For only the second Sunday since the start of the 2025 season, the NASCAR Cup Series is off on June 29.
The Cup Series raced on a Saturday night for the first time this year in the Quaker State 400 at EchoPark Speedway, with Chase Elliott claiming the victory with a last-lap pass of Brad Keselowski.
There are three more Saturday races remaining on the Cup Series schedule — Richmond, the annual regular season finale at Daytona and the Bristol night race.
Eight regular season races remain on the Cup Series schedule, starting with the Chicago Street Course next Sunday, July 6.
The Xfinity Series (June 27 at Atlanta, won by Nick Sanchez) and Craftsman Truck Series (June 28 at Lime Rock Park, won by Corey Heim) have also already competed this weekend.
No. The Cup Series ran the Quaker State 400 at Atlanta on June 28.
It was an eventful Saturday evening in central Georgia.
A 21-car wreck early in Stage 2 knocked out several contenders, including Denny Hamlin, William Byron, Joey Logano, Ross Chastain and others. Kyle Larson and Kyle Busch were among the drivers who continued on but could not keep pace with the leaders.
Chris Buescher, Tyler Reddick, Alex Bowman, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Keselowski and Elliott were the main players in the final 20 laps, though Keselowski took control with a couple laps to go.
But Elliott, being pushed by teammate Bowman, passed Keselowski through turns 1 and 2 on the final lap. Bowman elected to battle Keselowski for second instead of possibly pushing the No. 6 Ford to Elliott, and the Georgia native claimed the victory.
Elliott is now locked into the NASCAR playoffs with his first win of the year and within striking distance of William Byron for the regular-season points lead, while Keselowski was left with a rather empty runner-up finish.
Recap | Results | Points standings | Winners and losers | In-season tournament first round results | The big one
All times Central.
- Feb. 2: Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray, Bowman Gray Stadium (Winner: Chase Elliott) Non-points
- Feb. 13: Duels at Daytona qualifying races, Daytona International Speedway (Winners: Bubba Wallace and Austin Cindric)
- Feb. 16: Daytona 500, Daytona International Speedway (Winner: William Byron)
- Feb. 23: Ambetter Health 400, Atlanta Motor Speedway (Winner: Christopher Bell)
- March 2: EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix, Circuit of the Americas (Winner: Christopher Bell)
- March 9: Shriners Children’s 500, Phoenix Raceway (Winner: Christopher Bell)
- March 16: Pennzoil 400, Las Vegas Motor Speedway (Winner: Josh Berry)
- March 23: Straight Talk Wireless 400, Homestead-Miami Speedway (Winner: Kyle Larson)
- March 30: Cook Out 400, Martinsville Speedway (Winner: Denny Hamlin)
- April 6: Goodyear 400, Darlington Raceway (Winner: Denny Hamlin)
- April 13: Food City 500, Bristol Motor Speedway (Winner: Kyle Larson)
- April 20: OPEN WEEKEND
- April 27: Jack Link’s 500, Talladega Superspeedway (Winner: Austin Cindric)
- May 4: Wurth 400, Texas Motor Speedway (Winner: Joey Logano)
- May 11: AdventHealth 400, Kansas Speedway (Winner: Kyle Larson)
- May 18: NASCAR All-Star Open, North Wilkesboro Speedway (Winner: Carson Hocevar) Non-points
- May 18: NASCAR All-Star Race, North Wilkesboro Speedway (Winner: Christopher Bell) Non-points
- May 25: Coca-Cola 600, Charlotte Motor Speedway (Winner: Ross Chastain)
- June 1: Cracker Barrel 400, Nashville Superspeedway (Winner: Ryan Blaney)
- June 8: FireKeepers Casino 400, Michigan International Speedway (Winner: Denny Hamlin)
- June 15: NASCAR Cup Series Race at Mexico City, Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez (Winner: Shane van Gisbergen)
- June 22: The Great American Getaway 400, Pocono Raceway (Winner: Chase Briscoe)
- June 28: Quaker State 400, Atlanta Motor Speedway (Winner: Chase Elliott)
- July 6: Grant Park 165, Chicago street course (1 p.m., TNT and MAX)
- July 13: Toyota/Save Mart 350, Sonoma Raceway (2:30 p.m., TNT and MAX)
- July 20: Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400, Dover Motor Speedway (1 p.m., TNT and MAX)
- July 27: Brickyard 400, Indianapolis Motor Speedway (1 p.m., TNT and MAX)
- Aug. 3: Iowa Corn 350, Iowa Speedway (2:30 p.m., USA Network)
- Aug. 10: Go Bowling at The Glen, Watkins Glen International (1 p.m., USA Network)
- Aug. 16: Cook Out 400, Richmond Raceway (6:30 p.m., USA Network)
- Aug. 23: Coke Zero Sugar 400, Daytona International Speedway (1 p.m., NBC) Regular season finale
- Aug. 31: Southern 500, Darlington Raceway (5 p.m., USA Network) Round of 16
- Sept. 7: Enjoy Illinois 300, World Wide Technology Raceway (2 p.m., USA Network) Round of 16
- Sept. 13: Bass Pro Shops Night Race, Bristol Motor Speedway (6:30 p.m., USA Network) Round of 16
- Sept. 21: NASCAR Cup Series Race at New Hampshire, New Hampshire Motor Speedway (1 p.m., USA Network) Round of 12
- Sept. 28: Hollywood Casino 400, Kansas Speedway (2 p.m., USA Network) Round of 12
- Oct. 5: Bank of America Roval 400, Charlotte Motor Speedway road course (2 p.m., USA Network) Round of 12
- Oct. 12: South Point 400, Las Vegas Motor Speedway (4:30 p.m., USA Network) Round of 8
- Oct. 19: YellaWood 500, Talladega Superspeedway (1 p.m., NBC) Round of 8
- Oct. 26: Xfinity 500, Martinsville Speedway (1 p.m., NBC) Round of 8
- Nov. 2: NASCAR Cup Series Championship race, Phoenix Raceway (2 p.m., NBC)
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