Brandon Jones punches ticket to Round of 8 with Kansas victory: With a flawlessly executed race from start to finish, Brandon Jones preserved his bragging rights at Kansas Speedway, winning Saturday’s Kansas Lottery 300 NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoff event.(Read more)(NASCAR)

In a dominant final stage, #20-Brandon Jones won the Kansas Lottery 300 Xfinity Series race at Kansas Speedway. Three of his seven career victories have come at Kansas. This is his second victory of the 2025 season.
#88-Connor Zilisch finished runner-up, earning his record-setting 16th consecutive top-five finish, dating back to Memorial Day Weekend. #21-Austin Hill placed third, with #8-Sammy Smith and #00-Sheldon Creed rounding out the top five.
#54-Taylor Gray placed sixth, with #2-Jesse Love, #48-Nick Sanchez, #11-Brenden Queen and #26-Dean Thompson filling out the top 10.
#7-Justin Allgaier won the opening two stages and led a race-high 79 laps but finished 13th after a strategy call went awry during the final pit stop. Other playoff drivers finishing outside the top 10: #1-Carson Kvapil (15th), #41-Sam Mayer (16th) and #25-Harrison Burton (20th).
There were 16 lead changes among seven drivers and four cautions for 26 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was 127.992 mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Points Standings, Owner Points Standings, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report.

Kansas Paint Schemes

Race Fast Facts – Kansas Speedway:
Brandon Jones (P) won the Kansas Lottery 300, his seventh victory in 330 Xfinity Series races.
This is his second victory and 11th top-10 finish in 2025.
This is his third victory and eighth top-10 finish in 11 races at Kansas Speedway.
Connor Zilisch # (P) (second) posted his second top-10 finish in two races at Kansas Speedway. It is his 19th top-10 finish in 2025.
Austin Hill (P) (third) posted his fourth top-10 finish in five races at Kansas Speedway.
Connor Zilisch (P) (second) was the highest finishing rookie.
Connor Zilisch # (P) leads the point standings by 37 points over Justin Allgaier (P).

Xfinity Series Playoff Standings after Kansas (Race 28 of 33):
1)#20-Brandon Jones (Advanced)
2)#88-Connor Zilisch (Advanced)
3)#7-Justin Allgaier (Advanced)
4)#41-Sam Mayer 2,103, +43
5)#54-Taylor Gray 2.076, +16
6)#00-Sheldon Creed 2,072, +12
7)#1-Carson Kvapil 2,069, +9
8)#2-Jesse Love 2,065, +5
Currently below elimination line
9)#48-Nick Sanchez 2,060, -5
10)#21-Austin Hill 2,058, -7
11)#25-Harrison Burton 2,057, -8
12)#8-Sammy Smith 2,051, -14
See the Driver Points Standings and Owner Points Standings

Race Updates:
Lap 200: #20-Jones wins at Kansas, advancing to the Round of 8. #88-Zilisch, #21-Hill, #8-Smith, #00-Creed, #54-Gray, #2-Love, #48-Sanchez, #11-Queen and #26-Thompson complete the top 10.
Lap 195: #21-Hill is closing in on #88-Zilisch for the runner-up spot. #20-Jones leads by 2.8 seconds.
Lap 190: #20-Jones has pushed his lead to 2.4 seconds with 10 laps remaining.
Lap 180: #20-Jones has increased his lead to 1.3 seconds over #88-Zilisch. #21-Hill remains in third, 2.4 seconds off the lead.
Lap 170: #20-Jones and #88-Zilisch have pulled away from the field. #21-Hill runs third, 1.4 seconds back.  #8-Smith, #00-Creed, #54-Gray, #2-Love, #11-Queen, #10-Dye and #48-Sanchez are the current top 10 with 30 laps remaining.
Lap 162: #20-Jones takes the lead on the restart. #7-Allgaier drops to sixth in one lap; #41-Mayer falls to 12th.
Lap 158: The majority of lead-lap cars pit during this caution flag. #7-Allgaier and #41-Mayer stack out to get track position. #17-Caruth, #1-Kvapil and #28-Sieg take the wave around to get back on the lead lap.
Lap 155: #19-Bonsignore got turned by #48-Sancehez off Turn 2 and nosed into the inside wall on the backstretch to bring out the caution.
Lap 150: The final playoff driver #1-Kvapil pits with 50 laps remaining. The only drivers that have yet to pit on the lead lap are #11-Queen, #39-Sieg and #10-Dye.
Lap 149: #25-Burton pits from just outside the top five.
Lap 147: #48-Sanchez pits from the lead. The only playoff drivers that have yet to pit are #1-Kvapil and #25-Burton.
Lap 146: Multiple drivers have yet to pit, led by #48-Sanchez. #20-Jones and #8-Smith have cycled ahead of #88-Zilisch. #7-Allgaier lost time with a slower pit stop.
Lap 145: #88-Zilisch pits after complaining of being tight in the waning laps of that run.
Lap 144: Race leader #20-Jones pits, as does #8-Smith, #21-Hill and #19-Bonsignore.
Lap 143: #7-Allgaier, #54-Gray and #2-Love pit for the final schedule time.
Lap 142: #00-Creed is the next driver to pit.
Lap 141: #41-Mayer opens the pit cycle with 59 laps remaining.
Lap 136: #20-Jones takes the lead from #88-Zilisch with 64 laps remaining. #7-Allgaier has chopped his deficit to 4.5 seconds.
Lap 135: #20-Jones is hunting down #88-Zilisch for the lead, catching to the back bumper.
Lap 132: #7-Allgaier performs a slide job to get by #21-Hill for fourth positions, more than six seconds behind race leader #88-Zilisch.
Lap 128: #7-Allgaier scraped the wall and got sideways, chasing down #21-Hill for fourth position.
Lap 123: #88-Zilisch has extended his lead to over one-second ahead of #20-Jones. #8-Smith continues running third, three seconds off the race lead.
Lap 108: The only non-playoff driver inside the top 12 is #19-Bonsignore. #25-Burton has dipped to 20th after making a spirited charge inside the top 15.
Lap 103: #7-Allgaier has re-entered the top five, passing #41-Mayer. #21-Hill has sneaked by fourth.
Lap 100: #16-Eckes drives across the nose of #17-Caruth on the frontstretch but the duo are unscathed.
Lap 98: #88-Zilisch clears for the race lead on the restart. #20-Jones, #8-Smith, #41-Mayer and #21-Hill are the rest of the top five. #7-Allgaier remains in sixth.
Lap 94: #7-Allgaier has a slow exchange on the right-rear tire, losing five spots on pit road. #20-Jones takes the lead.
Lap 90: #7-Allgaier wins Stage 2, his 13th stage victory of the season. #20-Jones, #41-Mayer, #88-Zilisch, #8-Smith, #54-Gray, #26-Thompson, #21-Hill, #00-Creed and #19-Bonsignore earn stage points.
Lap 83: #7-Allgaier has gaped the field by more than two seconds with #20-Jones still running second. #26-Thompson passed #21-Hill to take seventh.
Lap 78: #19-Bonsignore takes 10th spot in an extended battle with #17-Caruth, #2-Love and #16-Eckes.
Lap 72: #17-Caruth passes #16-Eckes to crack the top 10. #2-Love and #19-Bonsignore follow through, dropping Eckes to 13th.
Lap 65: #7-Allgaier re-takes the lead from #7-Allgaier. Positions have shuffled since the restart with #2-Love making three passes to 12th.
Lap 64: #20-Jones takes control of the lead on the restart, passing #7-Allgaier on the outside. #41-Mayer settles into third.
Lap 59: #27-Burton spins while battling #4-Retzlaff through Turns 3 and 4 to bring out the caution.
Lap 55: #7-Allgaier clears #20-Jones on the restart to take the lead back. #8-Smith and #41-Mayer are side-by-side for third position.
Lap 50: #20-Jones wins the race off pit road to become the new race leader. #21-Hill gained three spots, moving up to fifth. #18-Sawalich jumped eight positions to sixth. #54-Gray had an issue on the right-front tire and dropped five spots.
Lap 45: #7-Allgaier wins Stage 1, his series-high 12th stage victory of the season. #20-Jones, #41-Mayer, #88-Zilisch, #54-Gray, #11-Queen, #2-Love, #21-Hill, #8-Smith and #26-Thompson earn stage points.
Lap 39: #7-Allgaier has extended his lead to more than four seconds over #20-Jones. #88-Zilisch is closing in on #54-Gray for fourth position.
Lap 35: #7-Allgaier is deep into lap traffic, up to 27th on #70-Honeyman. Notable drivers one lap down include #44-Poole (28th), #51-Clements (31st) and #27-Burton (33rd).
Lap 30: #25-Burton has cracked the top 20 after being one of the three drivers to drop to the rear for the start of the race.
Lap 22: #20-Jones passes his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate #54-Gray to take the runner-up position, more than two seconds behind #7-Allgaier.
Lap 21: #21-Hill is making progress the longer the run goes, passing #17-Caruth for ninth spot.
Lap 17: #2-Love continues moving forward, passing #11-Queen to take sixth position.
Lap 14: #7-Allgaier takes the lead from #54-Gray to become the second leader of the race.
Lap 10: Eight playoff cars are currently inside the top 10 after 10 laps. #21-Hill runs 14th, #48-Sanchez 17th, #1-Kvapil 21st and #25-Burton 27th.
Lap 9: #7-Allgaier clears #20-Jones for the runner-up spot, tracking down race leader #54-Gray.
Lap 3: #2-Love has made up ground quickly since the start, racing from 12th to eighth and pressuring #88-Zilisch and #18-Sawalich.
Lap 1: #24–Staropoli missed a shift on the initial restart from 11th position and backed up the inside line. #54-Gray keeps momentum up on the outside of Turns 3 and 4 to lead the opening lap.

Race Info:
Broadcast: CW, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 200 laps / 300 miles
Stages: 45 / 90 / 200
Average time of race: 2:36:44
Pit road speed: 45 mph
Caution car speed: 55 mph
Fuel window: 63 laps

Cars to the rear: #10-Daniel Dye, #14-Garrett Smithley, #25-Harrison Burton (unapproved adjustments)

Pit-Stall Selections

For the first time since returning to Joe Gibbs Racing, #20-Brandon Jones won the pole (173.410 mph) for Kansas Lottery 300 Xfinity Series race at Kansas Speedway. It’s his third pole in the last four Kansas races.
Joe Gibbs Racing swept the front row with #54-Taylor Gray in second (172.877 mph). #41-Sam Mayer will take the green flag in third position (172.695 mph), with #11-Brenden Queen (171.843 mph) and #7-Justin Allgaier (171.810 mph) rounding out the top five.
Rookie #18-William Sawalich, #88-Connor Zilisch, #17-Rajah Caruth, #26-Dean Thompson and #00-Sheldon Creed complete the top 10.
Playoff drivers starting outside the top 10: #2-Jesse Love (12th), #48-Nick Sanchez (13th), #8-Sammy Smith (14th), #21-Austin Hill (17th), #25-Harrison Burton (18th) and #1-Carson Kvapil (19th).
Did Not Qualify: #35-Glen Reen
See the complete Kansas Starting Lineup.

Qualifying Fast Facts — Kansas Speedway:
Brandon Jones (P) won the Pole Award for the Kansas Lottery 300 with a lap of 31.14 seconds, 173.410 mph.
This is his 13th pole in 330 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
This is his first pole and 13th top-10 start in 2025.
This is his third pole in 11 races at Kansas Speedway.
Taylor Gray # (P) (second) posted his 17th top-10 start of 2025 and his first in two races at Kansas Speedway.
Sam Mayer (P) (third) posted his third top-10 start at Kansas Speedway. It is his 22nd in 28 races this season.
Taylor Gray (P) (second) was the fastest qualifying rookie

Qualifying Order

Practice for the Kansas Lottery 300 Xfinity Series race at Kansas Speedway is complete. The top five, slowest, news and notes:
#39-Ryan Sieg 172.419 mph
#11-Brenden Queen 171.417 mph
#42-Anthony Alfredo 170.799 mph
#8-Sammy Smith 170.567 mph
#99-Matt DiBenedetto 170.497 mph
Slowest: #44-Brennan Poole 163.339 mph
Most laps run: #21-Austin Hill and #19-Justin Bonsignore, 35
Best 10 consecutive lap avg (of 26 drivers): #39-Sieg 169.262 mph
Notes: #10-Daniel Dye went to the garage after first group practice with a mechanical issue. Nine-time winner in 2025 #88-Connor Zilisch ended practice early after smacking the wall.
See full Kansas Practice Results.

Crew Rosters

NASCAR Xfinity Series News & Notes – Kansas Speedway

• This weekend marks the 26th running of a NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Kansas Speedway (2001-2025).
• Kansas has been on the Xfinity Series schedule every year since inaugural race in 2001.
• Joe Gibbs Racing ended an 18-race winless streak at Bristol, their longest in the Xfinity Series since a 34-race streak between 2006-2007.
• Connor Zilisch tied Xfinity Series record with 15 straight top-five finishes; he can break the record set by Sam Ard in 1983 this weekend.
• Connor Zilisch’s 2.1 average finish in the last 15 races is the best in series history in a 15-race span.
• Connor Zilisch won seven of the last nine races this season, tied with Sam Ard for most in a nine-race span.
• Brandon Jones, with two wins, is the only active driver to win at Kansas in the NXS.

Goodyear Tire Notes: Xfinity Series teams will debut their new right-side tire matched with the same left-side option used at several tracks earlier in the year, including May’s consecutive speedway races at Texas Motor Speedway, Charlotte Motor Speedway, and Nashville Superspeedway. Xfinity teams will also use inner liners at Kansas, as is customary on tracks 1-mile and longer.

There are 39 drivers/teams on the entry list for the Kansas Lottery 300 Xfinity Series race at Kansas Speedway. One car will miss the race.
Notables: #07-Nick Leitz, #11-Brenden Queen, #14-Garrett Smithley, #19-Justin Bonsignore, #24-Patrick Staropoli, #32-Austin Green, #35-Glen Reen, #45-Mason Massey, #53-Joey Gase, #70-Leland Honeyman, #76-Kole Raz, #91-Josh Williams.
See the full Kansas entry list.

2025 practice and qualifying procedures

Kansas At-Track Schedule

Race rules and information:

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