Everything you need to know ahead of the NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race from Phoenix
NASCAR Xfinity Series
Next Race: NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race
The Place: Phoenix Raceway
Track Length: 1 Mile Asphalt Oval
The Date: Saturday, Nov. 1
The Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
The Purse: $2,151,939
TV: CW, 6:30 p.m. ET
Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR (Channel 90)
Distance: 200 miles (200 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 45), Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 90), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 200)
On Track:
Friday, Oct. 31: NXS Final Practice (CW App at 4:30 p.m. ET)
Saturday, Nov. 1: NXS Kennametal Pole Qualifying (CW App at 3:30 p.m. ET), NXS Race: NXS Championship Race (CW, MRN, SiriusXM at 7:30 p.m. ET)
Phoenix Raceway Storylines and Insights:
· This weekend marks the 48th running of a NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Phoenix Raceway.
· Phoenix has been on the Xfinity Series schedule every year since inaugural race in 1999
· This will be the 6th time Phoenix hosted the Xfinity Series Championship 4 race, every year since 2020
· The highest finishing Championship 4 driver will win the 2025 championship: #88 Connor Zilisch, #7 Justin Allgaier, #2 Jesse Love & #1 Carson Kvapil
· The highest finish Championship 4 car win the 2025 Car Owner Championship: #7 JRM, #19 JGR, #21 RCR, #88 JRM
· Two teams are represented in Championship 4: JR Motorsports (3) and Richard Childress Racing (1)
· Connor Zilisch and Carson Kvapil could each become the fourth rookie to win Xfinity Series championship
· Connor Zilisch was highest finishing of Championship 4 drivers in 17 of 32 races this season; Allgaier – 7, Love – 4, Kvapil – 4
· Connor Zilisch, at the Roval, is the only Championship 4 driver with a Playoff win this season
· Justin Allgaier finished 5th at Phoenix in March, the highest of the Championship 4 drivers
· At 25 years, 5 months, 25 days, this is the second-youngest Championship 4 in series history
· When Justin Allgaier made Xfinity Series debut in 2008, the other three Championship 4 drivers were 5-years-old or younger: Kvapil – 5, Love – 3, Zilisch - 2
· Joe Gibbs Racing’s #19 (Almirola) and Richard Childress Racing’s #21 (A. Hill) are in owner’s Championship 4 along with JR Motorsports’ #88 (Zilisch) and #7 (Allgaier)
· Non-Playoff drivers won seven of the last 13 Playoff races
· Jesse Love finished top-10 in all three Phoenix starts including a runner-up in March 2024
· Joe Gibbs Racing won four of six Playoffs races this season with three different drivers but don’t have a driver represented in the Championship 4 (driver point standings)
· The last two Phoenix races featured last-lap pass for the win
· NASCAR suspended Sam Mayer for one race after intentionally wrecking Jeb Burton after checkered flag at Martinsville; Ryan Sieg will drive #41 for Haas Factory Team at Phoenix, while Kyle Sieg will move to RSS Racing’s #39
· Connor Zilisch’s ten wins this season is the record for most wins by a rookie
· Connor Zilisch leads series with 10 wins, 19 Top 5s, 22 Top 10s, 986 laps led, an 8.2 avg finish & eight poles
· Connor Zilisch won Fastest Lap Award seven times this season, Justin Allgaier is second with six
· Justin Allgaier leads the series with 14 stage wins this season
· JR Motorsports won 17 races this season with a series-record six different drivers (does not include Parker Kligerman who won in relief role at Daytona)
· Justin Allgaier’s 28 career wins are 9th on the all-time wins list and one away from tying Matt Kenseth
· Chevrolet led 3,773 of 5,123 laps this season (74%)
· Ryan Sieg is making his 400th NXS start this weekend at Phoenix
· O’Reilly Auto Parts will replace Xfinity as title sponsor starting in 2026 becoming the fifth different title sponsor of the series: Budweiser, Busch, Nationwide, Xfinity & O’Reilly