Where early-season Xfinity Series playoff bubble stands after COTA

Three races into the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Collection season, the factors standings are beginning to take form. Right here is an early-season have a look at the place the playoff bubble stands after Saturday’s race at Circuit of the Americas. 

10. Christian Eckes (+6)

A tough-fought career-best effort of fifth for Eckes on Saturday retains him above the bubble for now. Eckes took on harm early on Saturday’s race, however fought again to earn a top-five end. The March 8 race at Phoenix shall be a great take a look at of how a lot velocity the No. 16 crew has at conventional ovals this season. 

11. Harrison Burton (+5) 

A pair of top-10 finishes at Daytona and Atlanta and a stage win on Saturday at COTA have Burton and the No. 25 crew turning heads early within the season. After a disastrous 2024 season, AM Racing is lastly being talked about for the entire proper causes. Few anticipated Burton to be across the bubble a lot in any respect this 12 months, however he is completed a stable job to date. 

12. Carson Kvapil (+0)

A flat tire relegated Kvapil to a Twenty third-place end on Saturday, however his efficiency at COTA was extraordinarily spectacular. Kvapil went wheel to wheel with Connor Zilisch for the win earlier than his right-front tire went down, and if Saturday was any indication, the No. 1 crew will not be on the bubble for lengthy. 

13. William Sawalich (-0)

Sawalich had a quiet day on Saturday, ending ninth on a day his common working place was 18th. He hasn’t lit the world on fireplace to begin the season, however he ought to settle in properly because the circuit begins to go to extra conventional ovals within the coming weeks. 

14. Ryan Sieg (-0) 

Sieg’s greatest nemesis to date this season has been unhealthy luck. Regardless of quick automobiles at Daytona and Atlanta, neither superspeedway race ended with a top-10 end. Nor did Saturday’s race at COTA, during which Sieg completed nineteenth. The No. 39 crew is often a crew that spends many of the season on the playoff bubble, and that is the case early in 2025. 

15. Jeremy Clements (-4) 

Clements hit a significant milestone on Saturday by making the five hundredth begin of his Xfinity Collection profession. Sadly for him, a Twenty eighth-place end at COTA dampened the celebration. Clements and the No. 51 crew have not proven a lot velocity over the previous few seasons after making the playoffs on factors in 2021. Subsequent week’s race at Phoenix shall be a vital litmus take a look at for the veteran driver.