2025 NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race

2025 NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race
Race details
Race 36 of 36 in the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series
Date November 2, 2025 (2025-11-02)
Location Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Arizona
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 1.022 miles (1.645 km)
Distance 319 laps, 319 mi (524.755 km)
Scheduled distance 312 laps, 312 mi (502.115 km)
Average speed 97.711 miles per hour (157.251 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Joe Gibbs Racing
Time 26.914
Most laps led
Driver Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing
Laps 208
Fastest lap
Driver Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing
Time 27.566
Winner
No. 12 Ryan Blaney Team Penske
Television in the United States
Network NBC
Announcers Leigh Diffey, Jeff Burton, and Steve Letarte
Radio in the United States
Radio MRN
Booth announcers Alex Hayden, Mike Bagley, and Todd Gordon
Turn announcers Dave Moody (1 & 2) and Tim Catafalmo (3 & 4)

The 2025 NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on November 2, 2025, at Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Arizona. Contested over 319 laps, extended from 312 laps due to an overtime finish, on the one-mile (1.6 km) oval, it was the 36th and final race of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season.

Ryan Blaney won the race. Brad Keselowski finished 2nd, and Kyle Larson finished 3rd to claim his second Cup Series championship. Joey Logano and Kyle Busch rounded out the top five, and Denny Hamlin, having led 208 laps, finished second in the championship standings, Josh Berry, Michael McDowell, Ryan Preece, and Chase Elliott rounded out the top ten.

This was the final championship race held at Phoenix as the event will move to Homestead–Miami Speedway. Phoenix will host the championship race, but will be on a "rotating" schedule. It was also the final championship race as part of the playoff system used since 2014, as it would be scrapped in favor of a return to the "Chase" format from 2026.