The 2025 Mobil 1 301 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on September 21, 2025, at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire on the speedway. It was the 30th race of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season, and the fourth race of the playoffs, and the first race in the Round of 12.
Ryan Blaney won the race. Josh Berry finished 2nd, and William Byron finished 3rd. Joey Logano and Chase Elliott rounded out the top five, and Christopher Bell, Kyle Larson, Michael McDowell, Ross Chastain, and Chase Briscoe rounded out the top ten.
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Background
New Hampshire Motor Speedway is a oval speedway located in Loudon, New Hampshire, which has hosted NASCAR racing annually since the early 1990s, as well as the longest-running motorcycle race in North America, the Loudon Classic. Nicknamed "The Magic Mile", the speedway is often converted into a road course, which includes much of the oval.
The track was originally the site of Bryar Motorsports Park before being purchased and redeveloped by Bob Bahre. The track is currently one of eight major NASCAR tracks owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports.
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 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 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 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 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 88 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing ChevroletOfficial entry list
Practice William Byron was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 29.795 seconds and a speed of .
Practice results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 24 William Byron (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.795 127.834 2 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 29.839 127.645 3 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 29.877 127.483Official practice results
Qualifying Joey Logano scored the pole for the race with a time of 29.159 and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 22 Joey Logano (P) Team Penske Ford 29.159 130.622 2 12 Ryan Blaney (P) Team Penske Ford 29.329 129.865 3 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 29.354 129.754 4 45 Tyler Reddick (P) 23XI Racing Toyota 29.356 129.745 5 24 William Byron (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.373 129.670 6 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 29.398 129.560 7 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.402 129.542 8 1 Ross Chastain (P) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 29.405 129.529 9 11 Denny Hamlin (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.409 129.522 10 88 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 29.409 129.522 11 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 29.424 129.445 12 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 29.467 129.256 13 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.477 129.213 14 23 Bubba Wallace (P) 23XI Racing Toyota 29.485 129.178 15 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 29.488 129.164 16 5 Kyle Larson (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.496 129.129 17 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 29.500 129.112 18 19 Chase Briscoe (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.511 129.064 19 20 Christopher Bell (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.527 128.994 20 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 29.547 128.906 21 7 Justin Haley Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 29.559 128.854 22 2 Austin Cindric (P) Team Penske Ford 29.592 128.710 23 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 29.601 128.671 24 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29.614 128.615 25 35 Riley Herbst (R) 23XI Racing Toyota 29.620 128.589 26 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 29.632 128.537 27 9 Chase Elliott (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.659 128.420 28 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29.681 128.325 29 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 29.756 128.001 30 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 29.760 127.984 31 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Ford 29.773 127.928 32 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 29.788 127.864 33 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 29.940 127.214 34 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 29.995 126.981 35 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 30.123 126.442 36 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 30.254 125.894 Official qualifying results
Race
Race results
Stage results
Stage One Laps: 70
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 12 Ryan Blaney (P) Team Penske Ford 102 22 Joey Logano (P) Team Penske Ford 93 24 William Byron (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 84 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 75 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 66 5 Kyle Larson (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 57 88 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 48 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 39 45 Tyler Reddick (P) 23XI Racing Toyota 210 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 1Official stage one results
Stage Two Laps: 115
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 22 Joey Logano (P) Team Penske Ford 102 5 Kyle Larson (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 93 24 William Byron (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 84 12 Ryan Blaney (P) Team Penske Ford 75 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 66 20 Christopher Bell (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 57 9 Chase Elliott (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 48 11 Denny Hamlin (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 39 19 Chase Briscoe (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 210 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 1Official stage two results
Final Stage results
Stage Three Laps: 116
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 2 12 Ryan Blaney (P) Team Penske Ford 301 57 2 3 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 301 43 3 5 24 William Byron (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 301 50 4 1 22 Joey Logano (P) Team Penske Ford 301 52 5 27 9 Chase Elliott (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 301 36 6 19 20 Christopher Bell (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 301 36 7 16 5 Kyle Larson (P) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 301 44 8 11 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 301 30 9 8 1 Ross Chastain (P) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 301 28 10 18 19 Chase Briscoe (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 301 29 11 6 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 301 39 12 9 11 Denny Hamlin (P) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 301 28 13 28 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 301 24 14 23 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 301 23 15 7 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 301 25 16 33 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 301 21 17 22 2 Austin Cindric (P) Team Penske Ford 301 20 18 15 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 301 19 19 36 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 301 18 20 12 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 301 17 21 4 45 Tyler Reddick (P) 23XI Racing Toyota 301 18 22 25 35 Riley Herbst (R) 23XI Racing Toyota 301 15 23 17 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 301 14 24 31 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Ford 301 13 25 34 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 300 12 26 14 23 Bubba Wallace (P) 23XI Racing Toyota 300 11 27 20 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 300 10 28 26 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 300 9 29 30 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 300 8 30 24 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 297 7 31 35 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 296 6 32 10 88 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 250 933 21 7 Justin Haley Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 207 4 34 29 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 145 3 35 13 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 133 236 32 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 117 1 Official race results
Race statistics Lead changes: 14 among 7 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 8 for 45 laps Red flags: 0 Time of race: 3 hours, 7 minutes and 53 seconds Average speed:
Media
Television USA covered the race on the television side. Leigh Diffey, four-time and all-time Loudon winner Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte called the race from the broadcast booth. Kim Coon, Marty Snider and Dillon Welch handled the pit road duties from pit lane.
USABooth announcersPit reporters Lap-by-lap: Leigh DiffeyColor-commentator: Jeff BurtonColor-commentator: Steve Letarte Kim CoonMarty SniderDillon Welch
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 from turns 1 & 2 and Pat Patterson called the race from turns 3 & 4. Brett McMillan, Heather DeBeaux and Alan Cavanna handled the duties on pit lane.
PRNBooth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Brad GillieAnnouncer: Mark Garrow Turns 1 & 2: Rob AlbrightTurns 3 & 4: Pat Patterson Brett McMillanHeather DeBeauxAlan Cavanna
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 4 1 Ryan Blaney 3,084 1 2 William Byron 3,082 (–2) 1 3 Kyle Larson 3,076 (–8) 4 Christopher Bell 3,064 (–20) 4 5 Denny Hamlin 3,062 (–22) 5 6 Joey Logano 3,059 (–25) 7 Chase Elliott 3,049 (–35) 2 8 Chase Briscoe 3,047 (–37) 1 9 Ross Chastain 3,035 (–49) 1 10 Austin Cindric 3,028 (–56) 1 11 Tyler Reddick 3,024 (–60) 4 12 Bubba Wallace 3,020 (–64) 13 Alex Bowman 2,081 (–1,003) 14 Austin Dillon 2,076 (–1,008) 15 Shane van Gisbergen 2,059 (–1,025) 16 Josh Berry 2,053 (–1,031)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 1,090 2 Toyota 1,071 (–19) 3 Ford 1,007 (–83)
Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.
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