NASCAR heads to Phoenix Raceway for the last race of the season and to crown the Craftsman Truck, Xfinity and Cup Series champions. Phoenix Raceway has pulled out all the stops for this weekend's championship races to make the Cup Series Championship Race NASCAR's Super Bowl.
GRAMMY award-winning rapper Nelly will perform prior to the Cup Series Championship Race and fans in attendance can expect to hear his classic tune, "Hot In Herre". Olympic swimming legend Michael Phelps will serve as the honorary pace car driver, while actor, writer and comedian Whitney Cummings has been named the honorary starter for the race.
Since the inception of the NASCAR Playoffs in 2004, Phoenix Raceway has had three different positions on the postseason schedule. In 2004 it hosted the eighth race in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs, from 2005-2019 race No.9 of 10 was hosted there and this is the fifth year the NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race will be held at Phoenix Raceway. This is the 21st consecutive season Phoenix has participated in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs.
According to NASCAR, since hosting the series' Championship Race (2020-2023), the winner of the race has also won the NASCAR Cup Series title in three of the last four seasons - Chase Elliott won at Phoenix Raceway on Nov. 8, 2020, Kyle Larson won at Phoenix on Nov. 7, 2021, and Joey Logano won at Phoenix on Nov. 6, 2022. Last season, Ryan Blaney finished runner-up at Phoenix to win his first title.
Among the NASCAR Cup Series Championship (Ryan Blaney, William Byron, Joey Logano and Tyler Reddick) Logano is the only driver to win a playoff race at Phoenix Raceway.
Friday, November 8
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Championship Race qualifying
4:05 p.m. (ET)
TV: FS2
NASCAR Xfinity Series
NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race practice
5:05 p.m. (ET)
TV: USA, NBC Sports app
NASCAR Cup Series
NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race practice
6:05 p.m. (ET)
TV: USA, NBC Sports app
Radio: MRN, Sirius XM
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Championship Race
8:00 p.m. (ET)
TV: FS1
Radio: MRN, Sirius XM
Saturday, November 9
NASCAR Xfinity Series
NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race qualifying
4:00 p.m. (ET)
TV: USA, NBC Sports app
NASCAR Cup Series
NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race qualifying
5:05 p.m. (ET)
TV: USA, NBC Sports app
Radio: MRN, Sirius XM
NASCAR Xfinity Series
NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race
7:00 p.m. (ET)
TV: CW
Radio: MRN, Sirius XM
Sunday, November 10
NASCAR Cup Series
NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race
3:00 p.m. (ET)
TV: NBC, Peacock
Radio: MRN, Sirius XM
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