2025 BetRivers 200
| Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 20 of 33 of the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series | |||
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| Date | July 19, 2025 | ||
| Official name | 44th Annual BetRivers 200 | ||
| Location | Dover Motor Speedway in Dover, Delaware | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 1 miles (1.6 km) | ||
| Distance | 134 laps, 134 mi (215 km) | ||
| Scheduled distance | 200 laps, 200 mi (321 km) | ||
| Average speed | 105.999 mph (170.589 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Joe Gibbs Racing | ||
| Time | 23.578 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Connor Zilisch | JR Motorsports | |
| Laps | 77 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 88 | Connor Zilisch | JR Motorsports | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | The CW | ||
| Announcers | Adam Alexander, Denny Hamlin, and Jamie McMurray | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | PRN | ||
The 2025 BetRivers 200 was the 20th stock car race of the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series, and the 44th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, July 19, 2025, at Dover Motor Speedway in Dover, Delaware, a 1 mile (1.6 km) permanent asphalt oval shaped speedway. The race was contested over 134 laps, decreased from 200 laps due to inclement weather. Connor Zilisch, driving for JR Motorsports, would take the lead from Brandon Jones after the first stage, and dominated the remainder of the event, winning the second stage and led a race-high 77 laps in a rain-shortened race to earn his fifth career NASCAR Xfinity Series win, his fourth of the season, and his second consecutive win.[10] To fill out the podium, Aric Almirola and Jones, both driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.
This was the final Xfinity Series event for Our Motorsports, after they announced on July 18 that they would cease their operations following this race.[11] Three days prior, they released Kris Wright in a mutual agreement.[12]
Report
Background
Dover Motor Speedway is an oval race track in Dover, Delaware, United States that has held at least two NASCAR races since it opened in 1969. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosted USAC and the NTT IndyCar Series. The track features one layout, a 1 mile (1.6 km) concrete oval, with 24° banking in the turns and 9° banking on the straights. The speedway is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports.
The track, nicknamed "The Monster Mile", was built in 1969 by Melvin Joseph of Melvin L. Joseph Construction Company, Inc., with an asphalt surface, but was replaced with concrete in 1995. Six years later in 2001, the track's capacity moved to 135,000 seats, making the track have the largest capacity of sports venue in the mid-Atlantic. In 2002, the name changed to Dover International Speedway from Dover Downs International Speedway after Dover Downs Gaming and Entertainment split, making Dover Motorsports. From 2007 to 2009, the speedway worked on an improvement project called "The Monster Makeover", which expanded facilities at the track and beautified the track. After the 2014 season, the track's capacity was reduced to 95,500 seats.
Entry list
- (R) denotes rookie driver.
- (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Practice
For practice, drivers were separated into two groups, A and B. Both sessions were 25 minutes long, and was held on Saturday, July 19, at 11:00 AM EST.[13] Jesse Love, driving for Richard Childress Racing, would set the fastest time between both sessions, with a lap of 23.804, and a speed of 151.235 mph (243.389 km/h).[14]
| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Time | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Jesse Love | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 23.804 | 151.235 |
| 2 | 4 | Parker Retzlaff | Alpha Prime Racing | Chevrolet | 23.882 | 150.741 |
| 3 | 45 | Lavar Scott | Alpha Prime Racing | Chevrolet | 24.136 | 149.155 |
| Full practice results | ||||||
Qualifying
Qualifying was held on Saturday, July 19, at 12:05 PM EST. Since Dover Motor Speedway is a short track, the qualifying procedure used is a single-car, two-lap system with one round. Drivers will be on track by themselves and will have two laps to post a qualifying time, and whoever sets the fastest time will win the pole.[13]
Taylor Gray, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 23.578, and a speed of 152.685 mph (245.723 km/h).[15]
Two drivers failed to qualify: Glen Reen and David Starr.
Qualifying results
Race results
Stage 1 Laps: 45
| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 54 | Taylor Gray (R) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 10 |
| 2 | 19 | Aric Almirola | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 9 |
| 3 | 20 | Brandon Jones | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 8 |
| 4 | 88 | Connor Zilisch (R) | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 7 |
| 5 | 9 | Ross Chastain (i) | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 0 |
| 6 | 48 | Nick Sanchez (R) | Big Machine Racing | Chevrolet | 5 |
| 7 | 7 | Justin Allgaier | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 4 |
| 8 | 18 | William Sawalich (R) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 3 |
| 9 | 2 | Jesse Love | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 2 |
| 10 | 00 | Sheldon Creed | Haas Factory Team | Ford | 1 |
Stage 2 Laps: 45
| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 88 | Connor Zilisch (R) | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 10 |
| 2 | 19 | Aric Almirola | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 9 |
| 3 | 20 | Brandon Jones | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 8 |
| 4 | 7 | Justin Allgaier | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 7 |
| 5 | 39 | Ryan Sieg | RSS Racing | Ford | 6 |
| 6 | 9 | Ross Chastain (i) | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 0 |
| 7 | 2 | Jesse Love | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 4 |
| 8 | 00 | Sheldon Creed | Haas Factory Team | Ford | 3 |
| 9 | 18 | William Sawalich (R) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 2 |
| 10 | 21 | Austin Hill | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 1 |
Stage 3 Laps: 44*
| Fin[16] | St | # | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 88 | Connor Zilisch (R) | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 134 | 77 | Running | 57 |
| 2 | 6 | 19 | Aric Almirola | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 134 | 0 | Running | 53 |
| 3 | 4 | 20 | Brandon Jones | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 134 | 5 | Running | 51 |
| 4 | 7 | 7 | Justin Allgaier | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 134 | 0 | Running | 44 |
| 5 | 12 | 2 | Jesse Love | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 134 | 0 | Running | 38 |
| 6 | 19 | 39 | Ryan Sieg | RSS Racing | Ford | 134 | 0 | Running | 37 |
| 7 | 1 | 54 | Taylor Gray (R) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 134 | 49 | Running | 40 |
| 8 | 11 | 00 | Sheldon Creed | Haas Factory Team | Ford | 134 | 0 | Running | 33 |
| 9 | 8 | 18 | William Sawalich (R) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 134 | 0 | Running | 33 |
| 10 | 31 | 16 | Christian Eckes (R) | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 134 | 0 | Running | 27 |
| 11 | 9 | 25 | Harrison Burton | AM Racing | Ford | 134 | 0 | Running | 26 |
| 12 | 13 | 41 | Sam Mayer | Haas Factory Team | Ford | 134 | 0 | Running | 25 |
| 13 | 15 | 21 | Austin Hill | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 134 | 0 | Running | 25 |
| 14 | 18 | 99 | Matt DiBenedetto | Viking Motorsports | Chevrolet | 134 | 0 | Running | 23 |
| 15 | 14 | 1 | Carson Kvapil (R) | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 134 | 0 | Running | 22 |
| 16 | 20 | 26 | Dean Thompson (R) | Sam Hunt Racing | Toyota | 134 | 0 | Running | 21 |
| 17 | 21 | 17 | Jake Finch | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 134 | 0 | Running | 20 |
| 18 | 32 | 24 | Ryan Truex | Sam Hunt Racing | Toyota | 134 | 0 | Running | 19 |
| 19 | 27 | 4 | Parker Retzlaff | Alpha Prime Racing | Chevrolet | 134 | 0 | Running | 18 |
| 20 | 10 | 27 | Jeb Burton | Jordan Anderson Racing | Chevrolet | 134 | 0 | Running | 17 |
| 21 | 30 | 10 | Daniel Dye (R) | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 134 | 0 | Running | 16 |
| 22 | 16 | 32 | Rajah Caruth (i) | Jordan Anderson Racing | Chevrolet | 134 | 0 | Running | 0 |
| 23 | 26 | 42 | Anthony Alfredo | Young's Motorsports | Chevrolet | 134 | 0 | Running | 14 |
| 24 | 17 | 8 | Sammy Smith | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 134 | 0 | Running | 13 |
| 25 | 23 | 44 | Brennan Poole | Alpha Prime Racing | Chevrolet | 134 | 0 | Running | 12 |
| 26 | 28 | 51 | Jeremy Clements | Jeremy Clements Racing | Chevrolet | 134 | 0 | Running | 11 |
| 27 | 29 | 11 | Josh Williams | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 134 | 0 | Running | 10 |
| 28 | 22 | 45 | Lavar Scott | Alpha Prime Racing | Chevrolet | 134 | 0 | Running | 9 |
| 29 | 25 | 70 | Leland Honeyman | Cope Family Racing | Chevrolet | 133 | 0 | Running | 8 |
| 30 | 34 | 71 | Ryan Ellis | DGM Racing | Chevrolet | 131 | 0 | Running | 7 |
| 31 | 36 | 5 | Kaz Grala (i) | Our Motorsports | Chevrolet | 131 | 0 | Running | 0 |
| 32 | 24 | 31 | Blaine Perkins | Jordan Anderson Racing | Chevrolet | 131 | 0 | Running | 5 |
| 33 | 38 | 07 | Nick Leitz | SS-Green Light Racing | Chevrolet | 131 | 0 | Running | 4 |
| 34 | 33 | 91 | Josh Bilicki | DGM Racing | Chevrolet | 131 | 0 | Running | 3 |
| 35 | 37 | 14 | Garrett Smithley | SS-Green Light Racing | Chevrolet | 131 | 0 | Running | 2 |
| 36 | 35 | 28 | Kyle Sieg | RSS Racing | Ford | 131 | 3 | Running | 1 |
| 37 | 2 | 48 | Nick Sanchez (R) | Big Machine Racing | Chevrolet | 107 | 0 | Steering | 6 |
| 38 | 5 | 9 | Ross Chastain (i) | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 106 | 0 | Rear Gear | 0 |
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Standings after the race
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- ^ Srigley, Joseph (July 18, 2025). "Our Motorsports to Cease Operations Following Dover". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved July 19, 2025.
- ^ Srigley, Joseph (July 15, 2025). "Kris Wright, Our Motorsports Agree to Part Ways". TobyChristie.com. Retrieved July 19, 2025.
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