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2025 FireKeepers Casino 400

The 2025 FireKeepers Casino 400 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on June 8, 2025, at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan. Contested over 200 laps on the D-shaped oval, it was the 15th race of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season and the first of three seeding races for the inaugural NASCAR In-Season Challenge.

Denny Hamlin won the race. Chris Buescher finished 2nd, and Ty Gibbs finished 3rd. Bubba Wallace and Kyle Larson rounded out the top five, and Ross Chastain, Zane Smith, Kyle Busch, Ryan Preece, and Brad Keselowski rounded out the top ten.

Report

Background

The race was held at Michigan International Speedway, a moderate-banked D-shaped speedway located in Brooklyn, Michigan. The track is used primarily for NASCAR events. It is known as a "sister track" to Texas World Speedway as MIS's oval design was a direct basis of TWS, with moderate modifications to the banking in the corners, and was used as the basis of Auto Club Speedway. The track is owned by International Speedway Corporation. Michigan International Speedway is recognized as one of motorsports' premier facilities because of its wide racing surface and high banking (by open-wheel standards; the 18-degree banking is modest by stock car standards).

Entry list

  • (R) denotes rookie driver.
  • (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.

Practice

Chase Briscoe was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 36.832 seconds and a speed of .

Practice results

Qualifying

Chase Briscoe scored the pole for the race with a time of 36.826 and a speed of .

Qualifying results

Race

Race results

Stage results

Stage One Laps: 45

Stage Two Laps: 75

Final Stage results

Stage Three Laps: 80

Race statistics

  • Lead changes: 15 among 11 different drivers
  • Cautions/Laps: 7 for 33
  • Red flags: 1 for 11 minutes and 32 seconds
  • Time of race: 2 hours, 48 minutes, and 20 seconds
  • Average speed:

Media

Television

Prime Video covered the race on the television side. Adam Alexander, two-time Michigan winner Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Steve Letarte called the race from the broadcast booth. Kim Coon, Marty Snider, and Trevor Bayne handled pit road for the television side.

Radio

Radio coverage of the race was broadcast by Motor Racing Network (MRN) and simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden Mike Bagley & former championship Crew Chief Todd Gordon called the race in the booth while the field races on the front stretch. Lead MRN Turn Announcer Dave Moody called the race from a billboard outside of turn 2 when the field is racing through turns 1 and 2. Tim Catafalmo called the race from a platform outside of turn 3 when the field races through turns 3 and 4. Lead MRN Radio Pit Reporter Steve Post, Chris Wilner, Brienne Pedigo and Jason Toy worked pit road for the radio side.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings
  • <small>Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.</small>
  • <small><span style="padding:1px 4px; color:#FFDEAD; background:#FFDEAD;">.</span>&nbsp;– Driver has clinched a position in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.</small>

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