2025 Pennzoil 250
| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 21 of 33 of the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series | |||
| Date | July 26, 2025 | ||
| Official name | 14th Annual Pennzoil 250 | ||
| Location | Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 2.5 miles (4.0 km) | ||
| Distance | 100 laps, 250 mi (400 km) | ||
| Scheduled distance | 100 laps, 250 mi (400 km) | ||
| Average speed | 104.907 mph (168.831 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Haas Factory Team | ||
| Time | 54.014 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Justin Allgaier | JR Motorsports | |
| Laps | 37 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 88 | Connor Zilisch | JR Motorsports | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | The CW | ||
| Announcers | Adam Alexander, Parker Kligerman, and Jamie McMurray | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | IMS | ||
The 2025 Pennzoil 250 was the 21st stock car race of the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series, and the 14th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, July 26, 2025, at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) permanent square-shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 100 laps to complete.
In a wild race with late controversy, Connor Zilisch, driving for JR Motorsports, would make a late pass on Taylor Gray for the lead with two laps to go, and held off Sam Mayer on the final lap to earn his sixth career NASCAR Xfinity Series win, his fifth of the season, and his third consecutive win. This was also the 100th victory for JR Motorsports in the Xfinity Series. Mayer finished in second, followed by Gray in third, with Kyle Larson and Ryan Sieg rounding out the top five.
Throughout the late stages of the race, controversy ensured after an incident involving Austin Hill and Aric Almirola. With five laps to go, Almirola rebounded from a bad pit stop and made his way back into the top five. Coming out of turn three, Almirola bumped into the back of Hill, getting him loose and sending him up the track. As Hill corrected himself, he came down onto the track, hooking Almirola in his right-rear quarter panel, sending him head-on into the outside wall. Almirola was evaluated and released from the infield care center, and described it as "one of the hardest hits he's taken in his NASCAR career." Hill was eventually given a five-lap penalty from NASCAR for reckless driving, he was credited with a 34th-place finish, five laps down.