NASCAR All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro

Welcome to the Racing America On SI Live Race Updates page for the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series All-Star Race and NASCAR All-Star Open at North Wilkesboro Speedway.

Be sure to refresh this post throughout Sunday’s races as the Live Race Updates story will be updated regularly with the biggest moments from the NASCAR All-Star Open and NASCAR All-Star Race, including lead changes, crash replays, the winner of the races, finishing results, and more.

The night’s action kicks off with the NASCAR All-Star Open at 5:00 PM ET on FS1, and the NASCAR All-Star Race goes live at 8:00 PM ET also on FS1.

NASCAR All-Star Race Info

The NASCAR All-Star Race will be televised on FS1 and can be streamed on the FOX Sports App with a valid television provider login. Television coverage of the event will begin at 8:00 PM ET. The Motor Racing Network (MRN) and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio will provide the event’s radio broadcast.

The winner of Sunday’s NASCAR All-Star Race will take home $1 million, and the overall race purse, which teams will fight for their portion of in Sunday’s All-Star Race, is a total of $2,421,400.

The race distance is 250 laps around the 0.625-mile North Wilkesboro Speedway, which equates to a 156.25-mile race distance. The race will have a competition break at or around Lap 100.

Unique wrinkles within the format of the 2025 NASCAR All-Star Race include a Promoter’s Caution, as well as an in-race Manufacturer’s Showdown.

As for the Promoter’s Caution, if it is to be utilized, Marcus Smith must call for the caution prior to Lap 220, and if a caution falls after Lap 200, the Promoter’s Caution will also be off the table.

The Manufacturer’s Showdown will pit an equal number of cars from each Manufacturer in the NASCAR All-Star Race (number determined by the least represented manufacturer in the field). Manufacturer teams will be scored against each other, and not by their overall All-Star finish. The manufacturer with the lowest combined total of finishing positions will be the winning manufacturer.

In all, 23 drivers will compete in Sunday’s NASCAR All-Star Race (20 are currently locked in, three more will advance from Sunday afternoon’s NASCAR All-Star Open Race).

Brad Keselowski Secures Pole for All-Star Race

By turning the fastest overall time in Friday’s NASCAR All-Star qualifying session, which included three laps around North Wilkesboro Speedway and a four-tire pit stop mixed into the on-track laps, Brad Keselowski took the pole position for the exhibition event that pays $1 million to win.

The remainder of the starting lineup for the NASCAR All-Star Race was set by the finishing results in the two All-Star Heat Races at North Wilkesboro Speedway on Saturday, which were won by Keselowski and Christopher Bell.

The first Heat Race set the lineup for the inside rows of the starting lineup, while the second Heat Race set the lineup for the outside rows.

NASCAR All-Star Race Starting Lineup

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Lap 100: Hocevar Wins All-Star Open to Advance to All-Star Race

Carson Hocevar will compete in the NASCAR All-Star Race after he defeated John Hunter Nemechek for the win in the NASCAR All-Star Open Race. By finishing second, Nemechek will also advance to the NASCAR All-Star Race.

Noah Gragson, who finished 17th, won the fan vote, and will also advance to the starting lineup of Sunday night’s NASCAR All-Star Race.

NASCAR All-Star Open Finishing Results

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Lap 89: Nemechek Passes Wallace for Second!

After several laps of stalking Bubba Wallace for the runner-up spot, John Hunter Nemechek finally pulled off the pass on Lap 89 with an assist from his LEGACY MOTOR CLUB teammate Erik Jones, who was attempting to pass Wallace on the outside. Wallace walled Jones, which gave Nemechek the momentum he needed.

Lap 82: Back to Green!

Carson Hocevar leads the field back to green, and as they go into Turn 1, Bubba Wallace emerges with the second position. Shane van Gisbergen, who was mired in the field with four tires, is now battling for the third spot.

Lap 81: Ryan Preece Penalized

Ryan Preece, who was running second, clipped the choose cone box under this caution, which is a violation. As a result, Preece will be dropped to the rear of the field.

Lap 77: Caution!

Riley Herbst got tapped by Michael McDowell, which sent his No. 35 Toyota into the outside wall, which led to the yellow flag being displayed. Carson Hocevar had a lead of roughly a second, that will be erased by this caution.

Lap 72: Preece Pushes Past Gibbs for Second

Ty Gibbs and Ryan Preece rubbed doors quite a bit in a battle for the runner-up spot. In the end, Preece prevails as he moves to second. Gibbs falls to third.

Lap 70: Allmendinger Into the Top Five

AJ Allmendinger has moved into the top-five with a great pass on Michael McDowell, who is fading ont he two tires.

Lap 59: Back to Green!

We are back to green, and Carson Hocevar has taken control of the lead of the race. Ty Gibbs moves up to the runner-up spot, and Ryan Preece now sits third. Bubba Wallace blasts to fourth, and McDowell has now dropped to fifth.

Lap 54: SVG Loses Lead On Pit Road

A call to change four tires under the caution cost Shane van Gisbergen the race lead, and perhaps will keep him from advancing into the All-Star Race by way of his finish in this race. Van Gisbergen has dropped to sixth, while the top-five drivers all took two tires.

Carson Hocevar leads over Michael McDowell, Ty Gibbs, Bubba Wallace, and Zane Smith.

Lap 50: Competition Caution

Shane van Gisbergen had a lead of more than three seconds, but that will evaporate with a planned competition caution on Lap 50. Hocevar, Preece, McDowell, and Zane Smith are the rest of the top-five heading into the caution.

Lap 39: Ty Dillon Moves Past John Hunter Nemechek

Ty Dillon is on the move, and he blasts past John Hunter Nemechek on the inside line to take the seventh position. Nemechek had been passed by Ty Gibbs just a couple of laps prior to Dillon getting by him.

Lap 38: Todd Gilliland to Pit Road

Todd Gilliland seemingly had an issue with a right-side tire, and had to hit pit road for a two-tire pit stop. Gilliland is now last-place and is two laps off the pace.

Lap 33: Ty Dillon and Justin Haley Make Contact Several Times

Ty Dillon was battling Justin Haley for the eighth position, and initiated contact a couple of times with Haley. In the end, Dillon moved into the eighth spot.

Lap 26: Preece Working on Hocevar For Second

Ryan Preece worked his way around Michael McDowell for the third position using the high lane, and now he is applying pressure to Hocevar for the runner-up spot.

Lap 15: Teammates McDowell and Hocevar Make Contact Battling for P2

Michael McDowell went to the inside of Carson Hocevar on Lap 14, and on Lap 15 while the duo were running side-by-side, they made contact with each other. McDowell is still side-by-side with Hocevar on Lap 16.

Lap 10: Bubba Wallace Into Top 10

After a several lap battle with Noah Gragson, Bubba Wallace moved into the top 10 on Lap 10 after starting from the 14th position.

Lap 5: Gragson Freefalling

Noah Gragson’s freefall from the third position at the green flag continues. Gragson was bump-and-runned by John Hunter Nemechek, and Gragson is now back to ninth. Nemechek is up to fifth. Shane van Gisbergen continues to lead from the pole.

Green Flag!

Shane van Gisbergen leads the field into Turn 1 on the opening lap of the race, and Carson Hocevar slots into the second position right behind him. Michael McDowell got around Noah Gragson for the third spot on the opening lap of the Open.

5:32 PM ET: Engines Fired

Engines have been fired for the 18 drivers, who are set to compete in the 100-lap NASCAR All-Star Open. At the end of this race, the top-two drivers will advance to the NASCAR All-Star Race field as will one fan vote-winning driver.

NASCAR All-Star Open Race Info

The NASCAR All-Star Open, which serves as the final chance for drivers to lock into the NASCAR All-Star Race, will be televised on FS1 and can be streamed on the FOX Sports App with a valid television provider login. Television coverage of the event will begin at 5:00 PM ET. The Motor Racing Network (MRN) and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio will provide the event’s radio broadcast.

The overall race purse, which teams will fight for their portion of in Sunday’s Open race is a total of $581,100.

The race distance is 100 laps around the 0.625-mile North Wilkesboro Speedway, which equates to a 62.5-mile race distance. The race will have a competition break at or around Lap 50.

The top-two finishers from the NASCAR All-Star Open Race will advance to the starting lineup of Sunday evening’s NASCAR All-Star Race. In addition, one driver will advance to the field by way of a fan vote, which was conducted on NASCAR.com.

Shane van Gisbergen on Pole for All-Star Open Race

While it hasn’t been a super stout NASCAR Cup Series rookie campaign for Shane van Gisbergen, the driver of the No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet took the pole position for Sunday afternoon’s NASCAR All-Star Open Race in the unique All-Star qualifying format.

Through three full laps around the 0.625-mile oval, which included a four-tire pit stop mixed in, SVG turned the fastest time (88.685 seconds) of anyone in the 18-car NASCAR All-Star Open field.

Carson Hocevar will start alongside van Gisbergen in the Open.

NASCAR All-Star Open Starting Lineup

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