Brandon Jones earned his sixth Xfinity Series career win Saturday afternoon at Darlington Raceway in the Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Help A Hero 200. The victory broke a 98-race winless streak.
Darlington Raceway will commemorate its 75th Anniversary with a Throwback Weekend on April 4-5, concluding with the Goodyear 400, the 125th NASCAR Cup Series race held at Darlington.
The 30-year-old Hill from Winston, Georgia, is scheduled to compete at Darlington Raceway (April 6), Chicago Street Course (July 6), Daytona International Speedway (August 23), Bristol Motor Speedway (September 13) and Talladega Superspeedway (October 19) while driving RCR's No. 33 Chevrolet entry.
HMS will field its No. 17 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet entry for a total of 16 Xfinity events in 2025 as Alex Bowman, William Byron, Corey Day, Chase Elliott and Kyle Larson will all take turns piloting the entry.
In a span of 367 grueling laps of the 2024 Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway, Chris Buescher and Bubba Wallace went from competing against one another for the 16th and final berth to this year’s Playoffs to both being knocked out of contention amid a new race winner capitalizing on the Playoff’s “Win and You’re In” format.
Chase Briscoe crossed the finish line first in his No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford to win the Southern 500, secure his spot in the Playoffs and emerge as the regular season champion.
The two-time Xfinity Series champion from Corning, California, fought through an illness to claim his first regular-season title in NASCAR's premier series by a single point.