MADISON, Ill. — Connor Zilisch won for the seventh time in the last eight races and ninth time overall this season to claim the Xfinity regular season championship Saturday at World Wide Technology Raceway. The regular season finale was the first Xfinity race at this 1.25-mile track near St. Louis since 2010.

In August of 2024, a group of executives from The CW flew down to Daytona International Speedway on a mission.The CW had no official business in the garage at the time other than knowing they were an incoming broadcast partner.

Chesapeake’s Brenden “Butterbean” Queen will make his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut when he drives the No. 11 car for Kaulig Racing in this weekend’s race in Bristol, Tennessee.

World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway will make its NASCAR Cup Series playoff debut this weekend while also setting the 12-driver field for the Xfinity playoffs.

While the Cup Series cranks the engines for Week 2 in the Round of 16, the Xfinity Series completes its regular season and sets its own playoff field.

Find the NASCAR Xfinity Series playoff picture with points standings heading out of Saturday's race at Gateway.

Sammy Smith, who has three wins in 101 NASCAR Xfinity Series starts and is set to compete in the series Playoffs for the third consecutive season beginning this

Kyle Larson will start tomorrow's Cup Series race on the outside pole after clicking off the second quickest lap of qualifying at 32.351 seconds. Hendrick Motorsports drivers William Byron grabbed the sixth spot, while Chase Elliott landed 19th and Alex Bowman will start 25th.