Austin stomps the Xfinity Series field at Atlanta: The Atlanta Motor Speedway is Austin Hill’s home track after all – and the Georgia native proved again Saturday night that he absolutely “owns it.”(Read more)(2-22-2025)

In dominant fashion, #21-Austin Hill won the Bennett Transportation & Logistics 250 Xfinity Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Hill has won five of the last six races at Atlanta, holding the most wins in track history. By leading 146 of 163 laps, Hill surpassed Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Dale Earnhardt as the driver with the most laps led at drafting style tracks (734). It’s his eighth win at a drafting track, tied with Earnhardt Jr. and Tony Stewart for the most in series history.
#7-Justin Allgaier charged to second on the final lap, passing #19-Aric Almirola on the frontstretch. #8-Sammy Smith and #48-Nick Sanchez (first top five finish) rounded out the top five.
#27-Jeb Burton finished sixth, with 10-Daniel Dye, #70-Leland Honeyman, #18-William Sawalich and #25-Harrison Burton completing the top 10. Burton, in his return to the Xfinity Series, is the only driver to have top 10s in the opening two races of 2025.
There were 11 lead changes among six drivers and eight cautions for 49 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 106.590 mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Points, Owner Points, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report.

Atlanta Paint Schemes

Race Fast Facts – Atlanta:
Austin Hill won the Bennett Transportation & Logistics 250, his 11th victory in 116 Xfinity Series races.
This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in 2025.
This is his fifth victory and sixth top-10 finish in seven races at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Justin Allgaier (second) posted his 10th top-10 finish in 19 races at Atlanta Motor Speedway. It is his first top-10 finish in 2025.
Aric Almirola (third) posted his second top-10 finish in four races at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Nick Sanchez (fifth) was the highest finishing rookie.
Austin Hill leads the point standings by 1 points over Sheldon Creed.

Xfinity Series Standings after Atlanta (Race 2 of 33):
1)#21-Austin Hill 1 win (9 playoff points, regular season championship leader)
2)#2-Jesse Love 1 win (5 playoff points)
3)#00-Sheldon Creed 83, +38
4)#7-Justin Allgaier 76, +31
5)#27-Jeb Burton 66, +21
6)#25-Harrison Burton 61, +16
7)#51-Jeremy Clements 55, +10
8)#41-Sam Mayer 53, +8
9)#1-Carson Kvapil 53, +8
10)#99-Matt DiBenedetto 51, +6
11)#8-Sammy Smith 50, +5
12)#70-Leland Honeyman 50, +5
Points below elimination line
13)Taylor Gray 45, -5
14)#39-Ryan Sieg 44, -6
15)#48-Nick Sanchez 42, -8
16)#26-Dean Thompson 40, -10
See the Drivers Points Standings and Owners Points Standings.

Race Updates:
Lap 163: #21-Hill races back to the line and wins for the fifth time in the last six Atlanta races. #7-Allgaier, #19-Almirola, #8-Smith, #48-Sanchez, #27-Burton, #10-Dye, #70-Honeyman, #18-Sawalich and #25-Burton are the unofficial top 10.
Lap 162: #21-Hill and #19-Almirola are side-by-side for the lead at the white flag. #4-Retzlaff gets turned on the backstretch, collecting multiple cars.
Lap 160: #7-Allgaier and #8-Smith get connected on the bottom lane, pushing Allgaier to the lead. #21-Hill gets back to the outside of Allgaier and leads at the line.
Lap 154: #8-Smith gets the foam off his grille by getting close to the bumper of #7-Allgaier under caution.
Lap 153: Caution is out for debris in Turn 2. #21-Hill is scored as the leader, ahead of #7-Allgaier, #19-Almirola, #8-Smith and #4-Retzlaff. Door foam from #88-Zilisch is stuck on the grille of #8-Smith.
Lap 151: #21-Hill gets a big shove into Turn 1 by #7-Allgaier to keep the lead on the restart. #19-Almirola settles in third. #8-Smith jumps to the bottom lane to challenge for the lead.
Lap 142: #48-Sanchez hit the apron underneath #41-Mayer and Mayer got turned into the outside wall in front of #42-Alfredo. #44-Poole and #07-Leitz also received damage.
Lap 139: #00-Creed drops to the bottom to lead the lane, ahead of Ford teammates #39-Sieg and #41-Mayer.
Lap 138: #39-Sieg has dropped outside the top 10 after restarting on the front row. The outside lane has surged forward. #21-Hill leads #7-Allgaier, #8-Smith, #19-Almirola and #4-Retzlaff.
Lap 131: #21-Hill keeps the lead on the restart with a shove from #7-Allgaier. #39-Sieg leads the bottom lane. #16-Eckes is trying to work a third groove with help from #00-Creed and #42-Alfredo.
Lap 125: #20-Jones had a left-rear tire go flat after having a tire rub for the previous two laps. #53-Maggio spun into the infield tire barriers.
Lap 124: #00-Creed gets to the outside of #19-Almirola, putting the field three wide.
Lap 123: #21-Hill takes the lead on the restart, with #39-Sieg and #8-Smith battling for second.
Lap 117: #54-Gray takes the air off #51-Clements and spins in the middle of the pack to bring out the caution. Gray and #88-Zilisch were collected.
Lap 113: #21-Hill maintains the lead on the restart. #48-Sanchez gets split on the inside of the front row and drops through the pack in the middle lane.
Lap 106: Caution is out #92-McLaughlin getting into the wall.
Lap 104: #48-Sanchez has moved up to fourth after making six pit stops throughout the race to fix damage to the hood. #21-Hill leads #7-Allgaier and #8-Smith.
Lap 102: #00-Creed gets pushed out of line to the outside lane, dropping outside the top 10.
Lap 99: #21-Hill clears #7-Allgaier for the lead after battling for a lap and a half on the restart.
Lap 94: #21-Hill stalled leaving his pit box but still won the race off pit road. The bulk of the field changed two tires. #18-Sawalich gained 10 spots on pit road, moving to fifth.
Lap 90: #21-Hill holds off the Haas Factory Team teammates of #41-Mayer and #00-Creed. #7-Allgaier, #2-Love, #19-Almirola, #8-Smith, #88-Zilisch, #27-Burton and #16-Eckes earn stage points.
Lap 87: The intensity has picked up with the stage winding down. #48-Sanchez, #19-Almirola and #39-Sieg have all raced inside the top 10.
Lap 83: The inside lane has formed, led by #41-Mayer. #21-Hill goes down to block, allowing #2-Love to lead the top lane.
Lap 80: #7-Allgaier drops to the bottom to try to get inside the top five, but with no help, has fallen outside the top 10.
Lap 75: #21-Hill makes the same move back on #2-Love entering Turn 1 to re-take the lead.
Lap 70: #2-Love dips below #21-Hill entering Turn 1 and takes the lead.
Lap 67: #54-Gray got shuffled out of line and dropped outside the top 15. #16-Eckes has cracked the top five.
Lap 58: The field has begun to get single-file around the top. #21-Hill leads #2-Love, #8-Smith, #54-Gray and #88-Zilisch.
Lap 54: #21-Hill clears the inside lane off Turn 4 to keep the lead. #2-Love and #8-Smith get ahead of the inside line, led by Haas Factory Team teammates #41-Mayer and #00-Creed.
Lap 48: #21-Hill, #2-Love and #8-Smith take two tires to keep track position. #41-Mayer is the first car off pit road with four tires.
Lap 45: #21-Hill wins the opening stage, ahead of #2-Love and #41-Mayer who were side-by-side for second. #54-Gray, #1-Kvapil, #88-Zilisch, #7-Allgaier, #16-Eckes, #25-Burton and #00-Creed earn stage points.
Lap 38: The field remains single file. #21-Hill continues to lead, ahead of his RCR teammate #2-Love.
Lap 25: The opening 19 cars have pulled away from the rest of the field. #39-Sieg is running 20th, leading the second pack, more than six seconds off the race lead.
Lap 19: The majority of the field is single file, as the Richard Childress Racing duo of #21-Hill and #2-Love control the race. #41-Mayer, #54-Gray and #1-Kvapil are the top five.
Lap 12: #21-Hill takes the lead on the restart with a push from #16-Eckes.
Lap 10: #26-Thompson is being held a lap for intentionally stopping on the track to bring out the caution.
Lap 6: #39-Sieg spins off Turn 2 to bring out the caution
Lap 5: #26-Thompson got loose and pancaked the wall off Turn 2. #51-Clements gets into the rear of #27-Burton who was checking up to miss Thompson and got full sideways.
Lap 4: #31-Mayer edges ahead for the lead with a shove from #39-Sieg. #16-Eckes and #8-Smith are lined up on the bottom.
Lap 1: #2-Love got a great start from the front row and leads the opening lap from the pole. #11-Williams got shuffled to the middle lane, dropping outside the top 10 from a third starting position.

Cars to the rear: #35-Joey Gase (unapproved adjustments)

Pit-Stall Selections

For the third straight Xfinity Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, #2-Jesse Love won the pole for Saturday’s Bennett Transportation & Logistics 250 (174.724 mph). Love becomes the fifth driver in series history to win three poles in their first three starts at the same track.
Richard Childress Racing continued its qualifying dominance at superspeedways by sweeping the front row, with four-time Atlanta winner #21-Austin Hill clocking in second (174.378 mph). #11-Josh Williams will start from a career best third position (173.684 mph). #7-Justin Allgaier (173.652 mph) and #41-Sam Mayer (173.619 mph) round out the top five.
#54-Taylor Gray, #20-Brandon Jones, #1-Carson Kvapil, #16-Christian Eckes and #88-Connor Zilisch complete the top 10.
All 38 cars qualified for the race.
See the complete Atlanta Starting Lineup.

Qualifying Fast Facts — Atlanta Motor Speedway
Jesse Love won the Pole Award for the Bennett Transportation & Logistics 250 with a lap of 31.73 seconds, 174.724 mph.
This is his sixth pole in 35 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
This is his first pole and second top-10 start in 2025.
This is his third pole in three races at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Austin Hill (second) posted his second top-10 start of 2025 and his sixth in seven races at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Josh Williams (third) posted his first top-10 start at Atlanta Motor Speedway. It is his first in two races this season.
Taylor Gray (sixth) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

There is no practice for the Xfinity Series at Atlanta. The first on-track action will be on Friday, February 21 at 5:00pm/et.

Qualifying Order

Crew Rosters

NASCAR National Series News & Notes – Atlanta Motor Speedway:

• 2025 is the 44th season of the NASCAR Xfinity Series (1982-2025) and this weekend marks the 38^th Xfinity Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
• The stage end laps for this weekend’s race are 45, 90, 163. Last year, they were 40, 80, 163.
• Jesse Love’s 300 laps led on drafting tracks is the most all-time through seven starts, his teammate Austin Hill ranks second with 208.
• Jesse Love won the pole for both races at Atlanta in 2024, while teammate Austin Hill won both races.

Goodyear Tire Notes: Being on 15-inch bead diameter tires, NASCAR Xfinity and Craftsman Truck Series teams will run a different tire set-up than those in the Cup Series at Atlanta this weekend . . . this is the same tire set-up these teams have run at Atlanta since the beginning of 2022 . . . as on all NASCAR ovals greater than one mile in length, Xfinity and Truck teams are required to run liners in all four tire positions at Atlanta . . . air pressure in those inner liners should be 12-25 psi greater than that of the outer tire.

There are 38 drivers/teams on the entry list for the Bennett Transportation & Logistics 250 Xfinity Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. No cars will miss the race. Notables: #07-Nick Leitz, #19-Aric Almirola, #35-Joey Gase, #45-Mason Massey, #53-Mason Maggio, #70-Leland Honeyman Jr., #74-Carson Ware, #92-CJ McLaughlin.
See the full Atlanta Entry List.

2025 practice and qualifying procedures

Atlanta At-Track Schedule

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Race rules and information:

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