{"id":250060,"date":"2025-10-30T12:29:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T12:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/250060\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T12:29:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T12:29:28","slug":"phoenix-championship-weekend-schedule-tv-weather-info-for-nascar-cup-xfinity-and-truck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/250060\/","title":{"rendered":"Phoenix championship weekend schedule, TV, weather info for NASCAR Cup, Xfinity and Truck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NASCAR champions will be crowned on successive days in the Truck, Xfinity and Cup series as the 2025 season concludes this weekend at Phoenix Raceway.<\/p>\n<p>There are four championship-eligible drivers in every series\u2019 season finale, and the title will be awarded to the top finisher in each race on the 1-mile oval in Avondale, Arizona.<\/p>\n<p>The 150-lap truck race will be held Friday at 7:30 p.m. with Corey Heim (who leads the series with 11 victories), Tyler Ankrum, Ty Majeski and Kaden Honeycutt in the championship round.<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"Link\" aria-label=\"A year after key decision, Joe Gibbs Racing primed for NASCAR Cup championship\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nascar\/news\/a-year-after-key-decision-joe-gibbs-racing-primed-for-nascar-cup-championship\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"NASCAR: Cup Qualifying\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1761827365_527_\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A winless streak last season led to offseason moves that have pushed Joe Gibbs\u2019 organization forward.<\/p>\n<p>In the Xfinity Series, Connor Zilisch (who has a series-best 10 wins), Justin Allgaier, Jesse Love and Carson Kvapil will square off for the championship in a 200-lap race at 7:30 p.m. ET on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday\u2019s Cup Series championship will feature Denny Hamlin (who leads ths series with six victories), Chase Briscoe, William Byron and Kyle Larson.<\/p>\n<p>The 312-lap race will begin shortly after 3 p.m. ET and be televised on NBC and Peacock. An extended Countdown to Green will air beginning at 2 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock.<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"Link\" aria-label=\"NASCAR seeking resolution with 23XI Racing, Front Row ahead of Championship weekend\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nascar\/news\/nascar-seeking-resolution-with-23xi-racing-front-row-ahead-of-championship-weekend\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"NASCAR Cup Series Xfinity 500 - Practice\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1761827368_481_\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>NASCAR stated: \u201cOur priority remains resolving this matter quickly so all parties can focus on Championship weekend and continuing to grow the sport.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>    Phoenix Raceway weekend schedule<\/p>\n<p>(All Times Eastern)<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, Oct. 30<\/p>\n<p>Garage open<\/p>\n<p>5:30 &#8211; 9:30 p.m. \u2014 Craftsman Truck Series<\/p>\n<p>Track activity<\/p>\n<p>7:35 &#8211; 8:25 p.m. \u2014 Truck practice<\/p>\n<p>Friday, Oct. 31<\/p>\n<p>Garage open<\/p>\n<p>10 a.m. &#8211; 5:30 p.m. \u2014 ARCA Menards West Series10 &#8211; 1:30 a.m. \u2014 Craftsman Truck Series1:30 &#8211; 7:30 p.m. \u2014 Xfinity Series1:30 &#8211; 9 p.m. \u2014 Cup Series<\/p>\n<p>Track activity<\/p>\n<p>2 &#8211; 2:45 p.m. \u2014 ARCA practice3 &#8211; 3:20 p.m. \u2014 ARCA qualifying3:35 &#8211; 4:25 p.m. \u2014 Truck qualifying (FS2)4:35 &#8211; 5:25 p.m. \u2014 Xfinity practice (CW App)5:35 &#8211; 8:25 p.m. \u2014 Cup practice (truTV, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)7:30 p.m. \u2014 Truck race (150 laps, 150 miles; Stage 1 at Lap 45, Stage 2 at Lap 90; FS1, Motor Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, Nov. 1<\/p>\n<p>Garage open<\/p>\n<p>10:30 &#8211; 2 a.m. \u2014 Xfinity Series11 a.m. &#8211; 4:30 p.m. \u2014 ARCA Menards West Series11 a.m. &#8211; 7:30 p.m. \u2014 Cup Series <\/p>\n<p>Track activity<\/p>\n<p>1:30 p.m. \u2014 ARCA race (100 laps, 100 miles)3:30 &#8211; 4:25 p.m. \u2014 Xfinity qualifying (CW App)5 &#8211; 6 p.m. \u2014 Cup qualifying (truTV, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)7:30 p.m. \u2014 Xfinity race (200 laps, 200 miles; Stage 1 at Lap 45, Stage 2 at Lap 90; CW, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, Nov. 2<\/p>\n<p>Garage open<\/p>\n<p>10:30 &#8211; 12:30 a.m. \u2014 Cup Series<\/p>\n<p>Track activity<\/p>\n<p>3 p.m. \u2014 Cup race (312 laps, 312 miles; Stage 1 at Lap 60, Stage 2 at Lap 185; NBC, Peacock, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)Weekend weather<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wunderground.com\/hourly\/us\/az\/avondale\/date\/2025-10-31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Friday<\/a>: Partly cloudy with a high of 89 degrees with light and variable winds and a 0% chance of rain. It\u2019s expected to be 86 degrees with a 0% chance of rain at the start of the Truck race.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wunderground.com\/hourly\/us\/az\/avondale\/date\/2025-11-01\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Saturday<\/a>: Mostly sunny with a high of 88 degrees with light and variable winds and a 0% chance of rain. It\u2019s expected to be 75 with a 0% chance of rain at the start of the ARCA race and 86 degrees with a 0% chance of rain at the start of the Xfinity race.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wunderground.com\/hourly\/us\/az\/avondale\/date\/2025-11-02\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sunday<\/a>: Mainly sunny with a high of 90 degrees with light and variable winds and a 0% chance of rain. It\u2019s expected to be 85 degrees with a 0% chance of rain at the start of the Cup race.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NASCAR champions will be crowned on successive days in the Truck, Xfinity and Cup series as the 2025&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250061,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,634,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-250060","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\/250060","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=250060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250060\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}