NASCAR at Phoenix March 2026: Odds and more info
This weekend, NASCAR returns to the 1-mile Phoenix Raceway for NASCAR Cup and O’Reilly Auto Parts Series action in Arizona.
The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series’ next race is March 20 at Darlington.
NASCAR Cup Series’ Straight Talk Wireless 500 race
- Sunday, March 8
- 3:30 p.m. (all times Eastern)
- 312 laps
- Stages end on laps 60, 185, 312
- FOX Sports 1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90
- Last year’s winner: Christopher Bell
With 37 teams entered, all drivers are guaranteed to start the race.
Austin Hill is the lone open entry in the Richard Childress Racing No. 33 Chevrolet.
Odds for the NASCAR Cup Series Phoenix Race
Ryan Blaney, who won the Phoenix race in November, is the odds-on favorite to win Sunday, per the Caesar’s Sportsbook, as of Tuesday, March 3. Below are the sportbook’s opening odds for the race weekend.
- Ryan Blaney +475
- Denny Hamlin +550
- Christopher Bell +600
- Kyle Larson +750
- William Byron +800
- Chase Briscoe, Chase Elliott +1000
- Joey Logano, Tyler Reddick +1300
- Ross Chastain +1800
- Josh Berry, Chris Buescher +2500
- Brad Keselowski, Carson Hocevar +3000
- Kyle Busch, Bubba Wallace +3500
- Ty Gibbs +4000
- Alex Bowman +5000
- Ryan Preece +5500
- Connor Zilisch +6000
- Austin Cindric +7000
- Austin DIllon +7500
- Austin Hill, Michael McDowell +15000
- Daniel Suarez +20000
- Todd Gilliland, Noah Gragson, Erik Jones, Zane Smith, Shane Van Gisbergen +25000
- A.J. Allmendinger, John Hunter Nemechek, Ricky Stenhouse Jr.+35000
- Cole Custer +75000
- Ty Dillon, Riley Herbst +100000
- Cody Ware +250000
NASCAR Xfinity Series’ GOVX 200 race
- Saturday, March 7
- 7:30 p.m.
- 200 laps
- Stages end on laps 45, 90, 200
- CW, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90
- Last year’s winner: Aric Almirola
Two drivers will miss the race with 40 total entries.
Notable drivers on the entry list include Garrett Smithley (No. 0), Chandler Smith (No. 5), Austin J. Hill (No. 30), Rajah Caruth (No. 32), Blake Lothian (No. 35), Nathan Byrd (No. 42), Daniel Dye (No. 52), Joey Gase (No. 55), Dawson Cram (No. 74), Willaim Byron (No. 88), and Mason Maggio (No. 91).
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Dominic Aragon is currently the editor-in-chief for The Racing Experts.
From Grants, New Mexico, USA, Aragon started watching NASCAR in 2004 and has been covering the sport since 2009. Aragon is a 2012 graduate of Grants High School and a May 2016 graduate of the University of New Mexico with a B.A. in Mass Communications & Journalism. Aragon has worked in local and national media, as a musician, and an educator. He is co-author of the 2024 book "All of It: Daytona 500 Champion Tells the Rest of the Story" with racer Geoff Bodine.
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