NASCAR race results from the season finale at Phoenix Raceway
NASCAR Cup Series drivers are on the grid in Phoenix, Arizona. The 1-mile of Phoenix Raceway is set for the championship race.
View Phoenix race results for the NASCAR Cup Series.
Phoenix Menu
ARCA: Prac/Qual | Race
Truck: Prac | Qual | Race
Xfinity: Prac | Qual | Race
Cup: Prac | Qual | Race
4 drivers are in the battle for the 2025 NASCAR championship. The highest finisher of those four in this event will be crowned the champion.
Championship 4: William Byron; Chase Briscoe; Denny Hamlin; Kyle Larson
Denny Hamlin and William Byron set the front row. 312 laps of stock car racing are up next…
Phoenix
Stage 1 – Report
Laps: 60 (1-60 / 312)
Green flag, Hamlin clears Byron via the inside lane in turn one.
8 to go in stage one, Byron works to the right rear of Hamlin. Byron clears him on the outside to take the lead away!
William Byron wins stage one at Phoenix Raceway!
Phoenix Race Results (Stage 1) : 1. William Byron; 2. Ryan Blaney; 3. Denny Hamlin; 4. Austin Cindric; 5. Kyle Larson; 6. Carson Hocevar; 7. Alex Bowman; 8. Joey Logano; 9. Chris Buescher; 10. Chase Briscoe
Phoenix
Stage 2 – Report
Laps: 125 (61-185 / 312)
Byron leads the field to the pit lane. Blaney wins the race to the pit exit.
Green flag on stage two, Blaney is clear at the launch. Byron wins the battle for 2nd off turn two. Hamlin drives it deep on the outside into turn three. Hamlin takes 2nd away.
Lap 73, John Hunter Nemechek spins as they run four wide and run out of room. The caution is out.
Green, they run three wide for the lead into turn one! Hamlin takes the lead away via the outside into turn one. Kyle Larson clears Byron for 2nd.
Lap 90, Bubba Wallace is slow with a mechanical issue.
Lap 107, Shane van Gisbergen spins and the caution is out. At the same time, Chase Briscoe has a blown tire! Briscoe heads to the pit lane.
Hamlin leads the field to the pit lane. He holds the lead at the pit exit.
Green, Hamlin leads Larson off turn two. Hamlin opens the gap in a hurry.
Lap 145
Lap 145, Hamlin is suffering from clutch issues. He currently leads Larson by 2.5 seconds. Kyle Busch heads to the pit lane with a flat tire, no caution.
Lap 149, AJ Allmendinger blows a tire and finds the wall. The caution is out.
Green, Hamlin leads Blaney off turn two.
6 to go in stage two, Austin Dillon pits under green with a flat tire.
3 to go, Ty Dillon spins and the caution is out.
Denny Hamlin wins stage two at Phoenix Raceway! Hamlin needed that caution as he has a left rear tire going down.
Phoenix Race Results (Stage 2) : 1. Denny Hamlin; 2. Ryan Blaney; 3. William Byron; 4. Kyle Larson; 5. Christopher Bell; 6. Ross Chastain; 7. Chase Briscoe; 8. Joey Logano; 9. Carson Hocevar; 10. Chase Elliott
Phoenix
Stage 3 – Report
Laps: 125 (61-185 / 312)
Slow stop for Denny Hamlin as he had a left rear tire going down, he’ll restart outside the top 10. Ryan Blaney wins the race to the pit exit.
Green flag on stage three, Blaney and Byron run side-by-side into turn one. Byron wins the battle on the outside lane.
Lap 207, Briscoe dives inside of Chastain in the battle for 2nd. He runs him wide, Briscoe to 2nd after he picked up a flat tire early in this race.
Lap 214, Kyle Larson heads for the pit lane under green with a flat tire.
Lap 220, Chase Briscoe slows with a flat tire! Seconds later, Carson Hocevar blows a tire and slams the wall, the caution is out.
Byron leads the field to the pit lane. Elliott wins the race to the pit exit.
Green, Byron makes it three wide for the lead into turn one. Elliott leads Byron off turn two.
69 to go
69 to go, Alex Bowman heads for the pit lane with a flat tire, no caution.
60 to go, Byron has a run on Elliott. He slides him, Byron takes the lead away.
54 to go, Austin Cindric blows a tire and backs it into the wall. The caution is out.
Byron leads the field to the pit entry and pit exit.
Penalty: Chase Elliott drops to the rear after speeding on the pit lane.
Green, Byron and Hamlin run side-by-side for the lead. They rub off turn two. Several laps later, Hamlin is finally clear via the outside lane.
38 to go, Briscoe runs wide from 6th and nearly brushes the wall.
34 to go
34 to go, JJ Yeley blows a tire and finds the wall, caution.
Hamlin leads the field to the pit lane. Briscoe and Larson takes just two tires and they beat him to the pit exit.
Green, Hamlin makes it three wide for the lead! Byron makes it four wide! Briscoe runs Larson wide in turn three. Hamlin clears them for the lead! Byron takes 2nd away.
20 to go, Hamlin leads Byron by 1.3 seconds.
10 to go, Hamlin is driving away. He now leads by 2.5 seconds.
4 to go, William Byron blows a tire from 2nd! He tags the wall and the caution is out!
Hamlin pits from the race lead with most of the field. Blaney wins the race to the pit exit with just two tires. Hamlin is off 7th, the first with four tires. Keselowski, Preece and Bowman stayed out. Hamlin restarts 10th. Larson restarts 5th after a two tire call.
Green in NASCAR Overtime, Keselowski, Preece and Blaney run three wide for the lead. Keselowski clears them all. Hamlin pulls even with Larson but Larson has momentum and he opens a gap off the corner.
Blaney clears Keselowski for the lead. Larson is right there. Hamlin is too far back!
Ryan Bkaney wins at Phoenix Raceway! Kyle Larson wins the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series championship!
Phoenix Raceway
Race Results
November 2, 2025
NASCAR Cup Series
Pos | Driver
1. Ryan Blaney
2. Brad Keselowski
3. Kyle Larson
4. Joey Logano
5. Kyle Busch
6. Denny Hamlin
7. Josh Berry
8. Michael McDowell
9. Ryan Preece
10. Chase Elliott
11. Christopher Bell
12. Chris Buescher
13. Ross Chastain
14. Justin Haley
15. Alex Bowman
16. Erik Jones
17. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
18. Chase Briscoe
19. Daniel Suarez
20. Austin Dillon
21. Ty Gibbs
22. Todd Gilliland
23. Riley Herbst
24. Shane van Gisbergen
25. Cole Custer
26. Tyler Reddick
27. Noah Gragson
28. Carson Hocevar
29. Zane Smith
30. Cody Ware
31. John Hunter Nemechek
32. JJ Yeley
33. William Byron
34. Austin Cindric
35. Ty Dillon
36. Casey Mears
37. Bubba Wallace
38. AJ Allmendinger
NASCAR Cup Series
Championship Points
Pos | Driver | Race Finish
1. Kyle Larson
3rd
2. Denny Hamlin
6th
3. Chase Briscoe
18th
4. William Byron
33rd
