NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race

The NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race is a NASCAR Cup Series stock car race held at Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Arizona. Joey Logano is the defending winner of the event.

NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race

NASCAR Cup Series
Venue	Phoenix Raceway
Location	Avondale, Arizona, United States
Corporate sponsor	None
First race	1988
Distance	312 mi (502.115 km)
Laps	312 Stage 1: 60 Stage 2: 125 Final stage: 127
Previous names	Checker 500 (1988, 1990) Autoworks 500 (1989) Pyroil 500 (1991) Pyroil 500K (1992) Slick 50 500 (1993–1994) Dura Lube 500 (1995–1996) Dura Lube 500 Presented by Kmart (1997) Dura Lube/Kmart 500 (1998) Checker Auto Parts/Dura Lube 500 (1999–2000) Checker Auto Parts 500 Presented by Pennzoil (2001–2002, 2006–2007) Checker Auto Parts 500 Presented by Havoline (2003) Checker Auto Parts 500 (2004–2005) Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 Presented by Pennzoil (2008) Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 (2009) Kobalt Tools 500 (2010–2011) AdvoCare 500 (2012–2013) Quicken Loans Race for Heroes 500 (2014–2015) Can-Am 500 (2016–2018) Bluegreen Vacations 500 (2019) Season Finale 500 (2020)
Most wins (driver)	Kevin Harvick (4)
Most wins (team)	Hendrick Motorsports (8)
Most wins (manufacturer)	Chevrolet (16)
Circuit information
Surface	Asphalt
Length	1.022 mi (1.645 km)
Turns	4

It is one of five NASCAR races run with a length measured in kilometers; the Shriners Children's 500 (the other Cup Series race at Phoenix which is held in the spring) and three of the Cup Series' road course events (the Toyota/Save Mart 350, Go Bowling at The Glen and Bank of America Roval 400) are the others.

History

After previously being the second-to-last race of the NASCAR Cup Series season for several years, the event became the last race of the season for the Cup Series starting in 2020, replacing the race at Homestead-Miami Speedway, and the fall race at Martinsville replaced this race as the second-to-last race of the season.^[1] In 2020, the race did not have a title sponsor and was named the Season Finale 500. NASCAR has not used the name from 2021 onwards and is instead called the NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race.^{[citation needed]} However, the Season Finale 500 logo still appears on the race winner's trophy (not to be confused with the NASCAR Cup Series Championship trophy). In 2023, Ross Chastain won the event, when he became the first non-eligible championship driver to win the final race of the season since Denny Hamlin won the 2013 Ford EcoBoost 400.

In its three of the last four years as the last race of the Cup Series season, the driver who won the championship also won the race: Chase Elliott in 2020, Kyle Larson in 2021 and Joey Logano in 2022 and 2024.

Past winners

Year	Date	No.	Driver	Team	Sponsor	Manufacturer	Race Distance		Race Time	Average Speed (mph)	Report	Ref
							Laps	Miles (km)
1988	November 6	7	Alan Kulwicki	AK Racing	Zerex	Ford	312	312 (502.115)	3:26:57	90.457	Report	[2]
1989	November 5	9	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing	Coors	Ford	312	312 (502.115)	2:57:08	105.683	Report	[3]
1990	November 4	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	312	312 (502.115)	3:13:25	96.786	Report	[4]
1991	November 3	28	Davey Allison	Robert Yates Racing	Havoline	Ford	312	312 (502.115)	3:15:31	95.746	Report	[5]
1992	November 1	28	Davey Allison	Robert Yates Racing	Havoline	Ford	312	312 (502.115)	3:00:12	103.885	Report	[6]
1993	October 31	6	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Valvoline	Ford	312	312 (502.115)	3:06:30	100.375	Report	[7]
1994	October 30	5	Terry Labonte	Hendrick Motorsports	Kellogg's	Chevrolet	312	312 (502.115)	2:54:12	107.463	Report	[8]
1995	October 29	10	Ricky Rudd	Rudd Performance Motorsports	Tide	Ford	312	312 (502.115)	3:03:18	102.128	Report	[9]
1996	October 27	43	Bobby Hamilton	Petty Enterprises	STP	Pontiac	312	312 (502.115)	2:50:38	109.709	Report	[10]
1997	November 2	88	Dale Jarrett	Robert Yates Racing	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	312	312 (502.115)	2:48:55	110.824	Report	[11]
1998	October 25	2	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing	Miller Lite	Ford	257*	257 (413.601)	2:22:30	108.211	Report	[12]
1999	November 7	20	Tony Stewart	Joe Gibbs Racing	The Home Depot	Pontiac	312	312 (502.115)	2:38:28	118.132	Report	[13]
2000	November 5	99	Jeff Burton	Roush Racing	Citgo Supergard	Ford	312	312 (502.115)	2:58:13	105.041	Report	[14]
2001	October 28	99	Jeff Burton	Roush Racing	Citgo Supergard	Ford	312	312 (502.115)	3:02:26	102.613	Report	[15]
2002	November 10	17	Matt Kenseth	Roush Racing	DeWalt Million Dollar Challenge	Ford	312	312 (502.115)	2:44:25	113.857	Report	[16]
2003	November 2	8	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.	Budweiser	Chevrolet	312	312 (502.115)	3:19:11	93.984	Report	[17]
2004	November 7	8	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.	Budweiser	Chevrolet	315*	315 (506.943)	3:19:16	94.848	Report	[18]
2005	November 13	5	Kyle Busch	Hendrick Motorsports	Kellogg's	Chevrolet	312	312 (502.115)	3:02:23	102.641	Report	[19]
2006	November 12	29	Kevin Harvick	Richard Childress Racing	Reese's Cookies	Chevrolet	312	312 (502.115)	3:14:44	96.131	Report	[20]
2007	November 11	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Lowe's	Chevrolet	312	312 (502.115)	3:01:46	102.989	Report	[21]
2008	November 9	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Lowe's	Chevrolet	313*	313 (503.724)	3:12:01	97.804	Report	[22]
2009	November 15	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Lowe's	Chevrolet	312	312 (502.115)	2:49:26	110.486	Report	[23]
2010	November 14	99	Carl Edwards	Roush Fenway Racing	Aflac	Ford	312	312 (502.115)	2:49:01	110.754	Report	[24]
2011	November 13	4	Kasey Kahne	Red Bull Racing Team	Red Bull/Circle K	Toyota	312	312 (502.115)	2:45:47	112.918	Report	[25]
2012	November 11	29	Kevin Harvick	Richard Childress Racing	Budweiser	Chevrolet	319*	319 (513.381)	2:52:09	111.182	Report	[26]
2013	November 10	29	Kevin Harvick	Richard Childress Racing	Budweiser	Chevrolet	312	312 (502.115)	2:57:03	105.733	Report	[27]
2014	November 9	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Budweiser Vintage	Chevrolet	312	312 (502.115)	3:07:13	99.991	Report	[28]
2015	November 15	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Hendrick Motorsports	Nationwide	Chevrolet	219*	219 (352.446)	2:03:22	106.512	Report	[29]
2016	November 13	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Shell/Pennzoil Mosaic	Ford	324*	324 (521.427)	3:08:59	102.866	Report	[30]
2017	November 12	20	Matt Kenseth	Joe Gibbs Racing	Circle K	Toyota	312	312 (502.115)	2:57:23	105.534	Report	[31]
2018	November 11	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	M&M's	Toyota	312	312 (502.115)	3:10:20	98.354	Report	[32]
2019	November 10	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	FedEx Ground	Toyota	312	312 (502.115)	2:48:00	111.429	Report	[33]
2020	November 8	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	NAPA Auto Parts	Chevrolet	312	312 (502.115)	2:47:00	112.096	Report	[34]
2021	November 7	5	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports	HendrickCars.com	Chevrolet	312	312 (502.115)	3:06:33	100.348	Report	[35]
2022	November 6	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Shell/Pennzoil	Ford	312	312 (502.115)	2:58:42	104.757	Report	[36]
2023	November 5	1	Ross Chastain	Trackhouse Racing	Worldwide Express	Chevrolet	312	312 (502.115)	2:52:01	108.827	Report	[37]
2024	November 10	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Shell/Pennzoil	Ford	312	312 (502.115)	2:56:16	106.203	Report	[38]

Notes

• 1998 & 2015: Race shortened due to rain.
• 2004, 2008, 2012 & 2016: Race extended due to NASCAR overtime.

Multiple winners (drivers)

# Wins	Driver	Years Won
4	Kevin Harvick	2006, 2012–2014
3	Jimmie Johnson	2007–2009
	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	2003, 2004, 2015
	Joey Logano	2016, 2022, 2024
2	Davey Allison	1991, 1992
	Jeff Burton	2000, 2001
	Matt Kenseth	2002, 2017
	Kyle Busch	2005, 2018

Multiple winners (teams)

# Wins	Team	Years Won
8	Hendrick Motorsports	1994, 2005, 2007-2009, 2015, 2020, 2021
5	Roush Fenway Racing	1993, 2000-2002, 2010
4	Richard Childress Racing	1990, 2006, 2012, 2013
	Joe Gibbs Racing	1999, 2017-2019
	Team Penske	1998, 2016, 2022, 2024
3	Robert Yates Racing	1991, 1992, 1997
2	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.	2003, 2004

Manufacturer wins

# Wins	Manufacturer	Years Won
16	Chevrolet	1990, 1994, 2003-2009, 2012-2015, 2020, 2021, 2023
15	Ford	1988, 1989, 1991-1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000-2002, 2010, 2016, 2022, 2024
4	Toyota	2011, 2017-2019
2	Pontiac	1996, 1999

Sponsor wins

# Wins	Sponsor	Years Won
5	Budweiser	2003, 2004, 2012-2014
3	Lowe's	2007-2009
	Shell	2016, 2022, 2024
	Pennzoil	2016, 2022, 2024
2	Havoline	1991, 1992
	Kellogg's	1994, 2005
	Citgo	2000, 2001
	Circle K	2011, 2017

References

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External links

• Phoenix Raceway race results at Racing-Reference

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