCAR is planning for a 6:15pm/et start for the second heat race.
Heat race 1 checkered flag for Keselowski. He’s followed by Chastain, Byron, Blaney, Bowman, Berry, Reddick, ADillon, and Stenhouse.
Lap 73 – With three laps remaining, Keselowski now leads second-place Bryon by .55 second.
Lap 66 – Ten to go. Keselowski’s lead is up to .8 second over Chastain. They are followed by Byron, Blaney and Bowman.
Lap 61 – 15 laps to go. Keselowski leads Chastain by .4 second.
Lap 52 – Chastain to second.
Lap 51 – With 25 laps remaining, the top 5 are Keselowski, Byron, Chastain, Reddick, and Blaney.
Lap 44 – Byron is up to second behind Keselowski.
Lap 38 – Back to green flag with 38 laps remaining.
Lap 34 – Pit road is open. A mix of strategies. Keselowski, Reddick and ADillon, who are the top three, stay out. Of those that pitted, Blaney was off pit road first.
Lap 31 – CAUTION is out. This is the ‘All-Star” caution.
Lap 25 – Keselowski leads Reddick by .36 second with 50 laps remaining in the heat.
Lap 15 – Reddick has moved up to second.
Lap 8 – Keselowski leads ADillon, Reddick, Byron, and Stenhouse. Bowman has fallen to ninth.
5:12pm/et – Green flag for the first heat race. Keselowski and Bowman on the front row.
5:06pm/et – Engines fired for the first heat race.

All-Star Open Pit Stalls

Heat Race Pit Stalls

At an average speed of 77.264 mph, #6-Brad Keselowski won the outright pole for the All-Star Race, and will start from the pole in the first qualifying heat race. #20-Christopher Bell will start from the pole in the second heat.
#71-Michael McDowell won the Mechanix Wear Pit-Crew Challenge. (Pit-crew challenge results)
Qualifying was based on three collective laps, which included a four-tire pit stop times during the Pit Crew Challenge. The All-Star Heat races will be 75 laps and will set the lineup for the All-Star race.
The top five starters for the first 75-lap heat race: #6-Keselowski, #48-Alex Bowman, #24-William Byron, #3-Austin Dillon, #45-Tyler Reddick
The top five starters for the second 75-lap heat race: #20-Bell, #19-Chase Briscoe, #22-Joey Logano, #11-Denny Hamlin, #9-Chase Elliott.
See the complete qualifying results.

#88-Shane van Gisbergen won the pole for the All-Star Open, with a three-lap average time, which included a four-tire pit stop, of 76.112 mph. It’s his first attempt of making the All-Star Race.
#77-Carson Hocevar, #4-Noah Gragson, #71-Michael McDowell and #60-Ryan Preece rounded out the top five.
The Open will be 100 laps on Sunday evening. The top two finishers and the Fan Vote winner will advance to the All-Star Race.
All-Star Race Open Qualifying Results and
All-Star Race Open Starting Lineup.

Practice for the NASCAR All-Star Race and All-Star Open at North Wilkesboro Speedway is over. The top five:
#45-Tyler Reddick 123.639 mph
#9-Chase Elliott 123.402 mph
#23-Bubba Wallace 123.375 mph
#20-Christopher Bell 123.186 mph
#43-Erik Jones 123.144 mph
Slowest: #66-Chad Finchum 117.114 mph
Most laps run: #22-Joey Logano 110
Best 10 consecutive lap avg (of 37 drivers): #45-Reddick 122.116 mph
Notes: There was one stoppage during the session for #16-AJ Allmendinger coming to a stall on the track. #9-Elliott and #42-John Hunter Nemechek both hit the wall.
See the fastest speeds, best 10 consecutive lap average, laps run on the All-Star Practice speeds page.

All-Star Race & Open Qualifying Order

All-Star Race Crew Rosters

NASCAR Open Crew Rosters

Goodyear Tire Notes: This is the same combination of left- and right-side tires Cup teams ran as the “Prime” tire set-up at North Wilkesboro last season.

The entry lists for the NASCAR Open and All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro Speedway are posted.
20 drivers are entered for the All-Star race. Notables: #51-Harrison Burton
For the Open, 18 teams are entered. Two drivers will transfer from the open to the All-Star race.  One other driver will make it in on the fan vote.
Notables: #15-Cody Ware, #66-Chad Finchum
See the full entry lists on the NASCAR All-Star race entry list page and the NASCAR All-Star Open entry list page.

NASCAR National Series News & Notes – North Wilkesboro Speedway

Weekend Schedule

All-Star Race Format Announced

All-Star Fan Vote available at NASCAR.com.