By Lonnie Hugh Skinner

4 26 2025

NASCAR Xfinity Series

Next Race: Ag-Pro 300

The Place: Talladega Superspeedway

Track Length: 2.66 Mile Asphalt Oval

The Date: Saturday, April 26

The Time: 4 p.m. ET

The Purse: $1,651,939

TV: CW, 3 p.m. ET

Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR (Channel 90)

Distance: 300.58 miles (113 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 25),

Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 50), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 113)

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Talladega Storylines and Insights:

·       This Saturday’s event will mark the 38th NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Talladega Superspeedway all-time, raced every season since 1992.

·       Talladega is also scheduled as the middle race in the Round of 8 in the Playoffs.

·       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.

·       Jake Garcia will attempt to make his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut this Saturday, Jeffrey Earnhardt and Jesse Iwuji will be making their first starts of the season. Katherine Legge will be making her first Xfinity superspeedway start.

·       11 drivers on the entry list have never made an Xfinity Series start at Talladega.

·       The last six NASCAR Xfinity Series Talladega Superspeedway races were won by six different drivers.

·       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.

·       Jeb Burton’s two Talladega wins are one away from tying Martin Truex Jr. for most wins there in the Xfinity Series.

·       Four active drivers have won at Talladega: Jeb Burton – 2, Aric Almirola, Jesse Love & Sammy Smith – 1 each.

·       Richard Childress Racing has won the last five Xfinity Series poles at Talladega Superspeedway.

·       Two of the last four Xfinity Series Talladega races had last-lap passes for the win.

·       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.

·       Richard Childress Racing won 10 of last 12 drafting track poles when qualifying was completed

·       Eight of Austin Hill’s 12 career wins were on drafting tracks.

·       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.

·       Austin Hill has never finished better than 14th at Talladega, it’s one of his three active tracks without a top- 10 finish (Iowa, Watkins Glen).

·       Austin Hill’s 189 laps led at Talladega without a win leads all drivers, Justin Allgaier ranks second in laps led there without a win with 120.

·       Austin Hill won the last five stages on drafting tracks, including both at Atlanta where he went on to win the race.

·       Ford’s last win on a drafting track was in 2/21 when Austin Cindric won at Daytona.

·       Jesse Love’s two career wins came on drafting tracks (Talladega in 4/24 and Daytona in 2/25).

·       Two of the last three Xfinity Series drafting track races have ended with a last-lap pass for the win.

·       Twelve of the last 18 Xfinity Series drafting track races went to overtime.

·       The final green flag stretch was three laps or less in 10 of the last 11 Talladega races.

·       Sammy Smith won at Rockingham after Jesse Love was disqualified for a rear suspension violation.

·       Nick Sanchez and Dean Thompson each won their first career stage at Rockingham.

·       Justin Allgaier leads all drivers with seven top-five and seven top-10 finishes in 2025.

·       Six of 12 Playoff spots are filled after 10 races for just the second time since the inception of the Playoffs in 2016.

·       The first five drivers below the Playoff cutline are all rookies.

·       Joe Gibbs Racing is one pole win away from 200, they are the only team with 100 poles.

·       JR Motorsports is eight wins away from 100, only three other teams have won at least 100 NASCAR Xfinity Series races (Joe Gibbs Racing-217, Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing-138, Richard Childress Racing-100).

·       Kyle Larson leads all drivers in laps led in 2025 with 408 despite making only two Xfinity Series starts.

·       Four races this year ended with a last lap pass, and five of the 10 Xfinity Series races this season have gone to overtime.

·       Three crew chiefs got their first Xfinity Series win in 2025: Adam Wall at Bristol, Sam McAulay at Darlington and Chad Haney at Atlanta.

·       Alpha Prime had two drivers finish inside the top-five at Rockingham, the first time in team history.

·       Alpha Prime had three top-five finishes in the last four races, the team only had two career top fives entering 2025.

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