2025 Quaker State 400
NASCAR stock car race held in Hampton, Georgia, U.S.
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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.
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| Race 18 of 36 in the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series | |||
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| Date | June 28, 2025 | ||
| 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) | ||
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.
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
Race
Race results
Stage Results
Stage One Laps: 60
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Points |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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: 2 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
This was TNT's first race since the 2014 Camping World RV Sales 301. It was 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, Alan Cavanna and Mamba Smith handled pit road for the television side.
| TNT | |
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| Booth announcers | Pit reporters |
| Lap-by-lap: Adam Alexander Color-commentator: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Color-commentator: Steve Letarte | Marty Snider Danielle Trotta Alan Cavanna Mamba Smith |
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 | ||
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| 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
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NASCAR In-Season Challenge bracket
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| 1 | #11 Denny Hamlin | 31st | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 32 | #10 Ty Dillon | 8th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 32 | #10 Ty Dillon | 20th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | #6 Keselowski | 37th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | #8 Kyle Busch | 21st | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | #6 Brad Keselowski | 2nd | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 32 | #10 Ty Dillon | 17th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | #48 Bowman | 19th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | #48 Alex Bowman | 3rd | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 25 | #22 Joey Logano | 25th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | #48 Bowman | 8th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | #23 Wallace | 28th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | #23 Bubba Wallace | 22nd | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 24 | #99 Daniel Suárez | 34th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 32 | #10 Ty Dillon | 20th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | #42 Nemechek | 21st | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | #42 John Hunter Nemechek | 26th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | #21 Josh Berry | 32nd | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | #42 Nemechek | 15th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | #9 Elliott | 16th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | #9 Chase Elliott | 1st | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 28 | #3 Austin Dillon | 20th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | #42 Nemechek | 28th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | #43 Jones | 29th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | #1 Ross Chastain | 33rd | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | #43 Erik Jones | 5th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | #43 Jones | 25th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 29 | #47 Stenhouse Jr. | 31st | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | #20 Christopher Bell | 30th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 29 | #47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 6th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 32 | #10 Ty Dillon | 28th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | #54 Gibbs | 21st | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | #19 Chase Briscoe | 35th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 31 | #4 Noah Gragson | 25th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 31 | #4 Gragson | 30th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | #60 Preece | 7th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | #60 Ryan Preece | 15th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | #24 William Byron | 37th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | #60 Preece | 12th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | #45 Reddick | 6th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | #12 Ryan Blaney | 40th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 26 | #77 Carson Hocevar | 10th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 26 | #77 Hocevar | 35th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | #45 Reddick | 3rd | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | #5 Kyle Larson | 17th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | #45 Tyler Reddick | 4th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | #45 Reddick | 12th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | #54 Gibbs | 5th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | #71 Michael McDowell | 18th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | #16 A. J. Allmendinger | 12th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | #16 Allmendinger | 6th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | #54 Gibbs | 2nd | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | #54 Ty Gibbs | 14th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 27 | #7 Justin Haley | 23rd | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | #54 Gibbs | 7th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | #38 Smith | 27th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | #38 Zane Smith | 7th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | #2 Austin Cindric | 38th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | #38 Smith | 14th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | #17 Buescher | 18th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | #17 Chris Buescher | 9th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 30 | #34 Todd Gilliland | 27th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
