NASCAR Xfinity Series
Next Race: Pacific Office Automation 147
The Place: Portland International Raceway
Track Length: 1.967 Mile Asphalt Road Course
The Date: Saturday, August 30
The Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
The Purse: $1,651,939
TV: CW, 7 p.m. ET
Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR (Channel 90)
Distance: 147.75 miles (75 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 25),
Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 50), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 75)
Where To Watch NASCAR This Weekend:
Friday, August 29
NCTS Practice & Kennametal Pole Qualifying (FS2 at 3 p.m. ET)
Saturday, August 30
NCS Practice & Busch Light Pole Qualifying (truTV, MRN, SiriusXM at 9 a.m. ET)
NCTS Race: Sober or Slammer 200 (FS1, NRN, SiriusXM at 12 p.m. ET)
NXS Practice & Kennametal Pole Qualifying (CW App at 3 p.m. ET)
NXS Race: Pacific Office Automation 147 (CW, MRN, SiriusXM at 7:30 p.m. ET)
Sunday, August 31
NCS Race: Cook Out Southern 500 (USA, MRN, SiriusXM at 6 p.m. ET)
Portland International Raceway Storylines and Insights:
- This weekend marks the fourth running of a NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Portland International Raceway, since the inaugural race in 2022.
- Connor Zilisch won his series-leading seventh race of the season at Daytona last weekend, after relief driver Parker Kligerman got in the car on Lap 13. The first time a relief driver has won since 2007 (Aric Almirola & Denny Hamlin).
- Connor Zilisch’s seven wins this season tied Christopher Bell for most by a rookie all-time in the series.
- Connor Zilisch has won five of the last six races this season.
- Connor Zilisch’s 12 straight top fives since returning from back injury is the third-longest top-five streak all- time; Zilisch is the youngest driver with more than five straight top fives.
- Connor Zilisch won 30% of his starts, the best all-time among drivers with more than three starts.
- Sam Mayer finished top-five in the last four races, his longest ever top-five streak is five races.
- Justin Allgaier, Connor Zilisch and Sam Mayer are separated by 26 points in the Xfinity Series regular season standings; with Allgaier leading the standings by three.
- There are two races left in the 2025 Xfinity Series regular season: Portland and St. Louis.
- Four Playoff spots remain open.
- Carson Kvapil is the highest in standings without a win.
- Carson Kvapil, Sheldon Creed and Taylor Gray could clinch Playoff spots on points if they leave Portland 57 points ahead of 12th place in Playoff Standings.
- Harrison Burton gained six points to the Playoff cut line with a 16th-place finish at Daytona and now sits +36, the largest bubble gap of the season.
- Jeb Burton lost six points to the Playoff cut line at Daytona and now sits -36.
- JR Motorsports had at least one car finish inside the top-5 in a record 26 straight races.
- JR Motorsports won 14 races this season with a series-record six different drivers, all six drivers won in the last 15 races (does not include Parker Kligerman who won in relief role at Daytona).
- JR Motorsports won nine of the last 11 races this season with four different drivers.
- Portland is the sixth of seven road course races this season.
- Connor Zilisch has won four of the last seven road course races.
- Connor Zilisch’s 67% win percentage and 1.83 average finish on road courses are both best all-time.
- Connor Zilisch won four of last seven poles on road courses and won three of those races.
- Four active drivers won on road courses: Connor Zilisch (4), Sam Mayer (4), Justin Allgaier (3), Jeremy Clements (1).
- JR Motorsports won all five road course races this season with three different drivers, they also won all five poles in 2025.
- JR Motorsports won the last seven road course races dating back to last year, the longest ever streak of road course races won by a team.
- Chevrolet won the last 13 straight road course races, the longest streak of road course races won by a manufacturer.
- No past Portland Xfinity Series winner will be in the race this weekend: AJ Allmendinger, Cole Custer, Shane van Gisbergen.
- Justin Allgaier is the only driver to finish inside the top-10 in all three Portland races.
- The pass for the win occurred on a restart in the final four laps in all three Portland races.
- Justin Allgaier was passed for the win in each of the last two Portland races.
- 2024 Supercars champion Will Brown will make Xfinity Series debut in Kaulig Racing #11, he has two Cup starts.
- Supercars veteran Jack Perkins will make second career start in Joe Gibbs Racing’s #19, he finished 32nd in his debut at Chicago in July.
- Rolex 24 at Daytona winner Joey Hand will make his Xfinity Series debut in RSS Racing #28.
- Connor Zilisch leads the series with seven wins, 13 top fives, a 9.1 average finish and five poles this season.
- Justin Allgaier leads the series with 695 laps led this season.
- Jesse Love leads the series with 16 top 10s this season.
- Justin Allgaier won the Fastest Lap Award five times this season, no other driver has more than two.
- Justin Allgaier’s 28 career wins are ninth on the all-time wins list and one away from tying Matt Kenseth.
- Chevrolet led 2,868 of 3,763 laps this season (76%).
- Chevrolet won 21 of 24 races, the most all time by a manufacturer through 24 races in series history.
- Toyota is winless in the last 16 races, their longest winless streak since the first NXS win in 2007.
- JR Motorsports passed Richard Childress Racing at Daytona with 102nd career win, both teams reached 100 this season.
- Five 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 & Dale Earnhardt Jr. at Pocono.
- Daytona snapped a streak of ten straight races without an overtime finish, the longest streak without an OT since Aug-Oct 2020.
- Five races this year ended with a last lap pass.
- O’Reilly Auto Parts will replace Xfinity as title sponsor starting in 2026 becoming the fifth different title sponsor of the series.
Xfinity Series Pit Stop Procedure at Portland:
- Field will be frozen at time of caution and all cautions will be quickie yellows.
- Fuel may only be added during stage breaks
- Tires may be changed at any time
- Stage breaks will consist of a three-minute break. Three minutes will start after the last vehicle stopped in their pit stall.
- No crew members on pit road until all cars are stopped
- Cannot change tires and fuel at the same time. Tires must be changed first, then fuel may be added
- If tires are changed on green flag pit stops, must not complete stop faster than the minimum time allotted from yellow line to yellow line, 63 seconds
- If tires are clearly flat entering pit road, they may be changed without being subject to minimum time
NXS Clinch Scenarios Following Daytona International Speedway:
Already Clinched
- The following eight drivers have clinched a spot in the 12-driver postseason field: Justin Allgaier, Connor Zilisch, Sam Mayer, Jesse Love, Austin Hill, Brandon Jones, Sammy Smith, Nicholas Sanchez.
Can Clinch Via Points
- If there is a repeat winner or a win by a driver who cannot advance to the playoffs, the following drivers could clinch by being 57 points above the 4th winless driver in the standings. The same point requirements listed below would hold true if a new win comes from among Carson Kvapil, Sheldon Creed or Taylor Gray.
- Carson Kvapil: Would clinch with 29 points
- Sheldon Creed: Could only clinch with help
- Taylor Gray: Could only clinch with help
- If there is a new winner from Harrison Burton or another winless driver lower in the standings but still eligible to advance to the playoffs, the following drivers could clinch by being 57 points above the 3rd winless driver in the standings.
- Carson Kvapil: Would clinch with 56 points
- Sheldon Creed: Could only clinch with help