May 31, 2025 | By Holly Cain, NASCAR Wire Service

Justin Allgaier Showcases Dominance in Nashville Victory

LEBANON, Tenn.—Justin Allgaier joked before the start of Saturday’s Tennessee Lottery 250 that he needed to win his second NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Nashville Superspeedway so he could earn another guitar trophy and have one for each of his two young daughters.

Hours later, his dominant work in the race was indeed sweet music for his title hopes. For the second time in his career, the veteran Allgaier swept both in-race stages and went on to claim victory at the 1.33-mile concrete oval – his third win of the 2025 season.

The reigning series champion had to hold off his 18-year-old rookie JR Motorsports teammate, Connor Zilisch in the closing laps, however, before ultimately driving his No. 7 Chevrolet to the win by a slight 1.289-seconds.

The two had been separated by less than half a second for much of the closing 20 laps before lapped traffic helped the Allgaier pull away in the longest green flag run – 48 laps. In all he led a race high 101 of the race’s 188-laps.

“These guys right here, they deserve this one more than anything,’’ Allgaier, 39, said, shaking hands with his JR Motorsports crew as members came up to congratulate him. “I screwed them over last week [at Charlotte] by making a [wrong] pit call with an equally as good car. But this time it was Chevrolet, which was absolutely unreal. [His wife] Ashley and the kids are here and it’s so cool to get a win here at Nashville. The fans here are incredible. This place is special to me.
“I said before the race I really wanted to get a second guitar so both kids would have a guitar. So they can fight over them. I’m really proud of JR Motorsports.”

You’d be hard-pressed to tell it was actually Zilisch’s first ever race at the concrete Nashville oval. He earned points in both stages, had good pit stops, and moved up through the field and into the top five by lap 70. He led 18 laps but his run out front was interrupted by a caution with 53 laps remaining. Allgaier took the lead in a three-wide battle up front on the ensuing restart with 48 to go and never looked back.

“I thought I might be able to get back by him, but clean air is everything and the first 20 laps of a run if you had clean air you’d prevail on a long run, just keeping your stuff cooler and not having to run as hard,’’ Zilisch said. “Congrats to Justin. He did a really good job executing on that restart. It’s the second week in a row I’ve finished second because of a re-start. It’s frustrating.

“I’m really happy with the progress we’re making and being frustrated with second [place] is a good thing,’’ he added with a smile.

Haas Factory Team’s Sam Mayer’s No. 41 Ford finished third, just in front of his teammate Sheldon Creed in the No. 00 Ford and a third JR Motorsports Chevy, driven by last week’s NASCAR Cup Series race winner, Ross Chastain.

Aric Almirola, Austin Hill, Jesse Love and rookie Carson Kvapil and Sammy Smith rounded out the top 10.

It marks the first win for a full-time Xfinity Series driver in the last three races and extends Allgaier’s points lead over Richard Childress Racing’s Hill to 92 points.
The NASCAR Xfinity Series has a rare off-week coming up before returning to competition Saturday, June 14 (4:30 p.m. ET, The CW, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) in the Chilango 150 at Mexico City’s famed Autodromo Hermanos Rodriquez.


NASCAR Xfinity Series Race Number 14
Race Results for the Tennessee Lottery 250 - Saturday, May 31, 2025
Nashville Superspeedway - Nashville, TN - 1.33 - Mile Concrete

Total Race Length - 188 Laps - 250.04 Miles

Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Sunday, 6/1/2025 @ 12:25 AM Eastern

Fin Str Car Driver Team Laps Stage 1 Pos Stage 2 Pos Pts Status Tms Laps Playoff Pts
1 4 7 Justin Allgaier Hellmann's Chevrolet 188 1 1 61 Running 3 101 7
2 10 88 Connor Zilisch # Blues Hog Chevrolet 188 9 4 44 Running 1 18
3 3 41 Sam Mayer Audibel Ford 188 6 6 44 Running  
4 5 00 Sheldon Creed Ollie's Ford 188 5 2 48 Running 1 25
5 9 9 Ross Chastain(i) Acceptance Insurance Chevrolet 188  5 0 Running  
6 8 19 Aric Almirola Young Life Toyota 188 10 3 40 Running  
7 2 21 Austin Hill Bennett Transportation Chevrolet 188 4 7 41 Running  
8 15 2 Jesse Love Titan Chevrolet 188   29 Running  
9 6 1 Carson Kvapil # Bass Pro Shops/Clarience Tech Chevrolet 188 7 8 35 Running  
10 14 8 Sammy Smith Pilot Chevrolet 188   27 Running  
11 21 17 Corey Day HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 188   26 Running  
12 17 25 Harrison Burton DEX Imaging Ford 188   25 Running  
13 13 20 Brandon Jones Menards/Charbroil Toyota 188 8  27 Running 1 3
14 7 48 Nick Sanchez # Pickers Vodka Chevrolet 188   23 Running  
15 16 27 Jeb Burton Hawkins Homes/Screaming Eagle Chevrolet 188   22 Running  
16 31 44 Brennan Poole Macc Doors/Ez-Lift Garage Door Chevrolet 188   21 Running  
17 26 11 Josh Williams Alloy Employer Services Chevrolet 188   20 Running  
18 18 51 Jeremy Clements All South Electric Chevrolet 188 2  28 Running 1 1
19 34 24 Jeffrey Earnhardt K9 Grass Toyota 188   18 Running  
20 30 70 Thomas Annunziata Bayshore Mortgage Chevrolet 187   17 Running  
21 11 39 Ryan Sieg Sci Aps Ford 187   16 Running  
22 36 91 Myatt Snider Tree Top Chevrolet 187   15 Running  
23 37 14 Logan Bearden T3 Vodka Chevrolet 187   14 Running  
24 38 45 Mason Massey Brunt Chevrolet 187   13 Running  
25 24 54 Taylor Gray # Operation 300 Toyota 187  10 13 Running  
26 28 28 Kyle Sieg Shannon Speck's Electric Ford 187   11 Running  
27 33 07 Nick Leitz Doobie Chevrolet 187   10 Running  
28 32 53 Mason Maggio Flitz Polish Ford 187   9 Running  
29 23 42 Anthony Alfredo Dude Wipes Chevrolet 187   8 Running  
30 27 31 Blaine Perkins WERNER Chevrolet 187   7 Running  
31 35 5 Kris Wright First National Bank Corp Chevrolet 187   6 Running  
32 22 99 Matt DiBenedetto Sci Aps Chevrolet 186 3  13 Running  
33 20 26 Dean Thompson # MCM Transportation Toyota 184   4 Running  
34 1 18 William Sawalich # Starkey Toyota 163   3 Engine 1 37
35 12 16 Christian Eckes # Celsius Chevrolet 98  9 4 Accident  
36 25 71 Ryan Ellis Tablo TV/Rich Mar Florist Chevrolet 98   1 Accident  
37 29 4 Parker Retzlaff Dove MenCare Chevrolet 35   1 Accident  
38 19 10 Daniel Dye # Race to Stop Suicide Chevrolet 188   1 Running 1 3

Fastest Lap Bonus:  # lap 55 / 30.792
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Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 15 Mins, 9 Secs. Average Speed: 111.006 MPH Margin of Victory: 1.289 Seconds

Stage 1 Top 10: 7, 51, 99, 21, 00, 41, 1, 20, 88, 19
Stage 2 Top 10: 7, 00, 19, 88, 9, 41, 21, 1, 16, 54

Race Comments: Justin Allgaier has won the Tennessee Lottery 250 at Nashville Superspeedway, his 28th career victory in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. No cars started at the rear prior to the start of the race.

Failed to Qualify: (2) 35 Glen Reen, 32 Katherine Legge(i).

Caution Flags: 6 for 39 laps; Laps: 37-41 (No. 4, 28 Incident Turn 4 [07]); 46-53 (No. 17 Spin Turn 2 / Stage 1 Conclusion [None]); 62-65 (No. 31 Incident Frontstretch [None]); 92-98 (Stage 2 Conclusion [None]); 100-109 (No. 5, 11, 16, 18, 20, 28, 42, 71 Incident Frontstretch [None]); 136-140 (No. 8, 18 Incident Backstretch [31]).

Lead Changes: 8 among 7 drivers; W. Sawalich # 1-37; J. Allgaier 38; D. Dye # 39-41; J. Clements 42; J. Allgaier 43-94; S. Creed 95-119; C. Zilisch # 120-137; B. Jones 138-140; J. Allgaier 141-188.

(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series

Next Race: June 14, 2025 - Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez

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NASCAR Xfinity Series Points Report
Nashville Superspeedway
Tennessee Lottery 250

UNOFFICIAL Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Sunday, 6/1/2025 @ 12:30 AM Eastern UNOFFICIAL

Rank Driver Car Starts GL Points Ldr Nxt Race Wins Stage Wins Playoff Pts
1. Justin Allgaier 7 14 0 583 0 0 3 6 21
2. Austin Hill 21 14 0 491 -92 92 3 6 21
3. Sam Mayer 41 14 0 473 -110 18 0 1 1
4. Jesse Love 2 14 0 432 -151 41 1 1 6
5. Connor Zilisch # 88 13 1 395 -188 37 1 2 7
6. Sheldon Creed 00 14 4 381 -202 14 0 0 0
7. Carson Kvapil # 1 14 1 380 -203 1 0 0 0
8. Brandon Jones 20 14 -3 379 -204 1 1 0 5
9. Jeb Burton 27 14 0 365 -218 14 0 0 0
10. Ryan Sieg 39 14 -3 365 -218 0 0 0 0
11. Harrison Burton 25 14 0 348 -235 17 0 2 2
12. Nick Sanchez # 48 14 0 343 -240 5 0 1 1
13. Sammy Smith 8 14 0 340 -243 3 1 1 6
14. Taylor Gray # 54 14 0 316 -267 24 0 0 0
15. Daniel Dye # 10 14 0 300 -283 16 0 0 0
16. Dean Thompson # 26 14 0 285 -298 15 0 1 1
17. Brennan Poole 44 14 1 274 -309 11 0 0 0
18. Christian Eckes # 16 14 -1 270 -313 4 0 0 0
19. Jeremy Clements 51 14 1 264 -319 6 0 0 0
20. Josh Williams 11 14 -1 258 -325 6 0 0 0
21. Aric Almirola 19 6 2 238 -345 20 1 1 0
22. Anthony Alfredo 42 14 -1 232 -351 6 0 0 0
23. Parker Retzlaff 4 13 -1 211 -372 21 0 0 0
24. Matt DiBenedetto 99 14 2 195 -388 16 0 0 -5
25. William Sawalich # 18 14 -1 195 -388 0 0 0 0
26. Ryan Ellis 71 14 -1 191 -392 4 0 0 0
27. Blaine Perkins 31 14 0 187 -396 4 0 0 0
28. Kyle Sieg 28 14 0 180 -403 7 0 0 0
29. Kris Wright 5 14 0 135 -448 45 0 0 0
30. Garrett Smithley  11 0 111 -472 24 0 0 0
31. Josh Bilicki  8 0 110 -473 1 0 0 0
32. Leland Honeyman  8 0 97 -486 13 0 0 0
33. Joey Gase  7 0 87 -496 10 0 0 0
34. Mason Massey 45 7 0 74 -509 13 0 0 0
35. Corey Day 17 3 3 66 -517 8 0 0 0
36. Nick Leitz 07 6 0 60 -523 6 0 0 0
37. Mason Maggio 53 7 0 56 -527 4 0 0 0
38. Justin Bonsignore  4 -3 54 -529 2 0 0 0
39. Thomas Annunziata 70 5 4 43 -540 11 0 0 0
40. Greg Van Alst  8 -1 33 -550 10 0 0 0
41. Caesar Bacarella  2 -1 31 -552 2 0 0 0
42. Jordan Anderson  1 -1 30 -553 1 0 0 0
43. Alex Labbe  2 -1 30 -553 0 0 0 0
44. Myatt Snider 91 3 9 26 -557 4 0 0 0
45. Brad Perez  3 -1 25 -558 1 0 0 0
46. Cj Mclaughlin  3 -1 24 -559 1 0 0 0
47. Kasey Kahne  1 -1 23 -560 1 0 0 0
48. Jeffrey Earnhardt 24 2 8 23 -560 0 0 0 0
49. Patrick Staropoli  1 -2 21 -562 2 0 0 0
50. Ryan Truex  1 -2 20 -563 1 0 0 0
51. Jesse Iwuji  1 -2 17 -566 3 0 0 0
52. Logan Bearden 14 1 -52 14 -569 3 0 0 0
53. Vicente Salas  1 -3 13 -570 1 0 0 0
54. Carson Ware  2 -3 12 -571 1 0 0 0
55. David Starr  1 -3 11 -572 1 0 0 0
56. Jj Yeley  1 -2 9 -574 2 0 0 0
57. Dawson Cram  2 -2 7 -576 2 0 0 0
58. Sage Karam  1 -1 5 -578 2 0 0 0
59. Preston Pardus  1 -1 1 -582 4 0 0 0
60. Baltazar Leguizam?n  1 -1 1 -582 0 0 0 0
61. Kyle Larson(i)  3 -1 0 -583 1 2 2 0
62. William Byron(i)  2 -1 0 -583 0 1 3 0
63. Alex Bowman(i)  1 -1 0 -583 0 0 1 0
64. Chase Elliott(i)  1 -1 0 -583 0 0 0 0
65. Riley Herbst(i)  2 -1 0 -583 0 0 0 0
66. Ross Chastain(i) 9 3 -1 0 -583 0 0 0 0
67. Corey Heim(i)  3 -1 0 -583 0 0 0 0
68. Patrick Emerling(i)  5 -1 0 -583 0 0 0 0
69. Austin Dillon(i)  1 -1 0 -583 0 0 0 0
70. Chase Briscoe(i)  1 -1 0 -583 0 0 0 0
71. Christopher Bell(i)  1 -1 0 -583 0 0 0 0
72. Katherine Legge(i)  4 -1 0 -583 0 0 0 0
73. Carson Hocevar(i)  1 -1 0 -583 0 0 0 0
74. Tyler Tomassi  0 -1 0 -583 0 0 0 0
75. Glen Reen  0 -75 0 -583 0 0 0 0
76. Jake Garcia(i)  0 -2 0 -583 0 0 0 0
77. Austin Green  3 -2 -1 -584 1 0 0 -5

-Ldr/-Nxt = Points behind Leader/Next higher, (i) Ineligible for driver points in this series