Brandon Jones gets his third Xfinity Series win at Kansas Speedway
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KANSAS CITY, Kansas—With a flawlessly executed race from start to finish, Brandon Jones preserved his bragging rights at Kansas Speedway, winning Saturday’s Kansas Lottery 300 NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoff event.
The only driver in the field to have won a previous Xfinity race at the 1.5-mile intermediate track, Jones pulled away during the final 38-lap green-flag and beat runner-up rookie sensation Connor Zilisch to the finish line by 2.787 seconds.
With the victory, his second of the season, his third at Kansas and the seventh of his career, Jones claimed a berth in the Playoff’s Round of 8. Zilisch and defending series champion Justin Allgaier also advanced to the next round on points.
“That was exactly like how we needed that to go down,” said Jones, who started from the pole, led 54 of 200 laps and finished second in each of the first two stages. “Two really solid stages—no mistakes. The entire day was so well executed. That’s probably by far in my career my most well-executed race.
“I’m so proud of these guys (his No.20 Joe Gibbs Racing team). We worked so hard all week to get here and put a race like this together.”
Allgaier and Sam Mayer stayed out on 15-lap older tires during the fourth and final caution of the afternoon, hoping for a subsequent caution that would allow them to use their final set of Goodyears. But the caution never came, and Allgaier and Mayer finished 13thand 16th, respectively.
Allgaier, who won the first two stages and led a race-high 79 laps, didn’t have a problem with crew chief Jim Pohlman’s strategic call.
“They work for you sometimes, they don’t some other times,” Allgaier said. “Disappointed… our (No. 7 JR Motorsports) Chevrolet was really good.”
Though the handling of his No. 88 Chevrolet wasn’t precisely to his liking, Zilisch scored his 16th straight top-five result, breaking a tie with Sam Ard (1983) for the series record.
“I didn’t feel like our car was winning-capable, except at a point there in stage three, I thought we had a chance at it,” said Zilisch, who led 42 laps. “We’ll look at it and see what we could have done better. We were just kind of throwing Hail Marys at it all day and trying to make one stick—but it didn’t stick.”
Austin Hill finished third, followed by fellow Playoff drivers Sammy Smith, Sheldon Creed, Taylor Gray, Jesse Love and Nick Sanchez.
Next Saturday’s final Round of 12 race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course has the makings of an intense battle for the final positions in the Round of 8. Love, the last driver above the current elimination line, leads Sanchez by five points, Hill by seven, Harrison Burton (20th Saturday after starting from the rear) by eight and Smith by 14.
Mayer, highest in the standings of the drivers not yet locked into the Round of 8, has a 38-point cushion entering the final event in the round, the Blue Cross NC 250 (5 p.m. ET, Oct. 4 on CW, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
Contact from Sanchez’s No. 48 Chevrolet knocked the No.19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota of Justin Bonsignore out of the race in 37th place and dropped that car nine points below the elimination line in the owners’ standings.
NASCAR Xfinity Series Race Number 28
Race Results for the Kansas Lottery 300 - Saturday, September 27, 2025
Kansas Speedway - Kansas City, KS - 1.5 - Mile Paved
Total Race Length - 200 Laps - 300. Miles
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Saturday, 9/27/2025 @ 06:40 PM Eastern
Fin Str Car Driver Team Laps Stage 1 Pos Stage 2 Pos Pts Status Tms Laps Playoff Pts
1 1 20 Brandon Jones (P) Menards/Spectracide Toyota 200 2 2 59 Running 5 54 5
2 7 88 Connor Zilisch # (P) Carolina Carports Chevrolet 200 4 4 49 Running 3 42
3 17 21 Austin Hill (P) Bennett Transportation Chevrolet 200 8 8 40 Running
4 14 8 Sammy Smith (P) TMC Transportation Chevrolet 200 9 5 41 Running
5 10 00 Sheldon Creed (P) Ollie's Ford 200 9 34 Running
6 2 54 Taylor Gray # (P) Operation 300 Toyota 200 5 6 42 Running 1 13
7 12 2 Jesse Love (P) Whelen Chevrolet 200 7 34 Running
8 13 48 Nick Sanchez # (P) Caroline Jones No Tellin Chevrolet 200 29 Running 1 1
9 4 11 Brenden Queen Action Industries Chevrolet 200 6 33 Running 1 8
10 9 26 Dean Thompson # Thompson Pipe Group Toyota 200 10 7 32 Running
11 6 18 William Sawalich # Soundgear Toyota 200 26 Running
12 38 10 Daniel Dye # Fox Factory Vehicles Chevrolet 200 25 Running
13 5 7 Justin Allgaier (P) BRANDT Chevrolet 200 1 1 44 Running 4 79 2
14 20 16 Christian Eckes # Celsius Chevrolet 200 23 Running 1 3
15 19 1 Carson Kvapil # (P) Bass Pro Shops/Clarience Tech Chevrolet 200 22 Running
16 3 41 Sam Mayer (P) Audibel Ford 200 3 3 37 Running
17 24 28 Kyle Sieg Audio Visions Ford 200 20 Running
18 8 17 Rajah Caruth(i) HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 199 0 Running
19 15 39 Ryan Sieg Sci Aps Ford 199 18 Running
20 18 25 Harrison Burton (P) AirBox Ford 199 17 Running
21 27 70 Leland Honeyman Hardscape Contractors Chevrolet 199 16 Running
22 11 24 Patrick Staropoli Syrovre Toyota 199 15 Running
23 21 99 Matt DiBenedetto CW Law & Order Toronto Chevrolet 199 14 Running
24 36 91 Josh Williams Star Tron Chevrolet 199 13 Running
25 22 42 Anthony Alfredo Dude Wipes Chevrolet 199 12 Running
26 34 71 Ryan Ellis Tablo Chevrolet 198 11 Running
27 23 4 Parker Retzlaff Oxi Clean Chevrolet 198 10 Running
28 29 44 Brennan Poole Macc Door Systems Chevrolet 198 9 Running
29 31 32 Austin Green Overplay Chevrolet 198 8 Running
30 26 27 Jeb Burton BG Products Chevrolet 198 7 Running
31 30 45 Mason Massey Brunt Chevrolet 197 6 Running
32 25 51 Jeremy Clements Alliance Driveway Solutions Chevrolet 197 5 Running
33 33 53 Joey Gase NFPA Chevrolet 196 4 Running
34 37 14 Garrett Smithley ThermoTech Chevrolet 195 3 Running
35 32 76 Kole Raz Cyclum Next Gen Travel Centers Ford 195 2 Running
36 28 31 Blaine Perkins easycare Chevrolet 195 1 Running
37 16 19 Justin Bonsignore (P) M3 Technology Toyota 154 10 2 Accident
38 35 07 Nick Leitz Motoplex of Nebraska Chevrolet 140 1 Running
Fastest Lap Bonus: # 20 lap 164 / 31.915
Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 20 Mins, 38 Secs. Average Speed: 127.992 MPH Margin of Victory: 2.787 Seconds
Stage 1 Top 10: 7, 20, 41, 88, 54, 11, 2, 21, 8, 26
Stage 2 Top 10: 7, 20, 41, 88, 8, 54, 26, 21, 00, 19
Race Comments: Brandon Jones has won the Kansas Lottery 300 at Kansas Speedway, his seventh victory in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. Prior to the start of the race, the following vehicle(s) dropped to the rear of the field under penalty: Nos. 10, 14, 25 (Unapproved Adjustments).
Failed to Qualify: (1) 35 Glen Reen.
Caution Flags: 4 for 26 laps; Laps: 47-54 (Stage 1 Conclusion [31]); 59-63 (#27 Spin Turn 3 [28]); 92-98 (Stage 2 Conclusion [31]); 157-162 (#19, 48 Incident Turn 2 [16]).
Lead Changes: 16 among 7 drivers; T. Gray # (P) 1-13; J. Allgaier (P) 14-49; B. Jones (P) 50-54; J. Allgaier (P) 55-63; B. Jones (P) 64; J. Allgaier (P) 65-94; B. Jones (P) 95-98; C. Zilisch # (P) 99-137; B. Jones (P) 138-143; C. Zilisch # (P) 144-145; N. Sanchez # (P) 146; C. Eckes # 147-149; B. Queen 150-157; C. Zilisch # (P) 158; J. Allgaier (P) 159-162; B. Jones (P) 163-200.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: October 4, 2025 - Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course
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CURRENT NASCAR XFINITY SERIES PLAYOFF STANDINGS
POS NO. DRIVER MFR +/-
1 20 Brandon Jones Toyota 1 ROUND OF 12 PLAYOFF WIN - 2 TOTAL WINS
2 88 Connor Zilisch Chevrolet 9 TOTAL WINS
3 7 Justin Allgaier Chevrolet 3 TOTAL WINS
4 41 Sam Mayer Ford +43 1 TOTAL WIN
5 54 Taylor Gray Toyota +16
6 00 Sheldon Creed Ford +12
7 1 Carson Kvapil Chevrolet +9
8 2 Jesse Love Chevrolet +5
CUTOFF LINE - FOUR DRIVERS TO BE ELIMINATED AFTER THE CHARLOTTE ROVAL (OCT. 4)
9 48 Nicholas Sanchez Chevrolet -5 1 TOTAL WIN
10 21 Austin Hill Chevrolet -7 1 TOTAL WIN
11 25 Harrison Burton Ford -8 1 TOTAL WIN
12 8 Sammy Smith Chevrolet -14 1 TOTAL WIN
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