2025 Focused Health 250 (Atlanta)
| Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 17 of 33 of the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series | |||
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| Date | June 27–28, 2025 | ||
| Official name | 5th Annual Focused Health 250 | ||
| Location | EchoPark Speedway in Hampton, Georgia | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 1.54 miles (2.48 km) | ||
| Distance | 163 laps, 251 mi (404 km) | ||
| Scheduled distance | 163 laps, 251 mi (404 km) | ||
| Average speed | 96.402 mph (155.144 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Haas Factory Team | ||
| Time | 32.107 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Aric Almirola | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Laps | 48 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 48 | Nick Sanchez | Big Machine Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | The CW | ||
| Announcers | Adam Alexander, Kyle Busch, and Jamie McMurray | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | PRN | ||
The 2025 Focused Health 250 was the 17th stock car race of the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series, and the 5th iteration of the event. After a long red flag delay for lightning strikes, the first two stages of the race were held on Friday, June 27, 2025, with the final stage ending on Saturday, June 28. The race was held at EchoPark Speedway in Hampton, Georgia, a 1.54 miles (2.48 km) permanent asphalt quad-oval shaped intermediate speedway (with superspeedway rules). The race took the scheduled 163 laps to complete. In a wreck-filled race, Nick Sanchez, driving for Big Machine Racing, would grab the lead on the final restart and held off the rest of the field to earn his first career NASCAR Xfinity Series win.[9] To fill out the podium, Carson Kvapil, driving for JR Motorsports, and Sam Mayer, driving for Haas Factory Team, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.
Report
[edit]Background
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EchoPark Speedway (commonly referred to as Atlanta Motor Speedway) is a 1.54-mile race track in Hampton, Georgia, United States, 20 miles (32 km) south of Atlanta. It has annually hosted NASCAR Xfinity Series stock car races since 1992.
The venue was bought by Speedway Motorsports in 1990. In 1994, 46 condominiums were built over the northeastern side of the track. In 1997, to standardize the track with Speedway Motorsports' other two intermediate ovals, the entire track was almost completely rebuilt. The frontstretch and backstretch were swapped, and the configuration of the track was changed from oval to quad-oval, with a new official length of 1.54-mile (2.48 km) where before it was 1.522-mile (2.449 km). The project made the track one of the fastest on the NASCAR circuit. In July 2021 NASCAR announced that the track would be reprofiled for the 2022 season to have 28 degrees of banking and would be narrowed from 55 to 40 feet which the track claims will turn racing at the track similar to restrictor plate superspeedways. Despite the reprofiling being criticized by drivers, construction began in August 2021 and wrapped up in December 2021.[10][11] The track has seating capacity of 71,000 to 125,000 people depending on the tracks configuration.
Entry list
[edit]- (R) denotes rookie driver.
- (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Qualifying
[edit]Qualifying was held on Friday, June 27, at 3:00 PM EST. Since EchoPark Speedway is an intermediate racetrack with superspeedway rules, the qualifying procedure used is a single-car, single-lap system with two rounds. In the first round, drivers have one lap to set a time. The fastest ten drivers from the first round move on to the second round. Whoever sets the fastest time in Round 2 will win the pole.[12]
Due to lightning strikes in the area, only one round of qualifying was contested. Sheldon Creed, driving for Haas Factory Team, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 32.107, and a speed of 172.673 mph (277.890 km/h).[13]
No drivers would fail to qualify.
Qualifying results
[edit]Race results
[edit]Stage 1 Laps: 40
| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 54 | Taylor Gray (R) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 10 |
| 2 | 41 | Sam Mayer | Haas Factory Team | Ford | 9 |
| 3 | 10 | Daniel Dye (R) | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 8 |
| 4 | 48 | Nick Sanchez (R) | Big Machine Racing | Chevrolet | 7 |
| 5 | 16 | Christian Eckes (R) | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 6 |
| 6 | 26 | Dean Thompson (R) | Sam Hunt Racing | Toyota | 5 |
| 7 | 44 | Brennan Poole | Alpha Prime Racing | Chevrolet | 4 |
| 8 | 99 | Matt DiBenedetto | Viking Motorsports | Chevrolet | 3 |
| 9 | 88 | Connor Zilisch (R) | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 2 |
| 10 | 1 | Carson Kvapil (R) | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 1 |
Stage 2 Laps: 40
| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 | Brandon Jones | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 10 |
| 2 | 2 | Jesse Love | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 9 |
| 3 | 1 | Carson Kvapil (R) | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 8 |
| 4 | 99 | Matt DiBenedetto | Viking Motorsports | Chevrolet | 7 |
| 5 | 44 | Brennan Poole | Alpha Prime Racing | Chevrolet | 6 |
| 6 | 26 | Dean Thompson (R) | Sam Hunt Racing | Toyota | 5 |
| 7 | 48 | Nick Sanchez (R) | Big Machine Racing | Chevrolet | 4 |
| 8 | 28 | Kyle Sieg | RSS Racing | Ford | 3 |
| 9 | 31 | Blaine Perkins | Jordan Anderson Racing | Chevrolet | 2 |
| 10 | 71 | Ryan Ellis | DGM Racing | Chevrolet | 1 |
Stage 3 Laps: 83
| Fin[14] | St | # | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | 48 | Nick Sanchez (R) | Big Machine Racing | Chevrolet | 163 | 18 | Running | 51 |
| 2 | 24 | 1 | Carson Kvapil (R) | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 163 | 3 | Running | 46 |
| 3 | 3 | 41 | Sam Mayer | Haas Factory Team | Ford | 163 | 3 | Running | 43 |
| 4 | 6 | 88 | Connor Zilisch (R) | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 163 | 32 | Running | 38 |
| 5 | 7 | 54 | Taylor Gray (R) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 163 | 14 | Running | 42 |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | Jesse Love | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 163 | 3 | Running | 39 |
| 7 | 10 | 19 | Aric Almirola | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 163 | 48 | Running | 30 |
| 8 | 22 | 10 | Daniel Dye (R) | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 163 | 0 | Running | 37 |
| 9 | 21 | 28 | Kyle Sieg | RSS Racing | Ford | 163 | 0 | Running | 31 |
| 10 | 26 | 51 | Jeremy Clements | Jeremy Clements Racing | Chevrolet | 163 | 0 | Running | 27 |
| 11 | 29 | 26 | Dean Thompson (R) | Sam Hunt Racing | Toyota | 163 | 0 | Running | 37 |
| 12 | 19 | 70 | Leland Honeyman | Cope Family Racing | Chevrolet | 163 | 0 | Running | 28 |
| 13 | 9 | 25 | Harrison Burton | AM Racing | Ford | 163 | 0 | Running | 24 |
| 14 | 4 | 20 | Brandon Jones | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 163 | 5 | Running | 33 |
| 15 | 33 | 99 | Matt DiBenedetto | Viking Motorsports | Chevrolet | 163 | 0 | Running | 30 |
| 16 | 27 | 27 | Jeb Burton | Jordan Anderson Racing | Chevrolet | 163 | 0 | Running | 21 |
| 17 | 32 | 44 | Brennan Poole | Alpha Prime Racing | Chevrolet | 163 | 0 | Running | 30 |
| 18 | 34 | 35 | Joey Gase | Joey Gase Motorsports | Chevrolet | 163 | 0 | Running | 19 |
| 19 | 17 | 16 | Christian Eckes (R) | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 163 | 0 | Running | 18 |
| 20 | 37 | 45 | Mason Massey | Alpha Prime Racing | Chevrolet | 163 | 0 | Running | 17 |
| 21 | 28 | 71 | Ryan Ellis | DGM Racing | Chevrolet | 163 | 0 | Running | 17 |
| 22 | 15 | 31 | Blaine Perkins | Jordan Anderson Racing | Chevrolet | 163 | 0 | Running | 17 |
| 23 | 36 | 14 | Garrett Smithley | SS-Green Light Racing | Chevrolet | 163 | 0 | Running | 14 |
| 24 | 35 | 07 | Nick Leitz | SS-Green Light Racing | Chevrolet | 163 | 0 | Running | 13 |
| 25 | 31 | 5 | Kris Wright | Our Motorsports | Chevrolet | 163 | 0 | Running | 12 |
| 26 | 2 | 21 | Austin Hill | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 158 | 0 | Running | 12 |
| 27 | 38 | 53 | Mason Maggio | Joey Gase Motorsports | Ford | 153 | 0 | Running | 10 |
| 28 | 8 | 91 | C. J. McLaughlin | DGM Racing | Chevrolet | 138 | 0 | Accident | 9 |
| 29 | 25 | 42 | Anthony Alfredo | Young's Motorsports | Chevrolet | 53 | 0 | Accident | 8 |
| 30 | 13 | 39 | Ryan Sieg | RSS Racing | Ford | 46 | 0 | DVP | 7 |
| 31 | 16 | 7 | Justin Allgaier | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 42 | 0 | Accident | 6 |
| 32 | 1 | 00 | Sheldon Creed | Haas Factory Team | Ford | 41 | 37 | Accident | 5 |
| 33 | 14 | 8 | Sammy Smith | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 40 | 0 | Accident | 4 |
| 34 | 23 | 32 | Katherine Legge (i) | Jordan Anderson Racing | Chevrolet | 40 | 0 | Accident | 0 |
| 35 | 20 | 24 | Patrick Staropoli | Sam Hunt Racing | Toyota | 40 | 0 | Accident | 2 |
| 36 | 12 | 18 | William Sawalich (R) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 4 | 0 | Accident | 1 |
| 37 | 18 | 4 | Parker Retzlaff | Alpha Prime Racing | Chevrolet | 3 | 0 | Accident | 1 |
| 38 | 30 | 11 | Josh Williams | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 3 | 0 | Accident | 1 |
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Standings after the race
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References
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- ^ "Race Results" (PDF). Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. June 28, 2025. Retrieved June 28, 2025.
- ^ "Points standings" (PDF). Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. June 28, 2025. Retrieved June 28, 2025.
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- ^ "Atlanta Motor Speedway to re-profile track in 2022 and drivers are expressing frustration with the changes". CBSSports.com. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
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- ^ "NASCAR Xfinity Series 2025 Practice and Qualifying Procedures". Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. Retrieved June 15, 2025.
- ^ Srigley, Joseph (June 27, 2025). "Sheldon Creed Earns Pole in Shortened Qualifying at EchoPark Speedway". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved June 27, 2025.
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