With the playoffs in full swing for the top three national series, Bristol Motor Speedway will welcome the ARCA, Truck, Xfinity and Cup series for three consecutive nights of racing on the 0.533-mile oval.

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.

And of course Zilisch has faced his own dangers during his postrace celebrations. After his win at Watkins Glen last month, Zilisch took a tumble after climbing on top of his car in victory lane, suffering a broken collarbone and forcing him to exit the car early during the next race at Daytona.

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.

This friendship-competition blend will transition to the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs, beginning at Bristol Motor Speedway on Friday (7:30 p.m. ET, The CW, PRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio), where both drivers will embark on their respective quests for championship glory.

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

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.

Connor Zilisch’s dream season continued on a track he’d never raced before.Holding off the rest of the NASCAR Xfinity Series field over a succession of restarts late in Saturday night’s Nu Way 200 Sauced by Blues Hog at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway,