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, and the 44th iteration of the

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. The race was held on Saturday, May 24, 2025, in

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, a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) permanent asphalt tri-oval shaped intermediate speedway. The race was originally scheduled to be contested over 200 laps, but was increased to 205 due to an overtime finish. In a wreck-filled race that occurred in the final stage, William Byron, driving for

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, would survive numerous late-race restarts and took advantage of newer tires, making a late race pass on

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with two laps to go to earn his fifth career

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win, and his first of the season. Byron dominated the early stages of the race, winning both stages and leading 71 laps, while Allgaier dominated the final portion, leading a race-high 103 laps. To fill out the podium,

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, driving for

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, and

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, driving for

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, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

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, who originally finished in 5th, was disqualified after post-race inspection after failing to meet minimum weight requirements and was credited with a 38th place finish.

Report

Background

The race will be held at

, located in

. The speedway complex includes a quad-oval track that was utilized for the race, as well as a

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and a dirt track. The speedway was built in 1959 by

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and is considered the home track for NASCAR with many race teams based in the

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. The track is owned and operated by

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Inc. (SMI) with

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serving as track president.

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, May 24, at 11:05 AM EST.

, driving for

, would set the fastest time between both sessions, with a lap of 30.462, and a speed of .

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Saturday, May 24, at 12:10 PM EST. Since

is an intermediate racetrack, the qualifying procedure used is a single-car, one-lap system with one round. Drivers will be on track by themselves and will have one lap to post a qualifying time, and whoever sets the fastest time will win the pole.

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, driving for

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, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 30.598, and a speed of . Two drivers failed to qualify:

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and

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Qualifying results

Race results

Stage 1 ''Laps: 45'' Stage 2 ''Laps: 45'' Stage 3 ''Laps: 115''

Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings ;Manufacturers' Championship standings *Note: Only the first 12 positions are included for the driver standings.

References

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