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2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series Race Twenty-Nine Charlotte Roval

Cars in field: 38
Pole: Connor Zilisch (88)
Outside Pole: Justin Allgaier (7)
Stages: 20-20-27
Weather: Mostly sunny, 78°F, Feels like 82°, Feels like (shade) 78°, Wind E 1 mph, Wind Gusts 2 mph

Teammates Connor Zilisch (88) and Justin Allgaier (7) race for the lead. Zilisch is able to hold off Allgaier to take the early lead.

Corey Day (17) tags the wall and gets quite a bit of right rear damage on lap 2 of 67.

Anthony ‘FastPasta’ Alfredo (42) gets Daniel Dye’d (10) and goes for a spin on lap 3 of 67.

On lap 14 of 67 Harrison Burton (25) has slowly driven into an area off-track.

Caution on lap 14 of 67 for Burton as the wrecker pulls in front of his car. He drove to an area with an opening, but a NASCAR official standing in the area wouldn’t let him get completely away from the track behind the wall. PRN reports Burton lost power.

Restarting on lap 17 of 67 with Nick Sanchez (48), Matt DiBenedetto (99), Jeb Burton (27), Parker Retzlaff (4) who stayed out up front followed by Connor Zilisch (88) and Allgaier (7) who pitted.

Connor Zilisch (88) passes for the lead in turn seven on lap 17 of 67.

Connor Zilisch (88) wins stage one.

Restarting on lap 2 of 67 with Connor Zilisch (88), Jesse Love (2), Justin Allgaier (7), Sammy Smith (8), Carson Kvapil (1), Austin Hill (21), Aric Almirola (19), Sheldon Creed (00), Connor Mosack (9), and Christian Eckes (16) up front.

Caution on lap 26 of 67 for Josh Williams (45) stopped on the side of the track in turn five.

Restarting on lap 29 of 67 with Connor Zilisch (88), Jesse Love (2), Sammy Smith (8), Justin Allgaier (7), Austin Hill (21), Sheldon Creed (00), Carson Kvapil (1), Aric Almirola (19), Christian Eckes (16) and Connor Mosack (9) up front.

Brandon Jones (20), Justin Allgaier (7), Taylor Gray (54), pit under green on lap 37 of 67, along with Daniel Hemric (11), Connor Mosack (9), Aric Almirola (19), Jeb Burton (27), and others. Leader Connor Zilisch (88) pits under green on lap 38 of 67.

Jesse Love (2) wins stage two.

Restarting on lap 44 of 67 with Connor Zilisch (88), Justin Allgaier (7), Christian Eckes (16), Connor Mosack (9), Almirola (19), Austin Green (87), Dean Thompson (26), Jeb Burton (27), William Sawalich (18), and Taylor Gray (54) at the head of the field.

Caution on lap 63 of 67 for debris due to Sage Karam (53) losing his right front tire after contact with the wall. Sammy Smith (8) was coming down pit road as the caution flag waved.

Connor Zilisch (88) stays out, along with Austin Green (87), and Harrison Burton. Justin Allgaier (7) and Sheldon Creed (00) pit along with others. The hood is up on Austin Hill’s (21) car on pit road. He continues to sit on pit road as the field returns to the track.

Restarting in overtime on lap 66 of 68 with Connor Zilisch (88), Austin Green (87), Jeb Burton (27), Kaz Grala (24), Alex Labbe (07), Taylor Gray (54), Sammy Smith (8), Connor Mosack (9), Brandon Jones (20), and William Sawalich (18).

Crash on lap 66 of 68 as Brennan Poole (44) hits Alex Labbe (07) who was sitting across the track after a spin. The race stays green.

Caution on lap 67 of 68 after Zilisch takes the white flag.

Connor Zilisch (88) wins leading 67 of 68 laps.

PRN reports Taylor Gray (54), Nick Sanchez (48), Austin Hill (21), and Harrison Burton (25) will not advance in the playoffs. They then report that the score changed and there’s a tie between Sammy Smith (8) and Taylor Gray (54) for the final position in the next round, so they’re waiting to see how the tie-break goes. Television is also being shown Carson Kvapil (1) on the television coverage in regard to the finishing positions and playoff standings.

CW Television shows the tie-breaker is decided based on the best finish in this round.

CW says the tie-breaker goes to Sammy Smith. Initially they’re saying Taylor Gray finished 12th, but if Gray finished 11th then Taylor Gray is in the playoffs. NASCAR has everything on hold verifying the finishing position.

Carson Kvapil (1) finishes 14th.

Time of caution 19:19:21.

Gray passed Jesse Love after the caution light came on, so instead of finishing 12th, he will finish 13th.

It is official – at 1935 eastern – NASCAR has taken a position from Taylor Gray (54) so Sammy Smith (8) will move on to the next round of the playoffs, officially finishing the round one point above the cut line.

Advancing To Next Playoff Round

      1. Connor Zilisch (88)
      2. Justin Allgaier (7)
      3. Brandon Jones (20)
      4. Sam Mayer (41)
      5. Jesse Love (2)
      6. Sammy Smith (8)
      7. Carson Kvapil (1)
      8. Sheldon Creed (00)

Boring, boring, boring. The drama around the final playoff positions was the most interesting part of that event.

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Next Race: Las Vegas

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