Eighteen-year-old Connor Zilisch took the lead during the Stage 1 caution and never surrendered it, winning Saturday’s rain-shortened NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Dover Motor Speedway. The JR Motorsports driver earned his second consecutive victory and a series-best fourth in the 2025 season.
Rain closed in on the Dover, Delaware area around 6:10 p.m. ET and NASCAR officials red-flagged the BetRivers 200 with 134 of 200 laps complete. The race was already deemed official after Stage 2 at Lap 90.
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Former Cup Series winner Aric Almirola finished second, while Brandon Jones, Justin Allgaier — who came from the rear — and Jesse Love completed the top five. Ryan Sieg, polesitter Taylor Gray, Sheldon Creed, William Sawalich and Christian Eckes completed the top 10.
Gray won Stage 1 wire-to-wire, but after a slow pit stop as a hose got stuck underneath his No. 54 car, he lost 14 spots and he could never get back out front.
Cup Series regular Ross Chastain and EchoPark Speedway (formerly Atlanta Motor Speedway) winner Nick Sanchez both went behind the wall early in the final stage with mechanical issues, derailing potential top-10 efforts.
The Xfinity Series travels to Indianapolis Motor Speedway next Saturday for the Pennzoil 250 (4:30 p.m. ET, The CW, IMS Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
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