NASCAR Xfinity series races Pocono today

(NASCAR MEDIA) – This weekend marks the 10th running of a NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Pocono Raceway, all since 2016.

• This weekend’s race is scheduled for 100 laps, after it was 90 in each of the last five races at Pocono, the first four races there were scheduled at 100 laps.
• There have been eight different winners in nine Pocono races – Cole Custer is the only repeat winner.
• Austin Hill is the only past Xfinity Series Pocono winner in the field.
• Of the eight former Pocono winners, seven are current full-time Cup Series drivers (Austin Hill is the only exception).
• Chase Elliott will be driving the Hendrick Motorsports #17. His second Xfinity start of 2025.
• Dale Earnhardt Jr. will serve as crew chief as Mardy Lindley serves suspension for lug nuts at Nashville.
• Eight drivers on the entry list have won at Pocono in Cup (Elliott), Trucks (B. Jones) or ARCA (7 drivers).
• The last six Pocono winners were under the age of 30.
• Taylor Gray has never finished outside the top five at Pocono in Xfinity, Trucks or ARCA.
• Justin Allgaier needs four laps led at Pocono to pass Cole Custer for most led there all-time.
• Eight drivers will be making their first career Xfinity Series start at Pocono.
• Six of nine Pocono races were won by the driver that led the most laps.
• Three of the last six Pocono races went to overtime.
• Three of the last eight Pocono races featured a pass for the win in the final two laps.
• JGR (1), JRM (1) and RCR (1) have combined for just three wins at Pocono.
• Ford has won five of the nine Pocono races but are winless this season.
• There are 11 races left in the regular season and six Playoff spots remain open.
• Taylor Gray and Ryan Sieg are tied at the cut line.
• The drivers from 8^th-14^th are separated by 57 points, less than one race.
• The four drivers behind Ryan Sieg in the points are all rookies.
• JR Motorsports has won seven races this season with five different drivers, tied for most different drivers in a season all-time: Justin Allgaier 3, Connor Zilisch 1, Sammy Smith 1, Kyle Larson 1 & Daniel Suarez 1.
• JR Motorsports is five wins away from 100, only three other teams won at least 100 NXS races (Joe Gibbs Racing-217, Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing-138, Richard Childress Racing-100).
• Four crew chiefs got their first NXS win in 2025: Chad Haney at Atlanta, Sam McAulay at Darlington, Adam Wall at Bristol & Cory Shea at Mexico City.
• Taylor Gray (2^nd – tied), Christian Eckes (4^th) and William Sawalich (6^th) scored or matched their career- best finish at Mexico City.
• Austin Hill finished in the top-10 in six straight races, his fifth time with a streak of 6+ consecutive races.
• Justin Allgaier’s 28 career wins are ninth on the all-time wins list and one away from tying Matt Kenseth.
• Justin Allgaier is eight top 10s away from 300 in his career, he would be the first driver with 300 top 10s.
• Justin Allgaier leads all drivers with 10 top-five finishes and 638 laps led in 2025.
• Justin Allgaier’s 10 top-five finishes in 2025 are his most ever after 15 races in a season.
• Justin Allgaier has won the Fastest Lap Award five times this season, no other driver has more than two.
• Sam Mayer is the only driver to finish top-15 in 12 of 15 races this season.
• Five races this year ended with a last lap pass.
• Three of the last five races this season had a pass for the win in the final two laps.
• Seven of the 15 races this season went to overtime.
• Chevrolet led 2,107 of 2,701 laps this season.
• Chevrolet has won 13 of 15 races, the most all time by a manufacturer through 15 races in series history.
• 2025 is the first season since 2003 without a first-time winner in the first 15 races.