Jesse Love
20-Year-Old Driver
Richard Childress Racing
2024 Xfinity Stats
Points
2247
Starts
33
Wins
1
Poles
5
Top 5
7
Top 10
18
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Love's rookie season was an unquestionable success last year. He raced to one win and 18 Top-10 finishes as well as a surprising five pole positions. The 20-year-old driver seemed very comfortable on superspeedways as well as short tracks and road circuits. Love grabbed an impressive win at Talladega and a runner-up finish at Phoenix. The Richard Childress Racing youngster will look to up the ante in 2025 and he'll do it with much of the same team returning at the No. 2 Chevrolet. We expect to see Love win more races and improve his week-to-week consistency as he matures. That means more Top-10 finishes, a better average finish and if the breaks fall his way a possible challenge for the 2025 Xfinity Series championship. Read Past Outlooks
Wins Xfinity Series Championship
By virtue of winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race at Phoenix Raceway on Saturday night, Love was declared the 2025 series champion.
ANALYSIS
Love would race in-and-out of the Top 10 in the early portions of the race. He would rise to strength during stage 3 and lead four times for 35 laps down the stretch. Love would pass Connor Zilisch on the final green-flag run and take the victory by 0.861-seconds over Aric Almirola. It was Love's second victory of the season and he would be crowned the 2025 series champion as a result.
Love would race in-and-out of the Top 10 in the early portions of the race. He would rise to strength during stage 3 and lead four times for 35 laps down the stretch. Love would pass Connor Zilisch on the final green-flag run and take the victory by 0.861-seconds over Aric Almirola. It was Love's second victory of the season and he would be crowned the 2025 series champion as a result.
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2024 Fantasy Outlook
After a dominant, 10-win performance and championship in the ARCA Menards Series last season, Love promotes straight past the trucks and into the Xfinity Series for 2024. The 19-year-old prodigy takes over RCR's strong No. 2 Chevrolet team. This is the same car that Sheldon Creed drove to seventh-place in the points last season and Myatt Snider drove to ninth-place in the points in 2021. For his rookie campaign, Love will be paired with veteran crew chief, Danny Stockman, and the two will look to hit the ground running in the upcoming season. Stockman has over 200 starts of experience in this division of NASCAR, seven victories and a championship with Austin Dillon in 2013. The duo should have some success, but won't be world beaters right out of the gate.
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Wins United Rentals 250 Pole
Love won the pole for the United Rentals 250 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Talladega Superspeedway on Saturday. He turned a fast lap of 182.036 mph.
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Runner-up Finish in Iowa
Love finished second in the Hy-Vee Perks 250 NASAR Xfinity Series race at Iowa Speedway on Saturday night.
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Wins Hy-Vee Perks 250 Pole
Love won the pole for the Hy-Vee Perks 250 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Iowa Speedway on Saturday. He turned a fast lap of 133.237 mph.
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Tops Dover Xfinity Practice
Love was fastest in Happy Hour practice for the BetRivers 200 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Dover Motor Speedway on Saturday. He turned a fast lap of 151.235 mph.
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Runner-up Finish at Pocono
Love finished second in the Explore the Pocono Mountains 250 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Pocono Raceway on Saturday afternoon.
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