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NASCAR National Series Fans Respond To 2025 Awards Season

Jeff Hawkins Written by Sports EditorJeff Hawkins
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NASCAR National Series Fans Respond To 2025 Awards Season

NASCAR National Series teams and drivers capped the 2025 campaign with an end-of-the-season awards banquet in Scottsdale, Ariz., on Tuesday.

The black-tie event was traditionally held in Charlotte, N.C., but it was relocated to the site of the industry’s Championship Weekend.

The Championship 4 races were staged at Phoenix Raceway, leading to Corey Heim claiming the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series championship, Jesse Love the Xfinity title, and Kyle Larson the Cup Series crown.

By the way, the 2026 Daytona 500 is 102 days away.

X (Twitter) users reacted Tuesday night to the 2025 NASCAR awards season coming to a ceremonial close …

NASCAR Cup Series Awards

Larson’s story gets deeper …

Twice as nice …

Chase Elliott thanked the fans for their support in the popularity vote. The eight-time winner remains at the halfway point of catching his more popular father. Bill Elliott holds a record 16 awards …

Shane van Gisbergen, the road-course ace, earned top rookie honors …

Chase Briscoe finished fourth in last Sunday’s Championship 4 race at the 1-mile desert track, but compiled the most pole positions this season …

NASCAR Xfinity Series

Jesse Love shocked regular-season champion Connor Zilisch for the final Xfinity Series championship. In 2026, the series will be known as O’Reilly Auto Parts Series …

Zilisch and Love swept additional Xfinity Series awards …

Zilisch clocked the seven fastest lap awards …

Justin Allgaier, the 2024 Xfinity Series champion, proved his popularity in the outgoing Xfinity Series …

Hardly a consolation prize for falling short of the circuit title, Zilisch was named the top first-year pilot …

Daniel Dye went winless on the Xfinity circuit, but proved to be a winner away from the track …

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series

Truck Series champion Corey Heim got emotional during Tuesday’s banquet …

How could Heim, the circuit’s first pilot to lead at least one lap in each of his national series starts, not get emotional after what he and the No. 11 Toyota team accomplished in 2025. In 25 Truck Series starts, he earned 12 wins, 19 top-five finishes, 23 stage wins and 1,627 laps led. Was it the best Truck Series campaign ever? …

Giovanni Ruggiero earned his first series win and placed 11th in the final drivers’ standings to earn the top rookie award …

Most popular trucker …

“Heim time” for a sweep …

Not surprisingly, Heim posted eight fastest lap honors …

Jeff Hawkins Written by Sports EditorJeff Hawkins
Jeff Hawkins is an award-winning sportswriter with more than four decades in the industry, in both print and digital media. He joined the Sportscasting team in 2021 following a decade of freelancing. He spent his early career as a reporter for various newspapers in Illinois, New York, Florida, North Carolina, and Michigan, with a particular emphasis as a beat reporter for the Chicago Blackhawks. Jeff earned his bachelor's degree in journalism from Oakland University. Over the course of his career he earned several sports writing awards, including two national awards from the Associated Press Sports Editors for column writing and news reporting. One of the five prized columns included a commentary on NASCAR's increasing corporate influences, particularly in northern racetracks — commentary which you might find Jeff building on as part of the Motorsports writing team at Sportscasting now.  
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