Joey Logano outduels teammate Ryan Blaney for third NASCAR Cup Championship: Joey Logano pulled off a masterful restart and held on for dear life. Fifty-four laps later, Logano had his third NASCAR Cup Series championship—most among full-time active drivers—by a scant 0.330 seconds over Team Penske teammate Ryan Blaney.[Read More]
#22-Joey Logano won the NASCAR Cup Series Championship race at Phoenix Raceway and the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series Championship. The win is his 4th win of the year, 3rd at Phoenix and 36th career win. This is his third NASCAR Cup championship.
On the final restart of the race, he was in 6th place, but moved to third on the first lap of green and took the lead on the second. He never relinquished the lead, but did have to hold off a late charge by teammate Blaney.
#12-Ryan Blaney finished 2nd followed by #24-William Byron, #5-Kyle Larson, #20-Christopher Bell, #45-Tyler Reddick, #23-Bubba Wallace, #9-Chase Elliott, #17-Chris Buescher, and #99-Daniely Suarez.
Pole sitter #19-Martin Truex, Jr. finished 17th.
There was a red flag of nearly 6 minutes just before the start of stage 2 after the pace car hit the barrels in front of the pit road wall when coming on to pit road.
Stage 1 was won by #22-Joey Logano. Stage 2 was won by #12-Ryan Blaney.
There were 16 lead changes among 9 drivers and 4 cautions for 33 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 106.203mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Points Standings, Owner Points Standings, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report.
Where the Championship 4 drivers finished at Phoenix:
#22-Joey Logano, 1st
#12-Ryan Blaney, 2nd
#24-William Byron, 3rd
#45-Tyler Reddick, 6th
NASCAR Cup Series Championship Fast Facts:
Driver Champion: Joey Logano
• Joey Logano has won his third NASCAR Cup Series Championship (2018, 2022, 2024), becoming the 10th different driver to win three or more championships all- time, and the only active full-time driver to accomplish the feat. Logano is one of 36 drivers to win a title in the series.
• Logano won the NASCAR Cup Series season finale at Phoenix Raceway to claim the 2024 title.
• Logano finished the 2024 season with four wins, seven top fives, 13 top 10s and three poles.
• During the Playoffs this season, Logano has produced three wins, three top fives and five top 10s.
• Joey Logano, from Middletown, Connecticut, is the first and only driver from the state of Connecticut to win a NASCAR Cup Series championship (2018, 2022, 2024)
Owner Champion: Roger Penske, Team Penske
• This is Team Penske’s fifth NASCAR Cup Series driver championship – Brad Keselowski, 2012; Joey Logano, 2018, 2022; Ryan Blaney, 2023, 2024 – tied with Joe Gibbs Racing (2019, ’15, ’05, ’02, ’00) for fifth most all-time in the series.
• This is Team Penske’s fifth NASCAR Cup Series owner championship – Brad Keselowski, 2012; Joey Logano, 2018, 2022; Ryan Blaney, 2023, 2024 – tied with Joe Gibbs Racing (2019, ’15, ’05, ’02, ’00) for fifth most all-time in the series.
• This is Team Penske’s 11th NASCAR national series owner championship (five Cup: 2012, 2018, 2022, 2023 and six Xfinity: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2020, 2021) – tied with Joe Gibbs Racing for third most all-time.
• Team Penske has led 10 different drivers to Victory Lane for a total of 147 NASCAR Cup Series wins – Mark Donahue, Bobby Allison, Rusty Wallace, Jeremy Mayfield, Ryan Newman, Kurt Busch, Brad Keselowski, Joey Logano, Ryan Blaney and Austin Cindric.
• Team Penske started their NASCAR Cup Series program in 1972, making their series debut at Riverside International Raceway with driver Mark Donahue.
Crew Chief Champion: Paul Wolfe
• Paul Wolfe has won his third NASCAR Cup Series championship: 2012 (Keselowski) and 2022, ’24 (Logano). Wolfe is one of 43 different Cup Series crew chiefs to win a championship and one of 16 to win multiple titles.
• Wolfe is also one of five different crew chiefs in the NASCAR Cup Series to win titles with multiple drivers; joining crew chiefs Bud Moore (Buck Baker 1957 and Joe Weatherly 1962, ‘63); Carl Kiekhaefer (Tim Flock 1955 and Buck Baker 1956), Dale Inman (Richard Petty 1964, ‘67, ‘71, ‘72, ‘74, ‘75, ‘79 and Terry Labonte 1984); and Tim Brewer (Cale Yarborough 1978 and Darrell Waltrip 1981).
• Wolfe has 42 career NASCAR Cup Series wins, 29 with Brad Keselowski and 13 with Joey Logano.
Race Fast Facts – Phoenix:
Joey Logano (P) won the NASCAR Cup Series Championship, his 36th victory in 579 NASCAR Cup Series races.
This is his fourth victory and 13th top-10 finish in 2024.
This is his fourth victory and 17th top-10 finish in 32 races at Phoenix Raceway.
Ryan Blaney (P) (second) posted his 13th top-10 finish in 18 races at Phoenix Raceway. It is his 18th top-10 finish in 2024.
William Byron (P) (third) posted his eighth top-10 finish in 14 races at Phoenix Raceway.
Carson Hocevar (18th) was the highest finishing rookie.
Joey Logano (P) has won the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series Championship.
Carson Hocevar has won the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series Sunoco Rookie of the Year Award.
Chevrolet has won the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series Manufacturers Championship.
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Cup Series Playoff Standings after Phoenix:
Race 36 of 36 in the season
1) #22-Joey Logano, 5040
2) #12-Ryan Blaney, 5035
3) #24-William Byron, 5034
4) #45-Tyler Reddick, 5031
5) #20-Christopher Bell, 2412
6) #5-Kyle Larson, 2378
7) #9-Chase Elliott, 2342
8) #11-Denny Hamlin, 2328
9) #48-Alex Bowman, 2318
10) #19-Martin Truex Jr., 2257
11) #2-Austin Cindric, 2247
12) #99-Daniel Suarez, 2226
13) #6-Brad Keselowski, 2208
14) #14-Chase Briscoe, 2184
15) #54-Ty Gibbs, 2169
16) #16-21 Harrison Burton, 2122
See the Driver Points Standings and Owner Points Standings.
Race updates:
Checkered flag for Joey Logano. He is the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series champion. Blaney finishes 2nd, Byron 3rd, Reddick 6th
White flag for Logano.
Lap 310 – Three to go. Logano ahead of Blaney by .37 second. He’s pulled away slightly.
Lap 308 – Five to go. Logano by .21 second at the line.
Lap 306 – Just a .164 second lead for Logano. Blaney has caught him.
Lap 305 – Eight to go. Logano by .389 second.
Lap 303 – Ten to go. Blaney still .76 second behind Logano.
Lap 300 – Just 13 laps remaining, Logano head of Blaney by .748 second.
Lap 297 – Blaney now 1 second behind Logano with 16 laps remaining.
Lap 294 – With 19 laps to go Blaney is 2 seconds back. Byron remains third, but 3 seconds back. Reddick still 6th, but 8 seconds back.
Lap 291 – Blaney takes second, but falls to 2.2 seconds behind Logano.
Lap 290 – Blaney has caught Byron for second.
Lap 388 – Twenty five laps remaining. Logano leads Byron by 1.7 second. Blaney has closed to 2.1 second back.
Lap 383 – Thirty laps to go. Logano ahead of Byron by 1.9 second. Blaney now 2.9 seconds back.
Lap 278 – Blaney gets around Larson to take third. He’s 1.5 seconds behind second place Byron and 3.3 seconds off the lead. Reddick continues to slide back. He’s nearly 6 seconds behind Logano.
Lap 273 – Forty laps to go. Logano leads, Byron 1.6 second back, Larson 2.6 seconds back, Blaney 2.8 seconds back, Bell 4.2 seconds back and then Reddick 4.5 seconds back.
Lap 265 – Logano has pulled out to a 1 second lead over Byron, Larson is third, Blaney fourth, Reddick sixth.
Lap 261 – Logano take the lead, Byron back to 2nd.
Lap 260 – Logano moves to 3rd on the restart, Blaney 5th, Reddick 8th.
Lap 259 – Green flag with 54 laps remaining.
Lap 255 – On the restart it will be Byron, Larson, Elliott, Bell, Blaney, Logano, Reddick, Wallace, Buescher, and Suarez.
Lap 253 – Pit road open. Larson, Elliott, Bell, Blaney, Logano, Reddick all pit. Byron will take the lead.
Lap 251 – Caution is out for #71-Smith into the turn 1 wall.
Lap 250 – Byron pits from the lead. Larson now the leader with Elliott still out and behind him.
Lap 242 – Byron continues to lead as he has not pitted yet. Then Larson and Elliott (they have not pitted), Bell Blaney, Logano, and Reddick.
Lap 238 – Blaney pits from the lead. Byron now leads.
Lap 237 – Bell and Logano come to pit road.
Lap 236 – Blaney gets back around Logano for second.
Lap 231 – 82 laps remaining. Bell ahead of Logano by 1.1 second, Blaney 1.3 seconds back.
Lap 221 – Reddick slips to sixth after Larson passes him.
Lap 215 – 98 laps remaining. Bell leads Logano by .8 second, hen Blaney, Byron, and Reddick.
Lap 200 – Logano takes second from Blaney. It’s now Bell, Logano, Blaney Byron, Reddick.
Lap 196 – Reddick moved to 5th on the restart.
Lap 195 – Green flag for the start of the final stage. 118 laps left in the season. Blaney 2nd, Byron 3rd, Logano 4th, Reddick 9th.
Lap 190 – Leaders are back on pit road for service. Off pit road: Bell, Blaney, Byron, Logano, Buescher, Larson, Elliott, Truex, Reddick, Hamlin.
Lap 186 – Caution for the end of stage 2. Blaney wins it over Bell, Logano, Byron, Hamlin, Buescher, Larson, Elliott, Truex, and Reddick.
Lap 179 – Blaney takes the lead with seven laps remaining in the stage.
Lap 176 – Ten laps left in stage 2. No change where the playoff drivers are running: Blaney 2nd, Logano 3rd, Byron 4th, Reddick 10th.
Lap 163 – 23 laps left in stage 2. Bell still the leader but Blaney has closed to .2 second back. Logano now 2.5 seconds back.
Lap 154 – Logano takes third from Byron.
Lap 145 – Bell leads Blaney by 2 seconds, then Byron 4 seconds off the lead and Logano 5.1 seconds back. Reddick still in 10th, 12 seconds back.
Lap 128 – Bell is back in the lead as pit stops are complete. Blaney is 1.1 second behind Bell now.
Lap 124 – #5-Larson leads Hocevar, Bowman, Stenhouse Gilliland and Hemric. They have not pitted yet. Bell is next and will retake the lead when pit stops are complete.
Lap 117 – Blaney pits.
Lap 116 – Green flag pit stops are underway. Byron, Logano and Reddick are in.
Lap 106 – Blaney moves around Elliott to take second. He’s 2.2 seconds behind Bell for the lead. Byron and Logano remain fourth and fifth.
Lap 97 – Bell continues to lead Elliott. His lead is now 1.6 second. Then Blaney, Byron and Logano. Reddick has fallen to 10th.
Lap 76 – Bell, Elliott, Blaney, Byron, and Logano are the top 5. Reddick is 9th.
Lap 73 – Bell to the lead.
Lap 72 – Green flag for the start of the second stage. This stage ends after 185 laps.
Lap 70 – The red flag was 5 minutes, 47 seconds.
Lap 69 – Restart waved off after the pace car hit the barrels at the end of pit road when pulling off the track. There will be a red flag for track cleanup.
Lap 64 – Leader hit pit road for service. Off pit road: Elliott, Bell, Byron, Blaney, Logano, Hamlin, Truex, Reddick, Larson, Buescher.
Lap 61 – Caution out for the end of stage 1. Logano wins it over Truex, Bell, Byron, Elliott, Blaney, Reddick, Hamlin, Larson, Cindric.
Lap 51 – Ten laps remaining in stage 1. Logano continues to lead over Truex, Bell, Byron, Elliott, Reddick and Blaney.
Lap 30 – Logano leads Truex, #20-Bell, #24-Byron, #9-Elliott, #45-Reddick and Blaney.
Lap 16 – #12-Blaney has moved up to 10th. All playoff drivers are now in the top 10.
Lap 11 – #22-Logano takes the lead.
Lap 10 – Back to green. Truex still leads.
Lap 3 – Caution is out for #54-Gibbs into the wall. It was a hard hit and he is done for the day.
Lap 2 – Truex leads the first lap.
• 3:35pm/et – Green flag for the season finale at Phoenix. #19-Truex and #22-Logano on the front row. First stage is 60 laps.
• 3;23pm/et – Engines have been fired.
• 3:15pm/et – A moment of silence for Bobby Allison.
• 3:14pm/et – Pre-race ceremonies are underway.
• 2:00pm/et – NBC and Peacock now have TV coverage of today’s race.
• As of 1:00pm/et, #50-Jeb Burton is the only driver going to the rear (he was already there for not making a qualifying lap) for the team’s inspection failures.
• As of Saturday evening, there were no drivers going to the rear for the start of the race.
• As you would expect, no weather issues today. The National Weather Service says: Sunny, with a high near 81. East northeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the afternoon.
Race details:
Broadcast: NBC, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 312 laps / 312 miles
Stages: 60 / 185 / 312
Average time of race: 2:59:05
Pit road speed: 45 mph
Caution car speed: 50 mph
Fuel Window: 96 laps
Timing (all times local & subject to change)
- Drivers Meeting will begin promptly at 12:15 p.m. in the Drivers Meeting Room.
- Drivers will walk across the pier, get introduced as they cross the stage, then proceed to their cars on the grid.
Invocation: 1:14:40 p.m.
National Anthem: 1:15:25 p.m.
Command: 1:22:00 p.m.
Green Flag: 1:31:00 p.m
Paint Schemes
Cars to the rear: #5-Burton (inspection penalty)
Pit Stall Selections: The selections of pit stalls for the NASCAR Cup Series Championship race at Phoenix Raceway have been made.
Pole winner #19-Martin Truex, Jr. chose pit stall 29 with an opening in front of it.
Outside pole sitter #22-Joey Logano took the 24th stall.
#24-William Byron has the first stall.
#12-Ryan Blaney will pit from the 14th stall, while #45-Tyler Reddick from the 17th, both with openings on exit.
See all pit choices on the Phoenix Pit Stall page.
Pre-race inspection in the NASCAR Cup Series garage is complete. The No. 22 of Joey Logano failed twice (crew member ejection; loss of pit selection). The No. 50 of Jeb Burton car failed four times (crew member ejection; loss of pit selection; not eligible to qualify; will serve stop and go penalty).
#19-Martin Truex Jr won the Busch pole for the NASCAR Cup Series Championship race at Phoenix Raceway with a speed of 134.741mph for his 2nd pole of the year, 3rd at Phoenix and 25th of his career.
#22-Joey Logano will start second followed by #1-Ross Chastain, #5-Kyle Larson, #9-Chase Elliott, #54-Ty Gibbs, #20-Christopher Bell, #24-William Byron, #21-Harrison Burton, and #45-Tyler Reddick.
#12-Ryan Blaney will start 17th.
See the complete qualifying results and the NASCAR Cup Series Championship race Starting Lineup.
Where the Championship 4 drivers start at Phoenix:
#22-Joey Logano, 2nd
#24-William Byron, 8th
#45-Tyler Reddick, 10th
#12-Ryan Blaney, 17th
Phoenix Raceway – Qualifying Fast Facts:
Martin Truex Jr. won the Pole Award for the NASCAR Cup Series Championship with a lap of 26.718 seconds, 134.741 mph.
This is his 25th pole in 693 NASCAR Cup Series races.
This is his second pole and 17th top-10 start in 2024.
This is his third pole in 38 races at Phoenix Raceway.
Joey Logano (P) (second) posted his 19th top-10 start of 2024 and his 21st in 32 races at Phoenix Raceway.
Ross Chastain (third) posted his third top-10 start at Phoenix Raceway. It is his 11th in 36 races this season.
Carson Hocevar (15th) was the fastest qualifying rookie
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Qualifying Order
Practice for the NASCAR Cup Series Championship race at Phoenix Raceway is over. The results:
#12-Ryan Blaney 132.479
#19-Martin Truex, Jr. 132.323
#5-Kyle Larson 132.192
#24-William Byron 132.003
#2-Austin Cindric 131.989
Other Championship drivers:
#22-Joey Logano, 9th
#45-Tyler Reddick, 21st
Slowest: #50-Jeb Burton, 119.637mph.
Most laps run: #2-Austin Cindric, 68 laps.
Best 10 consecutive lap avg (of 35 drivers): #12-Ryan Blaney, 131.161mph
Notes: Practice was a single 50 minute session. #84-Jimmie Johnson spun early but did not hit anything.
See the fastest speeds, best 10 consecutive lap average, laps run on the NASCAR Cup Series Championship Practice speeds page.
Crew Rosters
The entry list for the NASCAR Cup Series Championship race at Phoenix Raceway is posted, 39 teams/drivers [for 40 spots] are listed.
Some of the drivers: #15-Kaz Grala, #16-Derek Kraus, #44-J.J. Yeley, #66-Chad Finchum, #84-Jimmie Johnson.
UPDATE: The #50 Team AmeriVets team has been added with Jeb Burton as the driver. There are now 40 teams entered.
See the full entry list on the NASCAR Cup Series Championship race Entry List page.
Goodyear Fast Facts — Phoenix Raceway
Race rules and information:
