NASCAR playoffs 2025 race schedule, results: Complete list of Cup Series race dates, winners, tracks

After 26 races, 16 drivers did what they needed to do to stand out above the rest of the NASCAR Cup Series field. Nine races and three rounds of playoff racing later, the final four now remain. And now, it all comes down to one final race to finish the story of a season and establish whose name will be remembered forever as its champion.

The Championship 4 are set, as Denny Hamlin, Chase Briscoe, William Byron and Kyle Larson now head to Phoenix Raceway for the NASCAR Cup Series championship. After 35 races where points were just as paramount as points, all that matters now is for these four drivers to make sure they outrun each other in the season finale. Whoever among Hamlin, Briscoe, Byron and Larson has the best finish in the Championship Race at Phoenix will win the Cup Series championship, with Larson going for his second Cup crown while Hamlin, Briscoe, and Byron all seek their first.

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2025 NASCAR Cup Series regular season results

(* -- Denotes non-points race)

Feb. 2 -- Cook Out Clash -- Bowman Gray Stadium* (Winner: Chase Elliott)
Feb. 16 -- Daytona 500 -- Daytona International Speedway (Winner: William Byron)
Feb. 23 -- Ambetter Health 400 -- EchoPark Speedway (Winner: Christopher Bell)
March 2 -- Echopark Texas Grand Prix -- Circuit of the Americas (Winner: Christopher Bell)
March 9 -- Shriners Children's 500 -- Phoenix Raceway (Winner: Christopher Bell)
March 16 -- Pennzoil 400 -- Las Vegas Motor Speedway (Winner: Josh Berry)
March 23 -- Straight Talk Wireless 400 -- Homestead-Miami Speedway (Winner: Kyle Larson)
March 30 -- Cook Out 400 -- Martinsville Speedway (Winner: Denny Hamlin)
April 6 -- Goodyear 400 -- Darlington Raceway (Winner: Denny Hamlin)
April 13 -- Food City 500 -- Bristol Motor Speedway (Winner: Kyle Larson)
April 27 -- Jack Link's 500 -- Talladega Superspeedway (Winner: Austin Cindric)
May 4 -- Wurth 400 --Texas Motor Speedway (Winner: Joey Logano)
May 11 -- AdventHealth 400 -- Kansas Speedway (Winner: Kyle Larson)
May 18 -- All-Star Race -- North Wilkesboro Speedway* (Winner: Christopher Bell)
May 25 -- Coca-Cola 600 -- Charlotte Motor Speedway (Winner: Ross Chastain)
June 1 -- Cracker Barrel 400 -- Nashville Superspeedway (Winner: Ryan Blaney)
June 8 -- FireKeepers Casino 400 -- Michigan International Speedway (Winner: Denny Hamlin)
June 15 -- Viva Mexico 250 -- Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez (Winner: Shane van Gisbergen)
June 22 -- The Great American Getaway 400 -- Pocono Raceway (Winner: Chase Briscoe)
June 28 -- Quaker State 400 -- EchoPark Speedway (Winner: Chase Elliott)
July 6 -- Grant Park 165 -- Chicago Street Course (Winner: Shane van Gisbergen)
July 13 -- Toyota/Save Mart 350 -- Sonoma Raceway (Winner: Shane van Gisbergen)
July 20 -- Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400 -- Dover Motor Speedway (Winner: Denny Hamlin)
July 27 -- Brickyard 400 -- Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Winner: Bubba Wallace)
Aug. 3 -- Iowa Corn 350 -- Iowa Speedway (Winner: William Byron)
Aug. 10 -- Go Bowling at the Glen -- Watkins Glen International (Winner: Shane van Gisbergen)
Aug. 16 -- Cook Out 400 -- Richmond Raceway (Winner: Austin Dillon)
Aug. 23 -- Coke Zero Sugar 400 -- Daytona International Speedway (Winner: Ryan Blaney)

NASCAR playoffs

Round of 16

Aug. 31 -- Cook Out Southern 500 -- Darlington Raceway (Winner: Chase Briscoe)
Sept. 7 -- Enjoy Illinois 300 -- World Wide Technology Raceway (Winner: Denny Hamlin)
Sept. 13 -- Bass Pro Shops Night Race -- Bristol Motor Speedway (Winner: Christopher Bell)

Round of 12

Sept. 21 -- Mobil 1 301 -- New Hampshire Motor Speedway (Winner: Ryan Blaney)
Sept. 28 -- Hollywood Casino 400 -- Kansas Speedway (Winner: Chase Elliott)
Oct. 5 -- Bank of America ROVAL 400 -- Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval (Winner: Shane van Gisbergen)

Round of 8

Oct. 12 -- South Point 400 -- Las Vegas Motor Speedway (Winner: Denny Hamlin)
Oct. 19 -- YellaWood 500 -- Talladega Superspeedway (Winner: Chase Briscoe)
Oct. 26 -- Xfinity 500 -- Martinsville Speedway (Winner: William Byron)

Championship

Nov. 2 -- NASCAR Cup Series Championship -- Phoenix Raceway