The two-time Southern 500 champion from Byron, Michigan, is scheduled to achieve a milestone start in his ninth full-time season as a Cup Series competitor.
The three-time Daytona 500 champion led a race-high 274 of 400-scheduled laps and outdueled teammate Christopher Bell during a 75-lap dash to the finish to notch his 55th career victory in NASCAR's premier series and sixth at Martinsville.
The 2024 Coca-Cola 600 champion from Norman, Oklahoma, clocked in a pole-winning lap at 96.034 mph in 19.718 seconds for his first Cup pole of 2025 and the 14th of his career at Martinsville.
Kaulig Racing's No. 10 Chevrolet team, Joe Gibbs Racing's No. 18 Toyota team, Richard Childress Racing's No. 21 Chevrolet team and Young's Motorsports' No. 42 Chevrolet Camaro team were fined $5,000 apiece due to an improper/loose lug nut discovered on their respective entries following Saturday's Xfinity event at Homestead.
The 2025 spring Las Vegas penalty report features two Cup teams being penalized and losing crew members for two races for loose wheels, four Xfinity teams and one Truck team being penalized for lug nut infractions and two crew members suspended indefinitely for violating NASCAR's Substance Abuse Policy.
Joe Gibbs Racing's Nos. 18 and 20 Toyota teams were levied a $5,000 fine apiece due to an improper lug nut installed on their respective entries following Saturday's Xfinity event at Phoenix.
The 2024 Coca-Cola 600 champion from Norman, Oklahoma, led a race-high 105 of 312-scheduled laps and edged teammate Denny Hamlin by 0.049 seconds to notch his third consecutive Cup victory in recent weeks in the desert state.
The 40-year-old Almirola from Tampa, Florida, led 25 of 208 over-scheduled laps and edged Alex Bowman by 0.045 seconds during an overtime shootout to score his first Xfinity victory of the 2025 season.
The National Motorsports Appeal Panel overturned penalties (points, fine and crew chief James Small's four-race suspension) initially levied to JGR's No. 19 Toyota team from this year's Daytona 500 festivities, which has elevated Briscoe up to a tie for 14th place in the 2025 driver's standings.
The 2024 Coca-Cola 600 champion from Norman, Oklahoma, led eight of 95 laps and outdueled late challenges from William Byron, Tyler Reddick and Kyle Busch over a 13-lap dash to the finish to notch his second consecutive Cup victory of 2025 in Austin, Texas.
