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NASCAR at Rockingham 2025: Odds, TV/radio times and more info

The NASCAR Cup Series is off this upcoming weekend, but the NASCAR Xfinity and Craftsman Truck Series head to Rockingham Speedway, also known as “The Rock.”

ROCKINGHAM, NC – APRIL 15: Trucks are reflected in the Rockingham Speedway building during the Good Sam Roadside Assistance 200 at Rockingham Speedway on April 15, 2012 in Rockingham, North Carolina. (Photo by Rainier Ehrhardt/Getty Images for NASCAR)

The Xfinity Series will race at the 1-mile speedway for the first time since 2004, while the Truck Series revisits for the first time since 2013.

Rockingham was on the NASCAR Cup Series schedule from 1965 to 2004.

NASCAR Xfinity Series’ North Carolina Education Lottery 250

  • Saturday (April 12) 4 p.m. CW/MRN Sirius XM NASCAR (All times Eastern)
  • 250 laps
    • Stages end on laps 60, 120, 250
Kasey Kahne walks during driver introductions for the 2018 Pocono 400. (Tyler Head | The Racing Experts)
Photo: Tyler Head/TRE

Forty drivers are entered for the race weekend, so two will miss the race.

No NASCAR Cup Series regulars are entered for the race, but the entry list includes the return of 18-time Cup Series winner Kasey Kahne to the series.

Kahne last raced in NASCAR in 2018, and the Xfinity Series in 2017, but will drive a one-off deal with Richard Childress Racing for the team’s No. 33 entry.

Katherine Legge, who made her Cup Series debut at Phoenix last month, will return to the series and race the No. 32 Chevrolet for Jordan Anderson Racing.

Other notable entries include Patrick Emerling (No. 07), Justin Bonsignore (No. 19), Greg Van Alst (No. 35), Vincente Salas (No. 45), Thomas Annunziata (No. 70), Dawson Cram (No. 74) , Austin Green (No. 87), and Josh Bilicki (No. 91).

NASCAR odds for Education Lottery 250 at Rockingham Speedway

From favorites to longshots, here is the full list of opening odds to win the Education Lottery 250, according to Caesars Sportsbook.

  • Justin Allgaier +240
  • Sheldon Creed +700
  • Austin Hill, Jesse Love, Sam Mayer +750
  • Kasey Kahne +800
  • Brandon Jones, Connor Zilisch +1000
  • Justin Bonsingore, Carson Kvapil +1500
  • Sammy Smith +1800
  • Ryan Sieg +2000
  • Taylor Gray +2500
  • Nicholas Sanchez +3500
  • Harrison Burton +6500
  • Christian Eckes +7500
  • William Sawalich, Dean Thompson +15000
  • Jeb Burton +25000
  • Parker Retzlaff +35000
  • Anthony Alfredo, Jeremy Clements, Josh Williams +50000
  • Brennan Poole +75000
  • Kyle Sieg +125000
  • Josh Bilicki +150000
  • Ryan Ellis, Blaine Perkins +200000
  • Greg Van Alst, Thomas Annuziata, Dawson Cram, Patrick Emerling, Austin Green, Katherine Legge, Vincente Salas, Garrett Smithley, Kris Wright +250000

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series’ Blackโ€™s Tire 200

  • Friday (April 11) 5 p.m. FS1/MRN Sirius XM NASCAR (All times Eastern)
  • 200 laps
    • Stages end on laps 45, 90, 200
Photo by Rainier Ehrhardt/Getty Images for NASCAR. Image courtesy of NASCAR Media.

With 35 trucks entered, everyone will make the race.

Brandon Jones will be pulling double-duty this weekend as he will race the No. 1 entry for TRICON Garage.

Other notable drivers on the entry list include Sammy Smith (No. 07), Stephen Mallozzi (No. 2), Norm Benning (No. 6), Corey Day (No. 7), Cody Dennison (No. 22), Bayley Currey (No. 44), Timmy Hill (No. 56), Luke Fenhaus (No. 66), Parker Kligerman (No. 75), and Justin Carroll (No. 90).

NASCAR odds for Blackโ€™s Tire 200 at Rockingham Speedway

From favorites to longshots, here is the full list of opening odds to win the Blackโ€™s Tire 200, according to Caesars Sportsbook.

  • Corey Heim +150
  • Ty Majeski +550
  • Chandler Smith +600
  • Layne Riggs +650
  • Sammy Smith +1000
  • Tyler Ankrum, Rajah Caruth, Grant Enfinger, Kaden Honeycutt +1400
  • Daniel Hemric +1500
  • Brandon Jones +2000
  • Ben Rhodes +4500
  • Corey Day, Stewart Friesen, Parker Kligermn +5000
  • Giovanni Ruggiero +6500
  • Jake Garcia, Tanner Gray +7500
  • Matt Crafton, Connor Mosack +8000
  • Bayley Currey +10000
  • Matt Mills +20000
  • Jack Wood +25000
  • Luke Fenhaus, Andres Perez De Lara, Dawson Sutton +35000
  • Toni Breidinger +150000
  • Norm Benning, Spencer Boyd, Nathan Byrd, Cody Dennison, Timmy Hill, Stephen Mallozzi, Frankie Muniz+250000

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From Grants, New Mexico, USA, Aragon started watching NASCAR in 2004 and has been covering the sport since 2009. Aragon is a 2012 graduate of Grants High School and a May 2016 graduate of the University of New Mexico with a B.A. in Mass Communications & Journalism. Aragon has worked in local and national media, as a musician, and an educator. He is co-author of the 2024 book "All of It: Daytona 500 Champion Tells the Rest of the Story" with racer Geoff Bodine.

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