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2025 NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race
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The 2025 NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race is an upcoming NASCAR Cup Series race held on November 2, 2025, at Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Arizona. Contested over 312 laps on the one mile (1.6 km) oval, it will be the 36th and final race of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season.
This will be the final championship race held at Phoenix as the event will move to Homestead–Miami Speedway. Phoenix will host the championship race, but will be on a "rotating" schedule.[4]
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Phoenix Raceway – also known as PIR – is a one-mile, low-banked tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona. It is named after the nearby metropolitan area of Phoenix. The motorsport track opened in 1964 and currently hosts two NASCAR race weekends annually. PIR has also hosted the IndyCar Series, CART, USAC and the Rolex Sports Car Series. The raceway is currently owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation.
The raceway was originally constructed with a 2.5 mi (4.0 km) road course that ran both inside and outside of the main tri-oval. In 1991 the track was reconfigured with the current 1.51 mi (2.43 km) interior layout. PIR has an estimated grandstand seating capacity of around 67,000. Lights were installed around the track in 2004 following the addition of a second annual NASCAR race weekend.
Phoenix Raceway is home to two annual NASCAR race weekends, one of 13 facilities on the NASCAR schedule to host more than one race weekend a year. The track is both the first and last stop in the western United States, as well as the fourth and the hosts the championship race on the schedule. In 2026, it was announced that Homestead-Miami would host the championship race, but Phoenix would hold a second-date.[4][5]
Entry list
- (R) denotes rookie driver.
- (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
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Television
NBC will cover the race on the television side. Leigh Diffey, two–time Phoenix winner Jeff Burton, and Steve Letarte will call the race from the broadcast booth. Reporters TBA handle the pit road duties from pit lane.
Radio
The race will be broadcast on radio by the Motor Racing Network and simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace will call the action from the broadcast booth when the field races down the front straightaway. Dave Moody will call the action from turns 1 & 2 and Mike Bagley will call the action from turns 3 & 4. Steve Post, Jacklyn Drake, Jason Toy, and Chris Wilner will cover the action for MRN from pit lane.
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