*1st place monies includes the $3,500 Special Award Whelen Engineering “Winner of the Race” award paid to winning driver.
Total: $70,701
1st-$11,092
2nd-$4,046
3rd-$3,110
4th-$2,275
5th-$2,264
6th-$2,227
7th-$2,215
8th-$2,204
9th-$2,192
10th-$2,180
11th-$2,169
12th-$2,157
13th-$2,145
14th-$2,133
15th-$2,122
16th-$2,110
17th-$2,048
18th-$2,012
19th-$2,000
20th-$2,000
21st-$2,000
22nd-$2,000
23rd-$2,000
24th-$2,000
25th-$2,000
26th-$2,000
27th-$2,000
28th-$2,000
QUALIFYING AND SPECIAL AWARDS
$1,150 Hoosier Tire “Pole Award” per event award to the eligible driver with the fastest qualifying time eligible to participate under the Manufacturers’ Prize Money Conditions.
$1,000 Hoosier Tire “Hard Charger” per event award to the highest finishing eligible driver who advances the most positions from the start of the race to the end of the race. In the case of a tie, the highest finishing driver will receive the award.
$550 Sunoco Spec Fuel per race award divided: 1st-$300 5th-$150 10th-$100
$400 Phil Kurze “Halfway Leader” Award presented by Josten’s per event award to the race leader at the halfway point of the event, regardless if the race is running under green or yellow.
One set of Hoosier Racing Tires – Product Award valued at $1,000 to be awarded as follows: At the conclusion of the event, the race winner will draw a pill to randomly select which finishing position of 10th through 25th will win this award.
One set of Hoosier Racing Tires – Product Award valued at $1,000 to be awarded to the highest finishing new team participating in the race. New team is defined as a new Car Owner to the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour or a Car Owner who has not participated during the past three (3) seasons of the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour. If there are no new teams that qualify for this award, a second pill will be drawn, by the race winner, and the tires will be awarded to a team that finishes between 10th and 25th positions.
WOODFORD, Va. — A smashed watermelon that was triumphantly slammed from the roof of his car, an Advance Auto Parts victory cap placed upon his head and three separate trophies in his hands set a much better scene for Doug Barnes Jr. at the Triple Memorial 200 at Dominion Raceway on Saturday night.
A week removed from a viral ride into the Cordele Motor Speedway melon patch during a CARS Tour race, Barnes returned to his home track to complete a three-peat.
Previously titled the Dickie Boswell 200, the Triple Memorial 200 was renamed to honor the late Boswell, Roy Hendrick and Blake Morris on one special night. As the winner of both the inaugural and second annual race, Barnes’ win Saturday night was his third in the three-year history of the event.
“It means a lot to win this race. I have a lot of respect for all three guys we are racing for,” Barnes said from Bugsy Auto Repair Victory Lane. “I was feeling pretty confident when I saw there was no watermelon patch here.”
Last week, @DougBarnesJr88’s late model spun into a watermelon patch.
AirDoug qualified on the pole, beating last year’s Dominion Raceway late model track champion Landon Pembelton by a mere two hundredths of a second. However, it was Pembelton who dominated the early stages of the race.
The No. 0 of Pembelton led the first 87 laps before Mason Bailey passed him for the lead. Bailey was the halfway leader, but when the cars restarted after the Lap 100 break, Pembelton regained the lead.
On Lap 125, Barnes passed Bailey for second, and on Lap 147, calamity struck for Pembelton. The No. 0 cut a right-front tire in Turn 3 while leading and slammed the wall, ending his night.
“I am not sure if I was able to chase Landon down; I don’t know if I would have had enough time. He definitely had the car to beat,” Barnes said. “I would never wish misfortune on someone like that, especially a hard contact like that, because I’ve hit this wall before, and it is hard.”
With the dominant car on the tow truck, the adventure was just beginning for Barnes and the other competitors.
On Lap 161, the No. 88 also had a right front tire issue and pulled to a stop on the backstretch, bringing out a caution. Barnes’ team changed the tire, and Conner Weddell assumed the lead in his late model debut.
On the subsequent restart, Trenton Kilgore passed Weddell, but while jockeying for the lead, Weddell and Kilgore made heavy contact. Weddell’s car was destroyed, and
Kilgore’s car was spun in the other direction.
Doug Barnes Jr. in action (Photo: Mitchell Richtmyer/Dominion Raceway)
When the dust settled, Cameron Burke was the leader, and Barnes needed seven laps to chase him down. With 17 to go, Barnes took the lead for good.
“Right when I thought it might’ve been easy, I cut my own right front,” Barnes said. “I came in, and they docked me a lap, and then Conner and the white car got into it, and we got the lap right back, but then we didn’t get to start in the front, because we are the lucky dog and had to run the leader down by a straightaway. It was probably one of the weirdest wins I’ve ever had.
“The previous two years, we had the car to beat, and our strategy played out the way we needed. Tonight we were thrown one hundred curve balls, and we hit the right one.”
Barnes will return to Dominion when the CARS Tour runs the Mini’s Mission 225 on June 14. He is currently tied for fourth in points for the CARS Tour late model standings, and they are heading into the part of the schedule where they visit tracks he has prior experience racing.
“We are hitting the summer stretch and going to tracks that I have personally been to before like Orange County this weekend and then Ace and North Wilkesboro,” Barnes said.
While he may get his first CARS Tour win in the Lee Pulliam Performance machine beforehand, Barnes has his return to Dominion Raceway circled.
“When it comes to coming back here, we will be on the F45 Stars, so I don’t know how that is gonna go. That’s probably gonna be all out for 225 laps,” he said. “This is a good confidence booster after driving it into the watermelon patch last week.
“We are gonna get on it; I am excited to come back with Lee [Pulliam] and everybody.”
In other Advance Auto Parts Night at the Races racing action, Penelope Carlisle got her first home-track win in the Bandos, while Miles Murray and Charlie Beals split INEX Legends wins.
Richard Powers got his first win of the season on the Dominion Stocks, and the Any Cars race saw James Johnson win in the 6cyl class and Michael Pifer in the 8cyl class.
Richard Childress Racing indicated Monday that the organization will appeal the disqualification of its No. 2 Chevrolet from last weekend’s NASCAR Xfinity Series event at Rockingham Speedway.
Jesse Love had driven the No. 2 Chevy to an apparent victory in Saturday’s North Carolina Education Lottery 250, but his car failed a post-race technical inspection. That ruling handed the win to JR Motorsports’ Sammy Smith, who was second at the time of the checkered flag.
Officials cited Rule 14.14.2.I-5.H in the NASCAR Rule Book, which concerns truck trailing arm spacers/pinion angle shims as part of Section 14.14.2 (Rear Suspension). Officials stated: “All mating surfaces between the truck trailing arm and the U-bolt saddle must be in complete contact with each other.”
NASCAR competition officials said Monday morning that RCR’s appeal notice had been received. On Tuesday, it was revealed that the appeal hearing would take place on Wednesday.
The race was the Xfinity Series’ first at the 0.94-mile track since 2004.
The first quarter of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season is in the books and some pre-season questions are being answered while others still loom following the trek to Bristol Motor Speedway.
With Talladega Superspeedway on the horizon Sunday (3 p.m. ET, FOX, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio), the unknowns will set the stage for the next nine races as the circuit barrels toward the halfway mark of the campaign. But what we do know is that a handful of story lines have emerged from the first quarter, so let’s take a look at some of the hot-button topics before action resumes in NASCAR’s premier series.
1. Which driver of the current ‘Big 4’ is emerging as the championship favorite?
A pair of Hendrick Motorsports and Joe Gibbs Racing drivers have stood above the rest so far in 2025 as William Byron, Denny Hamlin, Christopher Bell and Kyle Larson appear to be the top candidates for a deep playoff run and championship bid in November.
All four rank inside the top 10 in every key metric from NASCAR Insights (passing, defense, speed, restarts, pit crew) besides Bell’s 12th-place slot in defense.
The driver that’s stood out on the stat sheet the most has been the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports driver Byron. After Bristol, he ranks first in defense, speed and restarts, and is the only one of the group of four to lead in any one category. Despite not being a multi-time winner this year like his counterparts, he’s been the most consistent with an average finish of 9.1. That has paid dividends as he leads driver’s points by 30 over Denny Hamlin.
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2. When does Chase Elliott score his next victory?
A head-scratcher over the last 18 months has been the limited amount of trips to Victory Lane of the 2020 Cup Series champion. Elliott’s last two wins came at Texas Motor Speedway over a year ago, and you have to go back to the Talladega playoff race in Oct. 2022 for his second-to-last win.
Two of Elliott’s teammates, Byron and Larson, have won a combined 22 races in the span the No. 9 driver has won just one race. You also have to go back to the Charlotte Roval playoff race in 2022 for the last time Elliott led the most laps in a Cup event.
Looking into the future, where could we see the No. 9 finally return to Victory Lane?
The next six weeks are going to be pivotal in how Elliott’s season plays out with favorable tracks at Talladega and Texas coming up next. An average finish of 10.1 at Kansas Speedway will make him a sure-fire favorite heading to the Sunflower State in May and was in the picture of the thrilling photo finish last spring at the 1.5-mile oval. Following Kansas, Elliott is a two-time runner-up in the Coca-Cola 600 and won at Nashville in 2022. Michigan is the last of really solid tracks for the No. 9 team as the Dawsonville, Georgia native led 29 laps in the Irish Hills last year.
3. When does Team Penske break through in 2025?
It’s not for a lack of effort, but Team Penske has yet to grab a checkered flag through the first nine races. Joey Logano, Ryan Blaney and Austin Cindric are in the top six in laps led in the series with a combined 617 circuits led in the early portion.
Blaney seemed to have a win at Darlington in the bag after shaving off a massive gap to Tyler Reddick and passing him in the closing laps. However, an untimely caution nipped the No. 12 team after a slow money stop, resulting in fifth place instead. With back-to-back top-five results, the 2023 Cup titleholder is due for a win soon, but it’s difficult so far to say the same for his counterparts.
Logano only has one top 10 this season despite sitting ninth in points, and while the 70 stage points are among the most gathered by any driver at this point, 2025 is trending toward another win-or-miss-the-playoffs type of year for the defending champion. It’s a spot they may not be comfortable with, but have become accustomed to over the last two title campaigns for the No. 22 camp.
For all three, Talladega needs to be circled this weekend as the one where the organization nets its first guaranteed playoff bid.
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4. A new and familiar era set to shake up the summer stretch
As we near June and July, a handful of goodies await the NASCAR community highlighted by Prime Video’s first Cup Series races and the return of TNT Sports to the broadcasting family.
Not only does a new mix of TV partners carry the early portions of summer, but June will also see the introduction of the in-season challenge. With seeding of the 32-driver bracket to be decided at Michigan, Mexico City and Pocono, Atlanta kicks off the five-race tourney and will be carried through TNT’s entire window to its conclusion at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on the final Sunday of July.
Speaking of Mexico City, it will be the Cup Series’ first trek to the 2.42-mile road course and the first international points-paying race since 1958.
5. Will Ryan Preece be the first RFK Racing driver to win this season?
In his sixth full-time Cup Series campaign, Preece is beginning to come into his own with his new home at RFK Racing. He’s already trending toward setting a new high in top 10s with three in the first nine races at Las Vegas, Homestead and Martinsville.
As it stands after nine races, Preece is currently in a playoff spot sitting 14th in points and trailing teammate Chris Buescher by just two spots and 26 points in the standings.
Teammate and co-owner Brad Keselowski is off to a slow start in 2025 and currently sits 31st in points, but it appears the organization is heading in the right direction despite not getting a single car inside the top 10 at Bristol.
Like Team Penske, Talladega feels like a pivotal point for RFK, especially for someone like Keselowski who could flip his season around with a seventh win at the superspeedway, which would surpass Hall of Famers Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jeff Gordon.
With the speed Preece and Buescher have consistently shown this season, Kansas and Nashville could be favorable for the two as the No. 17 driver tries to exact his revenge after ending up on the wrong slide of the closest finish in NASCAR history, while a slower-paced, concrete oval could be the breakthrough race for Preece.
6. Which track produces the next surprise winner?
Usually, this is a straightforward answer with Daytona, Talladega and Atlanta automatic here, but that didn’t happen in the first two races of the season as Byron and Bell won those respectively. The first real shock of the season came at Las Vegas, of all places, as Josh Berry claimed his first career Cup Series victory.
If you look at last season, Gateway (Cindric), Richmond (Austin Dillon) and Darlington (Chase Briscoe) all produced surprises, and that could very well be the case again this year at non-superspeedway tracks.
Back-to-back street/road-course events at Chicago and Sonoma stand out on the schedule in July. Shane van Gisbergen won Chicago in his Cup debut in 2023 and won Stage 1 in 2024 before a crash shortly after. Buescher and Michael McDowell nearly won at Sonoma last year before Larson provided a masterclass in the final stage. Of course, Atlanta and Mexico City will certainly be highlighted to produce a surprise, but don’t overlook tracks like Charlotte, Texas or Nashville to provide the next twist in the Cup season.
7. Could AJ Allmendinger point his way into the playoffs?
One of the more overlooked story lines in the first half of the season has been the performance of longtime veteran Allmendinger and the No. 16 Kaulig Racing team.
In the last few years, it’s no secret that Kaulig’s Cup ventures have lacked and their cars have been far from playoff-contending, but the organization appears to have found something in 2025.
Both Allmendinger and Ty Dillon have shown commendable speed through the first nine races. Allmendinger’s scored three top 10s this season and is coming off a ninth-place run at Bristol, where he also put down the Xfinity Fastest Lap to pocket an extra point in the standings. Meanwhile, Dillon has finished 16th or better in four of the first nine races in 2025.
Entering Talladega, Allmendinger is the first driver outside the playoff picture due to Berry’s win, but the 43-year-old wheelman trails Kyle Busch by just two points for the provisional 16th spot.
We aren’t far off from a stretch that includes three street and road courses (Allmendinger’s bread and butter) this summer, and with the top-10 speed shown on ovals, he may not need to depend on a road course to carry his way to a postseason bid.
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8. Which winless past champion visits Victory Lane first?
Minus Larson, the five Cup winners so far this season have not won a Cup Series title. The active champions still chasing their first trophy of 2025 include aforementioned names like Elliott, Logano, Blaney, Keselowski and Richard Childress Racing’s Kyle Busch.
From Daytona to the Southern 500, to the Kansas playoff race last season, Busch just couldn’t find the right side of luck when he was in contention to win those races.
Enter 2025 and fortune still hasn’t favored the two-time Cup champ as Busch led late at Circuit of The Americas before getting swarmed by Bell, Byron and Tyler Reddick in the final laps before Bell won his second of three races in a row. Busch has just two top 10s since and is coming off a 14th-place run at Bristol.
2023 champion Blaney looks to be the closest to finding Victory Lane. Blaney is a two-time Talladega winner and as one of the best drafting-track competitors at the Cup level, look for the No. 12 to strike pay dirt on Sunday.
9. Will Bubba Wallace keep pace with 23XI teammate Tyler Reddick all season long?
In 2024, Wallace narrowly missed out on the playoffs while Reddick punched a ticket to his first Championship 4 appearance. Nine races into 2025, both 23XI Racing drivers appear capable of making deep postseason runs.
Wallace scored back-to-back third-place finishes at Homestead and Martinsville that turned heads, and crew chief Charles Denike has seemingly gotten the No. 23 team focused for success.
Following Bristol, the No. 23 pit crew ranks first in the Cup Series according to NASCAR Insights while Wallace sits in the top 10 on pure speed and restart success.
It’s easy to capitalize on momentum early in the year, but it’s a taller task as the season begins inching close toward the postseason. That’s the point of the year where the contenders and pretenders begin to separate, but as of now, Wallace sits eighth in points, directly behind Reddick, who is seventh in points and 23 tallies ahead of his teammate.
The NASCAR Hall of Fame revealed the 15 nominees for its Class of 2026 on Monday, adding former champions Kurt Busch and Randy LaJoie to the ballot for the first time.
Busch and LaJoie — who were both added to the list of NASCAR’s 75 Greatest Drivers in 2023 — are among the 10 legends who will appear on the Modern Era Ballot when voters convene on Tuesday, May 20 in Charlotte for Voting Day. Title-winning crew chief Jake Elder makes a return appearance on the Pioneer Ballot for the five nominees whose careers began 60 years ago or more.
Longtime Charlotte Motor Speedway promoter Humpy Wheeler was selected for voting consideration for the Landmark Award for outstanding contributions to NASCAR.
Fan voting for the NASCAR Hall of Fame is now open until May 18 at noon ET. The collective ballot cast by fans online will count as one vote alongside those cast by the voting panel.
Busch, 46, won the NASCAR Cup Series championship in 2004, the first year the circuit went to a 10-race playoff format. The Las Vegas native won 34 times in his 20-plus-year Cup career, taking the Daytona 500 laurels in 2017. He was also a winner of multiple races in Xfinity and Truck Series competition.
LaJoie, 63, scored two championships in what is now called the Xfinity Series, going back-to-back in the 1996-97 campaigns and registering 15 wins over a 350-start career. LaJoie, the champ of the former Busch North Series in 1985, was also an innovator in the world of motorsports safety through his long-running racing-seat company.
Busch and LaJoie join returning nominees Greg Biffle, Neil Bonnett, Tim Brewer, Jeff Burton, Randy Dorton, Harry Gant, Harry Hyde and Jack Sprague.
Elder, who appeared on the Hall of Fame ballot in 2021, returns with a resume that includes three Cup Series championships and 44 wins. His nomadic nature earned him the nickname “Suitcase Jake,” but his old-school sensibility and mechanical know-how helped jump-start the careers of many stock-car racing up-and-comers.
Elder will appear on the ballot with Ray Hendrick, Banjo Matthews, Larry Phillips and Bob Welborn — all nominees from last year’s vote.
H.A. “Humpy” Wheeler, 86, ushered in a new era of race-track promotions with his flair for creativity as president and general manager at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Beyond his showmanship, Wheeler placed an emphasis on modernizing fan amenities, providing a blueprint that raceways would follow for decades.
Wheeler, Alvin Hawkins, Lesa France Kennedy, Dr. Joseph Mattioli and Les Richter are this year’s Landmark Award nominees.
Those new names fill the voids left on the ballot by Class of 2025 inductees Carl Edwards, Ricky Rudd and Ralph Moody, and Landmark Award winner Dr. Dean Sicking.
Humpy Wheeler’s name is synonymous with promotion and innovation.
Best known for his 33-year tenure as President and General Manager of Charlotte Motor Speedway, Wheeler played a pivotal role in transforming the venue into a world-class facility that attracted a wide range of fans and corporate sponsors.
Most notably, Wheeler spearheaded the construction of the iconic Turn 4 grandstands and introduced the “NASCAR Experience,” which brought fans even closer to the action.
Adding a new dynamic to the sport, Wheeler’s visionary leadership and creativity helped shape today’s fan experience with the introduction of dramatic pre-race ceremonies and the development of night racing at superspeedways.
Through these innovative promotions and stunts, Wheeler’s contributions helped expand NASCAR’s national presence during the 1990s and early 2000s, solidifying Charlotte as the “Racing Capital of the World.”
Humpy Wheeler bio
Born: Oct. 23, 1938 Hometown: Belmont, North Carolina Years on Ballot: 1
Kurt Busch’s journey to NASCAR stardom began in 2000 with a Craftsman Truck Series rookie season that foreshadowed greatness. With four wins and a championship runner-up finish, Busch signaled to fans and competitors alike that he would soon be a force at the top level of the sport.
By 2002, Busch was already making waves in the Cup Series. His first win came at the famed Bristol Motor Speedway, he finished third in points, and from there, his career soared to new heights.
Busch’s big breakthrough came in 2004, when he captured the Cup Series Championship, becoming the first driver to win the title under NASCAR’s playoff system — a feat that proved both his excellence and adaptability.
Busch earned 34 Cup Series wins in 776 starts, including a victory in the 2017 Daytona 500. A consistent contender in the NASCAR Playoffs, finishing in the top 10 standings 10 times, Busch’s fiery competitiveness kept him at the forefront of the sport for more than 20 years.
Busch was named one of NASCAR’s 75 Greatest Drivers.
Kurt Busch bio
Born: Aug. 4, 1978 Hometown: Las Vegas, Nevada
Championships (1)
Cup — 2004
Cup Series Stats Competed: 2000-22 Starts: 776 Wins: 34 Poles: 28 Years on Ballot: 1
Randy LaJoie is a man with a multifaceted legacy — the racer, the two-time champion, the seat builder and the father.
LaJoie made his mark in what is now the NASCAR Xfinity Series, where his crowning achievements came in 1996 and 1997 when he won back-to-back championships, establishing himself as one of the series’ top competitors.
Beyond his championships, LaJoie’s consistency was a defining trait of his career. He finished in the top 10 in points in five consecutive seasons (1996-2000), and amassed 15 victories and 118 top-10 finishes across 350 starts.
In addition to his success on the track, LaJoie’s advocacy for racing seat safety is immeasurable — he started a racing seat company that placed a strong emphasis on educating both novice and experienced drivers across the country about the importance of safety in motorsports.
LaJoie, whose son Corey continues to race on the NASCAR national series level, was named one of NASCAR’s 75 Greatest Drivers.
Randy LaJoie bio
Born: Aug. 28, 1961 Hometown: Norwalk, Connecticut
Championships (3)
Xfinity — 1996-97
North Series — 1985
Xfinity Series Stats Competed: 1986-2006 Starts: 350 Wins: 15 Poles: 9 Years on Ballot: 1
JR Motorsports driver Sammy Smith was declared the winner of Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Rockingham Speedway after Jesse Love’s No. 2 Chevrolet was disqualified in post-race inspection.
Full results are listed below — the No. 19 of Justin Bonsignore also was disqualified.
Starting in 2009, the Dash 4 Cash has been a midseason program sponsored by Xfinity that rewards drivers financially for performing well during a select stretch of four races in each Xfinity Series season. The qualifier race to determine the field for the first Dash 4 Cash race was held at Las Vegas Motor Speedway (March 15). The official four-race slate began at Homestead-Miami Speedway (March 22), marking the program’s return to the Florida track for the first time since 2020. The second race occurred at Martinsville Speedway (March 29), its fifth consecutive year as a Dash 4 Cash facility.
After a one-week break at Darlington Raceway (April 5), the Dash 4 Cash program returned to action at Bristol Motor Speedway (April 12), the first time the program has occurred at the track since 2019, and concluded at Rockingham Speedway (April 19), the first time the program has frequented the 1-mile North Carolina venue.
How does Dash 4 Cash work?
Before the four-race stretch began, a qualifying race determined the participants in the first official Dash 4 Cash race. The four highest-finishing series regulars in the Xfinity race at Las Vegas qualified for the first Dash 4 Cash race at Homestead-Miami. The highest finisher of that quartet at Homestead-Miami collected the $100,000 prize and automatically qualified for the next Dash 4 Cash race. The next three highest-finishing Xfinity Series regulars in the race at Homestead-Miami also qualified to participate in the next Dash 4 Cash race at Martinsville. These rules repeated for subsequent Dash 4 Cash races.
In order to qualify for the program, drivers must be declared to collect Xfinity Series points.
Recap: An intense late-race battle with Aric Almirola ended with the 2024 Xfinity Series champion in Allgaier prevailing in the desert, seizing his first win of 2025 and clinching his position in the first Dash 4 Cash bout of the season. Richard Childress Racing’s Jesse Love and Austin Hill, in addition to Haas Factory Team’s Sam Mayer, also qualified; Almirola was not eligible.
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At Homestead-Miami Speedway (March 22)
Dash 4 Cash drivers: Justin Allgaier, Jesse Love, Austin Hill, Sam Mayer.
Recap: While it looked like Kyle Larson would set sail away with the win, a late-race spin from Taylor Gray set up an overtime restart. Hill and Allgaier got past Larson quickly on the restart and battled for not only the race win but also the $100,000 bonus. Allgaier slipped past Hill and held him at bay the final lap to pocket the win and check. The quartet of Allgaier, Mayer, Hill and Sheldon Creed qualified to compete for the $100,000 prize at Martinsville Speedway.
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At Martinsville Speedway (March 29)
Dash 4 Cash drivers: Justin Allgaier, Sam Mayer, Austin Hill and Sheldon Creed.
Recap: A race full of attrition saw bent fenders and flared tempers when the checkered flag waved as Hill snuck by Taylor Gray, Sammy Smith and Allgaier in the final corner to score his second win of 2025 and the $100,000 bonus. Hill earned the chance to make his third appearance in the 2025 Dash 4 Cash program, as did Allgaier. Creed would make his second, and Brennan Poole’s fourth-place finish netted him his first go at the Dash 4 Cash prize at Bristol Motor Speedway.
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At Bristol Motor Speedway (April 12)
Dash 4 Cash drivers: Austin Hill, Sheldon Creed, Justin Allgaier, Brennan Poole.
Recap: Cup Series regular Kyle Larson showed off his Bristol brilliance by leading 277 out of 300 laps, slaying the competition at the “Last Great Colosseum.” Allgaier was the highest-finishing driver eligible for the $100,000 bonus after Creed and Poole had a major collision late in Stage 1 and Hill went a lap down. Carson Kvapil slipped by Allgaier in the final laps while Sammy Smith and Brandon Jones rounded out the top five to battle it out for the Dash 4 Cash prize at Rockingham Speedway.
Recap: Sammy Smith took the victory in the NASCAR Xfinity Series’ return to Rockingham Speedway in a race that came down to fuel mileage. Smith ultimately crossed the line in the runner-up position behind Richard Childress Racing’s Jesse Love. Following post-race inspection, Love’s entry was disqualified, promoting Smith’s No. 8 team to the victory. Smith also took home the $100,000 Dash 4 Cash prize at the end of the evening after late-race cautions took out the other competitors.
