The 2023 NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race will take place on Sunday, November 5 at Phoenix Raceway. The 10th playoff race and final race of the 2023 Cup Series season can be viewed starting at 3:00 PM ET on NBC, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
Sunday’s Cup race, located in Avondale, Arizona, will be the 36th race of the 2023 season and the title-deciding race of the season. At Phoenix Raceway, the Next Gen car will be in action for the fourth time since its inception.
The venue features eight degrees of bank angle in turns one and two, 11 degrees in turns three and four, and three degrees in the backstretch. The track first opened in 1964 and hosted the first Cup Series Championship Race in 1988, where Alan Kulwicki took the checkered flag.
The 36 drivers, including four playoff drivers participating in this week’s Cup Series race, will race more than 312 laps on the 1.6km tri-oval circuit. The drivers who made it to Championship 4 were Ryan Blaney, Kyle Larson, Christopher Bell and William Byron. They will compete for the chance to become 2023 Cup Series champions.
The Cup Series weekend starts with Friday’s practice. This will be followed by a qualifying race on Saturday at 4:35 PM ET and culminate with the Cup Series Championship Race on Sunday.
Phoenix Raceway will host the 36th event for the Cup Series, the 33rd for the Xfinity Series and the 23rd for the Truck Series over three days.
Team Penske driver Joey Logano became champion in 2022. This year, however, the #22 Ford was eliminated from the title hunt in the round of 16.
Complete weekend schedule for the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race
See below for the practice, qualifying and race schedule for this weekend’s scheduled race at Phoenix Raceway:
Thursday November 2, 2023
8:00 PM ET: Truck Series exercise
9:00 PM ET: ARCA Menards Series practice
10:10 PM ET: ARCA Menards Series Qualifying
Friday November 3, 2023
2:30 PM ET: Desert Diamond Casino West Valley 100
6:05 PM ET: Truck Series Qualifying
7:05 PM ET: Exercise from the Xfinity series
8:05 PM ET: Cup Practice series
10:00 PM ET: Craftsman 150
Saturday November 4, 2023
3:30 PM ET: Xfinity Series Qualifying
4:35 PM ET: Cup Series Qualifying
7:00 PM ET: NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship
Sunday November 5, 2023
3:00 PM ET: NASCAR Cup Series championship race
Join us for an adrenaline-filled NASCAR weekend at Phoenix Raceway from November 2 to 5.