Starting from 7th place Car 2 Jesse Love Whelen Chevrolet won the North Carolina Education Lottery 250 presented by Black?s Tire, his 3rd win in 43 NASCAR Xfinity Series races. This is his 2nd win & 7th Top 10 finish in 2025. This is his 1st win & 1st Top 10 finish in 1 race at Rockingham Speedway. 2nd Place Car 8 Sammy Smith Pilot Chevrolet, started from 13th place posted his 1st Top 10 finish in 1 race at Rockingham Speedway. It is his 5th Top 10 finish in 2025. 3rd Place Car 4 Parker Retzlaff Scentsy Chevrolet, started from 2nd place posted his 1st Top 10 finish in one races at Rockingham Speedway.
Credit: ROCKINGHAM, NORTH CAROLINA – APRIL 19: Jesse Love, driver of the #2 Whelen Chevrolet, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series North Carolina Education Lottery 250 presented by Black’s Tire at Rockingham Speedway on April 19, 2025 in Rockingham, North Carolina. (Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images)
4th Place Car 25 Harrison Burton DEX Imaging Ford, started from 29th place followed by 5th place Car 44 Brennan Poole Macc Door Systems Chevrolet, started from 28th place. 6th Place Car 54 Rookie Taylor Gray Operation 300 Toyota, started from 15th place followed by 7th place Car 21 Austin Hill Bennett Transportation Chevrolet, started from 10th place. 8th Place Car 11 Josh Williams Alloy Employer Services Chevrolet, started from 21st place followed by 9th place Car 27 Jeb Burton CELSIUS Chevrolet, started from 22nd place. Lastly in the Top 10 was Car 10 Daniel Dye Champion Container Chevrolet, in 10th place, started 27th place. Justin Allgaier leads the point standings by 79 points over Jesse Love.
Credit: ROCKINGHAM, NORTH CAROLINA – APRIL 19: Jesse Love, driver of the #2 Whelen Chevrolet, celebrates with crew chief Danny Stockman Jr., in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series North Carolina Education Lottery 250 presented by Black’s Tire at Rockingham Speedway on April 19, 2025 in Rockingham, North Carolina. (Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images)
The race had 14 Cautions for 83 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 14 for #45 Crash on the Backstretch. 2nd Caution on lap 53 for #18, 33, 53 Crash in Turn 1. 3rd Caution on lap 62 for Stage 1 Conclusion. 4th Caution on lap 110 for #00, 19 Crash in Turn 4. 5th Caution on lap 122 for Stage 2 Conclusion. 6th Caution on lap 130 for #11, 18 Crash in Turn 4. 7th Caution on lap 139 for #35 Spin Turn 2. 8th Caution on lap 149 for #07 Crash on the Backstretch. 9th Caution on lap 159 for #19 Crash on the Backstretch. 10th Caution on lap 182 for #28, 51, 71 Crash on the Backstretch. 11th Caution on lap 228 for #31 Crash in Turn 4. 12th Caution on lap 236 for #10, 33, 91 Crash in Turn 3. 13th Caution on lap 242 for #1, 7, 16, 20, 39, 48 Crash in Turn 1 [Red Flag: 2:59]. 14th Caution on lap 249 for #27, 88 Crash in Turn 2 [Red Flag: 5:38].
Credit: ROCKINGHAM, NORTH CAROLINA – APRIL 19: Parker Retzlaff, driver of the #4 Scentsy Chevrolet, leads the field to the green flag to start the NASCAR Xfinity Series North Carolina Education Lottery 250 presented by Black’s Tire at Rockingham Speedway on April 19, 2025 in Rockingham, North Carolina. (Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images)
The race had 17 Lead Changes among 8 drivers; C. Zilisch # 0; N. Sanchez # 1-44; J. Love 45-56; N. Sanchez # 57-64; C. Kvapil # 65-102; J. Love 103; C. Kvapil # 104-112; D. Thompson # 113-123; B. Jones 124-128; J. Love 129-133; B. Jones 134; J. Love 135-160; R. Sieg 161-187; C. Eckes # 188; R. Sieg 189-238; J. Love 239-245; S. Smith 246-254; J. Love 255-256.
Credit: ROCKINGHAM, NORTH CAROLINA – APRIL 19: Kasey Kahne, driver of the #33 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, and Brandon Jones, driver of the #20 Menards/Barracuda Toyota, lead the field during the NASCAR Xfinity Series North Carolina Education Lottery 250 presented by Black’s Tire at Rockingham Speedway on April 19, 2025 in Rockingham, North Carolina. (Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images)
Stages:
Stage 1 Top 10: 48, 4, 39, 42, 27, 28, 1, 99, 51, 20
Stage 2 Top 10: 26, 27, 51, 99, 42, 20, 2, 1, 28, 54
Credit: ROCKINGHAM, NORTH CAROLINA – APRIL 19: Austin Hill, driver of the #21 Bennett Transportation Chevrolet, and Taylor Gray, driver of the #54 Operation 300 Toyota, lead the field during the NASCAR Xfinity Series North Carolina Education Lottery 250 presented by Black’s Tire at Rockingham Speedway on April 19, 2025 in Rockingham, North Carolina. (Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images)
Credit: ROCKINGHAM, NORTH CAROLINA – APRIL 19: William Sawalich, driver of the #18 Soundgear Toyota, Jesse Love, driver of the #2 Whelen Chevrolet, and Kasey Kahne, driver of the #33 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, race during the NASCAR Xfinity Series North Carolina Education Lottery 250 presented by Black’s Tire at Rockingham Speedway on April 19, 2025 in Rockingham, North Carolina. (Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images)
NASCAR Xfinity Series Race Number 10
Race Results for the North Carolina Education Lottery 250 presented by Black?s Tire – Saturday, April 19, 2025 Rockingham Speedway – Rockingham, NC – 0.94 – Mile Paved
Total Race Length – 256 Laps – 240.64 Miles
Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Saturday, 4/19/2025 @ 07:39 PM Eastern
Finish Start Car Team Laps Status
1. 7. Car 2 Jesse Love Whelen Chevrolet 256 Running
2. 13. Car 8 Sammy Smith Pilot Chevrolet 256 Running
3. 2. Car 4 Parker Retzlaff Scentsy Chevrolet 256 Running
4. 29. Car 25 Harrison Burton DEX Imaging Ford 256 Running
5. 28. Car 44 Brennan Poole Macc Door Systems Chevrolet 256 Running
6. 15. Car 54 Taylor Gray # Operation 300 Toyota 256 Running
7. 10. Car 21 Austin Hill Bennett Transportation Chevrolet 256 Running
8. 21. Car 11 Josh Williams Alloy Employer Services Chevrolet 256 Running
9. 22. Car 27 Jeb Burton CELSIUS Chevrolet 256 Running
10. 27. Car 10 Daniel Dye # Champion Container Chevrolet 256 Running
11. 16. Car 51 Jeremy Clements Harrison’s Chevrolet 256 Running
12. 18. Car 26 Dean Thompson # Thompson Pipe Group Toyota 256 Running
13. 6. Car 20 Brandon Jones Menards/Barracuda Toyota 256 Running
14. 1. Car 88 Connor Zilisch # WeatherTech Chevrolet 256 Running
15. 4. Car 33 Kasey Kahne HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 256 Running
16. 34. Car 42 Anthony Alfredo Randco Chevrolet 256 Running
17. 25. Car 1 Carson Kvapil # Bass Pro Shops/Clarience Tech Chevrolet 256 Running
18. 26. Car 91 Josh Bilicki Insurance King Chevrolet 256 Running
19. 12. Car 39 Ryan Sieg Sci Aps Ford 256 Running
20. 37. Car 07 Patrick Emerling Firman Power Equipment Chevrolet 256 Running
21. 35. Car 28 Kyle Sieg Night Owl Companies Ford 256 Running
22. 8. Car 7 Justin Allgaier BRANDT Chevrolet 254 Running
23. 33. Car 14 Garrett Smithley Molly Strong Chevrolet 253 Running
24. 9. Car 16 Christian Eckes # Black’s Tire Chevrolet 252 Running
25. 36. Car 45 Vicente Salas Miramar Financial Group Chevrolet 251 Running
26. 5. Car 18 William Sawalich # Soundgear Toyota 248 Running
27. 11. Car 41 Sam Mayer Audibel Ford 247 Accident
28. 14. Car 99 Matt DiBenedetto Viking Motorsports Chevrolet 247 Accident
29. 30. Car 5 Kris Wright First National Bank Corp Chevrolet 247 Accident
30. 20. Car 70 Thomas Annunziata Bayshore Mortgage Chevrolet 246 Suspension
31. 32. Car 87 Austin Green OVERPLAY Chevrolet 241 Accident
32. 3. Car 48 Nick Sanchez # Big Machine Vodka Spiked Chevrolet 240 Accident
33. 24. Car 31 Blaine Perkins Opti-Coat/KSDT CPA Chevrolet 226 Accident
34. 23. Car 71 Ryan Ellis Southern Elevator Chevrolet 180 Accident
35. 38. Car 35 Greg Van Alst CB Fabricating Chevrolet 171 Brakes
36. 19. Car 19 Justin Bonsignore M3 Technology Toyota 157 Accident
37. 17. Car 00 Sheldon Creed Road Ranger Ford 109 Accident
38. 31. Car 53 Katherine Legge(i) Ace Hardware Rock Hill Chevrolet 50 Accident
Race Comments: Prior to the start of the race, the following cars dropped to the rear for the reasons indicated: No. 35: engine change, No. 42:?unapproved adjustment, No. 53:?Driver Change, No. 88:?Unapproved adjustments. Failed to Qualify: (2) 32 Katherine Legge(i), 74 Dawson Cram. Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 59 Mins, 38 Secs. Average Speed: 80.377 MPH. Margin of Victory: 0.691 Seconds. Fastest Lap Bonus: # 2 lap 156/23.267. Caution Flags: 14 for 83 laps Lead Changes: 17 among 8 drivers.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: April 26, 2025 – Talladega Superspeedway
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