We now know who the 4 drivers are that shall be combat for the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Sequence championship subsequent weekend. JR Motorsports teammates Connor Zilisch and Justin Allgaier had been already locks earlier than Martinsville, however they are going to be joined by teammate Carson Kvapil, so JRM drivers will make up 75% of the ultimate 4. Nonetheless, they’d the very same odds in 2022 and nonetheless misplaced the crown.
The opposite driver is a fellow member of Group Chevrolet, guaranteeing a bowtie-backed driver wins all of it. That shall be Jesse Love for Richard Childress Racing. The proprietor’s championship battle will not look the identical. Whereas each Allgaier and Zilisch’s vehicles made it via, the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota received its approach into the ultimate 4 with Aric Almirola. Moreover, the No. 21 RCR Chevrolet with Austin Hill additionally superior with a Spherical of 8 win.
Now, meet the 4 drivers who will face off for the 2025 NXS championship subsequent weekend at Phoenix Raceway:
Connor Zilisch — No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet
Connor Zilisch, JR Motorsports Chevrolet
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Finest championship outcome: thirty third (2024 — didn’t compete full-time)
2025 season stats: 10 wins; 19 prime fives; 22 prime tens; Common end of 8.2
Driver notes: Nonetheless simply an adolescent, however Zilisch has completely dominated the Xfinity Sequence this 12 months. He is already signed a deal to go Cup racing in 2026, however he’d prefer to make the step as much as Cup with a championship trophy in hand. His season has additionally featured a again damage and a damaged collarbone, however he hasn’t allowed both to gradual him down. At one level, he received seven out of eight races throughout an unimaginable summer time stretch, even utilizing a aid driver in Parker Kligerman to get the automotive to the checkered flag at Daytona.
Justin Allgaier — No. 7 JR Motorsports Chevrolet
Justin Allgaier, JR Motorsports Chevrolet
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Finest championship outcome: 1st (2024)
2025 season stats: 3 wins; 14 prime fives; 19 prime tens; Common end of 12.5
Driver notes: One of the vital skilled Xfinity drivers, Allgaier shall be trying to go back-to-back, which hasn’t been performed since Tyler Reddick in 2018-2019. Allgaier has 28 profession wins and is competing in his fifteenth full-time season in NASCAR’s secondary division. The veteran has made it this far in six of the final seven years, so he’s no stranger to the pressures of a winner-take-all finale.
Jesse Love – No. 2 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
Jesse Love, Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
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Finest championship outcome: eighth (2024)
2025 season stats: 1 win; 8 prime fives; 21 prime tens; Common end of 11.4
Driver notes: In his second full-time 12 months with RCR, Love made it into the ultimate spherical on factors regardless of a disastrous race on Saturday that featured an ill-handling race automotive and a number of pit street penalties. Whereas Love is competing for the driving force’s title, RCR doesn’t have a shot on the proprietor’s title with him, however with the No. 21 pushed by Austin Hill.
Carson Kvapil — No. 1 JR Motorsports Chevrolet
Carson Kvapil, JR Motorsports Chevrolet
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Finest championship outcome: thirtieth (2024 — Didn’t compete full-time)
2025 season stats: 0 wins; 7 prime fives; 14 prime tens; Common end of 13.8
Driver notes: Kvapil, who’s attempting to piece collectively a full-time experience for 2026, has by no means received within the Xfinity Sequence earlier than. He has 4 runner-up finishes, and was the final driver to make it into the Championship 4 this 12 months. He fought again from a late-race spin to advance by simply 4 factors over Brandon Jones.
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