Race Results: NASCAR Xfinity Explore the Pocono Mountains 250
Connor Zilisch took home the victory in Saturday's NASCAR Xfinity Series Explore the Pocono Mountains 250 at Pocono Raceway in an excellent late-race battle with Jesse Love. With the win, the third of Zilisch's career, Dale Earnhardt Jr. has become a race-winning crew chief in his first ever attempt atop the pit box.
Christian Eckes finished third behind Zilisch and Love, while Chase Elliott and Ryan Sieg rounded out the top-five finishers in the race.
Here are the complete race results for the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series Explore the Pocono Mountains 250 at Pocono Raceway. Race 16 of 33.
Fin | Car | Driver | Laps | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 88 | Connor Zilisch # (S2) | 100 | -- |
2 | 2 | Jesse Love | 100 | 0.437 |
3 | 16 | Christian Eckes # | 100 | 1.132 |
4 | 17 | Chase Elliott (i) (X) | 100 | 1.364 |
5 | 39 | Ryan Sieg | 100 | 1.596 |
6 | 1 | Carson Kvapil # | 100 | 2.083 |
7 | 41 | Sam Mayer | 100 | 3.861 |
8 | 8 | Sammy Smith | 100 | 4.266 |
9 | 54 | Taylor Gray # | 100 | 4.862 |
10 | 7 | Justin Allgaier | 100 | 5.059 |
11 | 27 | Jeb Burton | 100 | 7.422 |
12 | 51 | Jeremy Clements | 100 | 8.408 |
13 | 42 | Anthony Alfredo | 100 | 8.432 |
14 | 25 | Harrison Burton | 100 | 8.762 |
15 | 11 | Josh Williams | 100 | 9.100 |
16 | 44 | Brennan Poole | 100 | 9.243 |
17 | 26 | Dean Thompson # | 100 | 9.349 |
18 | 20 | Brandon Jones (S1) | 100 | 9.452 |
19 | 99 | Matt DiBenedetto | 100 | 9.650 |
20 | 45 | Mason Massey | 100 | 9.933 |
21 | 18 | William Sawalich # | 100 | 10.138 |
22 | 4 | Parker Retzlaff | 100 | 11.362 |
23 | 91 | Josh Bilicki | 100 | 11.493 |
24 | 70 | Leland Honeyman | 100 | 12.027 |
25 | 28 | Kyle Sieg | 100 | 13.371 |
26 | 14 | Garrett Smithley | 100 | 13.870 |
27 | 53 | Logan Bearden | 100 | 14.216 |
28 | 48 | Nick Sanchez # | 100 | 14.968 |
29 | 31 | Blaine Perkins | 100 | 16.374 |
30 | 07 | Patrick Emerling (i) | 100 | 22.200 |
31 | 10 | Daniel Dye # | 100 | 23.874 |
32 | 71 | Ryan Ellis | 100 | 30.150 |
33 | 74 | Dawson Cram | 99 | 1 lap |
34 | 35 | Carson Ware | 99 | 1 lap |
35 | 21 | Austin Hill | 96 | 4 laps |
36 | 00 | Sheldon Creed | 88 | 12 laps |
37 | 5 | Kris Wright | 69 | 31 laps |
38 | 19 | Justin Bonsignore | 7 | 93 laps |
# indicates Rookie of the Year contender
(i) indicates a driver ineligible to score points
(S1) indicates Stage 1 winner
(S2) indicates Stage 2 winner
(X) indicates Xfinity Fastest Lap
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