Over the weekend, Sam Mayer won his first race of 2025. It was enough to draw attention from Denny Hamlin on his podcast. Mayer now has eight wins in his NASCAR Xfinity Series career in less than 150 starts.

It was also the first win for team owner Gene Haas since Stewart-Haas Racing shut down and was reorganized into the Haas Factory Team. Mayer has eight career wins now, including back-to-back victories at Iowa Speedway ... with two different race teams.

It was a repeat win at the Iowa Speedway as Sam Mayer clinched the HyVee Perks 250 for the second year in a row.