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Progressive Insurance® Teams with Denny Hamlin and Joe Gibbs Racing

March 19, 2025

Denny Hamlin will pilot No. 11 Progressive Insurance Toyota in 18 races this season

HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. (March 18, 2025) – Joe Gibbs Racing announced today that the organization has signed an agreement with Progressive Insurance to sponsor Denny Hamlin’s No. 11 Toyota Camry XSE in 18 NASCAR Cup Series races this season beginning with Sunday’s race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Progressive’s name and branding will be prominently displayed on Hamlin’s No. 11 car and fire suit, and his crew will also be sporting Progressive branded gear. (more…)

Austin Hill Hopes To Rebound From Xfinity Series Misfortune at Phoenix Raceway

March 14, 2025

By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service

A race-ending mistake last Saturday at Phoenix Raceway cost Austin Hill the NASCAR Xfinity Series lead.

Just 61 laps into the fourth event of the season, Hill bounced off the inside wall in Turn 3 and collected the cars of Sheldon Creed and Dean Thompson. Hill finished 37th and fell to fourth in the standings as Richard Childress Racing teammate Jesse Love took over the points lead with a ninth-place finish.

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FOX Scores Most-Watched FS1 Race Since 2021

March 11, 2025March 11, 2025

FOX Scores Most-Watched FS1 Race Since 2021

Results For New England Cup Series and Xfinity Series Drivers From Phoenix

March 10, 2025

Chris Bell won the Cup race with Joey Logano of Middletown, CT came in 13^th and Ryan Preece of Berlin, CT finished 15th.

Aric Almirola won the Xfinity race with Kris Wright coming in 25^th.Kris Wright was at the wheel of Cape Cod’s Chris and Mary Our, father and daughter, who both reside in Chatham, MA.

Anthony Alfredo of Ridgefield, CT finished 32rd.

Christopher Bell Triumphs in Phoenix With Dramatic Win over Teammate Denny Hamlin

March 10, 2025

By Holly Cain, NASCAR Wire Service

AVONDALE, Ariz. — Christopher Bell prevailed in a dramatic side-by-side finish with his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Denny Hamlin — the second-closest finish in Phoenix Raceway history — to earn Bell his third consecutive NASCAR Cup Series victory this season, a record in the sport’s Next Gen Car era.

Bell’s No. 20 JGR Toyota went high alongside Hamlin’s No. 11 Toyota as the two cars dueled it out in the final two corners of a two-lap shootout on the one-mile speedway. The 30-year-old Oklahoman claimed the historic win by a mere .049 seconds, marking his second straight victory in this spring race at Phoenix. (more…)

Can Anyone Catch Christopher Bell’s Fast Start?

March 7, 2025

By Holly Cain, NASCAR Wire Service

AVONDALE – Joe Gibbs Racing’s Christopher Bell undoubtedly starts the NASCAR Cup Series two-race Western Swing as the driver to beat. The 30-year-old is the defending winner of Sunday’s Shriners Children’s 500 at Phoenix Raceway (3:30 p.m. ET on FS1, FOX Deportes, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) and has won two of the first three series races this year, including the last two.

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Xfinity Series: Eight Different Winners In Last Eight Phoenix Races

March 7, 2025March 7, 2025

By Holly Cain, NASCAR Wire Service

Teenage sensation Connor Zilisch became the third driver in as many races to earn a NASCAR Xfinity Series playoff berth after dominating last week’s race at Circuit of The Americas in the No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet.

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Phoenix Raceway, NASCAR Launch Community Giveback Efforts As Racing Returns

March 7, 2025March 7, 2025

PHOENIX (March. 4, 2025) – As NASCAR returns to Phoenix Raceway March 7-9, the track and the sport will band together to make a difference within the community. Remaining race week events include: (more…)

Bill McAnally Racing Announces 2025 ARCA West Driver Lineup

March 6, 2025

Declan Wayman of TobyChristie reports that Bill McAnally Racing has announced the driver lineup for the No. 19 Chevrolet SS for the remainder of the 2025 ARCA Menards Series West season. Jake Bollman will drive at all the remaining oval races, while current NASCAR Xfinity Series rookie Christian Eckes will take the wheel at two road courses.

Bollman’s schedule will consist of nine races at Phoenix Raceway (March 7), Tuscon Speedway (April 5), Colorado National Speedway (May 24), the second trip to Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway (June 14), Tri-City Speedway (August 9), All American Speedway (September 13), Madera Speedway (September 27), The Bullring at Las Vegas (October 10), and capping hit off in the season-finale at Phoenix Raceway (November 1). (more…)

NASCAR Cup Series News & Notes – Phoenix Raceway

March 6, 2025

NASCAR Cup Series
Next Race: Shriners Children’s 500
The Place: Phoenix Raceway
Track Length: 1 Mile Asphalt Oval
The Date: Sunday, March 9
The Time: 3:30 p.m. ET
The Purse: $11,055,250
TV: FS1 & FOX Deportes, 2 p.m. ET
Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR (Channel 90)
Distance: 312 miles (312 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 60),
Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 185), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 312) (more…)