2025 Bass Pro Shops Night Race

Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Race 29 of 36 in the2025 NASCAR Cup Series
Date	September 13, 2025 (2025-09-13)
Location	Bristol Motor Speedway inBristol, Tennessee
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	0.533 miles (0.858 km)
Distance	500 laps, 266.5 mi (428.890 km)
Average speed	69.686 miles per hour (112.149 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	A. J. Allmendinger	Kaulig Racing
Time	15.117
Most laps led
Driver	Ty Gibbs	Joe Gibbs Racing
Laps	201
Fastest lap
Driver	A. J. Allmendinger	Kaulig Racing
Time	15.549
Winner
No. 20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network	USA
Announcers	Leigh Diffey,Jeff Burton andSteve Letarte
Nielsen ratings	0.79 (1.536 million)
Radio in the United States
Radio	PRN
Booth announcers	Brad Gillie and Mark Garrow
Turn announcers	Rob Albright (Backstretch)

The2025 Bass Pro Shops Night Race was aNASCARCup Seriesrace held on September 13, 2025, atBristol Motor Speedway inBristol, Tennessee on the 0.533-mile (0.858 km) speedway. It was the 29th race of the2025 NASCAR Cup Series season, the third race of the playoffs, and the final race in the Round of 16.

Christopher Bell won the race.Brad Keselowski finished 2nd, andZane Smith finished 3rd.Ryan Blaney andJoey Logano rounded out the top five, andCorey Heim,Carson Hocevar,Alex Bowman,Chase Briscoe, andTy Gibbs rounded out the top ten.

Following the race,Alex Bowman,Austin Dillon,Shane van Gisbergen, andJosh Berry were all eliminated from the playoffs.

The Track (left) theBattle at Bristol (center) and theMLB Speedway Classic (right), are all events previously held atBristol Motor Speedway.

TheBristol Motor Speedway, formerly known asBristol International Raceway andBristol Raceway, is aNASCARshort track venue located inBristol, Tennessee. Constructed in 1960, it held its first NASCAR race on July 30, 1961. Despite its short length, Bristol is among the most popular tracks on the NASCAR schedule because of its distinct features, which include extraordinarily steep banking, an all concrete surface, twopit roads, andstadium-like seating. It has also been named one of the loudest NASCAR tracks.

Besides holding racing events, the track has hosted theBattle at Bristol, a college football game between theTennessee Volunteers andVirginia Tech Hokies on September 10, 2016 and theMLB Speedway Classic, a MLB baseball game between theAtlanta Braves and theCincinnati Reds from August 2-3, 2025.

• (R) denotes rookie driver.
• (P) denotes playoff driver.
• (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.

BothJustin Haley &Ryan Blaney were the fastest in the practice session with a time of 15.307 seconds and a speed of 125.354 mph (201.738 km/h).

A. J. Allmendinger scored the pole for the race with a time of 15.117 and a speed of 126.930 mph (204.274 km/h).^[7]

Stage OneLaps: 125

Stage TwoLaps: 125

Stage ThreeLaps: 250

• Lead changes: 36 among 14 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 14 for 137 laps
• Red flags: 0
• Time of race: 3 hours, 48 minutes and 10 seconds
• Average speed: 69.686 miles per hour (112.149 km/h)

USA covered the race on the television side.Leigh Diffey,Jeff Burton andSteve Letarte called the race from the broadcast booth.Trevor Bayne,Dave Burns, Kim Coon, and Marty Snider handled the pit road duties from pit lane.

PRN had the radio call for the race, which was also simulcast onSirius XM NASCAR Radio. Brad Gillie and Mark Garrow called the race from the booth when the field races down the frontstretch. Rob Albright called the race when the field races down the backstretch. Andrew Kurland, Brett McMillan, Doug Turnbull andWendy Venturini handled the duties on pit lane.

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Denny Hamlin 3,034 1 2 Kyle Larson 3,032 (–2) 3 3 William Byron 3,032 (–2) 4 4 Christopher Bell 3,028 (–6) 5 Ryan Blaney 3,027 (–7) 4 6 Chase Briscoe 3,018 (–16) 2 7 Chase Elliott 3,013 (–21) 4 8 Bubba Wallace 3,009 (–25) 3 9 Austin Cindric 3,008 (–26) 1 10 Ross Chastain 3,007 (–27) 1 11 Joey Logano 3,007 (–27) 5 12 Tyler Reddick 3,006 (–28) 2 13 Alex Bowman 2,056 (–978) 1 14 Austin Dillon 2,052 (–982) 1 15 Shane van Gisbergen 2,050 (–984) 16 Josh Berry 2,010 (–1,024) Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 1,056 2 Toyota 1,040 (–16) 3 Ford 967 (–89) Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.

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