NASCAR playoff picture, Xfinity Series points standings
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Brenden 'Butterbean' Queen is having quite the year in his emerging stock car racing career. The 27-year-old recently won the 2025 ARCA Menards Series championship, ending the 20-race season with eight wins, 17 top fives, and 17 top tens. He bested Lavar Scott by 106 points in the final standings.
The Xfinity drivers have been changing teams like the changing seasons. Sheldon Creed, one of the 8 drivers heading into the playoffs, had already packed his bags from Toyota after racing for Joe Gibbs Racing at the end of the 2024 season and has settled in comfortably with a Ford team,
Brenden Queen, the 2025 ARCA Menards Series champion, has been tapped to drive the No. 11 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet in the final three Xfinity races of the year.
NASCAR Cup Series driver Joey Logano is seeking his fifth win at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, which would set him up to win his fourth Cup Series title.
Aric Almirola held on against Connor Zilisch, collecting his tenth career win and his third of the 2025 season. The ex-Cup driver took the lead after Zilisch was chasing a loose race car and bobbled in Turn 2,
FOX Sports’ Bob Pockrass stirred up debate ahead of Saturday’s Focused Health 302 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, picking Austin Hill as his favorite to win.
NASCAR plans to remind all teams this week to be careful about what they say about the points situation on the radio with their driver during a race.
Focusing on just the Xfinity Series, Aric Almirola is the top-ranked part-time driver. The now-retired Cup star is third on the list with an overall rating of 97. Ross Chastain is the only other part-time NXS driver inside the top ten.