Joey Logano Holds On At Phoenix To Win His Third Cup Series Championship

Joey Logano won Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series Championship race at Phoenix Raceway, which gave him the 2024 Cup Series title. Starting from the second position, Logano displayed one of the best cars in the field from the beginning, making it to the lead after 10 laps and he never looked back, winning the first stage […]

Ryan Blaney Falls Short Of The 2024 Cup Series Title At Phoenix

Team Penske's Ryan Blaney finished second during Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series Championship at Phoenix Raceway, falling short of the race win and the Cup Series title. Beginning the race from the 17th position in the first stage, Blaney quickly ascended through the field as his car was great on longer green flag runs. The No. […]

Tyler Reddick Lacks Speed Of Other Championship 4 Contenders But Drives Well

Tyler Reddick finished fourth in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs after finishing sixth in the season finale at Phoenix. He spent most of the race in the back half of the top ten and never really had the speed of even William Byron, let alone Joey Logano and Ryan Blaney, who were the two fastest […]

William Byron Finishes Third In Phoenix Race And Championship

William Byron was arguably lucky to make it to the final round of the NASCAR playoffs at Phoenix on Sunday after Christopher Bell was penalized last week at Martinsville, but he did his best and posed a stout challenge to Joey Logano and Ryan Blaney, the Penske drivers who finished first and second in the […]

Bubba Wallace Is A Top DFS Recommendation With Upside For Phoenix

Bubba Wallace will start 29th for this week's NASCAR Cup Series Championship race at Phoenix Raceway. In 13 starts at Phoenix, Wallace has seven top-20 finishes, including three consecutive finishes of 16th or better in his last three races at the site. Through 35 races in 2024, Wallace has 27 top-20 finishes, with 13 inside […]

Tyler Reddick Is Expected To Compete For The Title At Phoenix

Tyler Reddick of 23XI Racing captured a starting position of 10th after qualifying for this week's NASCAR Cup Series Championship at Phoenix Raceway. This will be the third consecutive race at the site where Reddick nabbed a top-10 starting position. In nine previous starts at Phoenix, Reddick has three top-10 finishes, including the March race […]

Joey Logano Is One Of The Favorites To Win At Phoenix

Championship 4 competitor Joey Logano will start second in this week's NASCAR Cup Series Championship race at Phoenix Raceway. In 31 Phoenix races, Logano has three wins, 16 top-10 finishes, 908 laps led, and an average finish of 13.5. The No. 22 Ford driver also finished 11th or better in nine of the last 11 […]

Kyle Larson Could Be A Favorable DFS Option For Phoenix Lineups

Hendrick Motorsports driver Kyle Larson will start fourth for this week's NASCAR Cup Series Championship at Phoenix Raceway. In 20 races at Phoenix, Larson has one win and eight top-10 finishes, including three of the last four Cup events at the site. After completing 34 races this season, Larson has six wins, 17 top-10 finishes, […]

Corey LaJoie Will Start 20th At Phoenix

Corey LaJoie will start 20th for this week's NASCAR Cup Series Championship at Phoenix Raceway, setting a new career-best qualifying result in his Cup career to date. In 14 races in his Cup career at Phoenix, LaJoie has one top-20 finish and nabbed positive Place Differential six times. Through 35 races this year, while splitting […]

Brad Keselowski Is A Solid Recommendation For Phoenix DFS Lineups

Brad Keselowski of RFK Racing will start 27th in this week's NASCAR Cup Series Championship at Phoenix Raceway. In 30 starts at Phoenix, Keselowski has 25 top-20 finishes, including each of his last three appearances, and an overall average finish of 13.6. After 35 races this season, Keselowski has 22 top-20 finishes and an average […]

Erik Jones Will Start 19th At Phoenix This Week

For Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series Championship at Phoenix Raceway, Erik Jones will begin the race from the 19th position, his lowest at the site to start from since 2022. In 16 races at Phoenix, Jones has nine top-20 finishes and nabbed positive Place Differential six times. Through 35 races in 2024, Jones has 15 top-20 […]

Carson Hocevar Will Compete For A Top-10 Finish At Phoenix

Spire Motorsports rookie driver Carson Hocevar obtained a starting position of 15th for this week's NASCAR Cup Series Championship race at Phoenix Raceway. It will be the second time in his Cup career that Hocevar will start a race inside the Top 15 at Phoenix. In two starts at the site, Hocevar has two top-20 […]

Should DFS Players Fade Ty Gibbs At Phoenix?

Ty Gibbs of Joe Gibbs Racing will start sixth after qualifying for this week's NASCAR Cup Series Championship at Phoenix Raceway, gaining a top-10 start position for the second time in his Cup career at the site. In three races at Phoenix, Gibbs has one top-5 finish of third, which he obtained in the spring […]

Is Chase Elliott A Solid DFS Pick For Phoenix Lineups?

Chase Elliott of Hendrick Motorsports obtained a starting position of fifth for this year's NASCAR Cup Series Championship at Phoenix Raceway. It will be the 14th time in his Cup career that Elliott will start a race inside the top 10 at Phoenix. In 16 previous races at Phoenix, Elliott has eight top-10 finishes, although […]

Ryan Blaney The Championship Favorite Despite Qualifying Blunder

Analysts and sportsbooks alike have all pegged Ryan Blaney as the driver to beat when it comes to the NASCAR Cup Series Championship this weekend. In practice on Friday, the No. 12 Ford was a standout in all speed categories, ranking fastest in five-, 10-, and 15-lap average in addition to posting the fastest single […]

William Byron Will Be Strong In Fight For Championship

Most analysts and sportsbooks are heavily favoring the Team Penske drivers of Ryan Blaney and Joey Logano to win the Cup Series Championship this weekend, but you definitely shouldn't count out William Byron on Sunday. In the Next Gen era at Phoenix Raceway, Byron has the fourth-best average running position in the series, and over […]

Is Austin Cindric Worth Rostering For Phoenix DFS Lineups?

Team Penske's Austin Cindric will start 11th on Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series Championship race at Phoenix Raceway. This will be the highest starting position of Cindric's Cup career at Phoenix since his debut at the site back in 2022. In five races at Phoenix, Cindric has four finishes outside of the top 20 and only […]

Ross Chastain Is Great At Phoenix

Ross Chastain qualified third for this weekend's NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race at Phoenix Raceway, and the Trackhouse Racing driver should easily be able to turn that into another good finish in the desert on Sunday. In addition to winning the finale race here last season, Chastain has finished sixth or better in four of […]

Christopher Bell Looking To Go Back-To-Back At Phoenix After Championship Snub

Christopher Bell didn't hold back this weekend at Phoenix Raceway after the controversy at Martinsville last weekend, as the Joe Gibbs Racing driver simply said, "I feel cheated," when discussing his elimination from Championship contention. And while Bell won't be able to compete for his first-ever series Championship, he will be able to contend for […]

Chase Briscoe Can Be Worth Rostering In Tournaments At Phoenix

For this week's NASCAR Cup Series Championship race at Phoenix Raceway, Chase Briscoe will start the race from the 12th position. This will be the fourth time in his Cup career that Briscoe will start inside the Top 15 at Phoenix. In seven previous starts at the site, Briscoe has four top-10 finishes, including a […]

Denny Hamlin Could Contend At Phoenix

Don't be surprised if Denny Hamlin ends up being a contender in the NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race at Phoenix Raceway on Sunday afternoon. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver has been one of the strongest on the short, flat tracks this season--he has the third-best average running position at Phoenix and similar tracks--and the No. […]

Josh Berry Wrecks In Qualifying, Will Start 39th In Phoenix Finale

Many drivers had problems making their race car stick in turn one during qualifying on Saturday at Phoenix Raceway, but the one who had the most problems was Josh Berry, who ended up spinning out and slightly hitting the wall in his No. 4 Ford. Because of that, Berry will start from back in 39th-place […]

Martin Truex Jr. Wins The Pole For Phoenix Finale

Martin Truex Jr. will lead the field to the green in his final full-time Cup Series start as the Joe Gibbs Racing driver edged championship contender Joey Logano by 0.01 seconds in qualifying on Saturday to grab his second straight pole position. As far as Phoenix Raceway goes, the flat track in the desert has […]

Chris Buescher Struggling At Phoenix This Weekend

One driver who has been surprisingly slow this weekend at Phoenix Raceway has been Chris Buescher. The RFK Racing driver currently has back-to-back top-five finishes in the desert, but it looks as though that streak may come to an end, as the Buescher was just 24th-fastest in practice on Friday and wound up qualifying 24th […]

Harrison Burton Has Surprisingly Shown Speed This Weekend

Last week at Martinsville, one of the pleasant surprises in qualifying was Harrison Burton, as the Wood Brothers Racing driver qualified in sixth place at the half-mile short track. Ultimately, Burton wound up finishing 36th after engine issues, but it was nice to see him earn his best starting spot of the season, and it […]

Zane Smith Has Some Upside At Phoenix

Zane Smith will close out his first full-time season in the NASCAR Cup Series when he rolls off the starting grid from 28th place in Sunday's championship race at Phoenix Raceway. The last time he raced here, Smith had a relatively uneventful race and walked away with a 29th-place finish after posting an average running […]

Ryan Preece Should Move Up At Phoenix

Ryan Preece will start from 33rd place when the NASCAR Cup Series championship race goes green this weekend, and while the Stewart-Haas Racing driver isn't going to compete for the win or anything, there's a good chance that he will be able to improve his position during the event at Phoenix, which should pay dividends […]

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Is Nothing Special At Phoenix

Don't expect much from Ricky Stenhouse Jr. in the championship finale at Phoenix Raceway this weekend. The JTG Daugherty Racing has just one top-20 finish in the five Next Gen races at this track, and that was a 19th-place run in the spring race of last season. This weekend, Stenhouse was 27th-fastest in practice on […]

Daniel Suarez Once Again Far Off Ross Chastain's Pace At Phoenix

Even though Daniel Suarez made the playoffs and Ross Chastain did not, Suarez has been shockingly slow at times this season and his speed percentile of 39.06 is a massive 27 points off of Chastain's 66.29. This trend continued in Phoenix qualifying yesterday after Suarez qualified 34th while Chastain (who won last year's race) was […]

John Hunter Nemechek Consistently Mediocre At Phoenix

John Hunter Nemechek has been very consistent in his previous races at Phoenix Raceway. Unfortunately, this is an example of how consistency isn't always a good thing. In his four previous NASCAR Cup Series starts at Phoenix, Nemechek has finished between 25th and 27th in all of them and has been nowhere near competitive. His […]