Austin Hill breaks Xfinity Series superspeedway wins record at Talladega: Richard Childress Racing’s Austin Hill prevailed in a three-wide photo finish in the Ag-Pro 300 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway Saturday afternoon – edging ahead of Jeb Burton and his RCR teammate Jesse Love at the time the field was frozen with an electronic timestamp approaching the checkered flag.(Read more)(NASCAR)

Battling for the win in Saturday’s Ag-Pro 300 Xfinity Series race at Talladega Superspeedway, #2-Jesse Love slammed into the rear of #88-Connor Zilisch who spun into the inside wall. When the yellow flag flew, #21-Austin Hill was scored barely ahead of #27-Jeb Burton for the victory. This is Hill’s third victory in the opening 11 races of the season, and now holds the record for most superspeedway wins in series history with nine.
#27-Burton finished second, scoring his first top five finish since winning at Talladega two years ago. #2-Love led a race-high 50 laps from the pole and finished third. #7-Justin Allgaier placed fourth with #99-Matt DiBenedetto scoring Viking Motorsports’ first top-five finish in fifth.
#42-Anthony Alfredo charged to sixth after being a lap down earlier in the race. #31-Blaine Perkins, #25-Jeb Burton, #00-Sheldon Creed and #10-Daniel Dye completed the top 10. #88-Zilisch is credited with a 27th-place result after leading at the white-flag lap.
Richard Childress Racing swept all three stages, with #2-Love earning his first stage victory of the season in Stage 1. #21-Hill took Stage 2.
There were 26 lead changes among 15 drivers and five cautions for 23 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 138.180 mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Points Standings, Owner Points Standings, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report.

Talladega Paint Schemes

Race Fast Facts – Talladega:
Austin Hill won the Ag-Pro 300, his 13th victory in 125 Xfinity Series races.
This is his third victory and seventh top-10 finish in 2025.
This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in seven races at Talladega Superspeedway.
Jeb Burton (second) posted his seventh top-10 finish in ten races at Talladega Superspeedway. It is his third top-10 finish in 2025.
Jesse Love (third) posted his third top-10 finish in three races at Talladega Superspeedway.
Daniel Dye (10th) was the highest finishing rookie.
Justin Allgaier leads the point standings by 79 points over Austin Hill.

Xfinity Series Playoff Standings after Talladega (Race 11 of 33):
1)#21-Austin Hill 3 wins (20 playoff points)
2)#7-Justin Allgaier 2 wins (13 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 347, +80
8)#1-Carson Kvapil 306, +39
9)#27-Jeb Burton 291, +24
10)#00-Sheldon Creed 290, +23
11)#39-Ryan Sieg 284, +17
12)#25-Harrison Burton 276, +9
Currently below elimination line
13)#10-Daniel Dye 267, -9
14)#48-Nick Sanchez 251, -25
15)#54-Taylor Gray 249, -27
16)#26-Dean Thompson 239, -37
See the Driver Points Standings and Owner Points Standings.

Race Updates:
Lap 112: #2-Love turns #88-Zilisch on the final lap. #21-Hill is declared the race winner.
Lap 111: #88-Zilisch and #7-Allgaier are side-by-side for the lead. #2-Love and #21-Hill made power moves to get back in the mix.
Lap 108: #88-Zilisch clears the field with #7-Allgaier and #99-DiBenedetto behind on the bottom. #48-Sanchez leads the middle lane with #2-Love in the outside.
Lap 107: #88-Zilisch and #48-Sanchez clear the outside lane, bringing #1-Kvapil up to the rear of Zilisch.
Lap 106: #21-Hill will control the restart, with #88-Zilisch on the bottom. #48-Sanchez and #2-Love make up the second row with #1-Kvapil and #27-Burton in the third row.
Lap 105: #70-Honeyman spins to the bottom while choosing his lane for the restart.
Lap 100: #19-Almirola moves to the outside line and wasn’t clear of #32-Legge, triggering a multi-car pileup. #20-Jones and #24-Earnhardt were also collected.
Lap 98: #2-Love goes to the bottom lane to get next to #21-Hill for the race lead. #1-Kvapil leads a third lane up high.
Lap 97: #21-Hill gets to the outside of #88-Zilisch to take the lead. #27-Burton makes a charge on the bottom lane, with help from #00-Creed and #48-Sanchez.
Lap 93: #21-Hill drops to the middle lane in front of his Richard Childress Racing teammate #2-Love. #88-Zilisch remains the leader on the outside, with #1-Kvapil and #7-Allgaier in close pursuit.
Lap 91: Three JR Motorsports cars lined up on the outside shuffle #2-Love to the middle lane. #20-Jones continues leading the bottom line.
Lap 89: #2-Love has driven back to the lead with a push from #88-Zilisch. #21-Hill is making up ground on the outside line.
Lap 87: #20-Jones takes the lead. #00-Creed was chucked to the outside lane and dropped outside the top 15. #2-Love leads the outside lane.
Lap 84: #00-Creed is the leader for the restart. #20-Jones, #2-Love, #19-Almirola and #25-Burton are the top five. #21-Hill has shuffled to 12th.
Lap 78: #27-Burton turns #8-Smith entering Turn 1. #35-Van Alst, #39-Sieg and #4-Retzlaff were collected.
Lap 77: #20-Jones cycles to the lead with a pack of 18 cars in the lead draft.
Lap 75: #18-Sawalich is off the pace with an engine issue.
Lap 73: #20-Jones leads the Joe Gibbs Racing cars down pit road, with the Haas Factory teammates, along with #39-Sieg, #25-Burton, #26-Thompson, #24-Earnhardt.
Lap 70: More pit stops, led by the JR Motorsports cars. #1-Kvapil, #99-DiBenedetto, #07-Emerling and #53-Gase.
Lap 68: #20-Jones jumps to the top lane to lead. #2-Love, #21-Hill, #27-Burton, #10-Dye, #11-Williams, #48-Sanchez, #16-Eckes, #31-Perkins and #42-Alfredo pit.
Lap 62: #2-Love continues leading the bottom lane. #99-DiBenedetto is in command of the top lane, running sixth in the order.
Lap 57: #2-Love keeps the lead on the restart. #48-Sanchez generated a massive run and made an aggressive move to the outside a handful of rows back.
Lap 52: #2-Love reclaims the top spot on pit road, getting ahead of #21-Hill. Joe Gibbs Racing drivers #19-Almirola, #18-Sawalich and #54-Gray were third through fifth off pit road.
Lap 50: #21-Hill wins Stage 2, his fifth stage victory of the season. #2-Love, #19-Almirola, #48-Sanchez, #8-Smith, #88-Zilisch, #27-Burton, #7-Allgaier, #18-Sawalich and #25-Burton earn stage points.
Lap 47: #2-Love makes a move to the outside of #21-Hill to get side-by-side for the lead. Hill keeps the lead with a shove from #7-Allgaier.
Lap 45: #2-Love shuffles #27-Burton out of the way, dropping outside the top 10.
Lap 43: The field is starting to spread out. #21-Hill drops to the bottom and clears #27-Burton for the lead. #2-Love leads the inside lane five rows back.
Lap 38: #27-Burton clears the field for the move and dices to the top lane to stop a run from #8-Smith.
Lap 36: #2-Love gets kicked to the middle lane of the second row. #16-Eckes scoots to the lead, with #27-Burton leading the middle lane. #21-Hill has powered back to second.
Lap 34: The bulk of the field is three wide with #2-Love blocking lines led by #7-Allgaier, #8-Smith and #16-Eckes. #8-Smith noses ahead to lead the lap.
Lap 31: After dropping to third on the restart, #2-Love makes a power move on the outside lane to take the lead back.
Lap 28: #2-Love wins the race off pit road by taking right-side tires. #16-Eckes, #48-Sanchez, #7-Allgaier and #70-Honeyman were the top five off pit road. #51-Clements remains in his stall with the hood up.
Lap 27: #4-Retzlaff has gone to the garage after having an issue earlier in the race.
Lap 25: #2-Love wins the opening stage — his first stage win of 2025 — by leading all 25 laps. #21-Hill, #00-Creed, #16-Eckes, #39-Sieg, #11-Williams, #48-Sanchez, #25-Burton, #7-Allgaier and #27-Burton earn stage points.
Lap 20: #39-Sieg has cracked the top five after starting outside the top 30. #2-Love has led the opening 20 laps.
Lap 16: #21-Hill muscles up to second position with a shove from #27-Burton. #7-Allgaier is dropping back in the middle lane.
Lap 14: #1-Kvapil now leads the outside line and is contesting for fifth position. #00-Creed, #54-Gray, #19-Almirola and #24-Earnhardt are in the outside lane.
Lap 9: The field is beginning to get single-file around the bottom. #2-Love leads #7-Allgaier, #21-Hill, #27-Burton and #10-Dye.
Lap 5: #2-Love blocks top to bottom, back to the top. #4-Retzlaff limps to pit road with a shredded tire.
Lap 4: #7-Allgaier is the first car on the outside lane, behind #2-Love. Deeper in the field, it’s four-wide around 10th position.
Lap 2: In the opening two laps, #39-Sieg and #41-Mayer have created a lane on the very top, moving forward from qualifying below 30th.
Lap 1: #2-Love leads the opening lap, with #21-Hill filing in behind in second. The top lane, led by #54-Gray, dropped back.

Cars to the rear: #42-Anthony Alfredo, #44-Brennan Poole, #45-Caesar Bacarella (unapproved adjustments)

Pit-Stall Selections

With weather moving Xfinity Series qualifying to just one round, #2-Jesse Love won the pole (182.240 mph) for Saturday’s Ag-Pro 300 at Talladega Superspeedway. It’s his seventh career pole, with six of those coming at superspeedways. Love becomes the first driver in series history to have poles in four straight races at drafting tracks.
Richard Childress Racing swept the front row, as #21-Austin Hill earned his sixth straight front row start at Talladega (181.591 mph). #7-Justin Allgaier will take the green flag from third (180.946 mph), with #53-Joey Gase (180.891 mph) and #27-Jeb Burton (180.884 mph) rounding out the top five.
#54-Taylor Gray, #11-Josh Williams, #10-Daniel Dye, #71-Ryan Ellis and #51-Jeremy Clements complete the top 10.
Did Not Qualify: #14-Garrett Smithley, #87-Austin Green, #29-Jake Garcia
See the complete Talladega Starting Lineup

Qualifying Fast Facts — Talladega Superspeedway:
Jesse Love won the Pole Award for the Ag-Pro 300 with a lap of 52.546 seconds, 182.240 mph.
This is his seventh pole in 44 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
This is his second pole and seventh top-10 start in 2025.
This is his second pole in three races at Talladega Superspeedway.
Austin Hill (second) posted his sixth top-10 start of 2025 and his sixth in seven races at Talladega Superspeedway.
Justin Allgaier (third) posted his ninth top-10 start at Talladega Superspeedway. It is his 10th in 11 races this season.
Taylor Gray (sixth) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

Qualifying Order

Crew Rosters

NASCAR National Series News & Notes — Talladega Superspeedway

• This Saturday’s event will mark the 38th NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Talladega Superspeedway all-time, raced every season since 1992.
• Chevrolet won the last 11 Xfinity Series races at Talladega Superspeedway, the second longest streak of wins by a make at a track behind 16 by Chevrolet at Bristol between 1997 and 2005.
• 11 drivers on the entry list have never made an Xfinity Series start at Talladega.
• Five of the last 11 Xfinity Series Talladega winners earned their first career series win – Jesse Love (2024), Brandon Brown (2021), Jeb Burton (2021), Justin Haley (2020), Spencer Gallagher (2018).
• Jeb Burton is the only active driver with multiple Xfinity Series Talladega wins, he won in 4/21 and 4/24.
• Four active drivers have won at Talladega: Jeb Burton – 2, Aric Almirola, Jesse Love & Sammy Smith – 1 each.
• Richard Childress Racing won 10 of the last 19 drafting track races (the start of 2022), including both this season.
• Richard Childress Racing led 1,152 laps in the last 19 drafting track races, no other team led more than 399.
• Austin Hill’s eight career drafting track wins are tied for most all-time with Dale Earnhardt and Tony Stewart.
• Austin Hill’s 734 laps led on drafting tracks are most all-time.
• The final green flag stretch was three laps or less in 10 of the last 11 Talladega races.

Goodyear Tire Notes

There are 41 drivers/teams on the entry list for the Ag-Pro 300 Xfinity Series race at Rockingham Speedway. Three cars will miss the race.
Notables: #07-Patrick Emerling, #19-Aric Almirola, #24-Jeffrey Earnhardt, #29-Jake Garcia, #32-Katherine Legge, #35-Greg Van Alst, #45-Caesar Bacarella, #53-Joey Gase, #66-Mason Maggio, #87-Austin Green, #91-Jesse Iwuji.
See the full Talladega entry list

2025 practice and qualifying procedures

Talladega At-Track Schedule

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Race rules and information:

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