NASCAR Championship Weekend at Phoenix 2025: Odds and more info
This weekend, all three NASCAR national series will crown their champions in the final race of the year and Championship 4 round.

NASCAR Cup Series’ Cup Series Championship race
- Sunday, Nov. 2
- 3 p.m. (all times Eastern)
- 312 laps
- Stages end on laps 60, 185, 312
- NBC, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90
- Last year’s winner: Joey Logano

With 38 teams entered, all drivers are guaranteed to start the race.
The 2025 Championship 4 contenders are Chase Briscoe, William Byron, Denny Hamlin, and Kyle Larson.
Notable part-time entries include:
- J.J. Yeley: No. 44 NY Racing
- Casey Mears: No. 66 Garage 66
Odds for the NASCAR Cup Series Phoenix Race
Denny Hamlin is the odds-on favorite to win the race, per the Caesar’s Sportsbook, as of Monday, Oct. 27. Below are the sportbook’s opening odds for the race weekend.
- Denny Hamlin +375
- William Byron +400
- Kyle Larson +450
- Chase Briscoe +600
- Ryan Blaney +650
- Christopher Bell +850
- Joey Logano +1200
- Chase Elliott +1400
- Tyler Reddick +2500
- Ross Chastain +3000
- Bubba Wallace +3500
- Alex Bowman, Chris Buescher, Kyle Busch, Austin Cindric +4000
- Carson Hocevar +5000
- Brad Keselowski +6000
- Austin Dillon, Ty Gibbs +6500
- Ryan Preece +7500
- Erik Jones +12500
- Daniel Suarez +20000
- Noah Gragson, Michael McDowell +25000
- Justin Haley, Zane Smith +30000
- John Hunter Nemechek +40000
- A.J. Allmendinger, Todd Gilliland, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Shane Van Gisbergen +50000
- Cole Custer, Ty Dillon +75000
- Riley Herbst +150000
- Casey Mears, Cody Ware, J.J. Yeley +250000
NASCAR Xfinity Series’ Xfinity Series Championship race
- Saturday, Nov. 1
- 7:30 p.m.
- 200 laps
- Stages end on laps 45, 90, 200
- CW, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90
- Last year’s winner: Riley Herbst

With 38 teams entered, all drivers are guaranteed to start the race.
The 2025 Championship 4 contenders are defending series champion Justin Allgaier, Carson Kvapil, Jesse Love, and Connor Zilisch.
The race will be the final for Xfinity as the series’ entitlement sponsor, ending an 11-season run.
Notable entries include:
- TBA: No. 5 Alpha Prime Racing
- Patrick Emerling: No. 07 SS-Green Light Racing
- Brendan Queen: No. 11 Kaulig Racing
- Garrett Smithley: No. 14 SS-Green Light Racing
- Corey Day: No. 17 Hendrick Motorsports
- Aric Almirola: No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing
- Austin Green: No. 32 Jordan Anderson Racing
- Stefan Parsons: No. 35 Joey Gase Motorsports
- Josh Williams: No. 45 Alpha Prime Racing
- Joey Gase: No. 53 Joey Gase Motorsports
- Leland Honeman Jr.: No. 70 Cope Family Racing
- Dawson Cram: No. 74 Mike Harmon Racing
- Josh Bilicki: No. 91 DGM Racing x JIM
- Connor Mosack: No. 99 Viking Motorsports
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series’ Craftsman Truck Series Championship race
- Friday, Oct. 31
- 7:30 p.m.
- 150 laps
- Stages end on laps 45, 90, 150
- FS1, NRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90
- Last year’s winner: Ty Majeski

The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series will also feature a 34-driver field.
The Championship 4 drivers in the Truck Series are Tyler Ankrum, Corey Heim, Kaden Honeycutt, and defending series champion Ty Majeski.
Notable entries include:
- Brent Crews: No. 1 TRICON Garage
- Nathan Byrd: No. 02 Young’s Motorsports
- Clayton Green: No. 2 Reaume Brothers Racing
- Stefan Parsons: No. 7 Spire Motorsports
- Alan Waller: No. 22 Reaume Brothers Racing
- Frankie Muniz: No. 33 Reaume Brothers Racing
- Greg Van Alst: No. 35 Greg Van Alst Motorsports
- Tyler Reif: No. 41 Niece Motorsports
- Bayley Currey: No. 45 Niece Motorsports
- Kayden Honeycutt: No. 52 Halmar Friesen Racing
- Cole Butcher: No. 62 Halmar Friesen Racing
- Luke Baldwin: No. 66 ThorSport Racing
- Caleb Costner: No. 74 Mike Harmon Racing
- Corey LaJoie: No. 77 Spire Motorsports
- Justin Carroll: No. 90 Terry Carroll Motorsports
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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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