Race Results: 2025 NXS Wawa 250 at Daytona

Connor Zilisch is going to have his name in the record books as a winner at Daytona International Speedway, but it was Parker Kligerman who brought the No. 88 WeatherTech Chevrolet across the start-finish line to win Friday’s Wawa 250.

Race Results:

Fin	St	#	Driver	Team	Laps	Diff	Status	Points
1	1	88	Connor Zilisch	JR Motorsports WeatherTech Chevrolet	104		Running	40
2	3	8	Sammy Smith	JR Motorsports Pilot Chevrolet	104	--	Running	35
3	5	7	Justin Allgaier	JR Motorsports Hellmann's / RCPT Chevrolet	104	--	Running	34
4	10	2	Jesse Love	Richard Childress Racing Whelen Engineering Chevrolet	104	--	Running	33
5	2	41	Sam Mayer	Haas Factory Team Audibel Ford	104	--	Running	32
6	7	20	Brandon Jones	Joe Gibbs Racing Menards / Patriot Lighting Toyota	104	--	Running	31
7	11	26	Dean Thompson	Sam Hunt Racing Thompson Pipe Group Toyota	104	--	Running	30
8	36	14	Garrett Smithley	SS-GreenLight Racing True Brand Chevrolet	104	--	Running	29
9	12	44	Brennan Poole	Alpha Prime Racing CW & Sons / Clark's Chevrolet	104	--	Running	28
10	6	1	Carson Kvapil	JR Motorsports Jarrett Chevrolet	104	--	Running	27
11	31	71	Ryan Ellis	DGM Racing Mike Albert Fleet Solutions Chevrolet	104	--	Running	26
12	24	18	William Sawalich	Joe Gibbs Racing SoundGear Toyota	104	--	Running	25
13	34	07	Patrick Emerling	SS-GreenLight Racing Priority Tire Chevrolet	104	--	Running	24
14	23	31	Blaine Perkins	Jordan Anderson Racing easycare Chevrolet	104	--	Running	23
15	26	35	Mason Maggio	Joey Gase Motorsports Denssi Energy Pouches Chevrolet	104	--	Running	22
16	8	25	Harrison Burton	AM Racing DEX Imaging Ford	104	--	Running	21
17	27	00	Sheldon Creed	Haas Factory Team Ollie's Bargain Outlet Ford	104	--	Running	20
18	28	91	Josh Bilicki	DGM Racing Wawa / Coca-Cola Zero Sugar Chevrolet	104	--	Running	19
19	21	11	Justin Haley	Kaulig Racing Celsius Chevrolet	104	--	Running	18
20	13	27	Jeb Burton	Jordan Anderson Racing Golden Corral / State Chevrolet	104	--	Running	17
21	25	53	Joey Gase	Joey Gase Motorsports NFPA Chevrolet	104	--	Running	16
22	38	92	Natalie Decker	DGM Racing Wawa Chevrolet	104	--	Running	15
23	18	48	Nick Sanchez	Big Machine Racing Pickers Vodka Chevrolet	104	--	Running	14
24	29	19	Aric Almirola	Joe Gibbs Racing Young Life Toyota	103	1 lap	Accident	13
25	4	21	Austin Hill	Richard Childress Racing Global Industrial Chevrolet	103	1 lap	Accident	12
26	35	70	Leland Honeyman	Cope Family Racing DPR Construction Chevrolet	103	1 lap	Accident	11
27	30	28	Kyle Sieg	RSS Racing DeSantis AC & Appliance Ford	103	1 lap	Accident	10
28	37	5	Caesar Bacarella	Alpha Prime Racing Prime Bites / 7-Eleven Chevrolet	103	1 lap	Running	9
29	15	32	Rajah Caruth	Jordan Anderson Racing Atlanta Life Insurance Chevrolet	102	2 laps	Running	8
30	14	54	Taylor Gray	Joe Gibbs Racing Operation 300 RED Toyota	101	3 laps	Running	7
31	22	39	Ryan Sieg	RSS Racing SciAps Ford	98	6 laps	Accident	6
32	9	16	Christian Eckes	Kaulig Racing Campers Inn RV Mobile Medic Chevrolet	97	7 laps	Accident	5
33	33	99	Matt DiBenedetto	Viking Motorsports Buddy Chevrolet	96	8 laps	Accident	4
34	20	45	Josh Williams	Alpha Prime Racing Optum Chevrolet	96	8 laps	Accident	3
35	17	10	Daniel Dye	Kaulig Racing Martech Services Company Chevrolet	96	8 laps	Accident	2
36	16	51	Jeremy Clements	Jeremy Clements Racing All South Electric Chevrolet	89	15 laps	Accident	1
37	32	42	Anthony Alfredo	Young's Motorsports Dude Wipes Chevrolet	67	37 laps	Mechanical	1
38	19	4	Parker Retzlaff	Alpha Prime Racing Dove Men+Care Chevrolet	30	74 laps	Mechanical	1

Cautions / Incidents:

Caution	Lap	Description	Free Pass
--	12	Harrison Burton Spin on Backstretch	--
1	13	Weather	25
2	31	Carson Kvapil, Taylor Gray, Dean Thompson, Blaine Perkins Incident in Turn 3	25
--	33	Carson Kvapil Spin in Turn 4	--
3	59	Jeb Burton, William Sawalich, Sammy Smith, Brandon Jones, Aric Almirola, Taylor Gray Incident Entering Trioval	31
4	68	Car Stopped on Frontstretch	18
--	73	Rajah Caruth Spin on Backstretch	--
5	90	Taylor Gray, Jeremy Clements, Caesar Bacarella, Josh Bilciki, and Natalie Decker Incident in Turn 3	1
6	98	Sheldon Creed, Harrison Burton, Ryan Sieg, Christian Eckes, Matt DiBenedetto, Daniel Dye, Jeb Burton, Aric Almirola, Ryan Ellis, Nick Sanchez, and Josh Williams Incident on Frontstretch	1
7	105	Mason Maggio, Nick Sanchez, Harrison Burton, Justin Haley, Austin Hill, Leland Honeyman, Aric Almirola, Joey Gase Incident in Turn 3

Leaders / Lead Changes:

Lead Change	Leader	From	To	Total
P	Connor Zilisch	0	0	0
1	Sammy Smith	1	8	8
2	Sam Mayer	9	23	15
3	Sammy Smith	24	27	4
4	Sam Mayer	28	28	1
5	Sammy Smith	29	32	4
6	Jesse Love	33	37	5
7	Connor Zilisch	38	39	2
8	Sammy Smith	40	41	2
9	Justin Haley	42	48	7
10	Jesse Love	49	57	9
11	Justin Allgaier	58	63	6
12	Garrett Smithley	64	64	1
13	Austin Hill	65	71	7
14	Sheldon Creed	72	72	1
15	Ryan Sieg	73	73	1
16	Sheldon Creed	74	74	1
17	Ryan Sieg	75	76	2
18	Sheldon Creed	77	77	1
19	Ryan Sieg	78	84	7
20	Austin Hill	85	85	1
21	Ryan Sieg	86	94	9
22	Connor Zilisch	95	104	10