Race Results : Talladega Superspeedway

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  • Thursday, April 24th, 2025
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Holly Cain
Talladega Thriller Ahead: Can Austin Hill Break Record or Will a New Star Rise?

The NASCAR Xfinity Series returns to the high-banks of Talladega Superspeedway for Saturday afternoon’s Ag-Pro 300. The behemoth 2.66-mile track always provides a season highlight reel and has all the trappings for another headline-making show this weekend.

The last six Talladega Xfinity Series races have been won by six different drivers. There are 11 drivers entered this weekend that have never competed in the series at the big track.

Richard Childress Racing’s Jesse Love scored his first career series victory at Talladega last year holding off Riley Herbst and Anthony Alfredo by .141-second. Love led a race best 28 laps – the first time the race winner has led the most laps at Talladega since Tyler Reddick’s work in April 2019.

A couple of noteworthy streaks – Chevrolet has won the last 11 NASCAR Xfinity Series races at Talladega and Richard Childress Racing has won the last six pole positions.

RCR simply has a dominating record at the big circuits winning 10 of the last 19 races at drafting tracks (since 2022) including two races this season already. The team has led 1,152 laps in the last 19 drafting track races – nearly four times that of any other team.

Eight of RCR veteran driver Austin Hill’s 10 career wins have come on drafting-style tracks – Talladega, Daytona and Atlanta. Hill and Love led the most laps in their victories – Love at Daytona and Hill at Atlanta – already this season. Hill’s 734 total laps led on drafting tracks is a series record.

Should he win Saturday, the 31-year old Georgia-native Hill, would become the winningest driver on this style of track – a ninth win breaking the all-time mark he shares with a pair of NASCAR Hall of Famers, the late Dale Earnhardt and Tony Stewart.

Reigning NASCAR Xfinity Series champion, JR Motorsports’ Justin Allgaier takes a commanding 87-point lead over Haas Factory Team’s Sam Mayer into the weekend.

There are four former Talladega race winners in Saturday’s field – Sammy Smith, Jesse Love, Jeb Burton and Aric Almirola. Burton, driver of the No. 27 Jordan Anderson Chevrolet, is the only multi-time Talladega winner among the current series full-timers. He won in 2021 and 2023.

Smith is looking to become the first driver since Justin Haley (2020 season sweep) to win back-to-back Talladega races.

“Although you never know what’s going to happen at Talladega, I’m looking forward to going back there with this No. 8 JR Motorsports team as the defending winners,” said Smith, who was awarded the Rockingham victory last week after Love’s car was disqualified in post-race technical inspection.

“We had a great car in the fall and coming off this past week at Rockingham, we’re even more hungry to keep the momentum rolling and get this Pilot Chevrolet in Victory Lane again.”

Qualifying for the race will be Friday at 5:30 p.m. ET (The CW App). Hill won the pole position for this race last year.

  • Talladega Superspeedway
  • Ag-Pro 300
  • Pole Winner: Jesse Love
  • Age: 20
  • Team : No 2 - WAT Chevrolet
  • Owner: Richard Childress
  • Crew Chief: Danny Stockman, Jr
  • Jesse Love won the Pole Award for the Ag-Pro 300 with a lap of 52546 seconds, 182240 mph
  • This is his seventh pole in 44 NASCAR Xfinity Series races
  • This is his second pole and seventh top-10 start in 2025
  • This is his second pole in three races at Talladega Superspeedway
  • Austin Hill (second) posted his sixth top-10 start of 2025 and his sixth in seven races at Talladega Superspeedway
  • Justin Allgaier (third) posted his ninth top-10 start at Talladega Superspeedway It is his 10th in 11 races this season
  • Taylor Gray (sixth) was the fastest qualifying rookie

  • Drivers Entered: 41 (3 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 113
  • Margin of Victory: Under Caution Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 10 Minutes 31 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 138.180
  • Cautions: 5 for 23 laps
  • Lead Changes: 26
  • Green Flag Passes: 8,729 (97.0 passes per green flag lap)

  • Talladega Superspeedway
  • Ag-Pro 300
  • Race Winner: Austin Hill
  • Age: 31
  • Team : No 21 - Bennett Transportation Chevrolet
  • Owner: Richard Childress
  • Crew Chief: Chad Haney
  • Austin Hill won the Ag-Pro 300, his 13th victory in 125 Xfinity Series races
  • This is his third victory and seventh top-10 finish in 2025
  • This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in seven races at Talladega Superspeedway
  • Jeb Burton (second) posted his seventh top-10 finish in ten races at Talladega Superspeedway It is his third top-10 finish in 2025
  • Jesse Love (third) posted his third top-10 finish in three races at Talladega Superspeedway
  • Daniel Dye (10th) was the highest finishing rookie
  • Justin Allgaier leads the point standings by 79 points over Austin Hill
Austin Hill celebrates after winning
Talladega, Alabama - April 26, 2025 : Austin Hill, driver of the #21 Bennett Transportation Chevrolet, celebrates after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series Ag-Pro 300 at Talladega Superspeedway.
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Ag-Pro 300 at Talladega Superspeedway results
FIN ST # DRIVER MAKE TOT PTS FIN PTS STG PTS PO PTS LAPS LED X LED S1 S2 STATUS
1 2 21 Austin Hill Chevrolet 65 40 19 6 113 19 2 2 1 Running
2 5 27 Jeb Burton Chevrolet 40 35 5 0 113 7 2 10 7 Running
3 1 2 Jesse Love Chevrolet 54 34 19 1 113 50 6 1 2 Running
4 3 7 Justin Allgaier Chevrolet 38 33 5 0 113 1 1 9 8 Running
5 12 99 Matt DiBenedetto Chevrolet 32 32 0 0 113 0 0 0 0 Running
6 19 42 Anthony Alfredo Chevrolet 31 31 0 0 113 1 1 0 0 Running
7 31 31 Blaine Perkins Chevrolet 30 30 0 0 113 0 0 0 0 Running
8 29 25 Harrison Burton Ford 33 29 4 0 113 0 0 8 10 Running
9 11 00 Sheldon Creed Ford 36 28 8 0 113 9 1 3 0 Running
10 8 10 Daniel Dye Chevrolet 27 27 0 0 113 0 0 0 0 Running
11 6 54 Taylor Gray Toyota 26 26 0 0 113 0 0 0 0 Running
12 28 07 Patrick Emerling Chevrolet 25 25 0 0 113 1 1 0 0 Running
13 21 70 Leland Honeyman Jr Chevrolet 24 24 0 0 113 0 0 0 0 Running
14 34 41 Sam Mayer Ford 23 23 0 0 113 0 0 0 0 Running
15 23 48 Nicholas Sanchez Chevrolet 33 22 11 0 113 1 1 7 4 Running
16 9 71 Ryan Ellis Chevrolet 21 21 0 0 113 0 0 0 0 Running
17 20 1 Carson Kvapil Chevrolet 20 20 0 0 113 0 0 0 0 Running
18 22 26 Dean Thompson Toyota 19 19 0 0 113 0 0 0 0 Running
19 37 44 Brennan Poole Chevrolet 18 18 0 0 113 0 0 0 0 Running
20 36 91 Jesse Iwuji Chevrolet 17 17 0 0 113 0 0 0 0 Running
21 4 53 Joey Gase Chevrolet 16 16 0 0 113 0 0 0 0 Running
22 32 66 Mason Maggio Chevrolet 15 15 0 0 113 0 0 0 0 Running
23 26 28 Kyle Sieg Ford 14 14 0 0 113 0 0 0 0 Running
24 24 5 Kris Wright Chevrolet 13 13 0 0 113 0 0 0 0 Running
25 15 16 Christian Eckes Chevrolet 19 12 7 0 113 2 2 4 0 Running
26 10 51 Jeremy Clements Chevrolet 12 12 0 0 113 1 1 0 0 Running
27 13 88 Connor Zilisch Chevrolet 15 10 5 0 112 9 3 0 6 Accident
28 16 20 Brandon Jones Toyota 9 9 0 0 112 8 3 0 0 Running
29 7 11 Josh Williams Chevrolet 13 8 5 0 111 0 0 6 0 Running
30 38 45 Caesar Bacarella Chevrolet 7 7 0 0 108 0 0 0 0 Running
31 14 8 Sammy Smith Chevrolet 12 6 6 0 107 1 1 0 5 Running
32 30 24 Jeffrey Earnhardt Toyota 5 5 0 0 102 0 0 0 0 Accident
33 17 19 Aric Almirola Toyota 12 4 8 0 100 0 0 0 3 Accident
34 27 32 Katherine Legge Chevrolet 0 0 0 0 100 1 1 0 0 Accident
35 25 35 Greg Van Alst Chevrolet 2 2 0 0 80 2 1 0 0 Accident
36 35 39 Ryan Sieg Ford 7 1 6 0 78 0 0 5 0 Accident
37 18 18 William Sawalich Toyota 3 1 2 0 75 0 0 0 9 Engine
38 33 4 Parker Retzlaff Chevrolet 1 1 0 0 52 0 0 0 0 Accident

Race Infractions

Penalties imposed prior to or during the race.

Driver Infraction Penalty Lap Lap Assessed Flag
Anthony Alfredo Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments Tail End 0 0 White
Brennan Poole Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments Tail End 0 0 White
Caesar Bacarella Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments Tail End 0 0 White
Parker Retzlaff Going above the blend line exiting the pits Pass Thru 6 12 Green
Parker Retzlaff Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 26 56 Yellow
Taylor Gray Tire violation Tail End 28 31 Yellow
Jeremy Clements Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon Tail End 28 31 Yellow
Greg Van Alst Unspecified Equipment over the wall too soon Tail End 29 31 Yellow
Jeremy Clements Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 30 31 Yellow
Caesar Bacarella Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 52 56 Yellow
Anthony Alfredo Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 55 56 Yellow
Caesar Bacarella Safety violation Pass Thru 56 60 Green
Caesar Bacarella Going above the blend line exiting the pits Pass Thru 58 60 Green
Justin Allgaier Speeding on pit road Pass Thru 70 75 Green
Justin Allgaier Speeding on pit road Pass Thru 72 75 Green
Mason Maggio Speeding on pit road Pass Thru 74 77 Green
Ryan Ellis Speeding on pit road Pass Thru 74 78 Green
Sammy Smith Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 79 85 Yellow
Ryan Sieg Pitting before pit road is open Garage Tail End 79 0 Yellow
Jeb Burton Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 79 85 Yellow
Greg Van Alst Pitting before pit road is open Garage Tail End 79 0 Yellow
Christian Eckes Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 80 85 Yellow
Josh Williams Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 81 85 Yellow
Caesar Bacarella Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 82 85 Yellow
Josh Williams Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area 2 Laps - DVP Other - See Notes 83 86 Yellow
Josh Williams Speeding on pit road Pass Thru 86 88 Green
Aric Almirola Pitting before pit road is open Garage Tail End 101 0 Yellow
Brandon Jones Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 101 107 Yellow
Jeffrey Earnhardt Pitting before pit road is open Garage Tail End 101 0 Yellow
Sammy Smith Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 103 107 Yellow
Leland Honeyman Jr Unspecified Impeding the choose Tail End 105 107 Yellow