The 2025 Shriners Children's 500 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on March 9, 2025, at Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Arizona. Contested over 312 laps on the one mile (1.6 km) oval, it was the fourth race of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season.
Christopher Bell won the race. Denny Hamlin finished 2nd, and Kyle Larson finished 3rd. Josh Berry and Chris Buescher rounded out the top five, and William Byron, Alex Bowman, Kyle Busch, Zane Smith, and Chase Elliott rounded out the top ten.
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Background
Phoenix Raceway is a 1-mile, low-banked tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona, near Phoenix. The motorsport track opened in 1964 and currently hosts two NASCAR race weekends annually including the final championship race since 2020. Phoenix Raceway has also hosted the CART, IndyCar Series, USAC and the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The raceway is currently owned and operated by NASCAR.
On January 22, 2025, NASCAR, along with Goodyear, announced the option tire will be used for the spring race at Phoenix. The option tire was previously used during the 2024 NASCAR All-Star Race and the Richmond summer race.
Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Driver Team Manufacturer 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 7 Justin Haley Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 35 Riley Herbst (R) 23XI Racing Toyota 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Ford 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 78 Katherine Legge Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet 88 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing ChevroletOfficial entry list
Practice Carson Hocevar was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 27.163 seconds and a speed of .
Practice results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 27.163 132.533 2 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 27.165 132.523 3 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 27.170 132.499Official practice results
Qualifying William Byron scored the pole for the race with a time of 26.930 and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 26.930 133.680 2 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 27.028 133.195 3 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 27.043 133.121 4 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 27.088 132.900 5 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 27.091 132.885 6 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 27.099 132.846 7 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 27.099 132.846 8 7 Justin Haley Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 27.111 132.787 9 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 27.113 132.778 10 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 27.150 132.597 11 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 27.153 132.582 12 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 27.157 132.563 13 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 27.168 132.509 14 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 27.170 132.499 15 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 27.189 132.406 16 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 27.221 132.251 17 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 27.222 132.246 18 35 Riley Herbst (R) 23XI Racing Toyota 27.226 132.227 19 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 27.258 132.071 20 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 27.284 131.945 21 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 27.322 131.762 22 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 27.334 131.704 23 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Ford 27.340 131.675 24 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 27.350 131.627 25 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 27.364 131.560 26 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 27.372 131.521 27 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 27.458 131.109 28 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 27.464 131.081 29 88 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 27.480 131.004 30 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 27.520 130.814 31 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 27.555 130.648 32 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 27.647 130.213 33 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 27.660 130.152 34 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 27.681 130.053 35 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 27.826 129.375 36 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 27.842 129.301 37 78 Katherine Legge Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet 28.060 128.297Official qualifying results
Race
Race results
Stage Results
Stage One Laps: 60
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 102 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 93 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 84 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 75 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 66 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 57 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 48 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 39 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 210 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1Official stage one results
Stage Two Laps: 125
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 102 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 93 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 84 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 75 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 66 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 57 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 48 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 39 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 210 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 1Official stage two results
Final Stage Results
Stage Three Laps: 127
Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 11 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 312 572 10 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 312 43 3 17 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 312 37 4 4 21 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 312 39 5 13 17 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 312 326 1 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 312 49 7 32 48 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 312 308 15 8 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 312 29 9 26 38 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 312 28 10 6 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 312 29 11 24 1 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 312 26 12 21 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 312 2513 2 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 312 3314 36 42 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 312 23 15 28 60 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 312 30 16 25 10 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 312 21 17 27 34 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 312 20 18 5 43 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 312 1919 14 2 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 312 22 20 9 45 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 312 3221 22 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 311 16 22 16 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 311 1523 31 99 Daniel Suárez Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 308 1724 35 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Ford 306 1325 34 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 304 12 26 33 4 Noah Gragson Front Row Motorsports Ford 303 11 27 7 71 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 290 11 28 12 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 289 22 29 19 23 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 264 8 30 37 78 Katherine Legge Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet 210 731 29 88 Shane van Gisbergen (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 100 6 32 23 41 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Ford 99 5 33 20 6 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 99 4 34 8 7 Justin Haley Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 98 3 35 30 19 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 98 2 36 3 77 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 98 5 37 18 35 Riley Herbst (R) 23XI Racing Toyota 98 1 Official race results
Race statistics Lead changes: 17 among 6 different drivers Cautions/Laps: 10 for 73 Red flags: 0 Time of race: 3 hours, 23 minutes and 10 seconds Average speed:
Media
Television Fox Sports covered the race at the Phoenix Raceway. Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer, and nine-time Phoenix winner Kevin Harvick called the race from the broadcast booth. Jamie Little and Regan Smith handled pit road for the television side, and Larry McReynolds provided insight on-site during the race.
FS1Booth announcersPit reportersIn-race analyst Lap-by-lap: Mike JoyColor-commentator: Clint BowyerColor-commentator: Kevin Harvick Jamie LittleRegan Smith Larry McReynolds
Radio MRN covered the radio action for the race which was also simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Mike Bagley, and former crew chief Todd Gordon called the race when the field races past the start/finish line. Dan Hubbard called the action from turns 1 & 2, and Tim Catafalmo called the action from turns 3 & 4. Pit lane was manned by Lead MRN Pit Reporter Steve Post, Chris Wilner, and Jacklyn Drake.
MRN Booth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Alex HaydenAnnouncer: Mike BagleyAnnouncer: Todd Gordon Turns 1 & 2: Dan HubbardTurns 3 & 4: Tim Catafalmo Steve PostChris WilnerJacklyn Drake
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 William Byron 165 2 2 Christopher Bell 152 (–13) 3 Tyler Reddick 143 (–22) 2 4 Ryan Blaney 136 (–29) 5 Chase Elliott 124 (–41) 1 6 Alex Bowman 117 (–48) 10 7 Denny Hamlin 110 (–55) 1 8 Kyle Busch 110 (–55) 3 9 Joey Logano 110 (–55) 1 10 Chris Buescher 109 (–56) 5 11 Kyle Larson 108 (–57) 6 12 Bubba Wallace 102 (–63) 13 John Hunter Nemechek 99 (–66) 4 14 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 96 (–69) 7 15 Michael McDowell 96 (–69) 4 16 Ross Chastain 88 (–77)Official driver's standings
Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Toyota 155 2 Chevrolet 144 (–11) 3 Ford 126 (–29)
Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.
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