NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series 2025 champions

NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series

2025 champions

NASCAR Regional

Division I national champion

Jacob Goede

In a triumphant return to the pinnacle of grassroots racing, Jacob Goede captured his second career NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series national championship in 2025. The Minnesota native, who last earned the title in 2019, solidified his standing as one of the Midwest’s most dominant short-track racers with a season defined by consistency, speed and veteran savvy.

“It feels like a huge weight is off your shoulders when this battle is over,” said Goede. “Overall, very proud of the effort we put in, very proud to bring it home to the Midwest.”

Goede’s 2025 season was anchored by strong performances across three premier Midwest tracks: Dells Raceway Park (Wis.), LaCrosse Fairgrounds Speedway (Wis.) and Elko Speedway (Minn.). Over the course of the season, he racked up 10 wins and an impressive 25 top-five finishes, showcasing his signature blend of patience and precision behind the wheel, and a testament to the grassroots racing that the NAAPWS is all about.

Division II national champion

Chase Robertson

The 2025 season went about as perfectly as it could for Winston-Salem, North Carolina native Chase Robertson.

Not only did Robertson secure his second Bowman Gray Stadium track title in the Sportsman class, but he also earned his maiden NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series Division II national championship. Robertson’s title campaign saw him tally six victories and 25 top fives in 29 events.

“It means a lot to get both of those championships,” Robertson said. “The Bowman Gray championship was something I knew we could get. We won it in 2023 and finished a really close second in points last year. I had a good team behind me, good parents and a good setup guy in Dylan Ward to guide me through all of it.

“It was a great year, and it seemed like everything worked out in our favor.”

Division III national champion

Shawn Kralik

When Adams County Speedway finished its 2025 season in early September, Shawn Kralik was sitting atop the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series Division III national standings. But he figured he didn’t have much of a chance to stay there.

His competitors at other tracks across the country still had one, two or even three races remaining in their seasons. Kralik and his team basically stopped following the results in those final weeks. He was content knowing he was just in the conversation. Then he got the call.

“We didn’t really know about it here until recently,” Kralik said. “We didn’t know if we’d be able to hang onto it or not because we had left there for quite a while.”

Those final races at other tracks didn’t matter. Kralik won the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series Division III national championship by 32 points ahead of Berlin Raceway’s Tim DeVos. It’s the first national championship for the driver from Creston, Iowa.

Division IV national champion

Cody Werner

The start of the 2025 race season was rough for Adams County Speedway’s Cody Werner. In the first couple of races, Werner broke multiple transmissions and couldn’t figure out why. He ended up having to tear apart his race car and seek professional advice on the problem. He ultimatelty installed a new drive shaft, and off he went.

“It was probably the fourth or fifth night out, I believe, when we finally got the problem figured out,” Werner said. “It turned out to be pretty good.”

From there, Werner went on to win seven races and pick up 17 top-five finishes in Adams County’s Hobby Stocks by Hulett & Sons Salvage division. He narrowly missed out on his first championship at the Corning, Iowa track, coming in second by six points. But he came away with multiple wins in the bigger picture.

Werner captured both the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series Division IV national championship and the Midwest regional championship, the first of his career for either feat. Those titles count drivers’ 14 best results throughout a season.

Division V national champion

Cameron Ruggles

In 2025, on nearly every Saturday from late April to mid-September, Cameron Ruggles loaded up his race car and drove five hours north from his home in Virginia to Pennsylvania’s Jennerstown Speedway. Plenty of race tracks occupy land much closer to Ruggles’ Chesterfield home, but he wanted to race at Jennerstown.

Why? Because the 24-year-old believed he could win not just a track championship in Jennerstown’s Fast 4s division, but also the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series Division V national championship.

Ruggles’ dream of capturing the Division V title became a reality this year. He scored eight wins in 16 feature starts at Jennerstown and never finished outside the top five, which gave him a 12-point edge on New Smyrna Speedway competitor Zach Curtis in the final Division V standings.

“I’ve been chasing the national title for a few years now ever since I figured out how it worked,” said Ruggles, who began his racing journey 10 years ago at his home track of Southside Speedway. “It means a lot, because I’ve had a lot of years where I would get halfway through the season and have a lot of success, or the motor would blow, or the car would get wrecked.

“This year, everything just went absolutely perfect. It was almost like a Cinderella story for me.”

Doing a lot with a little is a philosophy that has followed Kenna Mitchell throughout her young career.

The Loomis, California, native knows the equipment she competes in is not quite as contemporary or refined compared to the other teams the West Coast. That has never been a deterrent for Mitchell, who battled adversity to bring home a Limited Pro Late Model championship at her home track, All American Speedway, this year.

Mitchell’s resolve, along with the selfless mindset she exhibits in and out of the car, were two factors that contributed to her being the recipient of the 2025 Wendell Scott Trailblazer Award. Named after NASCAR Hall of Famer Wendell Scott, the award is presented to a driver based on their performance along with other qualities like sportsmanship and community service.

Although Chase Johnson in 2025 came up a few points short of becoming the youngest NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series national champion in history, the 17-year-old driver had plenty to celebrate at the end of the year.

Not only did Johnson earn a track championship at Dominion Raceway in Woodford, Virginia, but he also obtained Rookie of the Year at both the national level and within the southeast region. He accomplished these feats by accumulating 15 victories and 21 top fives across 26 features.

Johnson is disappointed over not being able to usurp Jacob Goede for the national title, but he considers himself fortunate to even be in that conversation. Claiming the national and regional Rookie of the Year honors is something Johnson knows reflects the hard work put in by everyone on his team.

Chase Johnson, David Hébert, Jacob Goede and Brendon Fries secured Weekly Series regional titles after enjoying stellar seasons in their respective parts of the country.

The 2025 season marks the fifth year NASCAR has crowned regional champions since reintroducing the regional divisions for the 2021 season. Weekly Series regional titles are awarded to the drivers who score the most points in the Southeast, Northeast, Midwest and West. Each Division I regional champion earns a $15,000 bonus for his or her efforts.