Who has run the fastest lap in a NASCAR race most often in 2025?
CONCORD, N.C. — Halfway through the 2025 NASCAR season, 12 drivers have earned the bonus point for running the fastest lap in the NASCAR Xfinity Series — while both the Cup and Craftsman Truck Series have each nine drivers earn it.
2025 is the first season where NASCAR is awarding a bonus point for running the fastest lap of the race. Here is who leads the pack in each series with the most races running the fastest lap.
NASCAR Cup Series Fastest Lap Leaders After 18 Races
- Denny Hamlin
- Martinsville – March, Coca-Cola 600, Nashville Superspeedway, Pocono
- Michael McDowell
- Daytona 500, Phoenix – March, Talladega – April
- Kyle Larson
- Circuit of the Americas, Kansas – May, Mexico City
- AJ Allmendinger
- Atlanta – February, Bristol – April
- William Byron
- Darlington – April, Michigan
- Tyler Reddick
- Las Vegas – March
- Bubba Wallace
- Homestead-Miami
- Carson Hocevar
- Texas
- John Hunter Nemechek
- Atlanta – June
NASCAR Xfinity Series Fastest Lap Leaders After 17 Races
- Justin Allgaier
- Phoenix – March, Homestead-Miami, Texas, Charlotte, Nashville Superspeedway
- Jeremy Clements
- Daytona – February, Talladega – April
- Christian Eckes
- Atlanta – February
- Carson Kvapil
- Circuit of the Americas
- Connor Zilisch
- Las Vegas – March
- Sammy Smith
- Martinsville – March
- Taylor Gray
- Darlington – April
- Kyle Larson
- Bristol – April
- Ryan Sieg
- Rockingham
- Ty Gibbs
- Mexico City
- Chase Elliott
- Pocono
- Austin Hill
- Atlanta – June
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Fastest Lap Leaders After 15 Races
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TALLADEGA, ALABAMA – SEPTEMBER 30: Tanner Gray, driver of the #15 Sport Clips Toyota, (L) and Taylor Gray, driver of the #17 Dead On Tools Toyota, wait on the grid during qualifying for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Love’s RV Stop 250 at Talladega Superspeedway on September 30, 2023 in Talladega, Alabama. (Photo by Meg Oliphant/Getty Images) 
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- Corey Heim
- Martinsville – March, Rockingham, Charlotte – May, Nashville Superspeedway, Lime Rock Park
- Layne Riggs
- Daytona – February, Pocono
- Carson Hocevar
- Texas, Kansas – May
- Tanner Gray
- Atlanta – February
- Ty Majeski
- Las Vegas – March
- Ross Chastain
- Homestead-Miami
- Kyle Larson
- Bristol – April
- Chandler Smith
- North Wilkesboro
- Kaden Honeycutt
- Michigan
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Jonathan Fjeld is the co-owner of the The Racing Experts, LLC. He has been with TRE since 2010.
A Twin Valley, MN, native, Fjeld became a motorsports fan at just three years old (first race was the 2002 Pennsylvania 500). He worked as a contributor and writer for TRE from 2010-18. Since then, he has stepped up and covered 24 NASCAR race weekends and taken on a larger role with TRE. He became the co-owner and managing editor in 2023 and has guided the site to massive growth in that time.
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