Parker Kligerman wins Xfinity Series race at Daytona in relief of Connor Zilisch: The record book will list Connor Zilisch as the winner of the Wawa 250 Presented by Coca-Cola at Daytona International Speedway. But it was part-timer Parker Kligerman who did the heavy lifting in Friday night’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race, driving the No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet to victory in relief of the 19-year-old prodigy.(Read more)(NASCAR)

#88-Connor Zilisch gets credit for winning the Wawa 250 Xfinity Series race at Daytona International Speedway, though Parker Kligerman hopped in the car at Lap 13. It’s the first time a relief driver was utilized in a race-winning entry since Milwaukee in 2007. This is Zilisch’s seventh victory of the season, capturing the checkered flag in five of the last six races overall.
JR Motorsports placed first through third, with #8-Sammy Smith (Stage 1 winner) and #7-Justin Allgaier (Stage 2 winner) rounding out the podium. #2-Jesse Love and #41-Sam Mayer filled out the rest of the top five.
#20-Brandon Jones, #26-Dean Thompson, #14-Garrett Smithley, #44-Brennan Poole and #1-Carson Kvapil complete the top 10.
There were 22 lead changes among 10 drivers and seven cautions for 39 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was 115.157 mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Points Standings, Owner Points Standings, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report.

Daytona Paint Schemes

Race Fast Facts – Daytona International Speedway:
Connor Zilisch # won the Wawa 250 Powered by Coca-Cola, his eighth victory in 27 Xfinity Series races.
This is his seventh victory and 15th top-10 finish in 2025.
This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in two races at Daytona International Speedway.
Sammy Smith (second) posted his first top-10 finish in seven races at Daytona International Speedway. It is his 13th top-10 finish in 2025.
Justin Allgaier (third) posted his 15th top-10 finish in 30 races at Daytona International Speedway.
Connor Zilisch (first) was the highest finishing rookie.
Justin Allgaier leads the point standings by 3 points over Connor Zilisch #.

Xfinity Series Playoff Standings after Daytona (Race 24 of 33):
1)#88-Connor Zilisch 7 wins (36 playoff points)
2)#7-Justin Allgaier 3 wins (24 playoff points, regular season championship leader)
3)41-Sam Mayer 1 win (8 playoff points)
4)#20-Brandon Jones 1 win (8 playoff points)
5)#8-Sammy Smith 1 win (8 playoff points)
6)#2-Jesse Love 1 win (6 playoff points)
7)#48-Nick Sanchez 1 win (5 playoff points)
8)#21-Austin Hill 3 wins (0 playoff points)
9)#1-Carson Kvapil 687, +120
10)#00-Sheldon Creed 651, +84
11)#54-Taylor Gray 634, +67
12)#25-Harrison Burton 603, +36
Currently below elimination line
13)#27-Jeb Burton 567, -36
14)#39-Ryan Sieg 547, -56
15)#26-Dean Thompson 531, -72
16)#16-Christian Eckes 523, -80
See the Driver Points Standings and Owner Points Standings.

Race Updates:
Lap 104: #88-Kligerman scores the win, though Zilisch will get credit for the victory by starting the race. #8-Smith, #7-Allgaier, #2-Love and #41-Mayer are the top five.
Lap 103: Massive wreck entering Turn 3 and 4, started with contact from #21-Hill and #48-Sanchez. Hill spins into #14-Smithley, with a load of cars piling in. The caution flies with #88-Kligerman out front.
Lap 102: #70-Honeyman tries making it three wide and gets shuffled out of the pack. #88-Kligerman leads #7-Allgaier and #8-Smith.
Lap 102: #88-Kligerman chooses the inside lane for the overtime restart. #7-Allgaier and #2-Love are behind. #21-Hill has #70-Love and #8-Smith lined up behind him.
Lap 96: #39-Sieg gets turned by #70-Honeyman on the frontstretch while battling inside the top five. #16-Eckes, #00-Creed, #27-Burton, #25-Burton, #99-DiBenedetto, #10-Dye, #19-Almirola and #71-Ellis were all involved.
Lap 95: #88-Kligerman clears for the lead. #21-Hill moves to the inside of #39-Sieg for the runner-up spot.
Lap 94: Restart is coming with six laps remaining. #39-Sieg leads the top lane with #21-Hill, #2-Love, #99-DiBenedetto and #8-Smith behind. #88-Kligerman leads the bottom, with #7-Allgaier, #00-Creed, #16-Eckes and #27-Burton behind on the bottom.
Lap 88: #54-Gray cut a right-rear tire and slid down the track and #51-Clements clobbers Gray. Both #5-Bacarella and #91-Bilicki have damage from getting in the grass.
Lap 84: The RCR teammates #21-Hill and #2-Love shoot to the bottom to get next to #7-Allgaier for third.
Lap 83: The beginning of the field is starting to get single file, led by #39-Sieg, #88-Kligerman, #7-Allgaier, #00-Creed and #21-Hill.
Lap 80: No change at the front with #39-Sieg and #00-Creed running side-by-side. The first 10 rows are side-by-side with 20 laps remaining.
Lap 76: #39-Sieg and #00-Creed continue to hold the top two spots. #88-Kligerman and #21-Hill are the second row with #7-Allgaier and #2-Love in the third row.
Lap 72: #32-Caruth spins on the backstretch and will have to limp around to the pits for fresh tires. Race stays green.
Lap 71: #00-Creed gets pushed out to the lead off the bumper of #39-Sieg. Creed blocks the top, allowing #39-Sieg to get to the inside of the front row.
Lap 66: #21-Hill clears both lanes on the restart after a push from #39-Sieg. Caution is out for #42-Alfredo who was stalled on the track; the team will replace the battery. #41-Mayer pitted for a new set of tires after a puncture to the left rear. Mayer was penalized at the end of Stage 2.
Lap 64: After pit stops, #21-Hill is the new leader. #39-Sieg, #26-Thompson, #2-Love and #00-Creed are the top five.
Lap 60: #7-Allgaier wins Stage 2, his ninth stage victory of the season. #2-Love, #16-Eckes, #21-Hill, #00-Creed, #26-Thompson, #25-Burton, #54-Gray, #20-Jones and #39-Sieg earn stage points.
Lap 57: #2-Love continues to the lead, controlling both the inside and bottom lane. #21-Hill got pushed to the inside through Turns 3 and 4, allowing #7-Allgaier to make it three wide. #27-Burton got into the rear of #8-Smith and spun off the exit of Turn 4. #18-Sawalich, #19-Almirola and #54-Gray all made contact with the wall.
Lap 54: #21-Hill darted to the inside of #2-Love to battle for the lead but got shuffled back a few rows until #7-Allgaier and #26-Thompson picked him up. Hill is getting pushed back to the bumper of Love.
Lap 52: #21-Hill makes a couple of passes, getting up to second behind RCR teammate #2-Love. #42-Alfredo is battling with #00-Creed for third position. The field is beginning to get top-heavy.
Lap 50: #2-Love leads at the halfway point, meaning the race is official if rain should impact the race during the second half.
Lap 48: #00-Creed moved to the outside, shuffling #8-Smith back in the pack. #2-Love has cleared the pack for the lead, controlling both lanes.
Lap 45: #11-Haley continues holding off the lead. #27-Burton and #2-Love are side-by-side for second. #26-Thompson has cracked the top 10 after being involved in the last wreck.
Lap 42: #11-Haley makes a move to the lead, passing #8-Smith. #2-Love, #27-Burton and #41-Mayer are the top five. #4-Retzlaff makes an unscheduled pit stop for the team to go under the hood a second time.
Lap 40: #11-Haley gets to the inside lane, dropping #88-Kligerman back through the field towards the rear of the top 10. #25-Burton has made his way back into the top 15 after being two laps down earlier in the race.
Lap 39: #00-Creed wiggled his way through the middle and making a run for the top five. #1-Kvapil spins off Turn 4 with a flat tire and no caution is thrown.
Lap 38: The majority of the field is three wide behind #2-Love. #88-Kligerman makes his way to the inside of Love with a shove from #8-Smith.
Lap 36: #2-Love gets pushed ahead of #88-Kligerman one lap after the restart. #41-Mayer and #16-Eckes helped propel Love forward.
Lap 32: The majority of the field pits, handing the lead to #2-Love and #88-Kligerman in second. #41-Mayer won the race off pit road. #19-Almirola was the second car off pit road with two fresh tires, gaining 13 spots.
Lap 30: #8-Smith wins Stage 1, his third stage victory of the season. #41-Mayer, #21-Hill, #99-DiBenedetto, #7-Allgaier, #20-Jones, #16-Eckes, #42-Alfredo, #27-Burton and #18-Sawalich earn stage points.
Lap 29: #99-DiBeneddetto hopped out of line and jumbled up the rear of the opening draft. #27-Burton clips #1-Kvapil and #54-Gray gets turned around to bring out the caution.
Lap 27: #8-Smith and #41-Mayer are trading the lead back and forth. #7-Allgaier and #21-Hill make up the second row.
Lap 24: #8-Smith edges ahead of #41-Mayer for the lead with six laps remaining in the stage.
9:23p.m: Engines have been re-fired and cars are exiting pit road.
Lap 21: The red flag is out for rain. The cars were brought to pit road and remained doubled up.
Lap 20: The caution has been extended by an additional lap for rain. #88-Kligerman has pitted multiple times to top off with fuel.
Lap 19: #41-Mayer picks the top lane for the restart, giving #8-Smith the bottom. Three JR Motorsports cars are lined up on the bottom with #7-Allgaier and #1-Kvapil behind.
Lap 16: #2-Love, #48-Sanchez, #44-Poole, #91-Bilicki and #35-Maggio pit for adjustments.
Lap 14: #4-Retzlaff pits for the Alpha Prime team to go under the hood.
Lap 13: #88-Zilisch pits with pit road closed in order for Kligerman to hop aboard.
Lap 11: #41-Mayer has surged out front with the caution flying for rain hitting the track. #25-Burton is the free pass and will get one of his two laps left.
Lap 9: #25-Burton spins on the backstretch after contact with #99-DiBenedetto and cuts multiple tires but no caution is thrown.
Lap 8: #8-Smith clears for the lead with a shove from #7-Allgaier. #41-Mayer gets a run down the backstretch but is stalled by Allgaier. The top lane is getting more organized than the bottom.
Lap 7: The majority of the field runs side-by-side. #8-Smith is towing the bottom line with #41-Mayer pulling the top. #7-Allgaier and #20-Jones are in line behind Smith. #21-Hill and #1-Kvapil are on top behind Mayer.
Lap 4: #48-Sacnehez darted to the bottom on the backstretch, making a three-wide move to crack the top 10.
Lap 1: #8-Smith leads the opening lap, side-by-side with #41-Mayer.
Before the green flag, #88-Zilisch dropped to the rear of the field and will hang out at the back until Parker Kligerman can climb aboard. 
7:55p.m.: The lightning hold has been lifted. Drivers are buckling into their cars with the command coming in the next 10 minutes.
7:25p.m.: Shortly after the National Anthem, lightning strikes hit within eight miles of the track, delaying the command by a half hour.

Race info:
Broadcast: CW, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 100 laps / 250 miles
Stages: 30 / 60 / 100
Average time of race: 2:19:40
Pit road speed: 55 mph
Caution vehicle speed: 70 mph
Fuel window: 45 laps

Cars to the rear: Polesitter #88-Zilisch has opted to drop to the rear with Parker Kligerman set to replace him at the end of the stage.

Pit-Stall Selections

Qualifying for the Wawa 250 Powered by Coca-Cola Xfinity Series race at Daytona International Speedway was canceled due to lightning. The starting lineup will be set per the rule book, basing it off the previous race’s metric. Fifteen cars made a qualifying run before lightning stuck within an eight-mile radius of the race track.
#88-Connor Zilisch will start from the pole with Parker Kligerman on standby after Zilisch broke his collarbone in Victory Lane at Watkins Glen International. Zilisch has alluded to possibly exiting the car following the opening stage.
#41-Sam Mayer, #8-Sammy Smith, #21-Austin Hill and #7-Justin Allgaier round out the top five. #1-Carson Kvapil, #20-Brandon Jones, #25-Harrison Burton, #16-Christian Eckes and #2-Jesse Love complete the top 10.
See the complete Daytona Starting Lineup.

NASCAR Xfinity Series pre-race inspection is complete at Daytona International Speedway. Two cars failed inspection twice. No. 42 will lose pit selection for World Wide Technology Raceway and crew member Joseph Majenski has been ejected. No. 5 will lose pit selection for World Wide Technology Raceway and crew member Paul Stewart has been ejected.

Qualifying Order

Crew Rosters

NASCAR Xfinity Series News & Notes:

• This weekend marks the 68th running of a NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Daytona International Speedway.
• Connor Zilisch, Justin Allgaier and Sam Mayer are separated by 24 points in regular season standings with Zilisch leading the standings by seven.
• The 30 points of separation between the last driver in the Playoffs on points and the first out is the largest gap of the season.
• JR Motorsports had at least one car finish top-five in a record 25 straight races.
• Austin Hill is the all-time drafting track leader with 9 wins, 754 laps led and 14 stage wins.
• Six active drivers won at Daytona: Austin Hill (3), Justin Haley (2), Jeremy Clements (1), Justin Allgaier (1), Aric Almirola (1), Jesse Love (1).
• Jeremy Clements will make 521st career Xfinity Series start at Daytona, breaking a tie with Jason Keller for third all-time.

Goodyear Tire Notes

There are 38 drivers/teams on the entry list for the Wawa 250 Powered by Coca-Cola Xfinity Series race at Daytona International Speedway. No cars will miss the race.
Notables: #5-Caesar Bacarella, #07-Patrick Emerling, #11-Justin Haley, #14-Garrett Smithley, #19-Aric Almirola, #32-Rajah Caruth, #35-Mason Maggio, #45-Josh Williams, #53-Joey Gase, #70-Leland Honeyman, #91-Josh Bilicki, #92-Natalie Decker.
See the full Daytona entry list.

2025 practice and qualifying procedures

Daytona At-Track Schedule

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Race rules and information:

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