2025 Focused Health 250 (COTA)
The 2025 Focused Health 250 was the 3rd stock car race of the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series, and the 5th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, March 1, 2025, at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, a road course. The race took the scheduled 65 laps to complete.
Connor Zilisch, driving for JR Motorsports, navigated through late-race adversity, and continued his road course dominance by winning the pole and leading a race-high 26 laps, earning his second career NASCAR Xfinity Series win, and his first of the season. To fill out the podium, William Byron, driving for Hendrick Motorsports, and Sam Mayer, driving for Haas Factory Team, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.
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Background
Circuit of the Americas is a grade 1 FIA-specification motorsports facility located within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of Austin, Texas. It features a road racing circuit. The facility is home to the Formula One United States Grand Prix, and the Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas, a round of the FIM Road Racing World Championship. It previously hosted the Supercars Championship, the FIA World Endurance Championship, the IMSA SportsCar Championship, and IndyCar Series.On November 20, 2024, it was announced that the race would move to the layout.
Entry list
' denotes rookie driver.- '
Practice
The first and only practice session was held on Friday, February 28, at 4:00 PM CST, and lasted for 50 minutes. Connor Zilisch, driving for JR Motorsports, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 1:37.839, and a speed of.Qualifying
Qualifying was held on Friday, February 28, at 5:00 PM CST. Since Circuit of the Americas is a road course, the qualifying procedure used is a two group, one round system. Drivers will be separated into two groups, Group A and B. Both groups will be 20 minutes long, and each driver will have multiple laps to set a time. Whoever sets the fastest time between both groups will win the pole.Under a 2021 rule change, the timing line in road course qualifying is "not" the start-finish line. Instead, the timing line for qualifying will be set at the exit of Istanbul 8. Connor Zilisch, driving for JR Motorsports, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 1:37.262, and a speed of.
Three drivers failed to qualify: Brad Perez, Parker Retzlaff, and Thomas Annunziata.
Race results
Stage 1 Laps: 20| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Pts |
| 1 | 17 | William Byron ' | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 0 |
| 2 | 9 | Ross Chastain ' | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 0 |
| 3 | 24 | Corey Heim ' | Sam Hunt Racing | Toyota | 0 |
| 4 | 41 | Sam Mayer | Haas Factory Team | Ford | 7 |
| 5 | 7 | Justin Allgaier | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 6 |
| 6 | 21 | Austin Hill | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 5 |
| 7 | 16 | Christian Eckes ' | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 4 |
| 8 | 8 | Sammy Smith | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 3 |
| 9 | 42 | Anthony Alfredo | Young's Motorsports | Chevrolet | 2 |
| 10 | 07 | Alex Labbé | SS-Green Light Racing | Chevrolet | 1 |
Stage 2 Laps: 20
| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Pts |
| 1 | 25 | Harrison Burton | AM Racing | Ford | 10 |
| 2 | 10 | Daniel Dye | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 9 |
| 3 | 8 | Sammy Smith | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 8 |
| 4 | 27 | Jeb Burton | Jordan Anderson Racing | Chevrolet | 7 |
| 5 | 39 | Ryan Sieg | RSS Racing | Ford | 6 |
| 6 | 44 | Brennan Poole | Alpha Prime Racing | Chevrolet | 5 |
| 7 | 07 | Alex Labbé | SS-Green Light Racing | Chevrolet | 4 |
| 8 | 11 | Josh Williams | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 3 |
| 9 | 53 | Sage Karam | Joey Gase Motorsports | Toyota | 2 |
| 10 | 28 | Kyle Sieg | RSS Racing | Ford | 1 |
Stage 3 ''Laps: 25''
Standings after the race
;Drivers' Championship standings;Manufacturers' Championship standings
| Pos | Manufacturer | Points | |
| 1 | Chevrolet | 120 | |
| 1 | 2 | Ford | 96 |
| 1 | 3 | Toyota | 96 |
- Note: Only the first 12 positions are included for the driver standings.