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