{"id":249905,"date":"2025-10-30T10:46:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T10:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/249905\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T10:46:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T10:46:12","slug":"kevin-harvick-predicts-winner-of-phoenix-nascar-cup-series-championship-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/249905\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Harvick predicts winner of Phoenix NASCAR Cup Series championship race"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kevin Harvick<\/a> and his Kevin Harvick\u2019s Happy Hour<\/a> crew are ready for their final race predictions of 2025. The NASCAR Cup Series Championship will be decided at Phoenix Raceway, and they\u2019re locking in their picks in the desert. <\/p>\n

The former Cup champion was joined by Kaitlyn Vincie and Mamba Smith per usual, and they broke down the four-title contenders in Denny Hamlin<\/a>, Chase Briscoe<\/a>, Kyle Larson<\/a> and William Byron<\/a>. First, Harvick is rolling with Hamlin, the veteran star still chasing his elusive first championship.<\/p>\n

The veteran wheelman\u2019s resume speaks for itself, as he\u2019s accumulated 60 career Cup victories and five Championship 4 appearances. Yet, the title has always managed to slip away. <\/p>\n

His last win at Phoenix came in November 2019, but earlier this season he finished runner-up to teammate Christopher Bell<\/a> at the track. Now, with one more shot at history, Hamlin enters as the favorite to finally add that long-missing crown to his Hall of Fame-worthy career.<\/p>\n

Next, Vincie\u2019s pick was Larson. The 2021 Cup Series champion knows exactly what it takes to win at Phoenix, and he\u2019ll look to get the job done again this weekend for Hendrick Motorsports. <\/p>\n

Larson\u2019s 2025 campaign hasn\u2019t been his most dominant, but his playoff form has been stellar. He\u2019s the only Championship 4 driver who didn\u2019t win his way in during the Round of 8, which is proof of his consistency and ability to perform under pressure. <\/p>\n

Phoenix has long been one of his best tracks, as he clinched his 2021 title there and finished third earlier this year, just behind Hamlin. Few can match Larson\u2019s speed and adaptability, making him a threat to reclaim the throne.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Smith\u00a0is going with Byron, who stormed into the Championship 4 by winning at Martinsville. This marks Byron\u2019s third straight title shot, and he\u2019s looking to turn that experience into gold. <\/p>\n

The Hendrick Motorsports driver last won at Phoenix in March 2023 and placed sixth there this spring, proving he\u2019s got the pace to contend. After knocking on the door the past two seasons, Byron might finally be ready to kick it down and capture his first championship.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s Hamlin for Harvick, Larson for Vincie, and Byron for Smith. Three elite drivers, one final showdown in the desert, but don\u2019t discount Briscoe, who\u2019s won there in the past in his own right, as well. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kevin Harvick and his Kevin Harvick\u2019s Happy Hour crew are ready for their final race predictions of 2025.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249906,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,634,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-249905","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nascar","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nascar","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249905","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=249905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}