Raja, a 7-year-old Sumatran tiger, is wild about William Byron\u2019s NASCAR Cup Series championship chances.<\/p>\n
During a ceremony on Tuesday at the Phoenix Zoo, the beloved beast predicted that the driver of the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet will win the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series Championship on Sunday at Phoenix Raceway.<\/p>\n
Byron is competing against Chase Briscoe, Denny Hamlin and Kyle Larson for the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series title during Sunday\u2019s championship race. The first of those four drivers to cross the finish line Sunday will be crowned the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series Champion and hoist aloft the highly-coveted Bill France Cup.<\/p>\n
Let the record reflect that Raja is far from purr-fect. He also predicted William Byron would win the championship in 2024, but Byron finished third behind champion Joey Logano and Ryan Blaney.<\/p>\n
Regardless of his accuracy, Raja is one of the Phoenix Zoo\u2019s most adorable animals. He weighs approximately 300 lbs. Fewer than 600 Sumatran tigers are estimated to remain in the wild. These magnificent, elusive creatures are listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species due to poaching, habitat loss and human-wildlife conflict.<\/p>\n
We\u2019re certain the staff at Phoenix Zoo will provide Raja with NASCAR updates from Phoenix Raceway this weekend, along with some more succulent chunks of meat. Action begins Friday with the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Championship Race and builds on Saturday with the NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race and the ARCA Menards Series West\u2019s Desert Diamond Casino West Valley 100.<\/p>\n
And then on Sunday, Nov. 2, it\u2019s the grand finale to the 2025 NASCAR season \u2013 the NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race. Country superstar Jordan Davis will fire up the crowd with a high-energy pre-race concert before the green flag drops on what promises to be a NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race for the ages.<\/p>\n
With star-studded performances, non-stop racing action, and championship glory on the line, it\u2019s no surprise only a scant number of tickets remain for NASCAR\u2019s season finale. Fans are encouraged to purchase their tickets now before it\u2019s too late at www.phoenixraceway.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n NASCAR PR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Raja, a 7-year-old Sumatran tiger, is wild about William Byron\u2019s NASCAR Cup Series championship chances. During a ceremony…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246727,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[924,111423,49,48,10660,718,4384,12716,634,582,721,82,723],"class_list":["post-246726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-arca","tag-bill-france","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-chase","tag-craftsman-truck-series","tag-hendrick-motorsports","tag-motorsports","tag-nascar","tag-racing","tag-series","tag-sports","tag-xfinity-series"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246726\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}