A strong lap from Sam Mayer put him on the third row to start the 300-lap race at ‘The Last Great Colosseum’, his third straight top-10 qualifying effort this season. His teammate, Sheldon Creed, started 21st and began the race eligible for the Dash 4 Cash Bonus—needing to finish ahead of the other three drivers (Justin Allgaier, Austin Hill, and Brennan Poole) to win it.
Mayer maneuvered his way up to 4th over the first 70 laps, utilizing the gripped bottom line to advance his position. With just eight laps remaining in the opening stage, Creed was spun off turn four before coming to a stop and collecting Brennan Poole, ending his day early for just the second time this season.
“It’s unfortunate for our Friends of Jaclyn Ford Mustang, and I’m bummed for all of our guys to be taken out in stage one like that,” Creed said. “I’m happy to be okay and we’ll fight on next week.”
The No. 41 team elected to stay out as the field went back to green with only four laps to go in the segment. It paid off for Mayer, as he secured his first stage win of the season and the first for Haas Factory Team in 2025 to earn a playoff point and 10 regular-season points.
After coming down pit road during the stage break, Mayer restarted 13th and worked his way into the top-10 by lap 140. He settled for a 10th-place result at the end of the second stage, earning another point towards the regular-season points standings.
Track position proved hard to come by, as the No. 41 Audibel Ford Mustang restarted the final stage in 11th. A caution with 81 laps to go reset the field, and Mayer’s team was able to pick up three spots on pit road. He fell outside the top-10, but took home a strong 11th-place result, while Creed finished 37th.
“We were really good today in Bristol, and there is lots to be proud of. We got decent points and came out with no marks on the car,” Mayer said. “We definitely want to be better in the fall when we come back here, but I’m really proud of these guys for putting together a good car for me.”
Mayer remains in second place in the Xfinity points standings while Creed slipped to eighth heading into Rockingham next Saturday.
Cup Series
After winning here in the Xfinity Series last season, Cole Custer qualified in the 33rd position for the 500-lap race. He entered with some momentum after finishing 8th in his last Cup race at Bristol in the fall of 2022.
Custer was able to climb as high as 29th within the first 15 laps, before the field migrated to the bottom line and passing became increasingly more difficult. The first stage ran entirely caution free, and he was put a lap down halfway through the segment before ending the stage in 36th.
From there, it was a constant battle at ‘The World’s Fastest Half Mile’, as the No. 41 team battled with tightness in the middle of the corner. He finished 34th in the second stage, before the final 250 laps ran green and Custer was able to grind his way to a 29th-place finish.
Up Next: The NASCAR Cup Series has next weekend off for the Easter holiday, while race coverage for the Xfinity series from Rockingham Speedway on April 19th is set for 4 p.m. ET on Saturday on the CW.
About Haas Factory Team The Haas Factory Team is a NASCAR Cup and Xfinity program owned by Gene Haas, founder of Haas Automation. Beginning in 2025, the team will feature Cole Custer driving the No. 41 Ford Mustang Dark Horse in the NASCAR Cup Series, while Sheldon Creed and Sam Mayer take on the Xfinity Series in the No. 00 and No. 41 Ford Mustangs, respectively. Based in Kannapolis, North Carolina, the Haas Factory Team reflects a commitment to performance and engineering excellence, carrying forward Gene Haas’s commitment to motorsports.
HAMLIN JUST MISSES THREE STRAIGHT WINS, FINISHES SECOND Ty Gibbs, Chase Briscoe follow Hamlin to the line to place three Camrys in the top-four
BRISTOL, Tenn. (April 13, 2025) – Denny Hamlin (second), Ty Gibbs (third) and Chase Briscoe (fourth) led Toyota in a green-flag dominated NASCAR Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway. It was Gibbs’ best finish of the season, and Briscoe’s fourth-place run matched his Daytona 500 run to equal his best run since joining Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR). Christopher Bell finished eighth, giving JGR four of the top-eight finishers.
Heading into NASCAR Cup Series’ lone off-weekend, Hamlin has closed to just 30 points out of the championship points lead in second overall, with Bell in third, 41 back.
Toyota Post-Race Recap NASCAR Cup Series (NCS) Bristol Motor Speedway Race 9 of 36 – 266.5 miles, 500 laps
TOYOTA FINISHING POSITIONS
1st, Kyle Larson* 2nd, DENNY HAMLIN 3rd, TY GIBBS 4th, CHASE BRISCOE 5th, Ryan Blaney* 8th, CHRISTOPHER BELL 18th, TYLER REDDICK 19th, BUBBA WALLACE 21st, JOHN HUNTER NEMECHEK 26th, ERIK JONES 28th, RILEY HERBST *non-Toyota driver
TOYOTA QUOTES
DENNY HAMLIN, No. 11 Progressive Toyota Camry XSE, Joe Gibbs Racing
Finishing Position: 2nd
Came up just short of three straight, but how was your day?
“You have to give that team their due – just a dominate performance. It looked like a pretty flawless day for them. It looked pretty easy. It was all I had to try to keep up there. I’m glad we were able to give him a little bit of a run with our Progressive Toyota, but this weekend – we are all thinking about Jon Edwards’ family, Al Pearce, Shige Hattori. We’ve lost a lot of great people in our sport over the last week, so our thoughts are with them. Wish we could have got one more spot, but I just wanted to keep him honest there at the end. That was all I was trying to do, but he was a little too much to handle.”
How nice is it to go into the off week with all of this momentum?
“No doubt. It has been a great run here over the last month. We’ve been really good. Just have to continue this momentum. It all starts tomorrow when you figure out how you can get just a little bit better.”
TY GIBBS, No. 54 Monster Energy Toyota Camry XSE, Joe Gibbs Racing
Finishing Position: 3rd
How was your race?
“It was a good day. I was kind of managing the race and figuring out the way we needed to be. It was fun. I had a blast. We’ve definitely made an improvement. Thank you to Monster Energy, SAIA and Toyota. It was fun.”
CHASE BRISCOE, No. 19 Bass Pro Shops Toyota Camry XSE, Joe Gibbs Racing
Finishing Position: 4th
What was your perspective on that closing battle with your teammate?
“Yeah, I had been kind of catching him the last 30, 40 laps. I about got him in the end and then the 12 (Ryan Blaney) came out of nowhere – I didn’t even know there was anybody close to us. It was fun. The JGR (Joe Gibbs Racing) cars were really good today. I wish we could have got (Ty) Gibbs there at the end there, but all-in-all, great day for us, especially after last week. Last weekend was probably our worst race of the year, so to be able to come back and have a good run like that in our Bass Pro Shops Toyota was good. Just need a little bit more still.”
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NASCAR CUP SERIES BRISTOL MOTOR SPEEDWAY TEAM CHEVY POST-RACE REPORT APRIL 13, 2025
Larson Conquers “The Last Great Colosseum” for Second Win of the Season
TEAM CHEVY UNOFFICIAL TOP-10 RESULTS: POS. DRIVER 1st – Kyle Larson 6th – William Byron 7th – Ross Chastain 9th – AJ Allmendinger 10th – Austin Dillon
Kyle Larson conquered the “World’s Fastest Half-Mile” for the third time in his NASCAR Cup Series career – taking the checkered flag in Sunday’s Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. The victory – Larson’s second win of the 2025 season and his 31st all-time in the division – marks Chevrolet’s series-leading 48th all-time NASCAR Cup Series victory at Bristol, and the manufacturer’s second in now five races at the track in the Next Gen era.
Larson’s journey to becoming the series’ third repeat winner of the 2025 season came in yet another dominating performance at “The Last Great Colosseum” – driving his No. 5 HENDRICKCARS.COM Chevrolet to a sweep of the stage wins and 411 of 500 laps led en route to the triumph. The 32-year-old Elk Grove, California, native came just short of completing the Tennessee triple, with the Chevrolet driver picking up the win in Saturday’s Xfinity Series race and a runner-up finish in Friday’s Truck Series race.
Alex Bowman and the No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet team were setting themselves up for a strong ending to the series’ ninth points-paying race of the season – collecting the pole win and a pair of top-four stage finishes. Running second at the start of the final stage, Bowman started to experience potential engine problems that ultimately forced the team to retire early from the race.
Larson’s triumph at the Tennessee short-track marked Chevrolet’s third NASCAR Cup Series win of the 2025 season, each of which have been recorded on a distinctly different track configuration. Among that list includes William Byron’s win at the 2.5-mile superspeedway of Daytona International Speedway, as well as Larson’s win at the 1.5-mile intermediate oval of Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Joining Larson inside the top-10 of the final running order were five drivers from four different Chevrolet organizations including Larson’s Hendrick Motorsports teammate, William Byron, in sixth; Trackhouse Racing’s Ross Chastain in seventh; and Kaulig Racing’s AJ Allmendinger and Richard Childress Racing’s Austin Dillon taking the ninth and 10th positions, respectively. Chevrolet has earned at least four top-10 finishes in now six of the nine points-paying NASCAR Cup Series races thus far this season, with five of those events seeing representation by three or more different Chevrolet organizations in those results.
Chevrolet’s all-time NASCAR Cup Series statistics at Bristol Motor Speedway:
Wins: 48 Poles: 40 Top-Fives: 23 Top-10s: 469
Chevrolet’s season statistics with nine NASCAR Cup Series races complete:
UP NEXT: The 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season continues in two weeks at Talladega Superspeedway with the Jack Link’s 500 on Sunday, April 27, at 3 P.M. ET. Live coverage can be found on FOX, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90. Post-Race Driver Quotes:
Kyle Larson, No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
Finished: 1st
AS YOU CROSSED THAT START/FINISH LINE, YOUR CREW CHIEF CLIFF DANIELS SAID, ‘THIS ONE IS FOR JON’. HOW SPECIAL IS THIS WIN TODAY KYLE?
“Yeah, it’s special. You know, Jon Edwards meant a lot to the 5 team, and a lot to the NASCAR Industry, too. Just good to get a win for him. Obviously, we don’t want to be winning for him and his spirit, we wish he was here in person with us. But he is no longer here, so it’s just going to be fun to celebrate and I know he is smiling down on us. We had a damn good weekend, as he would say. A lot of fun, and I can’t say enough about the team. The car they brought again here to Bristol was amazing and just makes it fun for me.”
YOU MAKE IT LOOK EASY, BUT I SAW YOU ALMOST OUT OF BREATH AS YOU CLIMBED OUT OF THE CAR. HOW CHALLENGING IS THAT FOR YOU AS A DRIVER?
“It’s fun. I love this place because it is just so high paced and with traffic; just dicing it up and picking the right lines at the right time while conserving your tires. It’s like a 500 lap sprint car race. It just suits me and my style with quick decision making. I just love this place. I think a lot of us do here in this series. Just had another good race.”
William Byron, No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
Finished: 6th
“Overall, it was just a long day having to come from the back. It didn’t seem like many people could pass, but I felt like we could slowly work our way forward. Bristol Motor Speedway has sort of been a tough place for us, so just trying to get our footing back and put some consistent runs back together, and I felt like we did that today with the No. 24 Axalta Chevy. I was really happy about that. We were close to the top-five, but we just needed a little bit more.”
AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
Finished: 9th
“Overall, really good race for our No. 16 group. I’m proud of the team and how we executed this weekend. We had a pretty consistent car, we were able to run in the top 12 all day so I’m really proud of that. We’ve had good momentum over the last few weeks that we’ll take into the off week and get ready for Talladega.”
Austin Dillon, No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
Finished: 10th
“We really came on strong there at the end. Our No. 3 Get Bioethanol Chevrolet was just too tight to start the race, and then when it kind of moved up, we had something to race, for sure. I wish we could have made our way forward a little sooner because I think our Chevy had runs in it that were capable of a top-five finish. But overall, that was big for us right there.”
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RYAN BLANEY, No. 12 Menards/Richmond Water Heaters Ford Mustang Dark Horse – WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF TODAY? “It was just kind of a learning thing all day. The first run of the race nobody really knew what the tires were going to do and everyone kind of just rode around there a little bit and we finally got going and we went so long. Then it was like, ‘Alright, we can go a little bit harder.’ The track widened out, which was good. I honestly don’t know if I really anticipated that with the track getting wide and really not having tire problems. I’m glad that’s the way it was. I think it put on a pretty decent race. There were a lot of comers and goers, except for the lead, I guess, but it was a pretty fun day and a really good finish. We kind of took a chance of running really long there, seeing if we’d get a caution and then we finally bailed and had to make all the ground up and got back to fifth. Overall, it was a solid weekend.”
IT WAS WORTH THE GAMBLE BECAUSE YOU WERE FOURTH WHEN YOU STAYED OUT AND ENDED UP FIFTH, RIGHT? “Yeah, it was worth it. I thought it was a good move just in case someone blew a tire or something, but for a while we had everybody lapped and that was the long shot play to try and win the race. I was fifth before that cycle started, so it was nice that we got back up there for how long we ran. I didn’t have a ton of laps to make it back up, but, overall, it was a good call by Jonathan. It was the chance to catch a break and it didn’t really come, but it was a good weekend.”
IT SEEMED LIKE PIT STRATEGY WAS THE ONLY WAY TO SHAKE UP THE FIELD. “Yeah. Running long right there was really our only play to win. We were running fifth before the cycle started, so why not take a shot? I thought I did a really good job of saving my tires to make sure I didn’t have a problem. We went really, really long. I had a lot of people lapped for a while and hung on pretty strong, and then we finally decided to pit and got back to fifth. I had third and fourth right in front of me, so it almost played out even better than what it did. It was a good weekend and a good call by Jonathan to have a shot to try to do something different but it just didn’t work out.”
HOW PHYSICALLY GRUELING WAS IT OUT THERE? “This place beats you up every time you go, especially on longer runs like that. My back started hurting me at the end of Stage 2. I was like, ‘We’re only halfway through this thing. My back hurts already,’ but it’s a physical racetrack. There’s no time to rest. I think that’s the biggest thing. There’s no time to take a breath. Even Martinsville, the g’s shoving you in the seat aren’t as bad as here. You’re going way faster here, so it’s more brutal on your body every lap, but that’s what you sign up for.”
BACK TO BACK TOP FIVES FOR THIS TEAM. DOES THAT GIVE YOU SOME MOMENTUM? “I hope so. Honestly, our cars have been really good and I’m happy to where our speed has been. We had just a few bad weeks of not finishing the race from motor problems and getting caught up in a wreck. The last two weeks of just having good races. We had a car that could win last week and it just really didn’t work out. Today, I might have been able to run third, but I thought about third through sixth or seventh is where I was gonna be and just really proud that we had a couple weeks that were just like a normal race and we finished where we were running, so that part is always good.”
AUSTIN CINDRIC, No. 2 Snap-on Ford Mustang Dark Horse – “With a lot of unknowns going into today with the tires I felt we adapted pretty quickly in the first stage. We made up some spots and stayed on the lead lap. I think being able to recover from having to pit twice there after the pit stop and kind of come back up through the back and get a decent finish. I still feel like we needed a few more adjustments there to get this Snap-on Ford Mustang where we wanted it, but I’m proud of the no give up effort there. It’s a hard place to do it at and it was cool to drive the car with all the Snap-on folks here this weekend.”
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Cole Davies Dominates 250SX Class East/West Showdown #2
Philadelphia, Pa., (April 12, 2025) Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Chase Sexton recovered from a first turn tangle and then put on an impressive charge to win Round 13 of the Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship. The Philadelphia Supercross victory tightened up the points as the final four rounds of the season promise to be thrilling.
Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing’s Cooper Webb also recovered from the multi-rider first turn incident and matched Sexton pass for pass through the pack. Webb earned second place inside Lincoln Financial Field and retains the championship points lead by 12 points over Sexton. Progressive Insurance ECSTAR Suzuki’s Ken Roczen grabbed the Holeshot then led for the majority of the race despite nursing a bad ankle injury. Both divisions of the 250SX Class competed head-to-head in the season’s second 250SX Class East/West Showdown and rookie Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing’s Cole Davies fought past the top racers from both divisions to earn his second win of his pro career.
First place 450SX Class
“It’s time to make or break. I felt great all day, and that’s how you do it: one, one, one, one [fastest qualifier in both sessions, heat race win, Main Event win]. I’m looking forward to the next race, but today was awesome. Good, dry track, not like last weekend, and I’m feeling good on the bike. It’s been fun and today was a good step in the right direction.” – Chase Sexton
Second place 450SX Class
“It was a barn burner. We battled back the whole time. We both got [caught] up in that first turn [tangle]. He got going in front of me and we were coming through the pack together. He was able to charge through, I was coming with and just hoping I could pass guys just as fast as he did. And I did until we got to Kenny. He got around Kenny and put in two or three sprint laps and kinda dictated the race. I had a bad line [in one corner] and it was killing me. I should have caught up on that first, should’ve started jumping that quad sooner; woulda-shoulda-coulda on a lot of things. But he rode great. We’ll come back next weekend and kick his ass, though. [then, in response to a follow up question] …Like I said, I’m ready for the fight, I’ll be there at the end no matter what.” – Cooper Webb
Third place 450SX Class
“When the race time comes, I always seem to buckle up and do what I do. Obviously, I’m not riding the best in general just because I haven’t ridden during the week really since after Indy. It’s been really tough; I’m pretty banged up with the shoulder and the ankle. I know its monotonous to talk about but that’s really what’s holding me back. Especially this track, because we had five right-hand turns to two left-hand turns, and it’s my right ankle. So, I’m [losing] a lot of time in the turn just trying not to put my foot down, because it’s not very fun [to dab the ground at speed]. So I haven’t been in the best spot lately but I’m really trying to keep my head in there. I have a great support team behind me that kinda keeps me out here, because sometimes I do want to quit. But we always come back.” – Ken Roczen, when asked what he’s doing to help his ankle and shoulder injuries heal.
In the second of three 250SX Class East/West Showdowns in 2025, Cole Davies (west) established himself as the fastest 250SX Class racer with a statement ride over top competition. Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing’s Haiden Deegan, the points leader in the Western Divisional 250SX Class, finished in second. Deegan pushed his way into second late in the race and was unable to mount an attack for the lead. Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s RJ Hampshire grabbed the Holeshot when the race was re-started due to a red flag after Daxton Bennick went down. Hampshire led the early laps of the race and finished as the top racer in the Eastern Divisional 250SX Class; the finish moved Hampshire into a points tie with Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki’s Seth Hammaker, who earned fourth place in his home race of Philadelphia.
First place 250SX Class
“I literally grew up watching all the guys that I’m racing right now. It’s a big stage out here, a lot of people watching, but I just focus on myself. Two in a row, I’m stoked. It’s been a long journey to get where I am. To Will – you get to keep your hair, mate. That’s two. So he gets to keep his hair, doesn’t get shaved, so he’s safe. I’m stoked, big thanks to the whole Monster Energy Star Racing Yamaha team and my mechanic Lach [Lachlan Mills]. We’ve been putting in the work… The whole group around me is just very, very good and striving to be the best they can. So I’m just stoked for everyone around me.” – Cole Davies, on the podium.
Second place 250SX Class
“It took me a little bit to find my flow, and right in that middle [portion of the race] is where I really found my flow. It was like the best I’ve felt in a long time. I really just locked in perfect laps and didn’t make any mistakes after I got around Hammaker and Hampshire. I was flowing, slowly reeling in Cole. He ended up getting the Dub [win], I got second. That just felt good… That first part of that race I was a little too slow. I think I didn’t sprint hard enough, and I’ve just got to work on stuff like that. I don’t know whether it’s in my mind, like ‘championship mode,’ where I just try to be smart and not go down during those first few laps that’s hindering me. I mean, it’s working [for the points lead], so I don’t want to change it too much. Yeah, I definitely need to pick it up those first few laps.” – Haiden Deegan, at the post race conference, streamed live on the Monster Energy Supercross YouTube channel.
Third place 250SX Class
“The things that went through my head going into that first turn, on the first start [when Hampshire crashed in the first start before the red-flag restart], I felt [my injured wrist] cracking and popping. It was literally locked in with handlebars with, I think it was [Coty] Schock on the inside. I just couldn’t get out of it, and the things running through your head are, ‘Man, did you do it again?!’ I got up and felt pretty good… you never want to see it, but a red flag came out. This one definitely worked in my favor. We got a re-start. You don’t get these chances all the time. So I absolutely crushed that second start and it was literally perfect. I led a bit but just did not feel good… I’m thankful to get out of here with good points and tied for the lead now.” – RJ Hampshire, at the post race conference, streamed live on the Monster Energy Supercross YouTube channel.
VIPs on hand at the Philly Supercross included Bron Breakker, WWE Intercontinental Champion who was taking in his first Supercross on a rare weekend off from his pro wrestling schedule, including WrestleMania 41 just seven days away. Regarding the Supercross Fanfest experience in Philadelphia, Breakker said, “This is crazy, like how big this is, how much is going on, it’s crazy, man… I’ve ridden dirt bikes my whole life, four-wheelers and dirt bikes, I’m just excited to see, how talented [they are], what these guys can do today.” He got his answer early, and after the heat races said, “Watching those first couple of heats was crazy, man. The amount of physicality that goes into what these guys do on the track is incredible. My hat’s off to ‘em, these incredible athletes. What a great show.”
More race fans are discovering the thrill of Supercross; the 2025 season has already delivered eight of the top 10 most-streamed races, and viewership is up 21% over the previous season. The race action can be watched live and on-demand on Peacock. Select races are available on NBC, CNBC, USA Network, and NBC Sports digital platforms. CNBC airs an encore every Monday following a race at 1:00a.m. ET. Live Spanish-language coverage for every round is available on Telemundo Deportes’ Facebook and YouTube channels. International fans can watch the racing live on the SuperMotocross Video Pass (supermotocross.tv) with the option of English, Spanish and French language broadcasts. Live audio coverage can be heard on NBC Sports Audio on SiriusXM Channel 85.
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LONG BEACH, Calif. (April 12, 2025) – AO Racing continued its winning streak in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship on Saturday, claiming victory in the 100-minute Grand Prix of Long Beach. The team behind the Porsche 911 GT3 “Rawr” executed a flawless pit strategy and kept the car clean, leaping ahead of the competition in pit lane to take the win.
“Rexy loves Long Beach,” said Team Principal Gunnar Jeannette. “I can’t say much more than that. It’s been a fantastic weekend. Both Laurens and Jonny did an amazing job as ‘fill-ins’ for our usual drivers, and I hope we get the chance to put them back in Rexy and keep their win streak alive.”
Making his Porsche debut, Edgar delivered a standout performance in qualifying, securing a second-place starting position. Focused on preserving the car and avoiding the concrete-lined street circuit, he settled into third at the start and kept the car clean for Vanthoor’s closing stint. The team’s strategic advantage came during the lone pit stop, when Rexy pitted one lap later than the leaders, taking on only fuel and a driver change, skipping the tire swap. While the competition rejoined the race on cold tires and in traffic, Rexy took advantage of warm tires and clear air to vault into the GTD class lead. From there, Vanthoor maintained the gap, driving Rexy to the top step of the podium for the team’s second win of the 2025 season.
Rexy’s victory tour kicks off immediately, making an appearance at Morning Shift, a Porsche-focused car show, at the Porsche Experience Center Los Angeles on Sunday from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM. AO Racing will return to competition May 9–11 at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, the site of Rexy’s first-ever win.
DRIVER QUOTES
Laurens Vanthoor
It was a perfect race. We had good strategy calls, and the car was good. It was a joy to be here. I love Long Beach and driving this car. My daughter was very happy about that, and then we won. It doesn’t get much better than this.
Jonny Edgar
I’m very happy to win my first weekend at Long Beach, and my first weekend in a Porsche. The team did a great job all weekend. I’m grateful for the opportunity to race Rexy here. The strategy in the race was amazing. We managed to get the lead, and Laurens did a great job holding on in the end. He made no mistakes and kept a gap. The Lexus was close, but we never had too much pressure. It was a great job from everyone.
In-race contact impacts both DXDT and AWA Corvettes in tough street fight
LONG BEACH, Calif. (April 12, 2025) – Two separate rounds of contact ruined the days of the two Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.Rs at the Grand Prix of Long Beach on Saturday in a rough-and-tumble race on the streets of southern California.
AWA’s Matt Bell and Orey Fidani finished 13th in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s GT Daytona (GTD) class with the No. 13 entry, the highest-finishing Corvette. Meanwhile, the No. 36 DXDT Racing Corvette of Tommy Milner and Robert Wickens placed 15th after a late-race pitstop to repair damage with the Z06 GT3.R running sixth at the time.
The DXDT Corvette – equipped with a hand-controlled electronic brake system from Bosch – was one of the biggest stories of the Long Beach weekend. It enabled Wickens to make his first start in the WeatherTech Championship, and for a while it looked like it could be a dream result.
Wickens began eighth but picked up a spot before what was to be the team’s only pitstop with a little more than an hour left in the 100-minute race. A quick exchange and full-service stop had Milner back out in 10th place. The Corvette factory driver wasted no time in moving through the field by advancing four spots in less than 15 minutes before settling into sixth place.
He made a clean pass on the inside of the tight Hairpin Turn that leads onto the front straight but appeared to get locked up with another car out of the corner, which pulled away the Corvette’s left-rear bodywork. Series officials required the DXDT team to pit the Corvette with 16 minutes left in the race.
AWA”s race took a big hit – literally – much earlier. Fidani started 11th after his best qualifying effort in his second year with the No. 13 Corvette and was solidly in 10th place before another GTD car tried to divebomb him, which pushed the AWA entry into the tire barriers.
The team lost a lap with a resulting pit stop to inspect the Corvette, which suffered minor bodywork damage that still impacted the balance of the No. 13 for the balance of the race. Undeterred, Fidani and Matt Bell drove their way back onto the lead lap by the end of the race.
The Corvette Z06 GT3.R’s next race in IMSA is May 9-11 at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California.
CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R POST-RACE DRIVER QUOTES
MATT BELL, NO. 13 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R: “Not the race we were hoping for. Obviously Orey’s start and the first part of stint was phenomenal. I think that was his best performance in the car, and that gave us all a lot of confidence that we could go forward in the second half of the race. Unfortunately a rogue maneuver from one of our competitors put Orey in the wall and a lap down. That ruined our race. The team did a great job on the strategy to get us back on the lap, which in a 100-minute race is almost impossible. So great job by them reacting to that. We were still at the very rear of the field, and it’s hard to come through around here. I managed to gain one place but unfortunately that’s all I could do. It’s a shame, really.”
OREY FIDANI, NO. 13 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R: “Things started off well. It looked like it was going to be a positive day until it wasn’t. Unfortunately I got sent off into the wall which put us down a lap. We managed to get that lap back but it just wasn’t enough today. It’s tough but we’ll go onward and upwards into Laguna.”
TOMMY MILNER, NO. 36 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R: “A frantic first couple of laps there out of the pits. I was fighting with a lot of cars that came out of the pits with me and fighting with cars that did the one-lap overcut. So there was a lot going on there. Honestly, it felt like those first 10 laps felt like 50 laps with how much stuff happened, but we were able to come out ahead of them and then focus on the next two cars in front. The pace of the Corvette was strong, for sure. I think we had kind of what we thought from the beginning – we had a car that could compete for the win. Maybe we weren’t quite as quick as the Porsche but in any case we had a quick car. I caught the two Mercedes and all that was fine. Then I came up on the 96 BMW and it was just good racing. As has been the case all year long, we just don’t have the straight-line speed and the drive off the corner that almost everybody else does. So racing is difficult for us.
“I think he got balked big time into Turn Eight and I had a nice run on him going into Nine. I stayed close to him through there and then just was peeking around in 10. We were strong there, I could tell already and was in pretty good position to make a difficult pass, no question, in the Hairpin. I thought my braking point was fine. My entry speed was okay. I think, as is the case there, it’s hard to go two-by-two and he turned in because he needs to. I don’t think he did anything wrong really. We just made side-to-side contact and I think we just kind of got hooked together. I’ll have to see video to know for sure, but that’s what my feeling is.
“Unfortunately, that was a big problem for us. We had to come in and fix it. It’s unfortunate for the DXDT team… kind of seems like this is how their year has gone a little bit so far. They’ve been really promising for a good part of the race and then something kind of hurts them a little bit toward the end, and that happened again today.
“Removing that and looking back on the weekend, I think there’s a lot of positives about what happened… getting Robbie in the car and comfortable in this hectic environment. There’s no more hectic environment than a Long Beach Grand Prix weekend with one day of practice and qualifying and then racing. From my perspective, I think he did an excellent job this weekend in the most difficult conditions at the most difficult track that he’s gonna experience this year. To me there was nowhere where he lacked anything. He had pace, he has the racecraft. He’s for sure is gonna want more and more time and experience. I think he’s going to have a darn successful year this season.”
ROBERT WICKENS, NO. 36 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R: “I’m disappointed with the result, but I am proud of what we achieved. It definitely wasn’t the end to the weekend that we wanted. Qualifying dictated the weekend for us, unfortunately. We knew it was going to be a track-position race. Qualifying was not what we deserved; we know we had more speed than that, but it is what it is. This is a competitive championship, and we did what we could in the race.
“I kept the car clean and gave it to Tommy, and he got out in P10. I think our driver change wasn’t quite what it needed to be. We lost some track position, but then Tommy drove his heart out. He got us up to P5 and was making things happen. It was awesome to see. Unfortunately we had to come in and make a repair after Tommy took fifth. I think that was a little harsh, but there is nothing you can do when race control gives you a black flag for repairs.
“There are a lot of positive takeaways from the weekend. We proved we belong here, that we can be competitive. The Bosch hand-control system worked flawlessly, DXDT Racing gave us a great Corvette. The car was very good all weekend and I feel like we had one of the cars to beat. We just couldn’t maximize it, and that is what hurts right now.”
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No. 31 Whelen Cadillac V-Series.R paces contingent with fourth place at Long Beach
LONG BEACH, Calif. (April 12, 2025) – The No. 31 Whelen Cadillac V-Series.R advanced three positions from its starting spot to lead the Cadillac Racing Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) contingent with a fourth-place finish in the 50th Grand Prix of Long Beach.
The No. 10 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R picked up two positions to place sixth, while the sister No. 40 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R gained three spots to place seventh in the 11-car lineup for its best showing in three IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship races this season.
Jack Aitken and Earl Bamber – along with Frederik Vesti for the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring – have combined to gain 12 positions in the past two races and finish just off the podium both times in the No. 31 Whelen Cadillac V-Series.R.
Most GTP cars visited pit lane during a full-course yellow 20 minutes into the 100-minute race for energy and the mandatory driver change. Quick work by the Action Express Racing crew got Bamber, who spelled Aitken behind the wheel of the No. 31 Whelen Cadillac V-Series.R back on the 1.97-mile, 11-turn temporary street circuit in fourth place.
Bamber, who was making his 75th IMSA start, remained within striking distance of the pole-winning No. 24 BMW M Team RLL entry in third place over the final 54 laps, closing to .580 of a second with 20 minutes left. Bamber recorded his best lap time on three consecutive laps, including 1 minute, 13.229 seconds with 11 minutes on the clock. But with limited overtaking spots on the tight circuit, Bamber was resigned to the spot just off the podium.
The No. 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport entry won the race.
Long Beach and Detroit on June 1 are the only 100-minute and street course races on the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship schedule.
Of note: The qualifying time for the No. 31 Whelen Cadillac V-Series.R was reinstated a few hours after the official time sheet was posted Friday. The No. 31 GTP initially incurred a penalty for working on the car (changing tires) in qualifying and the lap times were disallowed. According to IMSA: The regulation was improperly applied and in short order rescinded.
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Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing and Cadillac Whelen will participate in a test with one GTP car each next week at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in preparation for the May 9-11 race. Cadillac Racing swept the front row in qualifying in 2024 and finished second and fifth. Jordan Taylor-Louis Deletraz placed fourth and Ricky Taylor-Filipe Albuquerque finished sixth with another manufacturer.
Action Express Racing first-year endurance driver Frederik Vesti will sit in for Earl Bamber in the No. 31 Whelen Cadillac V-Series.R at the Laguna Seca test and 2-hour, 40-minute race. Bamber will co-drive with Sebastien Bourdais and Jenson Button the No. 38 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series.R the same weekend at Spa-Francorchamps.
Said Vesti: “The preparation for Laguna Seca has already started and the test days will be part of that. How can we improve? What can we do to perform better on that circuit? I’m looking forward to getting back in the car.”
What they’re saying
No. 10 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R
Filipe Albuquerque: “Overall, I would say a hard weekend. We were not strong in qualifying and in the race we moved up but based on the mistakes of the other guys. P6 is a surviving result for us. Not really happy about the performance. On our side, we just need to learn the car and be more competitive.”
Ricky Taylor: “It was our first sprint race of the year and got through with no damage. I think the team learned a lot again. Unfortunately, I feel like we’re just a half a step behind each time we go on track, and every time we leave the track we say we wish we had one more session. I think that was the case again this weekend. I think if we had found what we found in qualifying a half a session earlier we would have qualified better and we would have put ourselves in better position for the race. At the end, I think we showed pace at times. Had we been in the mix, we could have salvaged maybe a top five. I think there’s progress and we’re looking forward to Laguna, which is longer race where we can strategize more and do our thing.”
No. 31 Whelen Cadillac V-Series.R
Jack Aitken: “The start was a little hectic as always at a street circuit, but I kept the position and was hanging on to the coattails of the cars in front of us. The pace was pretty strong and when it came to that early yellow we decided to get the driver change and stop out the way early and try and make it to the end from there much like the rest of the field. I think if we’d been in a situation where there was another pit stop sequence, we might have been in in a position to challenge the guys in front. But passing on track is nearly impossible here, so Earl did a great job bringing it around and managing the fuel. Top five on a weekend when we didn’t look our strongest, I think it was a good result. It’s solid points and got a clean car at the end of it, so it’s good work for the championship.”
Earl Bamber: “I think the team did a fantastic job. Whenever you start here seventh and finish fourth, with a clean car or not a mark on it, I think that’s a pretty good day. I’m gutted for the team that we just missed a podium. I had one chance at it, but I thought he’d probably force me in the wall but he gave me the room, and he would have the inside for the next corner anyway. A great team result, great work in the pit lane. Now we just need to look ahead to Laguna for these guys. It’s a great working with Jack, Fred in for the next one, so I think sooner or later we’re going to get some podiums and we’ll get a win.”
No. 40 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R
Louis Delétraz: “Good points today. Not the result we want, but we had a clean race, no mistakes. We kept learning and improving, so that’s a positive. We will take all that to Laguna Seca and go get some silver because it’s time for it.”
Jordan Taylor: “For the race, we could have taken some risks for strategy. But once that first yellow came out, it kind of took that out of play. The name of the game from there was trying to not making mistakes and trying to capitalize on other people’s mistakes. Not our best weekend, but we go to test at Laguna next week, so hopefully we can learn some things there for the rest of the year.”
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Kyle Larson did not let an early denial of a tripleheader weekend sweep at Bristol Motor Speedway deter him from a dominant NASCAR Xfinity Series victory in the SciAps 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway on Saturday, April 12.
The 2021 Cup Series champion from Elk Grove, California, led four times for a race-high 277 of 300 scheduled laps. After starting on the pole position, he flexed his muscles at the drop of the green flag and led the first 78 laps. Despite settling in third place after the first stage period due to mixed pit strategies, Larson quickly reassumed the lead by Lap 93, and he proceeded to claim the second stage victory.
Then, after losing the lead to Justin Allgaier at the start of the final stage period with 119 laps remaining, Larson returned the favor by bumping and moving Allgaier out of his path to reassume the top spot with less than 110 laps remaining. During the event’s final restart, with 75 laps remaining, Larson motored away from the field. He spent the remainder of the event keeping the competition trailing by a distance. With the lead in his grasp and no competition lurking within reach, Larson capped off his dominant run with a victory for Hendrick Motorsports in the Last Great Colosseum.
With on-track qualifying that determined the starting lineup occurring on Saturday, Larson notched his eighth Xfinity career pole position and his third at Bristol after he posted a pole-winning qualifying lap at 126.287 mph in 15.194 seconds. Joining Larson on the front row was rookie Connor Zilisch, who posted his best qualifying lap at 125.642 mph in 15.272 seconds.
Before the event, the following names, including rookie Christian Eckes, Mason Maggio, and Parker Retzlaff, dropped to the rear of the field due to unapproved adjustments to their respective entries.
Green Flag
When the green flag waved and the race started, Larson quickly rocketed his No. 17 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet Camaro entry ahead of Connor Zilisch from the outside lane, and he moved to the inside lane through the first two turns. In the process, Justin Allgaier, a Dash 4 Cash competitor, tried to pursue from the outside lane, but he ended up battling teammate Zilisch for the runner-up spot while Larson maintained the lead entering Turns 3 and 4. Larson proceeded to lead the first lap ahead of Zilisch and Allgaier, while Sam Mayer and rookie Carson Kvapil battled for fourth place in front of Sammy Smith and Ryan Sieg.
Prior to the third lap, the event’s first caution flew when Harrison Burton, who was racing in 11th place, fell off the pace through the frontstretch and the first two turns as he had a flat tire on his No. 25 DEX Imaging Ford Mustang entry. Behind Burton, Mason Maggio smacked the outside wall entering the frontstretch. The incident caused Maggio to limp his entry to a halt just shy of entering pit road before it was pushed behind the wall.
When the event restarted under green on the eighth lap, Larson rocketed ahead from the outside lane for a second consecutive time. He then fended off Allgaier and Zilisch through the first two turns and the backstretch to maintain the lead. Larson proceeded to lead to the Lap 10 mark ahead of Allgaier, Zilisch, Mayer, and Ryan Sieg. Rookies Nick Sanchez and Carson Kvapil, along with Sammy Smith, battled for sixth place in front of Jesse Love and Corey Heim.
Through the first 20 scheduled laps, Larson led a hard-charging Allgaier as Zilisch, Mayer, and Sanchez pursued in the top five. Ryan Sieg, Sammy Smith, Carson Kvapil, Corey Heim, and Jesse Love trailed in the top 10. Rookies William Sawalich and Taylor Gray, along with Jeb Burton, Sheldon Creed, and Brandon Jones, raced in the top 15.
Ten laps later, Larson retained the lead by within two-tenths of a second over Allgaier while Zilisch, Mayer, and Sanchez continued to pursue in the top-five mark. Larson would proceed to extend his advantage to more than a second over Allgaier by Lap 40 while third-place Zilisch trailed by more than three seconds. By then, top-five competitors Mayer and Ryan Sieg trailed by five seconds while Larson, who was mired in lapped traffic, had lapped competitors that were racing within the top-30 mark.
At the Lap 50 mark, Larson, who continued to navigate his way through a bevy of lapped traffic and was lapping competitors racing within the top-20 mark, grew his advantage to more than two seconds over Allgaier. While Zilisch, Mayer, and Ryan Sieg retained their respective spots in the top five, Larson maintained his large advantage over Allgaier through the Laps 60, 70, and 75 marks.
Then, on Lap 75, the caution returned for a vicious accident that started when Sheldon Creed, a Dash 4 Cash competitor who was racing in the top-15 mark, spun in Turn 4 after he was hit by rookie Dean Thompson. As Creed’s No. 00 Friends of Jaclyn Ford Mustang entry slid to a halt towards the outside lane, he was then T-boned into the left-front area by Brennan Poole, another Dash 4 Cash competitor, as Poole was sliding his No. 44 Macc Door Systems Chevrolet Camaro entry while trying to avoid Creed. Despite the incident that left both Creed and Poole with significantly damaged race cars and out from further contention, both were able to emerge uninjured. Their accident was enough for the event to be placed in a red flag period for 14 minutes.
When the red flag lifted and the field led by Larson resumed to a cautious pace, nearly the entire field led by Larson pitted for service while Sam Mayer and Ryan Sieg remained on the track.
With three laps remaining in the first stage period, the event restarted under green. At the start, Mayer launched ahead from the outside lane and Larson pursued while Ryan Sieg struggled to launch from the inside lane. As Larson tried to reel in Mayer from the outside lane, he then slid up the track, which allowed Sieg to challenge Larson back for the runner-up spot. Amid the battles within the field, Mayer retained the lead for the following two laps.
When the first stage period concluded on Lap 85, Mayer captured his first Xfinity stage victory of the 2025 season. Ryan Sieg followed suit in second ahead of Larson, Sammy Smith and Allgaier while Zilisch, Sanchez, Love, Kvapil and Brandon Jones were scored in the top 10, respectively.
Under the stage break, some led by Mayer and Ryan Sieg pitted their respective entries while the rest led by Larson, including those who pitted prior to the first stage’s conclusion, remained on the track. As a result, Larson cycled back into the lead.
The second stage period started on Lap 96 as Larson and Sammy Smith occupied the front row. At the start, Larson jumped ahead from the outside lane and Allgaier would follow suit through the first two turns and the backstretch. With Sammy Smith falling into a side-by-side battle with teammate Zilisch for third place, Larson led the following lap over Allgaier. Larson would proceed to lead to the Lap 100 mark over Allgaier while Zilisch, Sammy Smith and Kvapil in the top five. Love, Sanchez, Jones, Sawalich and Heim followed suit in the top 10 while Gray, Mayer, Jeb Burton, Ryan Sieg and Austin Hill trailed in the top 15, respectively.
Through the Lap 110 mark, Larson extended his advantage to more than two seconds over Allgaier and Sammy Smith while Zilisch and Kvapil trailed by within three seconds. With four JR Motorsports’ entries racing in the top five, the top-six spots were occupied by Chevrolet competitors as Love retained sixth place in front of Jones, Sawalich, Heim and Sanchez.
Fifteen laps later, Larson continued to grow his advantage as he was now leading by nearly four seconds. Behind, Sammy Smith, who overtook teammate Allgaier for the runner-up spot 12 laps earlier, retained the runner-up spot over Allgaier while their teammates Kvapil and Zilisch retained their respective spots in the top five.
Another 10 laps later, Larson, who was mired in lapped traffic, continued to lead by more than four seconds over Sammy Smith and Allgaier while Kvapil and Zilisch trailed in the top five by five and six seconds, respectively. With a little over half of the 38-car field still scored on the lead lap amid Larson’s surge to lap those racing towards the rear of the field, Love, Jones, Sawalich, Heim and Mayer trailed in the top-10 mark while Larson led to the Lap 140 mark.
Halfway Mark
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At the halfway mark on Lap 150, only 18 competitors were scored on the lead lap as Larson retained the lead by nearly five seconds over Sammy Smith. By then, Allgaier, Kvapil and Zilisch continued to race in the top five ahead of Love, Jones, Sawalich, Heim and Mayer while Ryan Sieg, Dean Thompson, Sanchez, Christian Eckes, Jeb Burton, Austin Hill, rookie Taylor Gray and Justin Bonsignore rounded out the lead lap field.
Ten laps later, Larson’s advantage grew to seven seconds over both Allgaier and Sammy Smith while Jeb Burton and Eckes were about to be lapped by Larson. By then, Allgaier capitalized on teammate Smith navigating through lapped traffic to reclaim the runner-up spot.
When the second stage period concluded on Lap 170, Larson, who lapped all but the top-12 competitors, cruised to his second Xfinity stage victory of the 2025 season. JR Motorsports’ Allgaier, Sammy Smith, Kvapil and Zilisch followed suit in the top five while Love, Jones, Heim, Sawalich and Mayer were scored in the top 10, respectively.
During the stage break, the lead lap field led by Larson pitted for service. Following the pit stops, Larson exited pit road first and he was followed by Allgaier, Sammy Smith, Kvapil, Love, Jones, Zilisch, Sawalich, Heim and Mayer, respectively.
With 119 laps remaining, the final stage period commenced as Larson and Allgaier occupied the front row. At the start, Allgaier used the inside lane to launch ahead and assume the lead from Larson through the first two turns. Through the backstretch, the No. 7 Jarrett Logistics Chevrolet Camaro entry that was piloted by Allgaier was leading as the reigning series champion led the following lap. Allgaier would proceed to lead with 115 laps remaining over Larson as Sammy Smith, Love and Kvapil followed suit in the top five ahead of Zilisch, Sawalich, Jones, Heim and Dean Thompson.
With 110 laps remaining, Allgaier led by a tenth of a second over Larson before the latter bumped and reassumed the top spot from the former entering the first two turns during the following lap. Larson would proceed to lead by half a second over Allgaier with 100 laps remaining as Sammy Smith, Kvapil, Love and Zilisch trailed in the top six.
Then within the final 90 laps, the caution returned due to the lapped competitor of Mason Massey spinning in the frontstretch after Allgaier steered from the top to the bottom of the track, where he rammed and sent Massey sideways through the frontstretch. Not long after and as the field reduced pace due to Massey’s incident, Sawalich collided into the rear of Zilisch and sustained significant front nose damage that ended Sawalich’s strong run in the top-10 mark.
During the caution period, some led by Jones and including Heim, Mayer, Ryan Sieg, Eckes, rookie Daniel Dye and Anthony Alfredo pitted their respective entries while the rest led by Larson remained on the track.
The start of the following restart, with 75 laps remaining, featured Larson jumping ahead from the outside lane. He fended off Allgaier to maintain the lead for a full lap as he led the following lap. As Larson led, Allgaier retained the runner-up spot over a hard-charging Love before the latter started to challenge the former for the spot. With Allgaier and Love continuing to battle for second in front of Kvapil, Sammy Smith and Zilisch, Larson led by more than half a second with 70 laps remaining.
With 60 laps remaining, Larson was out in front by a second over Allgaier while Love trailed by two seconds. By then, Love retained third place ahead of Kvapil, Sammy Smith, and Zilisch while Thompson, Jones, Ryan Sieg and Eckes raced in the top 10 ahead of Heim, Sam Mayer, Daniel Dye, Josh Williams, and Anthony Alfredo.
Down to the final 50 laps of the event, Larson stretched his advantage to more than a second over Allgaier while Kvapil, Love, and Sammy Smith trailed the lead in the top-five mark by three seconds. Behind, top-10 racers Zilisch, Thompson, Jons, Ryan Sieg, and Eckes trailed by within five and six seconds as Larson stabilized his lead to more than a second with 40 laps remaining.
As the event reached its final 30-lap mark, Larson retained his lead to more than a second over Allgaier as Kvapil, Love, and Sammy Smith remained in the top five, respectively. With Larson slowly approaching lapped traffic, Larson kept leading by more than a second with 20 laps remaining while a battle for the runner-up spot was brewing between Allgaier and Kvapil.
Down to the final 10 laps of the event, Larson, who was navigating through lapped traffic, continued to lead by more than a second over Allgaier and Kvapil, with Allgaier maintaining the runner-up spot over Kvapil. Fourth-place Sammy Smith trailed by more than five seconds, and fifth-place Jones trailed by six seconds. Larson retained the lead with five laps remaining while only 12 competitors were scored on the lead lap.
Final Lap
When the white flag waved and the final lap started, Larson, who was approaching the lapped competitor of Justin Bonsignore and Zilisch, the latter of whom was the final competitor scored on the lead lap in 12th place, remained in the lead by nearly two seconds over Kvapil as the latter assumed the spot from Allgaier a lap earlier. With the competition providing no final-lap charges, Larson was able to smoothly cruise his way around the Last Great Colosseum for a final time before he returned to the frontstretch and streaked across the finish line for the checkered flag and to cap off his dominant run with a victory.
With the victory, Larson notched his 16th career win in the Xfinity Series division, his first in the series since he won at Circuit of the Americas in March 2024 and his first at Bristol since August 2018. The victory was the 26th overall in the Xfinity division for Hendrick Motorsports, the organization’s first victory at Bristol since March 2006, the third for Hendrick’s No. 17 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet team and the first for crew chief Adam Wall.
Amid the victory celebrations, Larson dedicated his Bristol victory to Jon Edwards, Hendrick Motorsports’ director of racing communications, who passed away earlier this week.
“I just love this place, especially in Xfinity,” Larson said on the frontstretch on the CW Network. “You can move around and traffic is just a lot of fun, so [I] just felt like when I could get to traffic, I could get picking people off. Justin [Allgaier] did a good job of hanging with me there that last run. The pressure was on a little bit, but we just had a good enough car to get to the lead, stay in the lead, and be really good in traffic.
“It’s awesome. I wish I could’ve won last night, but just came up a little bit short. Cool to get a win this weekend for Jon [Edwards] and everybody who’s been a part of his life and all that. We got one more [race] tomorrow. It would be nothing better than to cap it off with a Cup win for Jon, all of Hendrick Motorsports. [I] Just look forward to it, have a great car there for tomorrow and just got to execute like we did today.”
Amid Larson’s race victory, Justin Allgaier, who finished in third place, claimed the third Dash 4 Cash bonus of the 2025 season and his second of the year. In total, Allgaier has achieved the program’s bonus of $100,000 seven times, including his first of the year in late March at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
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“I’m frustrated at the day that we had just because this place has been so good for us in the past,” Allgaier said. “Obviously, Kyle [Larson] did a great job. I was proud of our team. It’s hard to be upset, but at the same time, our Jarrett Logistics Chevrolet just needed a little bit. Proud of the team. Obviously, winning the Dash 4 Cash is a big deal. [We] Locked three of the four [Dash 4 Cash spots] in next week for JR Motorsports. Those are big steps. I’m excited to get back [to Rockingham]. Historic race track on the schedule. We’ll go have some fun and see what happens.”
Rookie Carson Kvapil claimed the runner-up spot ahead of Allgaier while Sammy Smith and Brandon Jones finished in the top five on the track. As a result of being the top-four highest-finishing Xfinity Series regulars, Kvapil, Allgaier, Smith and Jones will contend for the fourth and final Dash 4 Cash bonus of the 2025 season next Saturday, April 19, during the series’ return to Rockingham Speedway in Rockingham, North Carolina.
Jesse Love, Ryan Sieg, Corey Heim, Christian Eckes and Dean Thompson completed the top 10 in the final running order while Sam Mayer and Connor Zilisch rounded out the 12-car field that remained on the lead lap.
There were eight lead changes for five different leaders. The race featured five cautions for 44 laps.
Following the ninth event of the 2025 Xfinity Series season, Justin Allgaier leads the regular-season standings by 83 points over Sam Mayer, 109 over Jesse Love, 115 over Austin Hill and 135 over Connor Zilisch.
Race Results:
1. Kyle Larson, 272 laps led, Stage 2 winner 2. Carson Kvapil 3. Justin Allgaier, nine laps led 4. Sammy Smith, two laps led 5. Brandon Jones 6. Jesse Love 7. Ryan Sieg, one lap led 8. Corey Heim 9. Christian Eckes 10. Dean Thompson 11. Sam Mayer, 12 laps led 12. Connor Zilisch 13. Daniel Dye, one lap down 14. Josh Williams, one lap down 15. Anthony Alfredo, one lap down 16. Nick Sanchez, one lap down 17. Justin Bonsignore, two laps down 18. Parker Retzlaff, two laps down 19. Taylor Gray, two laps down 20. Jeremy Clements, two laps down 21. Jeb Burton, two laps down 22. Kyle Sieg, two laps down 23. Matt DiBenedetto, two laps down 24. Austin Hill, two laps down 25. Mason Massey, three laps down 26. Harrison Burton, four laps down 27. Ryan Ellis, five laps down 28. Thomas Annunziata, six laps down 29. Garrett Smithley, six laps down 30. Blaine Perkins, six laps down 31. Kris Wright, seven laps down 32. Greg Van Alst, 10 laps down 33. CJ McLaughlin, 11 laps down 34. William Sawalich – OUT, Accident 35. Alex Labbe – OUT, Power 36. Brennan Poole – OUT, Accident 37. Sheldon Creed – OUT, Accident 38. Mason Maggio – OUT, Accident
Next on the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series schedule is the series’ return to Rockingham Speedway for the North Carolina Education Lottery 250. The event is scheduled to occur next Saturday, April 19, and air at 4 p.m. ET on the CW Network.
