The 2025 Bass Pro Shops Night Race was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on September 13, 2025, at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee on the speedway. It was the 29th race of the 2025 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, and Zane Smith finished 3rd. Ryan Blaney and Joey Logano rounded out the top five, and Corey Heim, Carson Hocevar, Alex Bowman, Chase Briscoe, and Ty Gibbs rounded out the top ten.
Following the race, Alex Bowman, Austin Dillon, Shane van Gisbergen, and Josh Berry were all eliminated from the playoffs.
Report
Background
The Bristol Motor Speedway, formerly known as Bristol International Raceway and Bristol Raceway, is a NASCAR short track venue located in Bristol, 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, two pit roads, and stadium-like seating. It has also been named one of the loudest NASCAR tracks.
Besides holding racing events, the track has hosted the Battle at Bristol, a college football game between the Tennessee Volunteers and Virginia Tech Hokies on September 10, 2016 and the MLB Speedway Classic, an MLB baseball game between the Atlanta Braves and the Cincinnati Reds from August 2-3, 2025.
Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. (P) denotes playoff driver. (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Driver Team Manufacturer 1 Ross Chastain (P) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 2 Austin Cindric (P) Team Penske Ford 3 Austin Dillon (P) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 5 Kyle Larson (P) 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 (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 11 Denny Hamlin (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 12 Ryan Blaney (P) Team Penske Ford 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 19 Chase Briscoe (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 Christopher Bell (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21 Josh Berry (P) Wood Brothers Racing Ford 22 Joey Logano (P) Team Penske Ford 23 Bubba Wallace (P) 23XI Racing Toyota 24 William Byron (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 33 Austin Hill (i) Richard Childress Racing 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 (P) 23XI Racing Toyota 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 48 Alex Bowman (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 66 Chad Finchum Garage 66 Ford 67 Corey Heim (i) 23XI Racing Toyota 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 88 Shane van Gisbergen (P) (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing ChevroletOfficial entry list
Practice Both Justin Haley & Ryan Blaney were the fastest in the practice session with a time of 15.307 seconds and a speed of .
Practice results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 7 Justin Haley Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 15.307 125.354 1 12 Ryan Blaney (P) Team Penske Ford 15.307 125.354 3 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 15.309 125.338Official practice results
Qualifying A. J. Allmendinger scored the pole for the race with a time of 15.117 and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 15.117 126.930 2 12 Ryan Blaney (P) Team Penske Ford 15.120 126.905 3 2 Austin Cindric (P) Team Penske Ford 15.132 126.804 4 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 15.142 126.720 5 5 Kyle Larson (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 15.148 126.670 6 11 Denny Hamlin (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 15.191 126.312 7 24 William Byron (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 15.206 126.187 8 23 Bubba Wallace (P) 23XI Racing Toyota 15.208 126.170 9 20 Christopher Bell (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 15.214 126.121 10 21 Josh Berry (P) Wood Brothers Racing Ford 15.214 126.121 11 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 15.220 126.071 12 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 15.222 126.054 13 1 Ross Chastain (P) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 15.239 125.914 14 45 Tyler Reddick (P) 23XI Racing Toyota 15.246 125.856 15 48 Alex Bowman (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 15.258 125.757 16 9 Chase Elliott (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 15.269 125.650 17 7 Justin Haley Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 15.272 125.642 18 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 15.273 125.633 19 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 15.273 125.633 20 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 15.281 125.568 21 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 15.290 125.494 22 22 Joey Logano (P) Team Penske Ford 15.298 125.428 23 3 Austin Dillon (P) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 15.332 125.150 24 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 15.344 125.052 25 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 15.361 124.914 26 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Ford 15.375 124.800 27 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 15.388 124.695 28 88 Shane van Gisbergen (P) (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 15.396 124.630 29 35 Riley Herbst (R) 23XI Racing Toyota 15.397 124.622 30 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 15.402 124.581 31 19 Chase Briscoe (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 15.431 124.347 32 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 15.432 124.339 33 33 Austin Hill (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 15.480 123.953 34 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 15.600 123.000 35 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 15.612 122.905 36 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 15.631 122.756 37 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 15.657 122.552 38 67 Corey Heim (i) 23XI Racing Toyota 15.673 122.427 39 66 Chad Finchum Garage 66 Ford 16.167 119.552 Official qualifying results
Race
Race results
Stage results
Stage One Laps: 125
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 12 Ryan Blaney (P) Team Penske Ford 102 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 93 24 William Byron (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 84 23 Bubba Wallace (P) 23XI Racing Toyota 75 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 66 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 57 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 48 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 39 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 210 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 1Official stage one results
Stage Two Laps: 125
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 102 12 Ryan Blaney (P) Team Penske Ford 93 48 Alex Bowman (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 84 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 75 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 66 2 Austin Cindric (P) Team Penske Ford 57 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 48 23 Bubba Wallace (P) 23XI Racing Toyota 39 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 210 11 Denny Hamlin (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1Official stage two results
Final Stage results
Stage Three Laps: 250
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 9 20 Christopher Bell (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 500 40 2 18 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 500 45 3 24 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 500 37 4 2 12 Ryan Blaney (P) Team Penske Ford 500 52 5 22 22 Joey Logano (P) Team Penske Ford 500 32 6 38 67 Corey Heim (i) 23XI Racing Toyota 500 0 7 12 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 500 36 8 15 48 Alex Bowman (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 500 37 9 31 19 Chase Briscoe (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 500 28 10 4 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 500 46 11 21 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 500 35 12 7 24 William Byron (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 500 33 13 17 7 Justin Haley Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 500 24 14 19 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 499 25 15 14 45 Tyler Reddick (P) 23XI Racing Chevrolet 499 22 16 32 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 499 21 17 25 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 499 20 18 39 35 Riley Herbst (R) 23XI Racing Toyota 499 19 19 13 1 Ross Chastain (P) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 499 18 20 27 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 499 17 21 20 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 499 16 22 11 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 499 16 23 30 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 498 14 24 36 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 498 13 25 33 33 Austin Hill (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 497 0 26 28 88 Shane van Gisbergen (P) (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 497 1127 37 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 497 10 28 23 3 Austin Dillon (P) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 496 9 29 34 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 496 8 30 3 2 Austin Cindric (P) Team Penske Ford 496 12 31 6 11 Denny Hamlin (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 495 6 32 5 5 Kyle Larson (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 495 5 33 26 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Ford 488 4 34 8 23 Bubba Wallace (P) 23XI Racing Toyota 487 13 35 39 66 Chad Finchum Garage 66 Ford 458 2 36 1 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 408 6 37 35 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 364 1 38 16 9 Chase Elliott (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 311 1 39 10 21 Josh Berry (P) Wood Brothers Racing Ford 75 1 Official race results
Race statistics 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:
Media
Television USA covered the race on the television side. Leigh Diffey, Jeff Burton and Steve 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.
USABooth announcersPit reporters Lap-by-lap: Leigh DiffeyColor-commentator: Jeff BurtonColor-commentator: Steve Letarte Trevor BayneDave BurnsKim CoonMarty Snider
Radio PRN had the radio call for the race, which was also simulcast on Sirius 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 and Wendy Venturini handled the duties on pit lane.
PRNBooth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Brad GillieAnnouncer: Mark Garrow Backstretch: Rob Albright Andrew KurlandBrett McMillanDoug TurnbullWendy Venturini
Standings after the race
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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