2025 United Rentals 300

Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Race 1 of 33 of the2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series
Date	February 15, 2025
Official name	44th Annual United Rentals 300
Location	Daytona International Speedway inDaytona Beach, Florida
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	2.5 miles (4.0 km)
Distance	126 laps, 315 mi (507 km)
Scheduled distance	120 laps, 300 mi (480 km)
Average speed	123.301 mph (198.434 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Justin Allgaier	JR Motorsports
Grid positions set by competition-based formula
Most laps led
Driver	Austin Hill	Richard Childress Racing
Laps	56
Winner
No. 2	Jesse Love	Richard Childress Racing
Television in the United States
Network	The CW
Announcers	Adam Alexander,Jamie McMurray, andParker Kligerman
Radio in the United States
Radio	MRN

The2025 United Rentals 300 was the 1ststock car race of the2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series, and the 44th iteration of theevent. The race was held on Saturday, February 15, 2025, atDaytona International Speedway inDaytona Beach, Florida, a 2.5 miles (4.0 km)superspeedway. The race was originally scheduled to be contested over 120 laps but was increased to 126 laps due to anovertime finish.

Jesse Love, driving forRichard Childress Racing, would dominate the final stages of the race, leading 30 laps to earn his second careerNASCAR Xfinity Series win, and his first of the season.^[8] Love's teammate,Austin Hill, continued to show a dominating performance at Daytona, winning both stages and leading a race-high 56 laps, before experiencing issues in the late stages and finishing 33rd, ending his winning streak.^[9] To fill out the podium,Sam Mayer andSheldon Creed, both driving forHaas Factory Team, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

Daytona International Speedway is one of threesuperspeedways to holdNASCAR races, the other two beingAtlanta Motor Speedway andTalladega Superspeedway.^[10] The standard track at Daytona International Speedway is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long.^[11] The track's turns are banked at 31 degrees, while thefront stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at 18 degrees.^[11]

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

The first and only practice session was held on Friday, February 14, at 4:35 PMEST, and would last for 50 minutes.^[12]Taylor Gray, driving forJoe Gibbs Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 48.386, and a speed of 186.004 mph (299.344 km/h).

Qualifying was originally scheduled to be held on Saturday, February 15, at 10:00 AMEST, but was cancelled due to inclement weather.^[12] SinceDaytona International Speedway is a superspeedway, the qualifying procedure used is a single-car, single-lap system with two rounds. In the first round, drivers have one lap to set a time and determine positions 11-38. The fastest ten drivers from the first round will advance to the second round, and whoever sets the fastest time in Round 2 will win the pole and determine the rest of the starting lineup.^[13]

Because of a delayed start, and time constraints with theARCA Menards Series race, only one round of qualifying was scheduled to be contested. After rain started to hit the track with 12 cars that took a qualifying lap, the rest of the session was cancelled, and the starting lineup was determined by last season's owners' points. As a result,Justin Allgaier, driving forJR Motorsports, will start on the pole.^[14]

Three drivers failed to qualify:Carson Ware,C. J. McLaughlin, andJ. J. Yeley.

Stage 1Laps: 30

Stage 2Laps: 30

Stage 3Laps: 60

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Sheldon Creed 51 2 Jesse Love 42 (–9) 3 Dean Thompson 38 (–13) 4 Taylor Gray 37 (–14) 5 Sam Mayer 35 (–16) 6 Carson Kvapil 33 (–18) 7 Jeb Burton 33 (–18) 8 Harrison Burton 32 (–19) 9 Jordan Anderson 30 (–21) 10 Justin Allgaier 30 (–21) 11 Jeremy Clements 29 (–22) 12 Patrick Emerling 27 (–24) Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 40 2 Ford 34 (–6) 3 Toyota 30 (–10) Note: Only the first 12 positions are included for the driver standings.

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• February 2025 sports events in the United States
• 2025 in sports in Florida

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