NASCAR Xfinity Series
Next Race: NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race
The Place: Phoenix Raceway
Track Length: 1 Mile Asphalt Oval
The Date: Saturday, Nov. 1
The Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
The Purse: $2,151,939
TV: CW, 6:30 p.m. ET
Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR (Channel 90)
Distance: 200 miles (200 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 45), Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 90), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 200)
Where To Watch NASCAR This Week:
Friday, Oct. 31
NCTS Practice & Kennametal Pole Qualifying (FS2 at 3:30 p.m. ET)
NXS Final Practice (CW App at 4:30 p.m. ET)
NCS Final Practice (truTV, MRN, SiriusXM at 5:30 p.m. ET)
NCTS Race: NCTS Championship Race (FS1, NRN, SiriusXM at 7:30 p.m. ET)
Saturday, Nov. 1
NXS Kennametal Pole Qualifying (CW App at 3:30 p.m. ET)
NCS Busch Light Pole Qualifying (truTV, MRN, SiriusXM at 5 p.m. ET)
NXS Race: NXS Championship Race (CW, MRN, SiriusXM at 7:30 p.m. ET)
Sunday, Nov. 2
NCS Race: NCS Championship Race (NBC & Peacock, MRN, SiriusXM at 3 p.m. ET)
NASCAR Xfinity Series
Phoenix Raceway Storylines and Insights:
- This weekend marks the 48th running of a NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Phoenix Raceway.
- Phoenix has been on the Xfinity Series schedule every year since inaugural race in 1999
- This will be the 6th time Phoenix hosted the Xfinity Series Championship 4 race, every year since 2020
- The highest finishing Championship 4 driver will win the 2025 championship: #88 Connor Zilisch, #7 Justin Allgaier, #2 Jesse Love & #1 Carson Kvapil
- The highest finish Championship 4 car win the 2025 Car Owner Championship: #7 JRM, #19 JGR, #21 RCR, #88 JRM
- Two teams are represented in Championship 4: JR Motorsports (3) and Richard Childress Racing (1)
- Connor Zilisch and Carson Kvapil could each become the fourth rookie to win Xfinity Series championship
- Connor Zilisch was highest finishing of Championship 4 drivers in 17 of 32 races this season; Allgaier – 7, Love – 4, Kvapil – 4
- Connor Zilisch, at the Roval, is the only Championship 4 driver with a Playoff win this season
- Justin Allgaier finished 5th at Phoenix in March, the highest of the Championship 4 drivers
- At 25 years, 5 months, 25 days, this is the second-youngest Championship 4 in series history
- When Justin Allgaier made Xfinity Series debut in 2008, the other three Championship 4 drivers were 5-years-old or younger: Kvapil – 5, Love – 3, Zilisch – 2
- Joe Gibbs Racing’s #19 (Almirola) and Richard Childress Racing’s #21 (A. Hill) are in owner’s Championship 4 along with JR Motorsports’ #88 (Zilisch) and #7 (Allgaier)
- Non-Playoff drivers won seven of the last 13 Playoff races
- Jesse Love finished top-10 in all three Phoenix starts including a runner-up in March 2024
- Joe Gibbs Racing won four of six Playoffs races this season with three different drivers but don’t have a driver represented in the Championship 4 (driver point standings)
- The last two Phoenix races featured last-lap pass for the win
- NASCAR suspended Sam Mayer for one race after intentionally wrecking Jeb Burton after checkered flag at Martinsville; Ryan Sieg will drive #41 for Haas Factory Team at Phoenix, while Kyle Sieg will move to RSS Racing’s #39
- Connor Zilisch’s ten wins this season is the record for most wins by a rookie
- Connor Zilisch leads series with 10 wins, 19 Top 5s, 22 Top 10s, 986 laps led, an 8.2 avg finish & eight poles
- Connor Zilisch won Fastest Lap Award seven times this season, Justin Allgaier is second with six
- Justin Allgaier leads the series with 14 stage wins this season
- JR Motorsports won 17 races this season with a series-record six different drivers (does not include Parker Kligerman who won in relief role at Daytona)
- Justin Allgaier’s 28 career wins are 9th on the all-time wins list and one away from tying Matt Kenseth
- Chevrolet led 3,773 of 5,123 laps this season (74%)
- Ryan Sieg is making his 400th NXS start this weekend at Phoenix
- O’Reilly Auto Parts will replace Xfinity as title sponsor starting in 2026 becoming the fifth different title sponsor of the series: Budweiser, Busch, Nationwide, Xfinity & O’Reilly
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