NASCAR at Phoenix entry lists, odds and more info for 2025

AVONDALE, Ariz. — NASCAR heads to the desert for the first true test of performance and a little twist on what you’d expect.

NASCAR Cup Series’ Shriners Children’s 500 at Phoenix Raceway

• Sunday at 3:30 p.m. (All times Eastern)
• 312 laps
  • Stages end on laps 60, 185, 312
• Last year’s winner: Christopher Bell
• Last week’s winner: Christopher Bell
• NASCAR on TV schedule this week: Phoenix, March 2025

Katherine Legge will make her NASCAR Cup Series debut with Live Fast Motorsports this weekend. She is set to become the first woman to make a start in the Cup Series since Danica Patrick in the 2018 Daytona 500.

MORE: Katherine Legge to become first woman in 7 years to race in NASCAR Cup Series

The NASCAR Cup Series will use option tires for the second time in a points race. During its debut at Richmond Raceway in August, the option tire received praise for giving teams another strategy tool to gain track position with.

Daniel Suarez, for example, restarted outside of the top-20 on lap 80 of 400 at Richmond and took the lead 13 laps later. He then led four times for 93 laps and won stage two.

In the final stage, however, he sunk through the field and off the lead lap as he had to take regular tires while other teams had the option tires. That was by design as, in the final 68 laps with the option tires, he was on pace to make up a 10-second deficit to the leader.

Ultimately, Suarez stalled out in the back half of the top-10 and finished 10th in overtime.

If the option tire is received just as well at Phoenix, NASCAR stated they will use it during the championship race in November.

• Practice: Saturday at 2 p.m. (All entries, 45 minutes)
• Qualifying: Saturday at 3 p.m. (Single-vehicle, one lap)

NASCAR Xfinity Series’ GOVX 200 at Phoenix Raceway

• Saturday at 5 p.m. (All times Eastern)
• 200 laps
  • Stages end on laps 45, 90, 200
• Last year’s winner: Chandler Smith
• Last week’s winner: Connor Zilisch

Garrett Smithley is back in SS-Green Light Racing’s No. 14 Chevrolet after a one-week sabbatical for Carson Hocevar to get the team into the race.

Nick Leitz is in the No. 07 Chevrolet that Alex Labbe drove at Circuit of the Americas.

Alex Bowman is back in the NASCAR Xfinity Series for his stint in Mr. H’s No. 17 Chevrolet. Aric Almirola returns after a week away from the driver’s seat of Joe Gibbs Racing’s No. 19 Toyota. Almirola has a handful of starts planned this season in the No. 19.

Greg Van Alst will race for Joey Gase Motorsports. Meanwhile, Brad Perez is looking for a recovery from being part of a double DNQ for Alpha Prime Racing at COTA, also involving teammate Parker Retzlaff.

The other DNQ, Thomas Annunziata, is back for Phoenix to get himself his first start of the season and to get Cope Family Racing in their third race of the season.

Dawson Cram will be in the No. 74 entry listed as TBA.

• Practice: Saturday at 11:30 a.m. (Two groups, 25 minutes each)
• Qualifying: Saturday at 12:40 p.m. (Single-vehicle, one lap)

Odds for NASCAR Cup Series at Phoenix Raceway

• Christopher Bell +400
• Ryan Blaney +450
• Kyle Larson +650
• William Byron +750
• Denny Hamlin, Chase Elliott +850
• Chase Briscoe +1000
• Joey Logano +1200
• Ross Chastain, Tyler Reddick +1600
• Ty Gibbs, Kyle Busch +2500
• Chris Buescher +2800
• Brad Keselowski +3000
• Josh Berry +3500
• Bubba Wallace +4500
• Alex Bowman +5000
• Daniel Suarez, Carson Hocevar, Austin Cindric +7500
• Ryan Preece +8000
• Cole Custer +12500
• Erik Jones +15000
• AJ Allmendinger +20000
• Michael McDowell, Riley Herbst, Justin Haley, Noah Gragson, Austin Dillon, Shane van Gisbergen +25000
• Zane Smith, Todd Gilliland +35000
• Ricky Stenhouse Jr., John Hunter Nemechek +75000
• Ty Dillon +200000
• Cody Ware, Katherine Legge +250000

Odds for NASCAR Xfinity Series at Phoenix Raceway

• Justin Allgaier +375
• Alex Bowman, Aric Almirola +425
• Jesse Love +800
• Sam Mayer, Sheldon Creed +1000
• Connor Zilisch, Sammy Smith +1200
• Carson Kvapil +1400
• Taylor Gray +1500
• Austin Hill +2000
• Brandon Jones +2200
• William Sawalich +2500
• Christian Eckes +5000
• Nick Sanchez +6000
• Ryan Sieg +7500
• Harrison Burton +10000
• Parker Retzlaff +30000
• Daniel Dye +35000
• Jeb Burton, Anthony Alfredo +50000
• Matt DiBenedetto, Josh Williams, Dean Thompson +75000
• Thomas Annunziata +100000
• Jeremy Clements, Brennan Poole +150000
• Kyle Sieg, Nick Leitz, Kris Wright +200000
• Greg Van Alst, Joey Gase, Blaine Perkins, Brad Perez, Josh Bilicki, Garrett Smithley, Dawson Cram +250000

ARCA Menards Series at Phoenix Raceway

• Friday at 8 p.m.
  • FS1, FOX Sports App
• 150 laps (no stages)
• Practice and Qualifying: Friday at 4:30 p.m.
• More info here