2025 Hy-Vee PERKS 250


The 2025 Hy-Vee PERKS 250 was the 22nd stock car race of the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series, and the 11th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, August 2, 2025, at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa, a 0.875 miles permanent asphalt tri-oval shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 250 laps to complete.
In a wild race, Sam Mayer, driving for Haas Factory Team, would take the lead from Jesse Love on a late restart, and led the final 28 laps to earn his eighth career NASCAR Xfinity Series win, his first of the season, and his second consecutive win at Iowa. This was also the first win for Haas Factory Team in the Xfinity Series. To fill out the podium, Love, driving for Richard Childress Racing, and Ross Chastain, driving for JR Motorsports, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

Report

Background

Iowa Speedway is a 7/8-mile paved oval motor racing track in Newton, Iowa, United States, approximately east of Des Moines. The track was designed with influence from Rusty Wallace and patterned after Richmond Raceway, a short track where Wallace was very successful. It has over 25,000 permanent seats as well as a unique multi-tiered Recreational Vehicle viewing area along the backstretch. The track hosts the NTT IndyCar Series and NASCAR events.
After the 2020 race was canceled due to the pandemic, the race was removed from the 2021 schedule. In 2024, it was announced that the Xfinity Series would return to Iowa with a Cup Series race.

Entry list

' denotes rookie driver.
  • ' denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.

Practice

The first and only practice session was held on Saturday, August 2, at 10:00 AM CST, and would last for 50 minutes. Ryan Sieg, driving for RSS Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 24.061, and a speed of.

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Saturday, August 2, at 11:05 AM CST. Since Iowa Speedway is a short track, the qualifying procedure used is a single-car, two-lap system with one round. Drivers will be on track by themselves and will have two laps to post a qualifying time, and whoever sets the fastest time will win the pole.
Jesse Love, driving for Richard Childress Racing, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 23.642, and a speed of.
No drivers would fail to qualify.

Race results

Stage 1 Laps: 75
Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts
188Connor Zilisch 'JR MotorsportsChevrolet10
22Jesse LoveRichard Childress RacingChevrolet9
39Ross Chastain 'JR MotorsportsChevrolet0
441Sam MayerHaas Factory TeamFord7
518William Sawalich 'Joe Gibbs RacingToyota6
61Carson Kvapil 'JR MotorsportsChevrolet5
711Carson Hocevar 'Kaulig RacingChevrolet0
810Daniel Dye 'Kaulig RacingChevrolet3
925Harrison BurtonAM RacingFord2
107Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet1

Stage 2 Laps: 75
Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts
19Ross Chastain 'JR MotorsportsChevrolet0
220Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota9
354Taylor Gray 'Joe Gibbs RacingToyota8
441Sam MayerHaas Factory TeamFord7
518William Sawalich 'Joe Gibbs RacingToyota6
600Sheldon CreedHaas Factory TeamFord5
72Jesse LoveRichard Childress RacingChevrolet4
825Harrison BurtonAM RacingFord3
91Carson Kvapil 'JR MotorsportsChevrolet2
1039Ryan SiegRSS RacingFord1

Stage 3 ''Laps: 100''

Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings
;Manufacturers' Championship standings
PosManufacturerPoints
1Chevrolet860
2Toyota712
3Ford706

  • Note: Only the first 12 positions are included for the driver standings.