William Byron scores hometown Xfinity win at Charlotte in overtime: William Byron’s long rally from a speeding penalty put the driver of the No. 17 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet in Victory Lane—and left reigning NASCAR Xfinity Series champion Justin Allgaier heartbroken.(Read more)(NASCAR)

Sweeping all three stages, #17-William Byron won the BetMGM 300 Xfinity Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. He rebounded from a speeding penalty at the end of Stage 2 and made a pass coming to the white flag in overtime to take the lead for the final time. It’s his first win since 2017, though he made just 10 starts since then.
Rookie #88-Connor Zilisch finished runner-up and placed inside the top three in all three stages. #48-Nick Sanchez earned the best finish of his rookie season in third. #7-Justin Allgaier led a race-high 103 laps but dropped to fourth on older tires during an overtime restart. #26-Dean Thompson was credited with a career best fifth-place finish after #8-Sammy Smith was disqualified for not meeting minimum weight.
#11-Josh Williams scored his best finish of sixth with Kaulig Racing. #21-Austin Hill, #71-Ryan Ellis, #16-Christian Eckes and #00-Sheldon Creed completed the top 10. The eighth-place finish for Ellis is his first top 10 in 176 NASCAR national series starts.
There were 10 lead changes among five drivers and 10 cautions for 52 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was 110.248 mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Points Standings, Owner Points Standings, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report.

Charlotte Paint Schemes

Race Fast Facts – Charlotte:
William Byron(i) won the BetMGM 300, his fifth victory in 43 Xfinity Series races.
This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in 2025.
This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in three races at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Connor Zilisch # (second) posted his first top-10 finish in one race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. It is his fourth top-10 finish in 2025.
Nick Sanchez # (third) posted his first top-10 finish in two races at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Connor Zilisch (second) was the highest finishing rookie.
Justin Allgaier leads the point standings by 71 points over Austin Hill

Xfinity Series Playoff Standings after Charlotte (Race 13 of 33):
1)#21-Austin Hill 3 wins (21 playoff points)
2)#7-Justin Allgaier 2 wins (14 playoff points, regular season championship leader)
3)#88-Connor Zilisch 1 win (7 playoff points)
4)#2-Jesse Love 1 win (6 playoff points)
5)#8-Sammy Smith 1 win (6 playoff points)
6)#20-Brandon Jones 1 win (5 playoff points)
7)#41-Sam Mayer 429, +109
8)#39-Ryan Sieg 349, +29
9)#1-Carson Kvapil 345, +25
10)#27-Jeb Burton 343, +23
11)#00-Sheldon Creed 333, +13
12)#25-Harrison Burton 323, +3
Currently below elimination line
13)#48-Nick Sanchez 320, -3
14)#54-Taylor Gray 303, -20
15)#10-Daniel Dye 299, -24
16)#26-Dean Thompson 281, -42
See the Driver Points Standings and Owner Points Standings.

Race Updates:
Lap 205: #17-Byron wins at Charlotte. #88-Zilisch, #48-Sanchez, #7-Allgaier, #8-Smith, #26-Thompson, #11-Williams, #21-Hill, #71-Ellis and #16-Eckes complete the top 10.
Lap 204: The caution flew on the final lap for a big wreck involving #44-Poole and #27-Burton.
Lap 203: #17-Byron takes the lead out of Turn 4, moving #7-Allgaier back to second.
Lap 199: The left-rear tire for #10-Dye fell off during the caution period and he spun out on the backstretch.
Lap 195: #Lap 194: #7-Allgaier clears for the lead. #88-Zilisch and #48-Sanchez make quick work of drivers on older tires to get to second and third. #20-Jones cuts a tire through Turns 1 and 2 and came back down the track making contact with #70Honeyman and #28-Sieg.
Lap 188: #53-Yeley drives into the side of #32-Legge on the restart with both cars spinning into the infield on the restart.
Lap 183: #7-Allgaier clears for the lead on the restart, but #31-Perkins is turned immediately in the middle of the field with contact from #48-Sanchez. #25-Burton, #8-Smith, #16-Eckes, #51-Clements, #11-Williams and #28-Sieg all get involved. #39-Sieg had the rear bumper cover rip off.
Lap 180: #7-Allgaier, #00-Creed, #2-Love, #27-Burton, #31-Perkins and #41-Mayer stayed out. There was a miscommunication on race leader Allgaier’s radio as the team told him to pit.
Lap 178: #1-Kvapil got loose through Turns 3 and 4 and spins to the inside to bring out the caution.
Lap 174: #26-Thompson, #48-Sanchez and #1-Kvapil are battling hard for fifth spot. Kvapil clears both drivers while the other two get loose.
Lap 168: #19-Briscoe has another flat tire after contact with #71-Ellis a few laps earlier.
Lap 162: #7-Allgaier clears for the lead on the restart, with #00-Creed sneaking through for second position.
Lap 156: #41-Mayer cuts a right-front tire to bring out the caution.
Lap 155: #7-Allgaier keeps the lead on the restart. #25-Burton is up to second. #26-Thompson runs third, with #88-Zilisch and #20-Jones round out the top five. Thompson stuffed Zilisch in the wall through Turns 1 and 2.
Lap 146: The caution is out for debris from #54-Gray. #20-Jones, #44-Poole, #26-Thompson, #25-Burton, #71-Ellis, #51-Clements, #2-Love, #27-Burton, #31-Perkins, #11-Williams had yet to pit.
Lap 145: Race leader #7-Allgaier pits. #54-Gray has a flat tire after pitting.
Lap 144: #41-Mayer, #39-Sieg and #1-Kvapil pit.
Lap 143: #54-Gray and #8-Smith pit from the top five.
Lap 142: #17-Byron, #21-Hill and #19-Briscoe are on pit road for their final scheduled stop.
Lap 141: Green-flag pit stops are underway with #3-Dillon being the first car to hit pit road.
Lap 135: #7-Allgaier has extended his lead to nearly five seconds over #88-Zilisch.
Lap 128: #8-Smith is moving forward, passing #39-Sieg for fifth spot. All four JR Motorsports cars are running inside the top seven.
Lap 121: #17-Byron continues marching forward, now ranking eighth after passing #21-Hill.
Lap 120: #7-Allgaier laps #2-Love after catching him many laps ago.
Lap 119: #00-Creed pits from a top 10 position after bouncing off the wall in Turns 1 and 2.
Lap 115: #17-Byron has raced to 12th and is within a second of cracking the top 10.
Lap 105: #88-Zilisch passes #54-Gray to take second spot. #8-Smith is on the move since the restart and is up to sixth.
Lap 103: #2-Love serves a pass through penalty for a restart violation.
Lap 102: #7-Allgaier holds the lead over #54-Gray, #41-Mayer, #88-Zilisch and #39-Sieg. #17-Byron has moved to 23rd after restarting at the rear.
Lap 97: #7-Allgaier is the new race leader. #54-Gray will restart from the outside of the front row.
Lap 94: #17-Byron wins the race off pit road but is caught speeding. #88-Zilisch dropped four positions on pit road to seventh.
Lap 90: #17-Byron cruises to the Stage 2 win, his first time sweeping the opening two stages. #7-Allgaier, #88-Zilisch, #54-Gray, #20-Jones, #41-Mayer, #39-Sieg, #2-Love, #00-Creed and #8-Smith earn stage points.
Lap 82: #8-Smith passes his JR Motorsports teammate #1-Kvapil for 10th position for a possible stage point at the end of the stage.
Lap 78: #17-Byron has jumped out to a lead of nearly two seconds over #7-Allgaier. #00-Creed smacked the outside wall from 10th position.
Lap 67: #48-Sanchez is fading later in the run, dropping to eighth.
Lap 63: #17-Byron and #7-Allgaier have gaped the field by nearly three seconds over #88-Zilisch. #48-Sanchez has cracked the top five for the first time.
Lap 52: #17-Byron keeps the lead on the restart, with #7-Allgaier, #54-Gray, #88-Zilisch and #41-Mayer rounding out the top five.
Lap 45: #17-Byron wins the opening stage. #88-Zilisch, #7-Allgaier, #41-Mayer, #27-Burton, #39-Sieg, #54-Gray, #48-Sanchez, #20-Jones and #2-Love earn stage points. #19-Briscoe, running outside the top 20, had a flat right-rear tire at the end of the stage.
Lap 36: #27-Burton has charged to seventh, using his fresh tires to be in position to score stage points.
Lap 31: #17-Byron maintains the lead on the restart. #39-Sieg makes a bold, three-wide move to the bottom to take third position.
Lap 26: #45-Perez is stalled on the track to bring out the second caution.
Lap 24: #17-Byron takes the lead, making a power move by #54-Gray.
Lap 21: #27-Burton leads a handful of drivers down pit road that includes #07-Leitz, #28-Sieg, #91-McLaughlin and #14-Smithley.
Lap 17: #5-Wright loops around in Turns 1 and 2 to bring out the caution.
Lap 16: #21-Hill has dropped to ninth position with an ill-handling race car.
Lap 8: #17-Byron gets #88-Zilisch loose while battling for third but Zilisch prevails with the position.
Lap 2: #99-DiBenedetto is slow on track with a fender rub on the left-front tire.
Lap 1: #88-Zilisch spun his tires on the initial start, allowing #54-Gray to scoot away with the lead. #21-Hill moved into second.

Pit-Stall Selections

At a speed of 176.482 mph, #54-Taylor Gray won the pole for the BetMGM 300 Xfinity Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. It’s his second career pole and second pole of the season (Homestead).
Making his return to the Xfinity Series after being out for one week due to injury, #88-Connor Zilisch will start from the front row (176.315 mph). #21-Austin Hill will start third (176.194 mph), with #17-William Byron (176.171 mph) and #20-Brandon Jones (175.610 mph) rounding out the top five.
#18-William Sawalich will start sixth, #39-Ryan Sieg, #00-Sheldon Creed, #19-Chase Briscoe and #7-Justin Allgaier complete the top 10.
Did Not Qualify: #74-Dawson Cram, #35-Carson Ware.
See the complete Charlotte Starting Lineup.

Qualifying Fast Facts — Charlotte Motor Speedway:
Taylor Gray # won the Pole Award for the BetMGM 300 with a lap of 30.598 seconds, 176.482 mph.
This is his second pole in 26 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
This is his second pole and ninth top-10 start in 2025.
This is his first pole in two races at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Connor Zilisch # (second) posted his ninth top-10 start of 2025 and his first in one race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Austin Hill (third) posted his second top-10 start at Charlotte Motor Speedway. It is his eighth in 13 races this season.
Taylor Gray (first) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

Qualifying Order

Practice for the BetMGM 300 Xfinity Series race at Charlotte Speedway is complete. The top five, slowest, news and notes:
#7-Justin Allgaier 177.270 mph
#00-Sheldon Creed 175.758 mph
#16-Christian Eckes 174.853 mph
#11-Josh Williams 174.322 mph
#3-Austin Dillon 174.255 mph
Slowest: #35-Carson Ware 164.048 mph
Most laps run: #00-Creed, #17-William Byron, #54-Taylor Gray, 35
Best 10 consecutive lap average: #7-Allgaier 173.386 mph
Notes: There were no issues in the session.
See full Charlotte Practice Results.

Crew Rosters

NASCAR National News and Notes

• This will be the 80th NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Charlotte, it has been on the schedule every season since 1982 (two races a season from 1982-2016, one per season since 2017).
• Twelve different drivers won the last 12 Xfinity Series Charlotte races, the longest ever streak at the track – Austin Dillon swept in 2015.
• Austin Dillon (2) and Justin Allgaier are the only past Charlotte winners in the field this weekend.
• Nine drivers earned their first career Xfinity Series win at Charlotte, most-recently Alex Bowman in 2017.
• Eight of the last nine Charlotte races have had at least eight cautions.
• Jesse Love and Austin Hill finished in the top-10 in six straight races on 1.5-mile tracks, the longest active streak.

Goodyear Tire Notes

There are 40 drivers/teams on the entry list for the BetMGM300 Xfinity Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Two cars will miss the race.
Notables: #3-Austin Dillon, #07-Nick Leitz, #17-William Byron, #19-Chase Briscoe, #32-Katerine Legge, #35-Carson Ware, #45-Brad Perez, #53-TBA, #70-Leland Honeyman Jr., #74-Dawson Cram, #91-CJ McLaughlin.
See the full Charlotte entry list.

2025 practice and qualifying procedures

Charlotte At-Track Schedule

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Race rules and information:

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