2025 Quaker State 400

2025 Quaker State 400
Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Race 18 of 36 in the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series
Date June 28, 2025 (2025-06-28)
Location Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 1.54 miles (2.48 km)
Distance 260 laps, 400.4 mi (644.4 km)
Average speed 111.792 miles per hour (179.912 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Team Penske
Time 30.979
Most laps led
Driver Joey Logano Team Penske
Laps 51
Fastest lap
Driver John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club
Time 29.822
Winner
No. 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network TNT
Announcers Adam Alexander, Dale Earnhardt Jr., and Steve Letarte
Nielsen ratings 1.608 million
Radio in the United States
Radio PRN
Booth announcers Brad Gillie and Mark Garrow
Turn announcers Doug Turnbull (1 & 2) and Nick Yeoman (3 & 4)

The 2025 Quaker State 400 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on June 28, 2025, at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia. Contested over 260 laps on the 1.54-mile-long (2.48 km) asphalt quad-oval intermediate speedway (with superspeedway rules), it was the 18th race of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season, as well as the first race of the inaugural NASCAR In-Season Challenge.

Chase Elliott won the race, his first win since the 2024 Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400. Brad Keselowski finished 2nd, and Alex Bowman finished 3rd. Tyler Reddick and Erik Jones rounded out the top five, and Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Zane Smith, Ty Dillon, Chris Buescher, and Carson Hocevar rounded out the top ten.

Report

Background

Atlanta Motor Speedway (currently known as EchoPark Speedway for sponsorship reasons, formerly known as the Atlanta International Raceway from 1960 to 1990) is a 1.54-mile race track in Hampton, Georgia, United States, 20 miles (32 km) south of Atlanta. It has annually hosted NASCAR Cup Series stock car races since its inauguration in 1960.

The venue was bought by Speedway Motorsports in 1990. In 1994, 46 condominiums were built over the northeastern side of the track. In 1997, to standardize the track with Speedway Motorsports' other two intermediate ovals, the entire track was almost completely rebuilt. The frontstretch and backstretch were swapped, and the configuration of the track was changed from oval to quad-oval, with a new official length of 1.54-mile (2.48 km) where before it was 1.522-mile (2.449 km). The project made the track one of the fastest on the NASCAR circuit. In July 2021 NASCAR announced that the track would be reprofiled for the 2022 season to have 28 degrees of banking and would be narrowed from 55 to 40 feet which the track claims will turn racing at the track similar to restrictor plate superspeedways. Despite the reprofiling being criticized by drivers, construction began in August 2021 and wrapped up in December 2021.[7][8] The track has seating capacity of 71,000 to 125,000 people depending on the tracks configuration.

Entry list

  • (R) denotes rookie driver.
  • (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
No. Driver Team Manufacturer
01 Corey LaJoie (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford
1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford
3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford
5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford
7 Justin Haley Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford
16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet
17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford
19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford
22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford
23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota
24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford
35 Riley Herbst (R) 23XI Racing Toyota
38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford
41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Ford
42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota
43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota
45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota
47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet
48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford
54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford
66 David Starr (i) MBM Motorsports Ford
71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet
78 B. J. McLeod (i) Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet
87 Connor Zilisch (i) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
88 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet
Official entry list

Qualifying

Joey Logano scored the pole for the race with a time of 30.979 and a speed of 178.960 mph (288.008 km/h).[9]

Qualifying results

Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed
1 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 30.979 178.960
2 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 30.979 178.960
3 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 30.983 178.937
4 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 31.037 178.626
5 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 31.130 178.092
6 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 31.153 177.960
7 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Ford 31.155 177.949
8 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 31.160 177.920
9 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 31.203 177.675
10 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 31.210 177.635
11 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 31.237 177.482
12 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 31.242 177.453
13 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 31.247 177.425
14 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 31.265 177.323
15 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 31.284 177.215
16 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 31.298 177.136
17 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 31.302 177.113
18 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 31.310 177.068
19 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 31.315 177.040
20 35 Riley Herbst (R) 23XI Racing Toyota 31.315 177.040
21 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 31.329 176.961
22 7 Justin Haley Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 31.329 176.961
23 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 31.331 176.949
24 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 31.353 176.825
25 01 Corey LaJoie (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 31.356 176.808
26 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 31.358 176.797
27 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 31.376 176.696
28 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 31.405 176.532
29 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 31.407 176.521
30 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 31.409 176.510
31 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 31.446 176.302
32 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 31.462 176.213
33 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 31.463 176.207
34 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 31.484 176.089
35 88 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 31.485 176.084
36 87 Connor Zilisch (i) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 31.500 176.000
37 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 31.537 175.794
38 78 B. J. McLeod (i) Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet 31.550 175.721
39 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 31.564 175.643
40 66 David Starr (i) MBM Motorsports Ford 34.113 162.519
Official qualifying results

Race

Race results

Stage Results

Stage One Laps: 60

Pos No Driver Team Manufacturer Points
1 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 10
2 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 9
3 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 8
4 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 7
5 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 6
6 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 5
7 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 4
8 88 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 3
9 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 2
10 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 1
Official stage one results

Stage Two Laps: 100

Pos No Driver Team Manufacturer Points
1 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 10
2 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 9
3 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 8
4 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 7
5 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 6
6 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 5
7 88 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 4
8 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 3
9 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 2
10 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 1
Official stage two results

Final Stage Results

Stage Three Laps: 100

Pos Grid No Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points
1 15 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 260 51
2 6 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 260 45
3 9 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 260 41
4 23 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 260 43
5 26 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 260 38
6 37 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 260 36
7 8 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 260 33
8 14 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 260 34
9 13 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 260 36
10 30 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 260 33
11 36 87 Connor Zilisch (i) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 260 0
12 21 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 260 25
13 39 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 260 24
14 16 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 260 23
15 5 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 260 22
16 38 78 B. J. McLeod (i) Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet 260 0
17 11 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 260 20
18 32 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 260 19
19 7 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Ford 260 18
20 12 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 260 17
21 29 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 260 16
22 24 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 258 16
23 22 7 Justin Haley Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 257 14
24 35 88 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 257 20
25 27 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 252 12
26 19 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 241 13
27 17 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 237 10
28 20 35 Riley Herbst (R) 23XI Racing Toyota 223 9
29 40 66 David Starr (i) MBM Motorsports Ford 184 0
30 28 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 114 7
31 33 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 72 6
32 2 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 70 9
33 34 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 69 4
34 31 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 69 3
35 10 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 69 2
36 1 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 69 9
37 18 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 69 8
38 4 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 68 11
39 25 01 Corey LaJoie (i) Rick Ware Racing Ford 68 0
40 3 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 56 1
Official race results

Race statistics

  • Lead changes: 46 among 13 different drivers
  • Cautions/Laps: 10 for 68
  • Red flags: 1 for 1 for 14 minutes and 34 seconds
  • Time of race: 3 hours, 34 minutes and 54 seconds
  • Average speed: 111.792 miles per hour (179.912 km/h)

Media

Television

TNT covered the race on the television side, and it will be produced by NASCAR Productions, as were the previous five races. Adam Alexander, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Steve Letarte called the race from the broadcast booth. Marty Snider, Danielle Trotta, and Alan Cavanna handled pit road for the television side.

TNT
Booth announcers Pit reporters
Lap-by-lap: Adam Alexander
Color-commentator: Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Color-commentator: Steve Letarte
Marty Snider
Danielle Trotta
Alan Cavanna

Radio

The race was broadcast on radio by the Performance Racing Network and simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Brad Gillie and Mark Garrow called the race from the booth when the field races down the front stretch. Doug Turnbull called the race from atop a billboard outside of turn 2 when the field races through turns 1 and 2, and Nick Yeoman called the race from a billboard outside of turn 3 when the field races through turns 3 and 4. On pit road, PRN was manned by Brett McMillan, Heather DeBeaux and Andrew Kurland.

PRN
Booth announcers Turn announcers Pit reporters
Lead announcer: Brad Gillie
Announcer: Mark Garrow
Turns 1 & 2: Doug Turnbull
Turns 3 & 4: Nick Yeoman
Brett McMillan
Heather DeBeaux
Andrew Kurland

Standings after the race

NASCAR In-Season Challenge bracket

Chicago Sonoma Dover Indianapolis
               
1 No. 11 Denny Hamlin 31
32 No. 10 Ty Dillon 8
32 No. 10 Ty Dillon
17 No. 6 Brad Keselowski
16 No. 8 Kyle Busch 21
17 No. 6 Brad Keselowski 2
 
 
8 No. 48 Alex Bowman 3
25 No. 22 Joey Logano 25
8 No. 48 Alex Bowman
9 No. 23 Bubba Wallace
9 No. 23 Bubba Wallace 22
24 No. 99 Daniel Suárez 34
 
 
12 No. 42 John Hunter Nemechek 26
21 No. 21 Josh Berry 32
12 No. 42 John Hunter Nemechek
5 No. 9 Chase Elliott
5 No. 9 Chase Elliott 1
28 No. 3 Austin Dillon 20
 
 
13 No. 1 Ross Chastain 33
20 No. 43 Erik Jones 5
20 No. 43 Erik Jones
29 No. 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
4 No. 20 Christopher Bell 30
29 No. 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 6
 
 
2 No. 19 Chase Briscoe 35
31 No. 4 Noah Gragson 25
31 No. 4 Noah Gragson
15 No. 60 Ryan Preece
19 No. 60 Ryan Preece 15
18 No. 24 William Byron 37
 
 
7 No. 12 Ryan Blaney 40
26 No. 77 Carson Hocevar 10
26 No. 77 Carson Hocevar
23 No. 45 Tyler Reddick
10 No. 5 Kyle Larson 17
23 No. 45 Tyler Reddick 4
 
 
11 No. 71 Michael McDowell 18
22 No. 16 A. J. Allmendinger 12
22 No. 16 A. J. Allmendinger
6 No. 54 Ty Gibbs
6 No. 54 Ty Gibbs 14
27 No. 7 Justin Haley 23
 
 
14 No. 38 Zane Smith 7
19 No. 2 Austin Cindric 38
14 No. 38 Zane Smith
3 No. 17 Chris Buescher
3 No. 17 Chris Buescher 9
30 No. 34 Todd Gilliland 27

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