NASCAR: 2021 Phoenix championship race – Full starting lineup, odds
By Asher Fair
After an actual qualifying session set the starting lineup for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series Championship 4 race at Phoenix Raceway, where is everybody slated to line up?
The 2021 NASCAR Cup Series champion is set to be crowned in Sunday’s Championship 4 season finale, officially titled the “Season Finale 500”.
Four drivers are set to battle for this title, and the highest finisher of the four is set to be crowned champion. All seven season finales that have been contested under this format have seen one of the four remaining championship eligible drivers win the race to win the title.
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Where is the Season Finale 500?
The Season Finale 500 is a 312-lap race around the four-turn, 1.022-mile (1.645-kilometer) Phoenix Raceway oval in Avondale, Arizona. This track hosted the Championship 4 event for the first time last year, and Hendrick Motorsports’ Chase Elliott won the race and championship.
The track also hosted a race back in mid-March, a race which was won by Joe Gibbs Racing’s Martin Truex Jr. Both Elliott and Truex are among the Championship 4 drivers this year. This year’s Championship 4 also consists of Hendrick Motorsports’ Kyle Larson and Joe Gibbs Racing’s Denny Hamlin.
Phoenix broadcast information
Tune in to NBC at 3:00 p.m. ET tomorrow afternoon for the live broadcast of the Season Finale 500 from Phoenix Raceway, and be sure to start your free trial of FuboTV today!
Who is on pole at Phoenix?
For the first time since the inaugural race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course in August, NASCAR actually used a qualifying session to set the starting lineup, and for the first time since the inaugural race at Nashville Superspeedway in June, a single-car qualifying session was used.
It was Hendrick Motorsports’ Kyle Larson who took the pole position for Sunday’s race by recording a speed of 137.847 miles per hour (26.116 seconds) behind the wheel of his #5 Chevrolet during the quicker of his two qualifying laps.
Set to start alongside Larson on the front row is teammate Chase Elliott in second place behind the wheel of his #9 Chevrolet. Elliott’s better lap speed was 0.908 miles per hour (0.173 seconds) slower than that of Larson at 136.939 miles per hour (26.289 seconds).
Here is the full starting lineup for the 2021 Season Finale 500 at Phoenix Raceway.
Starting Lineup
1st – Kyle Larson
2nd – Chase Elliott
3rd – William Byron
4th – Ryan Blaney
5th – Kurt Busch
6th – Denny Hamlin
7th – Cole Custer
8th – Christopher Bell
9th – Kevin Harvick
10th – Joey Logano
11th – Brad Keselowski
12th – Martin Truex Jr.
13th – Kyle Busch
14th – Alex Bowman
15th – Matt DiBenedetto
16th – Ross Chastain
17th – Daniel Suarez
18th – Aric Almirola
19th – Ryan Newman
20th – Tyler Reddick
21st – Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
22nd – Chase Briscoe
23rd – Austin Dillon
24th – Corey LaJoie
25th – Bubba Wallace
26th – Chris Buescher
27th – Erik Jones
28th – Michael McDowell
29th – Justin Haley
30th – Anthony Alfredo
31st – Ryan Preece
32nd – B.J. McLeod
33rd – Cody Ware
34th – Joey Gase
35th – Quin Houff
36th – David Starr
37th – Josh Bilicki
38th – Garrett Smithley
39th – Timmy Hill
Phoenix betting odds
Take a look at the championship betting odds for the four remaining contenders, courtesy of WynnBET.
- Kyle Larson: +145
- Chase Elliott: +250
- Denny Hamlin: +350
- Martin Truex Jr.: +400
A full betting prediction can be found here.
Make your pick now on WynnBET.
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