2025 Tennessee Lottery 250


The 2025 Tennessee Lottery 250 was the 14th stock car race of the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series, and the 5th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, May 31, 2025, at Nashville Superspeedway in Lebanon, Tennessee, a permanent tri-oval shaped intermediate racetrack. The race took the scheduled 188 laps to complete.
In dominating fashion, Justin Allgaier, driving for JR Motorsports, would ultimately sweep the entire race, winning both stages, leading a race-high 101 laps, and earning the fastest lap of the event to score his 28th career NASCAR Xfinity Series win, and his third of the season. To fill out the podium, Connor Zilisch, driving for JR Motorsports, and Sam Mayer, driving for Haas Factory Team, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

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Background

[file:Nashville Superspeedway.jpg|thumb|left|Nashville Superspeedway, the track where the race was held.]
Nashville Superspeedway is a motor racing complex located in Lebanon, Tennessee, United States, about southeast of Nashville. The track was built in 2001 and is currently used for events, driving schools and GT Academy, a reality television competition.
It is a concrete oval track long. Nashville Superspeedway is owned by Speedway Motorsports, which also owns many other NASCAR tracks. Nashville Superspeedway was the longest concrete oval in NASCAR during the time it was on the NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series circuits. Current permanent seating capacity is approximately 25,000. Additional portable seats are brought in for some events, and seating capacity can be expanded to 150,000. Infrastructure is in place to expand the facility to include a short track, drag strip, and road course.

Entry list

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

Practice

For practice, drivers were separated into two groups, A and B. Both sessions were 25 minutes long, and was held on Saturday, May 31, at 1:05 PM CST. Kyle Sieg, driving for RSS Racing, would set the fastest time between both sessions, with a lap of 31.109, and a speed of.

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Saturday, May 31, at 2:10 PM CST. Since Nashville Superspeedway is an intermediate racetrack, the qualifying procedure used is a single-car, one-lap system with one round. Drivers will be on track by themselves and will have one lap to post a qualifying time, and whoever sets the fastest time will win the pole.
William Sawalich, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 30.860, and a speed of.
Two drivers failed to qualify: Glen Reen and Katherine Legge.

Race results

Stage 1 Laps: 45
Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts
17Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet10
251Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet9
399Matt DiBenedettoViking MotorsportsChevrolet8
421Austin HillRichard Childress RacingChevrolet7
510Daniel Dye 'Kaulig RacingChevrolet6
600Sheldon CreedHaas Factory TeamFord5
741Sam MayerHaas Factory TeamFord4
81Carson Kvapil 'JR MotorsportsChevrolet3
920Brandon JonesJoe Gibbs RacingToyota2
1088Connor Zilisch 'JR MotorsportsChevrolet1

Stage 2 Laps: 45
Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts
17Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet10
200Sheldon CreedHaas Factory TeamFord9
319Aric AlmirolaJoe Gibbs RacingToyota8
488Connor Zilisch 'JR MotorsportsChevrolet7
59Ross Chastain 'JR MotorsportsChevrolet0
641Sam MayerHaas Factory TeamFord5
721Austin HillRichard Childress RacingChevrolet4
81Carson Kvapil 'JR MotorsportsChevrolet3
916Christian Eckes 'Kaulig RacingChevrolet2
1010Daniel Dye 'Kaulig RacingChevrolet1

Stage 3 ''Laps: 98''

Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings
;Manufacturers' Championship standings
PosManufacturerPoints
1Chevrolet550
2Toyota460
3Ford444

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