Jesse Love scores triumphant win in season-opening Xfinity race at Daytona: In a typically wild finish at Daytona International Speedway, Jesse Love won the United Rentals 300 NASCAR Xfinity Series season-opener in overtime – taking the white flag moments before a massive multi-car accident behind him brought out a caution officially ending the race.(Read more)(2-15-2025)

#2-Jesse Love won the season-opening United Rentals 300 Xfinity Series race at Daytona International Speedway. Love took the white flag as the leader as drivers in the pack wrecked coming across the finish line. Love led 30 laps, pushing Richard Childress Racing’s record to wins in four straight Daytona races in February.
#41-Sam Mayer finished runner-up in his debut with Haas Factory Team. #00-Sheldon Creed placed third, with #1-Carson Kvapil and #54-Raylot Gray rounding out the top five.
#25-Harrison Burton, #32-Jordan Anderson, #26-Dean Thompson, #51-Jeremy Clements and #07-Patrick Emerling filled out the rest of the top 10.
#21-Austin Hill won the opening two stages and led a race-high 56 laps before having a rear-gear issue during the final stage.
There were 24 lead changes among 11 drivers and eight cautions for 39 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 123.301 mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Points, Owner Points, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report.

Daytona Paint Schemes

Race Fast Facts – Daytona:
Jesse Love won the United Rentals 300, his second victory in 34 Xfinity Series races.
This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in 2025.
This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in three races at Daytona International Speedway. Love is the 39th different Xfinity driver to win at Daytona.
Sam Mayer (second) posted his first top-10 finish in eight races at Daytona International Speedway. It is his first top-10 finish in 2025.
Sheldon Creed (third) posted his fifth top-10 finish in eight races at Daytona International Speedway.
Carson Kvapil (fourth) was the highest finishing rookie.
Sheldon Creed leads the point standings by 9 points over Jesse Love.
This is the 98th Xfinity Series win for Richard Childress Racing and 10th at Daytona

Xfinity Series Standings after Daytona (Race 1 of 33):
1)#2-Jesse Love 1 win, (5 playoff points)
2)#00-Sheldon Creed 51 (regular season championship leader), +24
3)#26-Dean Thompson 38, +11
4)#54-Taylor Gray 37, +10
5)#41-Sam Mayer 35, +8
6)#1-Carson Kvapil 33, +6
7)#27-Jeb Burton 33, +6
8)#25-Harrison Burton 32, +5
9)#32-Jordan Anderson 30, +3
10)#7-Justin Allgaier 30, +3
11)#51-Jeremy Clements 29, +2
12)#07-Patrick Emerling 27, +0
See the Drivers Points Standings and Owners Points Standings.

Race Updates:
Lap 126: #2-Love takes the checkered flag. #41-Mayer, #00-Creed, #1-Kvapil and #54-Gray round out the top five. #25-Burton, #32-Anderson, #26-Thompson, #51-Clements and #07-Emerling complete the top 10.
Lap 125: #7-Allgaier got turned in the middle of the pack, causing another melee. #11-Williams, #27-Burton, #39-Sieg, #42-Alfredo, #53-Gase and #24-Truex  were all involved. #2-Love was out front and took the white flag to score his second career victory.
Lap 120: The race has gone into overtime with the first overtime going green at Lap 124.
Lap 118: #88-Zilisch gets turned on the backstretch after #00-Creed checked up the middle line. #7-Allgaier turned Zilisch. ##18-Sawalich, #16-Eckes, #11-Williams, #4-Retzlaff, #71-Ellis, #35-Van Alst and #91-Bilicki all got damage.
Lap 117: #2-Love and #54-Gray clear the field and drop to the bottom. #00-Creed re-takes second.
Lap 112: Big wreck on the backstretch. #19-Bongsignore moved down on #7-Allgaier, triggering a multi-car incident involving #8-Smith, #1-Kvapil and #42-Alfredo. The left-rear wheel for Alfredo was ripped off.
Lap 110: #00-Creed juked #2-Love to get the lead, only for Love to get back by.
Lap 107: #88-Zilisch gets next to #2-Love and leads at the line with 12 laps remaining.
Lap 102: The four JR Motorsports lead the middle lane led by #88-Zilisch, #8-Smith, #7-Allgaier and #1-Kvapil.
Lap 100: #25-Burton charges up the inside lane to take the lead, with help from #39-Sieg, #71-Ellis and #88-Zilisch.
Lap 99: #2-Love leads the top land with the two Haas Factory cars behind him and three Joe Gibbs Racing cars. #25-Burton leads the inside lane.
Lap 96: #14-Smithley is limping around the track with no power.
Lap 95: The race is underway with 25 laps remaining. #2-Love and #00-Creed are on the front row.
Lap 86: #39-Sieg, #00-Creed, #27-Burton, #54-Gray, #2-Love, #41-Mayer, #18-Sawalich, #16-Eckes, #71-Ellis, #99-DiBenedetto and others pit. #5-Wright misjudged his speed entering pit road, lost brakes, and slammed into the rear of #91-Bilicki.
Lap 83: #21-Hill is done for the race with a rear-gear issue.
Lap 81: #7-Allgaier, #21-Hill, #88-Zilisch, #51-Clements, #31-Perkins, #1-Kvapil, #70-Honeyman for fuel. Hill remains on pit road while his crew assesses the issue.
Lap 79: #21-Hill reports smoke in the cockpit and he smells grease. All of his gauges are fine. #39-Sieg takes the lead.
Lap 72: Multiple teams are reporting #21-Hill is leaking fluid from the race lead.
Lap 70: The entire field is double wide. #21-Hill uses a slingshot move to get by #00-Creed for the race lead.
Lap 67: #00-Creed dips to the bottom to get ahead of #21-Hill for the race lead.
Lap 60: #21-Hill wins Stage 2, his second stage victory of the season. #39-Sieg, #00-Creed, #7-Allgaier, #26-Thompson, #27-Burton, #54-Gray, #18-Sawalich, #42-Alfredo and #25-Burton earn stage points.
Lap 58: #00-Creed got into the rear of #48-Sanchez entering Turn 3 and turned into the outside wall.
Lap 50: #2-Love moves to the outside and soars to fourth position.
Lap 44: #21-Hill takes the lead with a power move on the backstretch.
Lap 41: #27-Burton moves to the lead with a push from #39-Sieg.
Lap 39: #8-Smith shucked #11-Williams and #25-Burton out of line to lead the inside line, contesting JR Motorsports teammate #7-Allgaier for the lead.
Lap 33: #7-Allgaier, #41-Mayer, #11-Williams, #25-Burton, and #88-Zilisch stay out to get track position. #21-Hill wins the race off pit road and is sixth.
Lap 30: #21-Hill wins the opening stage. #00-Creed, #48-Sanchez, #27-Burton, #42-Alfredo, #70-Honeyman, #7-Allgaier, #26-Thompson, #2-Love and #54-Gray earn stage points.
Lap 26: The field is entirely single file as the first stage winds down.
Lap 22: #28-Sieg lost power and is being pushed to pit road. #51-Clements makes a stop to top off with fuel.
Lap 21: The bulk of the field stays out for track position, but #16-Eckes, #7-Allgaier, #41-Mayer, #25-Burton, #88-Zilisch, #11-Williams, #4-Retzlaff, #1-Kvapil, #45-Bacarella, #07-Emerling, #91-Bilicki, #53-Gase and #35-Van Alst all pit.
Lap 19: Caution is out for debris flying off of #44-Pool, and his hood flying over the windshield, not allowing him to have any visibility.
Lap 16: The inside lane is fading, with only three cars remaining.
Lap 12: One lap after the restart, all but five cars have gone to the top lane. #7-Allgaier leads the bottom, with help from #16-Eckes, #41-Mayer, #2-Love and #39-Sieg.
Lap 5: Big wreck on the backstretch. #2-Love got into the rear of #20-Jones and turned him sideways in the middle of the field. #1-Kvapil, #44-Poole and #10-Dye received significant damage. #25-Burton and #88-Zilisch also got caught up.
Lap 3: The majority of the field has filed to the outside line, though #54-Gray takes the lead on the bottom.
Lap 2: #7-Allgaier, #21-Hill and #00-Creed clear the bottom lane and run first through third.
Lap 1: Polesitter #7-Allgaier leads the opening lap, side-by-side with #54-Gray.

Race Info:
Broadcast: CW, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 120 laps / 300 miles
Stages: 30 / 60 / 120
Average time of race: 2:26:42
Pit road speed: 55 mph
Caution car speed: 70 mph
Fuel Window: 45 laps

Cars to the rear: #4-Parker Retzlaff, #24-Ryan Truex, #42-Anthohny Alfredo (unapproved adjustments)

Pit-Stall Selections

After 12 cars made their qualifying run, rain hit Daytona International Speedway, canceling the remainder of the United Rentals 300 qualifying session. The lineup will be set per the rulebook, moving reigning series champion #7-Justin Allgaier to the pole.
Rookie #54-Taylor Gray, who was fastest in Friday’s practice will start alongside Allgaier on the front row. #16-Christian Eckes, #21-Austin Hill and rookie #18-William Sawalich round out the top five.
#00-Sheldon Creed, #20-Brandon Jones, #41-Sam Mayer, #2-Jesse Love and #1-Carson Kvapil complete the top 10.
Did Not Qualify: #29-JJ Yeley, #74-Carson Ware, #92-CJ McLaughlin
See the complete Daytona Starting Lineup.

Qualifying Order

Practice for the United Rentals 250 Xfinity Series race at Daytona International Speedway is complete. The top five, slowest, news and notes:
#54-Taylor Gray 186.004 mph
#18-William Sawalich 185.996 mph
#8-Sammy Smith 185.958 mph
#00-Sheldon Creed 185.839
#1-Carson Kvapil 184.991 mph
Slowest: #4-Parker Retzlaff 171.962 mph
Most laps run: #8-Smith, 18
Notes: The field made single-car runs for the first half of the session to prepare for qualifying on Saturday with #2-Jesse Love pacing the way. Around halfway through the session, a couple of groups of cars got in the draft to learn for the race and soared to the top of the leaderboard.
See full Daytona Practice Results.

Pre-Race Inspection: Pre-race inspection in the NASCAR Xfinity Series garage is complete. #10-Daniel Dye, #16-Christian Eckes, #25-Harrison Burton, #27-Jeb Burton, #31-Blaine Perkins and #99-Matt DiBenedetto failed twice (loss of pit selection for next event; crew member ejection).

Crew Rosters

NASCAR National Series News & Notes — Daytona:

• 2025 is the 44th season of the NASCAR Xfinity Series (since 1982).
• Austin Hill’s seven wins on drafting tracks is tied for third all-time with Dale Earnhardt Jr. and behind only Dale Earnhardt and Tony Stewart (eight each).
• Austin Hill’s 532 laps led on drafting tracks ranks third behind Dale Earnhardt (573) and Dale Earnhardt Jr. (691).
• Austin Hill has won the NASCAR Xfinity Series season opener at Daytona the last three years. The record for most consecutive wins in the season opener is five by Dale Earnhardt between 1990 and 1994.

Goodyear Tire Notes: Being on 15-inch bead diameter tires, Xfinity and Craftsman Truck Series teams will run a different tire set-up than those in the Cup Series at Daytona this week . . . this is the same combination of left- and right-side tires these teams have run at both Daytona and Talladega since the beginning of 2022.

There are 41 drivers/teams on the entry list for the United Rentals 300 Xfinity Series race at Daytona International Speedway. Three cars will miss the race.
Notables: #07-Patrick Emerling, #19-Justin Bonsignore, #24-Ryan Truex, #29-JJ Yeley, #32-Jordan Anderson, #35-Greg Van Alst, #45-Caesar Bacarella, #53-Joey Gase, #70-Leland Honeyman, #74-Carson Ware, #91-Josh Bilicki, #92-CJ McLaughlin.
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